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comlag

62 karma · joined September 10, 2012

Web developer, thirst to learn. @patfmurray
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comlag··on The $35 Raspberry Pi: The cheapest way to play Minecraft
I ordered mine from http://www.newark.com/ and had it within 2 weeks.
comlag··on Windows 8 Arrives
That is why I found the Win 8 announcement so weird originally. Why let it compete against Windows 7, which is to me the best version of the OS by a wide margin.
comlag··on Zynga May Have Just Laid Off 100+ Employees From Its Austin Office
My argument is that Zynga stole another band's style and lyrics but changed the presentation slightly. They did not build on the 'basic ideas' like having a certain set of instruments.
comlag··on Zynga May Have Just Laid Off 100+ Employees From Its Austin Office
I agree with the almost all your points except about them stealing ideas. Ripping off the same game from indie developers is wrong. It isn't them using basic ideas like a top nav or usernames, there are examples of them copying entire games[1]. 1. http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/01/25/everything...
comlag··on How To Land Any Major Brand For Your Startup
Unethical is way to strong. Though to me it seems overly aggressive and puts a bad taste in my mouth about company X.
comlag··on My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for have worsened his life.
It isn't about just trying them, it is about using them to medicate or escape other symptoms.
comlag··on Racism at a gaming company
"Whites are the people that built this country." You are surely very wrong. This country was very literally built on the backs of minorities and slaves. You really think America would have near the economic power today without those years of free labor to farm their free (stolen) farm land?
comlag··on Racism at a gaming company
He pulls out a rather large, black, dildo at 2:34... wtf?
comlag··on StarCraft: Orcs in space go down in flames
The link to the story of ION Storm and the game Daikatana he mentions was a really interesting read as well. Talk about a complete mess of a company. http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-01-14/news/stormy-weather...
comlag··on Forget self improvement
"I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have."- Andre Agassi

What if the things you are good at are not the things you love? What about the opposite? It is too complex to boil down to 'do what you love'.

comlag··on Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century
An uncanny valley for data. Really interesting and certainly something I have felt but never could put a finger on.