Re:Is it just me or is networking really hard?
by zamalek on Sunday September 13, 2015 @03:29PM
(#10212497)
> He could or should have replied with less attitude and more facts, though.
I can see his frustration: ignorance frequently has the loudest voice - especially on The Internet.
* "TCP is good enough for Minecraft, it's good enough for you." Blissfully ignores the numerous networking-related bugs that have been present in Minecraft for years.
* "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." Blissfully ignores the remainder of Knuth's quote.
* "UDP is too complex, you won't get it right." Blissfully ignores any and all challenges, never improving their ability.
* "Internet is fast enough." No, it isn't.[1]
* Learns any or all of the above from someone else and believes it because it requires less effort.
Here's someone who has been putting out top-notch content on how to solve the hard problems out of nothing else but for the common good: educating people on how to make games. What do people do? Challenge those facts with superstition and unbelievable ignorance. He's got all reasons to be frustrated, I didn't even write those beautiful articles and I'm frustrated.
He's been putting in so much effort and when people blissfully ignore it, yeah, it's going to be frustrating.
Let him have his rant - at least he's not throwing the towel in. Everyone has their bad days.
I can see his frustration: ignorance frequently has the loudest voice - especially on The Internet.
* "TCP is good enough for Minecraft, it's good enough for you." Blissfully ignores the numerous networking-related bugs that have been present in Minecraft for years.
* "Premature optimization is the root of all evil." Blissfully ignores the remainder of Knuth's quote.
* "UDP is too complex, you won't get it right." Blissfully ignores any and all challenges, never improving their ability.
* "Internet is fast enough." No, it isn't.[1]
* Learns any or all of the above from someone else and believes it because it requires less effort.
Here's someone who has been putting out top-notch content on how to solve the hard problems out of nothing else but for the common good: educating people on how to make games. What do people do? Challenge those facts with superstition and unbelievable ignorance. He's got all reasons to be frustrated, I didn't even write those beautiful articles and I'm frustrated.
He's been putting in so much effort and when people blissfully ignore it, yeah, it's going to be frustrating.
Let him have his rant - at least he's not throwing the towel in. Everyone has their bad days.
[1]: http://www.statista.com/statistics/381388/asia-average-inter...