Monthly Archives: March 2010

Facebook doin’ it wrong

Posted on March 22, 2010 by jeffc

Above is a picture of Facebook doin’ it wrong. This is what happens when you leave yourself logged in too long, this is the “timeout” screen. You can notice its utter uselessness by observing that all around it is your … Continue reading →

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Add player stats to scoreboard in sauerbraten/cube2

Posted on March 21, 2010 by jeffc

We all like sauerbraten, but I wanted a persistent look at my stats as I played. As such, I have written the following patch to display relevant info. Thanks to #sauerbraten for help. This works against stable, “Trooper Edition”. There … Continue reading →

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NoSQL v. SQL is the worst holy war ever.

Posted on March 2, 2010 by jeffc

This seems to be filled with religious contention, as demonstrated at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1163039 . Both sides are talking past each other, so I want to lay it out flat. First of all, while NoSQL and RDBMS can sometimes exclude one another, … Continue reading →

Posted in programming, whining | 15 Comments