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tinfoilboy

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    Comment #40738109

    I believe CURL is built into Unreal as the HTTP library of choice for desktop platforms. Just to add to the mindboggling number of games that may rely on it.

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    Comment #34644878

    Only finance and game dev was a little bit of hyperbole. I do see other jobs for like aerospace or GIS, at least looking at job postings on LinkedIn. Though I most assuredly do not…

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    Comment #34644421

    I feel like I am in a decently unique situation where I learned C++ throughout my preteens and teens, and got a job straight out of high school writing C++ for Unreal Engine applic…

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    Comment #26297932

    Considering that this has nothing to do with actual repository readmes, and instead about the github feature where you can have a `README.md` file for your profile, I doubt this wo…

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    Comment #24369613

    Works pretty well with the C++ extension and the cmake-tools extension. Though at some point I ended up just swapping to invoking CMake from the command line.

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    Comment #18754714

    Vim isn't as obtuse as it's made out to be. You can learn Vim pretty easily, enough to match the usability of other editors, pretty quickly. Past that, you can learn the actual pow…

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    Comment #18735587

    You can always list alternatives for Facebook, but the problem comes in actually replacing it. Facebook isn't popular for being a well designed website, if you think about it, Face…

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    Comment #18735458

    I like the interface and overall design a lot. But for the player, there isn't a dedicated full screen button, nor is there volume control, two things that for music videos and mus…

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    Comment #18735359

    This is super impressive! Nice work.

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    Comment #18731165

    This is a bot I made for a couple of servers that I am in that allows a user to associate their Last.fm account with their Discord account (works across servers) and then allows th…

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    Comment #18695874

    While I do agree with the idea of outputting HTML quickly, I think that in the end I'd want to emulate the DOM more closely. For instance, I've been thinking about adding a simple …

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    Comment #18695843

    I'll add escaping attributes to the library according to the spec. Thank you for the heads up!

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    Comment #18695231

    Glad to see it! Other than that, looks like a solid bot :)

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    Comment #18693472

    https://github.com/carbonsam/perfectdadbot/blob/master/src/i... Do you log every single message sent in the server to your analytics instance, including those that aren't sent to y…

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    Comment #18691466

    Interface for the CI looks very barebones, though from the looks of it they just threw it up for public consumption.

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    Comment #18624199

    Seems strange that they are releasing binaries for Steam Link without buying their specialized hardware. Then again, I don't know of many people that bought a Steam Link.

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    Comment #17742221

    I'd have to disagree on the front of having an outrageous fee such as that on a storefront. Some people could make great games and those same people might not have the same opportu…