On 2013-12-13 18:11, Manu wrote:

> I'd say there's a massive bias in games though since most gamedevs are
> windows users. Windows is the only real PC based market for games, and
> all the dev-tools for consoles are windows based too, so I guess it
> stands to reason that you don't meet too many gamedev's with an
> insatiable lust for Apple products.

Unfortunately most games suck on Mac OS X. I don't know if they're just badly coded, if it's the drivers or the OpenGL implementation. Many games that work perfectly fine at highest resolution and detail level on Windows is barley playable on low settings on Mac OS X. Only a few games are good on Mac OS X.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 12/13/13 12:17 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-12-13 21:03, Marco Leise wrote:
>
>> Hey, I keep drumming on everything I find. Tables, stools and
>> especially my cheap keyboard. That keyboard has a certain
>> crunch to it. I'm worried about my notebook though. I hope the
>> hard disk can handle the shocks. :) I just can't keep calm to a
>> good rock song.
>> But whenever a real drummer sees me drumming on a bar table,
>> they gotta show me that there is more to it and I wonder how
>> one can ever learn to coordinate two hands and the feet to play
>> different rhythms and above that hit the correct drum.
>
> I've been drumming so much on my desk that the finish (or what it's
> called) has been wear done.

I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s

Andrei

On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 20:25:14 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-12-13 18:11, Manu wrote:
>
>> I'd say there's a massive bias in games though since most gamedevs are
>> windows users. Windows is the only real PC based market for games, and
>> all the dev-tools for consoles are windows based too, so I guess it
>> stands to reason that you don't meet too many gamedev's with an
>> insatiable lust for Apple products.
>
> Unfortunately most games suck on Mac OS X. I don't know if they're just badly coded, if it's the drivers or the OpenGL implementation. Many games that work perfectly fine at highest resolution and detail level on Windows is barley playable on low settings on Mac OS X. Only a few games are good on Mac OS X.

Notable is Witcher 2 which you can get for Mac for free if you already have PC version. And I agree it works worse than on Windows.

On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 21:44:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
> On 12/13/13 12:17 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2013-12-13 21:03, Marco Leise wrote:
>>
>>> Hey, I keep drumming on everything I find. Tables, stools and
>>> especially my cheap keyboard. That keyboard has a certain
>>> crunch to it. I'm worried about my notebook though. I hope the
>>> hard disk can handle the shocks. :) I just can't keep calm to a
>>> good rock song.
>>> But whenever a real drummer sees me drumming on a bar table,
>>> they gotta show me that there is more to it and I wonder how
>>> one can ever learn to coordinate two hands and the feet to play
>>> different rhythms and above that hit the correct drum.
>>
>> I've been drumming so much on my desk that the finish (or what it's
>> called) has been wear done.
>
> I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s
>
> Andrei

Holy Cow! Speechless...

On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 21:44:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s
>
> Andrei

Ha, not bad. How long ago was this?

On 12/13/13 3:06 PM, Meta wrote:
> On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 21:44:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Ha, not bad. How long ago was this?

2009.

Andrei

On Friday, 13 December 2013 at 23:38:57 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 12/13/13 3:06 PM, Meta wrote:
>> Ha, not bad. How long ago was this?
>
> 2009.
>
> Andrei

"Uploaded on May 19, 2008"

They are among us...

Am Fri, 13 Dec 2013 13:44:01 -0800
schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org>:

> On 12/13/13 12:17 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> > On 2013-12-13 21:03, Marco Leise wrote:
> >
> >> Hey, I keep drumming on everything I find. Tables, stools and
> >> especially my cheap keyboard. That keyboard has a certain
> >> crunch to it. I'm worried about my notebook though. I hope the
> >> hard disk can handle the shocks. :) I just can't keep calm to a
> >> good rock song.
> >> But whenever a real drummer sees me drumming on a bar table,
> >> they gotta show me that there is more to it and I wonder how
> >> one can ever learn to coordinate two hands and the feet to play
> >> different rhythms and above that hit the correct drum.
> >
> > I've been drumming so much on my desk that the finish (or what it's
> > called) has been wear done.
> 
> I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s
> 
> Andrei

*Seriously*? That's really you. What a strange beat. The
vocals were way to quiet/shy. Other than that great
performance. :D
You know, it is very surprising to see people you know from
"D" do things not related to programming, including writing
books about it or teaching it. I guess that's why many forums
have an off topic section where people can introduce
themselves or just talk about drumming or UFOs.
Take Jacob Carlborg for example. I thought he is a dead
serious guy who writes a serialization library and would not
be drumming on his desk till the paint is gone, because he's
just too serious to be moved by music. Keep telling stories
guys!

--
Marco

On 14 December 2013 07:44, Andrei Alexandrescu < SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/13/13 12:17 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>
>> On 2013-12-13 21:03, Marco Leise wrote:
>>
>>  Hey, I keep drumming on everything I find. Tables, stools and
>>> especially my cheap keyboard. That keyboard has a certain
>>> crunch to it. I'm worried about my notebook though. I hope the
>>> hard disk can handle the shocks. :) I just can't keep calm to a
>>> good rock song.
>>> But whenever a real drummer sees me drumming on a bar table,
>>> they gotta show me that there is more to it and I wonder how
>>> one can ever learn to coordinate two hands and the feet to play
>>> different rhythms and above that hit the correct drum.
>>>
>>
>> I've been drumming so much on my desk that the finish (or what it's
>> called) has been wear done.
>>
>
> I'll just leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNn3pJKaV2s


Haha awesome. I have to say, I really didn't see that coming! :)

On 14 December 2013 06:25, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> wrote:

> On 2013-12-13 18:11, Manu wrote:
>
>  I'd say there's a massive bias in games though since most gamedevs are
>> windows users. Windows is the only real PC based market for games, and all the dev-tools for consoles are windows based too, so I guess it stands to reason that you don't meet too many gamedev's with an insatiable lust for Apple products.
>>
>
> Unfortunately most games suck on Mac OS X. I don't know if they're just badly coded, if it's the drivers or the OpenGL implementation. Many games that work perfectly fine at highest resolution and detail level on Windows is barley playable on low settings on Mac OS X. Only a few games are good on Mac OS X.


I've done mac ports before. In terms of scheduling though, it always gets
barely any time or attention.
Bare minimum to get it running, and doesn't help that it's usually being
written by a windows programmer working against his will :)