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Does anyone know if he's still using Java for this game?

one vote from me! I kept listening and hearing "blah blah km", but it doesn't mean anything to me so I had to look up what else is at 200kms in altitude.

What did the quotes look like before the redesign? robot is blocking waybackmachine.

Maybe he's saying, if your code is simple and elegant enough you won't need to comment.

He didn't fail out because he's an idiot, he failed out because the classes were mind-numbingly boring.

Most people likely have not tried teaching themselves anything. It's like learning anything else-- it's hard at first but it gets easier as you practice. You can teach yourself to teach yourself.

You can talk to smart people without having to go to college. If you live in the city, you can attend a number of meetups chock full of ridiculously smart people, some willing to teach you/work with you.

I disagree with what you say, but a lot of people tend to agree with you. I'm assuming that most people haven't actually tried teaching themselves something to know what's more effective.

A lot of people assume that college is this magical place where people find their passions... People usually don't change too much and stick to their passions well past highschool/college(meaning that they would've come to a similar conclusion with or without college). Many people cite all these CEOs and CTOs who left college and did amazing things, but these people are merely finding out that they can't learn in a classroom setting(neither can i) and pursued a different path.

Are you saying that you can't learn to write without going to college?

I'm in the same boat as the OP: I've been in school for 3 years but everything I know comes from teaching myself. I dropped out and started teaching myself rails/html/css and I'm currently looking for a programming gig(hopefully in a startup). I agree with the OP's sentiment that you shouldn't go for a college degree unless you're looking to work in something that requires credibility(law, medical, etc) and I always tell Highschool graduates about the many options they can pursue without having to waste money paying for a diluted and meaningless education.

I believe that going to college is worth it if you're being selectively taught by the top 1%. The rest of the 99%? Forget about it-- you can learn more with an internet connection.

I commented on your blog but I thought I'd repeat it here to get more answers :)

How do you determine if your product is something people don't really want? I'm looking for my hypothetical early adopters(new and young restaurant owners) and a lot of the older restaurant owners don't care too much about the product. How do you determine whether your product is not ready for the mainstream or whether people just don't care about the problem and/or solution?

I just watched the tutorial. I just want to point out what happened. I started watching the tutorial and continued to eat my dinner. I had a feeling that it was more like a video than an interactive walkthrough so I ended up being stuck at the project creation page not realizing that I had to put input some information. The woman started talking about some stuff that were not visible on the screen so I got a little confused and started looking around to see if I missed something. Otherwise, the technology looks cool, but I don't want my users to be confused as I was.

This is awesome and I would totally use it if the price was right. When are you guys thinking of launching?

I met alexis during a a meetup event in NYC and I had no idea that this was a part of his story. I love both reddit and hipmunk and I hope he continues to make cool products!

I bought the Rails Tutorial book only to find out that there's a free online version and the 2nd edition well on its way. Totally my fault though, should've done more research :/. Otherwise, it's a great book and I'm sure the 2nd edition fixes the compatibility issues.

Wasn't there a mathematical study that concluded that the Indus script has the structure of a language? I found an article on it http://grimoires.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/grim-writing-the-i...

If you had to create a list(or non-list) of requirements a password must pass what would it be? (Ex. Case sensitivity, length, cannot be the same as username etc etc) The bare minimum with the least frustration for the user? I was very surprised by the news-piece that blizzard was using case-insensitive passwords and that got me thinking...

Should simply be, "Troll".

Sorry, but what's the difference between using a web application architecture and using a server side architecture? I'm curious!