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babuskov
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Started programming when I was 9. Built my first game using assembler on Amiga 500 when I was 13. Later moved to C, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript.
Founded a couple of open source projects, most remarkable being flamerobin.org, which is now the default administration GUI for the open-source FirebirdSQL DBMS. I got really close with people in that community (had beers with most core developers ;) and even presented some papers/sessions at three Firebird conferences. I also run the official Firebird FAQ website at firebirdfaq.org.
Wrote some shareware software available at guacosoft.com. Most successful product is a home-inventory application called Attic Manager.
From 2009 got interested into web space, but mostly kept alive by making accounting software.
In 2014, tested waters on Android, built a space shooter game Drone Invaders in just 23days: http://bigosaur.com/blog/23days
In 2018, built and released Rogue Bit, a puzzle game about computer internals. You play as a single bit of RAM who became sentient and decide to escape the computer into the real world:
http://roguebit.bigosaur.com
From 2015 to 2021, built "Son of a Witch", a roguelike brawler best explained as a mix of Castle Crashers and The Binding of Isaac. It's available on Steam and Nintendo Switch:
https://sonofawitchgame.com
Currently working on a puzzle game called Block Buster Billy, which can be best described as Baba Is You meets Math:
https://bigosaur.com/bbb
You can see my progress on my Twitter: @bigosaur.
You can e.mail me at milan_at_bigosaur dot_com.
- Funny that you picked == as an example when == is very counter intuitive in Java and is one of the common pitfalls for beginners:
Just like PHP, you have to read the docs to use it properly.String a = new String(); String b = new String(); a = "test"; b = a + ""; if (a == "test") { // true } if (b == "test") { // false } if (a == b) { // false } - Does Roblox run on Linux?
- Only if you do it on the same computer. The restriction is still there if you try to, for example, run one game on your PC and another on Steam Deck.
- > does Steam still disallow accounts from playing more than one independently owned game at a time without special procedures?
Yes. I just tried launching one game on Steam Deck and another one on my desktop and it showed a message:
> Error - Steam: You are logged in on another computer already playing Railbound. Launching Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder here will disconnect the other session from Steam.
- Not really. It still has a library level lock. What Steam Families has enabled is to play games from each other's libraries at the same time. For example, if my account has a game A, and your has a game B, I can play the game B while you play the game A. This used to be disabled before.
You still cannot play a game C from my library while I play the game A from my own library.
The only way to be able to play any game you want would be to create a separate account for each game.
- Same for Play Store. I have 2 games and I keep getting offers all the time. The last one offered $2000 for the developer account or a $100 monthly rent.
From their email pitch:
> We’re now offering from $500 to $2000 for a one-time purchase of a developer account that includes apps, or a rental deal starting from $100.
> No hidden conditions — quick process, secure agreement, and immediate payment upon verification.
> We’re simply looking for reliable accounts to publish our client apps quickly, and yours could be a perfect match.
- VVVVVV is very simple game but exceptionally well made. Tight controls coupled with interesting level layouts made it both a puzzle to solve (how to do a section) and then required dexterity to execute it.
And music in this game is top tier.
I remember getting it in a bundle which I bought for some other game, and VVVVVV turned out to be my favorite.
- I think they probably got a batch of these really cheap in the first place, because those servers were offered without the setup fee initially. It was during the soccer World Cup in Germany.
- I cannot find the link now, but it was mentioned that it was ASRock mobos.
- Do Hetzner servers even run IPMI?
For dedicated servers, you have to schedule KVM access in advance, so I assume they need to move some hardware and plug into to your server.
This would mean that IPMI is most likely not available or disabled.
- I have two AX42's. One has been stable since I got it during the Eurocup discount period. The other got replaced 2 times so far, but it looks like the latest replacement is holding up. So, it's like 50% failure rate based on my small sample. I guess only Hetzner and ASRock know the real numbers.
- Relative.
For example, the page:
contains:
href="2-post"
Browsers and other bots like Google Bot correctly interpret this as a link to
While OpenAI crawler goes to:
https://website/blog/1-post/2-post
I wonder is there some way to report this bug to them?
- I built a Home Inventory software back in 2006 called Attic Manager:
In the first few years it only sold a couple of copies per quarter, but then Intuit decided to discontinue support for their Quicken Home Inventory programs and users got stuck. I added the ability to import that data and then the sales started doing well. It has tapered off in the past three years but I still get some months over $500 during the year. I haven't really done any marketing, as it's just a Home Inventory program I made for myself, to keep track of stuff when we were moving to a new home.
As far as I know, Attic Manager is still the only program which can load QHI data.
- 5 points
- Looks like AI is becoming a perfect excuse to do whatever you like.
It's like having a dangerous dog that usually doesn't bite, but you really cannot know if it will change its mind one day. Do you just let such dog walk the streets without owner supervision?
- Agreed. Promising stuff like "Hey we built this because everything else is bad" and then years later selling it to a company that turns it bad is somehow even worse than classic bait and switch.
- Vultr has hard limits by default.
Hetzner also for CPU use, and last time I checked the traffic would drop to slower bandwidth if you pass some limit. I think they still charge you, though.
- IIRC the main selling point of Luau is that you get decent sandboxing by default.
https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc