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| bio | website | plus.google.com/… |
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| location | Sydney, Australia | |
| age | 27 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 5 months |
| seen | Dec 12 '12 at 8:52 | |
| stats | profile views | 45 |
About Me
I am employed as a software engineer by a high performance media trader. There, I use Python, C++, Go, and AWS.
I like parsimonious code, with simple interfaces and excellent documentation. I'm not interested in enterprise, boiler-plate, or cookie-cutter nonsense. I oppose cruft and obfuscation. My favourite languages are C, Go and Python. I wish I was better at Haskell.
My favourite posts
- What are the thread limitations when working on Linux compared to processes for network/IO-bound apps?
- What should I learn first before heading to C++?
- How much bad can be done using register variables in C++
- C and C++ source code profiling tools
- How big can a malloc be in C?
- memory use of STL data structures, windows vs. linux
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Dec 5 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 30 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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May 31 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? Chainmail: 40gp. Plate: 60gp. It doesn't seem convincing. |
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Dec 5 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 28 |
awarded | Critic |
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Aug 10 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jul 22 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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May 20 |
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Is there a tool to make custom character sheets? Omfg, ClarisWorks haven't heard about that in over a decade!! It had Windows versions, so fear [not]. |
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May 20 |
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Are fantasy RPG races racial/cultural analogues to reality? You are the master of all things RPG. This answer is great, and cuts through PC in the quest for accuracy. |
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May 16 |
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Why do Clerics unlock 3rd and 4th level spells at the same experience level? I own the Cook Expert rules, and can verify it is 2/2/1/1 at level 6 as I've stated. Possibly Moldvay is compensating for not including the higher level cleric spells by simply giving more spells at those higher levels unless the Cook rules are included? Note that given all these occurences, it doesn't explain why rules released just days ago should continue the trend. |
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May 16 |
asked | Why do Clerics unlock 3rd and 4th level spells at the same experience level? |
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May 2 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Apr 30 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Apr 30 |
answered | Wielding barbarian weapons two handed |
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Apr 30 |
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Wielding barbarian weapons two handed I found: Creatures that use two-handed weapons (+2 to Melee Attack) also add 5 to their Menace Rating. |
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Apr 30 |
accepted | Wielding barbarian weapons two handed |
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Apr 29 |
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Ideas For a Dungeon With High CR Reminds me of the mage cabal in Rhialto the Marvellous. |
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Feb 11 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? A nice answer.. |
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Feb 2 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? @ExTSR: I was hasty in accepting a solution, figuring the right one wasn't coming. I've unchecked it for now, but I don't believe your answer is correct. |
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Jan 29 |
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In early D&D, why would chainmail ever be preferred over plate armor? 100cn difference is not much (max carry is 2400), and 10% is a bit of an understatement (it's a very undramatic way to look at the difference). ac 4 to ac 2 is a 40% reduction in chance to be hit by first level monsters. |
