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namrog84

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About namrog84

Fulltime indie game dev.

Former Software Engineer @ Microsoft. Xbox division. Game Streaming.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49071571

    Just to counterpoint the adjacent replier. I have claude, chatgpt, and gemini subs and rarely even use even close to 50%. I code c++ everyday. But im not full in on agentic workflo…

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    Comment #48272935

    Is it just me or is there something slightly weird about scrolling? Maybe font or color. Im on mobile.

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    Comment #47579325

    Having worked in such environments. This particular team will try not to do it again But many other teams didn't make the commitment or learn any lesson. And even the original team…

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    Comment #47300465

    I thought that was part of the issue, is the poor understanding of is the test to evaluate if it can think or only if we think it can think. And even that is generalizable since th…

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    Comment #47049251

    So it's perfectly fitting the noun for c++ dev is undefined behavior :D

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    Comment #46681209

    At least for me it tells me about some options to use ai privately for duckduckgo so I assume it's from them. Possibly collecting views for Ai generated search results.

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    Comment #46680902

    I dont know if it's true or not. But I remember reading about this person who would do the community reports for cheating for a game like cs or something. They had numerous bot acc…

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    Comment #46526845

    While I do agree with you. To play the counterpoint advocate though. What if we get to the point where all software is basically created 'on the fly' as greenfield projects as need…

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    Comment #46500284

    Bullets 2,3, and 4 * I'm using my own software * I did 301,432 flashcard reviews in 2025. * Those reviews covered 52,764 distinct cards.

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    Comment #46485539

    The downside of this is what happens in other places. You won't neccesarily stand out. The entities doing endless reposts are building faster bigger audiences and might or will rep…

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    Comment #46293005

    I've also seen the term. You've been permanently banned for 12 hours. Instead of temporarily suspended. Whatever happened to the word suspended for temporary and ban for permanent …

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    Comment #46153227

    In addition to random recipe. Have a recipe of the day. Rotated per 24 hours. So we can all enjoy and refine a recipe together

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    Comment #45621956

    I briefly worked at Microsoft xbox back compat where we made the Xbox OG and Xbox 360 games work on Xbox one and newer generations and I know the PMs spent considerable time and ef…

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    Comment #44971311

    When discord alternative?

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    Comment #44969976

    I'm no ai expert so consider my opinion having little value besides casual user. But I really like this. It seems clever and easy for me to grasp some pros for this approach. I cou…

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    Comment #44904440

    it's a bit of work and effort to give a talk. And he is rich enough to not need to do it for the money. Time is important. If he'd be doing it for free he'd probably get too many r…

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    Comment #44869822

    Would people consider obsidian juat a note taking app and not a todo app?

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    Comment #44748189

    Daily volume could just be more bluray high quality downloads with people with better internet. And not neccesarily larger number of people right?

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    Comment #44425789

    An inventory system for my games in unreal engine. Supporting grid, multiplayer, predictive moves, item locking and more. https://github.com/brokenrockstudios/RockInventory It's be…

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    Comment #44277944

    What about those drones that charge via power lines?

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    Comment #43473646

    More background of skills? More back end? Front end? Ignoring skills do you have any specific interests.

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    Comment #43207830

    Also you can still personally take old ludumdare themes. Do them in 48 hours. And then go and see what others did. Even if you can't submit. They can still be fun mini challenges.

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    Comment #42835815

    https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/ It's initially given a temporary name prior to the now official name. 2018 CN41 Means it's the 41st object identified in the first half of…

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    Comment #42744276

    Lots of games still have issues with ultra wide. If you ever plan to do any screensharing for fun, support, or any purpose. It's all terrible. I screenshare with people daily and t…

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    Comment #42726315

    Thank you, I hadn't considered arbitration as an option. And it does appear they have an alternative to the traditional appeals process regarding arbitration. And this is an import…