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Re:Hacking Super Mario 64 using covering spaces on Thursday March 05, 2026 @09:10PM (#47269963)
This reminds me of pannenkoek2012's work on Super Mario 64: SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks 0.5x A Presses.

In particular, it makes me think about his "parallel universes" and QPUs.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025) on Monday December 01, 2025 @04:49PM (#46113759)
Location: US

Remote: only

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C/C++, Python, PHP, Rust, Go, x86_64, Javascript, sqlite3, git

Resume/CV: https://www.evildojo.com/resume.pdf

X/Twitter: https://x.com/evildojo66

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darkmage/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@evildojo666

Bugcrowd: http://bugcrowd.com/darkmagex6

Github: https://github.com/mikedesu/

I've been streaming development of a game I am making in C++ and Raylib for both desktop and browser! See me in action on my Youtube channel. I won't share email here, but I will if you reach out to me on LinkedIn or X/Twitter.

I have professional experience as an iOS Developer, Security Consultant/Penetration Tester, and as an online Computer Science tutor. I realize my intersection of skills may not appear united or even fresh, but I pride myself on my ability to learn new tech stacks and integrate into anyone's workflow.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

Thank you in advance!

winrar has been around since I was in high school...21+ years 500 million downloads isn't unreasonable during that time frame real question is: how many windows boxes are up right now and how many have winrar installed
Re:Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion on Thursday January 23, 2025 @02:28PM (#42807156)
I use this on-and-off again. It is nice that I can flip between this and Copilot by commenting out one line in my init.lua
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2023) on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:01AM (#38109903)
Location: San Antonio

Remote: preferred

Willing to relocate: for the right job

Technologies: programming, penetration testing, security consulting

Resume: https://www.evildojo.com/resume.pdf

X: https://x.com/evildojo666

email: on request

Hey man, I bought Steredenn on the PS4 like 5 years ago and it was one of the best shootemups I've ever played. I haven't beaten it yet but was considering picking it up again for the Switch. Thank you for making it. I am working on my own game and games like yours are an inspiration for me to keep going with it.

If I can ask a question, was there an initial design decision to build the game in Unity, or was that just your preferred tool out of experience?

(asking because I am fool-heartedly going in pure libsdl2 and C++)

Thanks again!

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:07PM (#31242717)
Location: San Antonio, TX, US

Remote: Required

Willing to relocate: Not atm

Technologies: C/C++, Python, Javascript, HTML5

Resume: https://www.evildojo.com/resume.html

I generally don't list my email and try to control who has access to it, but I've ended up in several recruiters' databases and can tell when people who email me are using some template or automated system. Oftentimes the positions they reach out about are a clear mismatch and they reveal that they never even read my resume to begin with.

Right, which is why you would never XOR in this manner, and would hash instead. You don't want the password or content retrievable that easily.
Re:Poll: How much time on average do you exercise in a week? on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:43PM (#29772050)
My god, he's still going!

Have you ever tried going more than a day without cleaning your teeth? Have you ever had so little energy, motivation, or otherwise give-a-care to just not-do-it when going to bed at night?

Why do you insist on this being the baseline when you've clearly never struggled to do this?

Re:Poll: How much time on average do you exercise in a week? on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:42PM (#29772030)
You've never had true depression.

My teeth are rotting out of my head due to poor dental hygiene from years ago. The road back up sometimes begins in a deep hole vertical-ascent, and that can feel daunting, even hopeless at times.

You wouldn't talk on the Internet unless you had experience. Everyone loves to brow-beat.

Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) on Friday December 24, 2021 @08:01PM (#29679314)
Agreed. There was some drama with twisted years ago involving python 2-3 interoperability iirc. The title reads like clickbait and having to hook me on an article this way only serves to repulse me physically.
TIL of notcurses

"Notcurses is licensed under Apache2, a demonstration that I have transcended your petty world of material goods, fiat currencies, and closed sources. Implement Microsoft Bob in it. Charge rubes for it. Put it in your ballistic missiles so that you have a nice LED display of said missile's speed and projected yield; right before impact, scroll "FUCK YOU" in all the world's languages, and close it out with a smart palette fade. Carve the compiled objects onto bricks and mail them to Richard Stallman, taunting him through a bullhorn as you do so."

This inspires me

I'm actually dev-ing a game for Windows, Mac, and Linux entirely in C++ and libsdl and it has been a GREAT experience so far!
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking Freelancer? (January 2020) on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:01PM (#21938517)
SEEKING WORK - Jacksonville, Florida, or Remote (preferably)

Independent Computer Science Tutor with experience in iOS Development, Proof-of-concept scripting, and Penetration testing.

Technologies / languages / frameworks known or worked-with: C, C++, Java, Python, PHP, Perl, Objective-C, bash, Linux, Apache, Javascript, CSS, HTML, WordPress, node.js, iOS, Android.

A lot more about me is available on my social media links and resume, which are available on my website: https://mikebell.xyz/resume.html

You can reach out to me at:

https://mikebell.xyz

https://twitter.com/therealdarkmage

My rates are negotiable and extremely affordable.

Re:South Korean students flock to Japan on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:47AM (#19907067)
You're not considering the Korean perspective. If Korean is your native language, Japanese is significantly easier to pick up than English due to similarities in the grammatical structure and syntax of both languages. Your surprise is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding and stereotype about English because English is, I'm guessing, your native language.

It is mine as well, but I considered the questions you're asking when I was teaching myself Japanese around age 9. I'm 33 now. The barrier of difficulty is all in your mind. You're the only limiting factor. You decide for yourself how difficult something is to do.

Re:Show HN: Online C/C++ obfuscator on Saturday July 07, 2018 @04:01PM (#17480244)
Doesn't work for basic C++:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

#include <iostream>

int main() {

    int someNum = 52;

    printf("Whale exists that does %d hz\n", someNum);

    std::cout << "Out";

    return 0;
}

/var/obfuscator/code_624952c3a4d4ebc7df41c830d3572272.c:3:10: fatal error: 'iostream' file not found

Stopping due to parsing error of severity Fatal

-----

Removing the include for iostream yields:

-----

/var/obfuscator/code_c963503bab4beb00483856ecd675548d.c:7:9: error: expected expression

Stopping due to parsing error of severity Error

In OSX terminal, .bash_profile send to be called on every opened window or tab. On my Debian server, .bashrc seems to be called, as well as inside every screen window
Re:Terminal Window Manager for OS X on Sunday August 16, 2015 @02:25PM (#10069771)
You should look at SizeUp, it basically does the same thing except for any window :D
Re:The Battle for Wesnoth needs help on Saturday July 25, 2015 @03:24PM (#9948672)
I'd like to explore the possibility of contributing to its development and maintenance. I may not be an "experienced" C++ programmer, but I am an experienced programmer looking for more experience with C++.
Re:Ask HN: How's your drinking problem? on Friday July 24, 2015 @12:45PM (#9943259)
Agree.

Personally, I don't drink that much. I've had maybe 4 beers in the last month.

Very impressive for a first project. I've been writing code for 20 years and haven't ever made anything this cool :D You're inspiring me!
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2015) on Monday June 01, 2015 @04:32PM (#9641934)
Location: Jacksonville

Remote: OK

Willing to relocate: Absolutely!

Technologies: C, C++, Objective-C, primarily iOS for the last 4 years with some PHP sprinkled in. Moderate experience in web but more proficient at iOS. Former Compiler Research Assistant. Programmer of 20 years. Have played with countless languages, can pick up anything quickly.

Resumé/CV: Available through email

Email: [email protected]

Re:Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary on Friday May 29, 2015 @03:30PM (#9626767)
Feels a bit slow to be called "near perfect" but cool, I always love seeing Mario projects :D
There is no continuous consciousness. It is the result of unconscious processes culminating into individual perceptions of consciousness, making it appear like we are experiencing one continuous reality, when in reality, something far more complicated is driving us behind the scenes.
From her perspective, you and the rope would burn up against the fire wall
> "Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way."

This, itself, is a very philosophical suggestion.

Re:Why PHP is obsolete (2014) on Monday May 25, 2015 @01:17AM (#9598748)
I don't get why so many people seem to be biased against PHP. It isn't an awful language or anything.
Re:Why PHP is obsolete (2014) on Monday May 25, 2015 @01:16AM (#9598742)
I'd like some citation on the claim that Ruby and Rails is taught "usually" in University web programming courses.

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