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trueSlavon AMD 16-Core ThreadRipper Enthusiast CPUs to Reportedly Utilize 4094 Pin Socket

My old 1090t from 2010 says hi.

trueSlavon Mathematics for Computer Science [pdf]

This is so stupid, the "primer on the basics" should be "Algorithmization for Computer Science", not a 900+ page math textbook (that doesn't even explore graph theory, calculus and differential calculus).

trueSlavon AMD Zen and Ryzen 7 Review: A Deep Dive

The fact that it doesn't have an integrated gpu is a GREAT THING. This is an enthusiast/server CPU, if you can't be bothered to buy a cheap dedicated graphics card, wait for the mobile/apu Zen.

trueSlavon Show HN: Lumix Engine – Open source C++ 3D game engine

Whoever thinks that all these random 3D engines are worth anything to anyone but hobbyist programmers is delusional to say the least. "gui tooling" (or as I like to call it: "the engine") represents maybe 80 to 90% of value of an engine like Unity or Unreal. I'm sure that anyone who's actually done some project in one of these can confirm what I'm saying. The amount of money and time spent on the tools of UE is simply insane.

trueSlavon Unreal Engine 4.15 Released

There are no other better engines and what's more, there only two serious competitors out there. CryEngine and Unity. CryEngine has nowhere near the amount of documentation UE has (both official and unofficial) and investing time into learning to work with CryEngine is questionable since the company behind it may go bakrupt at any time and the skills you'll learn are not really usable outside of your project(s) since pretty much no one in the industry (except CIG and Warhorse) uses it. Unity is great for what it is, but it's not exactly the best choice as far as ambitious projects go.

trueSlavon Unreal Engine 4.15 Released

None. They're no silly command line tools two people wrote in their spare time.

trueSlavon How Do You Know a Developer Is Doing a Good Job?

> "developers can be confident that they will rewarded for doing the right thing, not looking like they are doing the right thing"

From my professional experience (10 years in 3 companies), this is one of the biggest issues in software development businesses. You're either too small and then the manager doesn't have the time or skill set to effectively evaluate the developer's efficiency or you're too big and there are too many layers between the developer and the manager. The situation when your direct supervisor is also a person who is authorized (and able!) to evaluate your performance happens so rarely.