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gdc

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Making games for 15+ years....
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gdc··on Ask HN: How do you encrypt your laptops?
Pro supports bitlocker.
gdc··on Empire of Code is the first game for coders where you can win without any coding
Completely fails to load in IE?
gdc··on Requestdiff – Send two HTTP requests and visualize any differences
Doesn't seem to work at all in IE11 / RTM Win10.
gdc··on Microsoft Expands Its Parental Leave, Bolsters Paid Time Off And 401k Matching
You are completely wrong.

Pretend I made $100k, contributed $6k -- they matched an additional $3k into the account.

The match was considerably more than $540 @ $18k.

Source: I work there.

gdc··on .NET Native Performance
It happens on your local machine. There's a checkbox to enable / disable it.
gdc··on Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work
Of course, you can cite a credible source that Microsoft is paying H1-B's below prevailing wage?
gdc··on Spouses of Some H-1B Visa Holders to Be Allowed to Work
I'm shocked you can say these things having worked at a firm that obviously deals with fraud -- which I disagree with you -- is NOT the normal case.

If you're an officer of the court, aren't you obligated to report this? Or is it more likely you're not a lawyer and don't actually understand what's going on?

Disclosure -- I'm an L1-B. I'm paid higher than the prevailing wage. By far.

gdc··on Krugman's Three Money Pits
> Bitcoin is a collectible.

So are Beenie Babies.

gdc··on TinyPNG launches API to automate PNG compression
We're trying to determine if this is a joke. Is this something that is real?
gdc··on Microsoft infographic encouraging working while on vacation
I think they're saying that people work when they want to work. Not imploring people to work on their vacations.
gdc··on Microsoft infographic encouraging working while on vacation
I don't see the word vacation anywhere in the article.
gdc··on Microsoft and Xamarin partner
Yes... for the past...... 24 hours.
gdc··on Microsoft does away with stack ranking
Are you a current employee?
gdc··on Flutter: $20 Wireless Arduino with 1 km range
I wouldn't be putting too much money up for this until it's clear what frequency they'll be using and what (if any) FCC certification is finished.
gdc··on HackRF, an open source SDR platform
Yeah, the lack of < 30 Mhz means this would be a pass for me.
gdc··on Microsoft Azure Sales Top $1 Billion, Challenging Amazon
I run several services on it. .net/C# compute services. No VMs. No complaints.
gdc··on Windows Azure Storage certificate expired?
Every major cloud offering on the market has had outages that were traced down to silly issues. I'm not sure if your dislike is targeted at just Azure, or the cloud in general.
gdc··on Windows Azure Storage certificate expired?
Do you think that it is?
gdc··on The Department of Homeland Security Stole My Boat Today
Some vague connection to a liquidity event.
gdc··on Valve starts promoting Steam for Linux to Windows users
Don't even need to do that -- I have Ubuntu windows open on my desktop via HyperV.

It just works.

gdc··on Dropbox releases Windows 8 client
I'm astounded that people can still be this clueless about Win8 months after release.
gdc··on Richard Stallman Answers Your Questions
> Since the U.S. demands fingerprints of non-citizens entering the country

Not entirely true, I know that Canadians can enter with nothing but a passport (and a non-biometric one, at that) or enhanced drivers license.

gdc··on RIP Vile Rat, EVE Online Diplomat, IRL State Dept Rep Killed In Benghazi
Former player here. A huge loss for everyone, in game and out.

Religion poisons everything.

gdc··on Valve Finds Value In Open-Source Drivers
We did it all the time with certain hardware OEMs. Not sure where you get that, aside from "LOL EA".
gdc··on Coding Horror: I Was a Teenage Hacker
When I was 7 or 8, my Dad had a fancy new digital safe -- must have been one of the first -- type in your PIN on the keypad, and open it up.

Took me 15 minutes to try the number on the Social Security card in the desk beside the safe! Presto!