http://meatfighter.com/nintendotetrisai/
When I was a kid, I kept track of the pieces I received in Tetris on a piece of paper, because I was convinced that the in game stats were lying (they weren't).
This guy wrote 25,000 words about the inner workings of Tetris (including an interesting RNG, which is actually truly random in practice).
Even if you don't understand or care about the technical details I recommend you skim through it, as there were a lot of interesting items.
This blog exists purely as a place for me to dump random links and thoughts I have rather than emailing them to my friends. It'll have large amounts of inside jokes. Also there will probably be times when I write "you" or refer to an email. Just pretend that you are reading an email to you. If you don't know me you likely won't find anything here interesting. If you do know me you also will not find anything here interesting.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
The Graphing Calculator Story
http://www.pacifict.com/Story/
People around the Apple campus saw us all the time and assumed we belonged. Few asked who we were or what we were doing.When someone did ask me, I never lied, but relied on the power of corporate apathy. The conversations usually went like this:
Q: Do you work here?
A: No.
Q: You mean you're a contractor?
A: Actually, no.
Q: But then who's paying you?
A: No one.
Q: How do you live?
A: I live simply.
Q: (Incredulously) What are you doing here?!