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talmir

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About talmir

An icelandic software developer. Hi there.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #18113346

    As an Icelandic man that loves his ancestry and the viking themes and styles accompanying that I just have this to say: Right wing kheads, stop using our legacy and legends as a ve…

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    Comment #8053984

    * No DRM. I have been burnt several times by PC games on this front. True, sometimes drm is an issue. To me drm hasnt been an issue for quite a few years.. I think it was with the …

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    Comment #7920925

    Its an interesting idea. However, I would replace the pictures with better screenshots. When I scrolled down I, at first, thought my browser was fouling up

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    Comment #7783192

    If somebody had tried to shoot the crackhead it is very likely that an innocent bystander would have recieved the bullet instead depending on the skill of the marksman and the move…

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    Comment #7755049

    I asked my girlfriend what face matched mine.. She said "The leftmost one!" :(

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    Comment #7732179

    So because github is now our cv's we should stop using it as the dev tool that it is?

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    Comment #7572024

    I suspect that the chrstian objection to D&D stems from that it teaches you to think for yourself and do frequent problem solving. Nothing is as hard to control as an independent m…

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    Comment #7554584

    Typo on the front page: "This message will change to something else in 5:58 or when someone bids or when someone bids 0.002." You say "or when someone bids" twice. Other than that,…

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    Comment #7552367

    Its just someone showing tasteful hover effects. Grow up :)

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    Comment #7441672

    I guess they wont "need" to set up the camera. But it is recommended as it is there to help with head-tracking. So your movements inside the 3d environment will feel more natural w…

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    Comment #7421345

    In the scope of my article, when will you be at your destination? Will you be driving at full speed on the freeway for the rest of your life until your car breaks down from wear an…

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    Comment #7416124

    Talk about taking every single word I wrote literally :) Thats ok. I do regularly work on side projects. But being 100% productive 100% of the time, in my mind, is not healty. This…

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    Comment #7414973

    If hacking away makes you happy, go for it :) I can only relate my own experiences. I do tend to code for hours on end on whatever catches my interest. The point was trying to make…

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    Comment #7392201

    Yep, lets just jump on the god-phone and call god to get him to help him out in this instance. Just like he helps starving or diseased people throughout the world every day. Or my …

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    Comment #7386840

    I use ghost for my blog ( http://kristinn.ghost.io/ ). I like it very much :) It just feels natural.

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    Comment #7384671

    I imagine that the fact that the regular worker has already been paid is not the big picture here. If every movie is stolen or given away for free, this reduces the incentive to cr…

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    Comment #7346461

    On the flipside I grew up and decided I was a bit too smart for school, dropped out and tried on my own. After spending a few years doing pointless, manual, hard work I decided I s…

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    Comment #7318165

    I live and work in Iceland as a software developer (C++, python, javascript and related libraries) and havent had a single e-mail from a recruiter for the past two years I've been …

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    Comment #7259051

    This reminded me of the fact that I havent handled, or even touched, real paper money for at least a year now. Here in Iceland paper currencly is slowly being phased out, and has b…

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    Comment #7216920

    Its double the pay. Just be honest with your current employer and be sure to gratuitously thank them for giving you a shot and wish them well in the future. Do not burn that bridge…