Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft • Hacker News Board

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by TillE » Fri, Dec 02, 2011, 10:51 PM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #28

SquareWheel wrote: post #24

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I came over from Reddit this last month, the number of memes just become too much for me.

May I make the suggestion of installing Reddit Enhancement Suite. Unsubscribe from all the default sub/r's (wtf, offbeat,askreddit, etc), and block all posts from imgur and quickmeme, and things look a lot better.

Doesn't really help. The Reddit "culture" infects everything, not just the main subs.

I suppose for example /r/gamedev isn't awful, but really, GameDev.net is much bigger and better. There's little reason to bother with Reddit.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by bct » Fri, Dec 02, 2011, 11:09 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #21

jpeterson wrote: post #7

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Too late. HN has basically become reddit.com/r/programming in the last year or so. The glory days are over. You have to admire how long the quality remained high, though.

Even though I had to highlight the text of your comment to read it, you do echo a point that has kind of irritated me somewhat. On a website called "hacker news", 90% (hyperbole) of the links are related to designing flashy GUIs and selling social web startups and whatever the flavor-of-the-week web design trend is. There's very little "do it yourself, do it quickly, do what no one has done before" spirit, it's mostl…

Hacker News was originally called Startup News; that would still be a more accurate title.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by cynest » Fri, Dec 02, 2011, 11:12 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #30

freehunter wrote: post #21

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Even though I had to highlight the text of your comment to read it, you do echo a point that has kind of irritated me somewhat. On a website called "hacker news", 90% (hyperbole) of the links are related to designing flashy GUIs and selling social web startups and whatever the flavor-of-the-week web design trend is. There's very little "do it yourself, do it quickly, do what no one has done before" spirit, it's mostl…

What's disingenuous about programming on a site called "Hacker News," and what would be left other than political posts if you took out the startup and programming stuff?

There are a number of good science posts that make the frontpage. This is originally what kept me on this site.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by freehunter » Fri, Dec 02, 2011, 11:57 PM UTC

pessimizer wrote: post #30

freehunter wrote: post #21

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Even though I had to highlight the text of your comment to read it, you do echo a point that has kind of irritated me somewhat. On a website called "hacker news", 90% (hyperbole) of the links are related to designing flashy GUIs and selling social web startups and whatever the flavor-of-the-week web design trend is. There's very little "do it yourself, do it quickly, do what no one has done before" spirit, it's mostl…

What's disingenuous about programming on a site called "Hacker News," and what would be left other than political posts if you took out the startup and programming stuff?

It's not just the programming stuff I wish I could filter, it's the worship of Ruby, node.js, CSS, etc. Web languages that really aren't useful in the hacker sense of the word, but rather in the business sense of the word.

My opinion wasn't so much about what would replace those posts, but what not having those posts would attract.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by potch » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 12:53 AM UTC

Much respect for making it to the 1.0, that shows great dedication on his part. He earned the break, and I look forward to seeing what's next!

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by ori_b » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 1:08 AM UTC

Klinky wrote: post #29

v21 wrote: post #10

I'm glad this is the case. A common trap for indie developers is to make one game, have it be at least partially successful, and then to continue to make that game - making DLC, expansions, porting it to other platforms, making a multiplayer version etc. It makes me sad as a player, because it's done instead of developing something new. It's far better to pass on these porting efforts to other developers and to get t…

It makes me sad as a player, because it's done instead of developing something new. I think this is a problem of attitude. If you are so desperate for something new, why not create it yourself? The indie has every right to do what they feel like with their content, time, energy & money. They're not your monkey to dance & sing whenever you please. If you disagree with how they're spending their time, then spend your t…

Because they're better at it than me. My interests are in the playing and not in the creation.

And as a customer, I'm more interested in new awesomeness than addaddons.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by ceol » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 1:59 AM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #34

pessimizer wrote: post #30

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What's disingenuous about programming on a site called "Hacker News," and what would be left other than political posts if you took out the startup and programming stuff?

It's not just the programming stuff I wish I could filter, it's the worship of Ruby, node.js, CSS, etc. Web languages that really aren't useful in the hacker sense of the word, but rather in the business sense of the word. My opinion wasn't so much about what would replace those posts, but what not having those posts would attract.

This is anecdotal, but I've seen more Python articles in the past couple of weeks than Ruby. node.js is a pretty useful tool for random hackery, and most of the CSS articles have been "hacks" for creating cool UIs. I like to think of the "Hacker" in Hacker News as someone who employs neat tricks to get the job done.

Are you looking for news related to network security?

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by AndyKelley » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 3:55 AM UTC

I expect to see the code base quality increase and number of obscene bugs that make it to production decrease significantly.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by rayiner » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 5:10 AM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #34

pessimizer wrote: post #30

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What's disingenuous about programming on a site called "Hacker News," and what would be left other than political posts if you took out the startup and programming stuff?

It's not just the programming stuff I wish I could filter, it's the worship of Ruby, node.js, CSS, etc. Web languages that really aren't useful in the hacker sense of the word, but rather in the business sense of the word. My opinion wasn't so much about what would replace those posts, but what not having those posts would attract.

Hacker means people who hack on code. Why aren't languages like Ruby relevant.

Re: Notch is no longer lead developer on Minecraft

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Post by sukuriant » Sat, Dec 03, 2011, 6:23 AM UTC

bct wrote: post #23

windsurfer wrote: post #17

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Too many food; make existing ones better Too many websites; make existing ones better Too many songs; make existing ones better

There's a place for both approaches. I agree with kiba that with video games (and websites, and lots of other software for that matter), novelty is weighted much too heavily.

Companies don't tend to polish them, though. Sure we have a few polished/polishing games for their genres: Half Life, Team Fortress, League of Legends, WoW; but, many companies just rehash sequels to make more and more of the same game.