Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[axus]

No, not the TV show (that I know of).  I think that he likes countable quantities, and the counting of them.  Every month is the "Fun with Numbers", and whenever he's got a list of things to do he's good about sharing the count.  And, of course he got his PhD in Mathematics.

I always get a good feeling when he quantifies his work with a number.  I have a feeling that he always keeps the water levels on, because he likes seeing the flowing numbers.  That's not something I do myself, but I think it's cool.

Do you notice what I'm talking about?  Have any examples you'd like to share with the group?

[Agdune]

Haha, I'm always impressed with this communities ability to borderline stalk the maker of Dwarf Fortress. Nothing personal but I swear, this must be the hunderedth thread I've seen that tries to get into the man's head

[eerr]

He is quite the curiosity.

[Jackrabbit]

Can you remind me what his grocery list for last week was? I've forgotten.

[MrWiggles]

Mostly top ramen.

[Lord Dakoth]

Mostly top ramen.

You misspelled "whiskey."

[MrWiggles]

I think Toady is smart enough to not drink and program. Although it could be for the cat.

[Lord Dakoth]

I do recall a devlog post where Toady said he needed to clean up his apartment of whiskey bottles before an interview. Someone (I think it was Aqizzar) said that we'd have to hold a fundraiser to buy Toady a new liver. Looked for it; couldn't find it.

[Jackrabbit]

The problem might have been that you spelled Aqizzar with a U.

[Shades]

I think Toady is smart enough to not drink and program. Although it could be for the cat.

Alcohol and programming are good: http://xkcd.com/323/

[MrWiggles]

I think Toady is smart enough to not drink and program. Although it could be for the cat.

Alcohol and programming are good: http://xkcd.com/323/

Lolz, no that graph shows there is a delicate peak effect but outside that no, they dont go together.

[Shades]

Lolz, no that graph shows there is a delicate peak effect but outside that no, they dont go together.

But inside the peak its genius
Programming drunk can come up with 'interesting' solutions to problems though. Sometimes they are quite efficient too.

[Neruz]

Lolz, no that graph shows there is a delicate peak effect but outside that no, they dont go together.

But inside the peak its genius
Programming drunk can come up with 'interesting' solutions to problems though. Sometimes they are quite efficient too.

Most of the time you read the code when sober and spend ten hours trying to work out what the fuck it's doing (even if you only spent twenty minutes actually coding it).



The simple fact that Toady has managed to get so far with DF (and isn't slowing down) proves he likes numbers. DF intends to be nothing less than a full world simulator, built upon dozens (possibly hundreds) of interlocking systems with everything quantifiable. Look at Armok I; another simulator, also built around complex systems and numbers.

If Toady didn't like systems and numbers, he wouldn't be throwing himself headfirst into them with Dwarf Fortress.

[Vester]

Haha, I'm always impressed with this communities ability to borderline stalk the maker of Dwarf Fortress. Nothing personal but I swear, this must be the hunderedth thread I've seen that tries to get into the man's head

What do you mean, "borderline"?

We just stalk.

[Siquo]

Most of the time you read the code when sober and spend ten hours trying to work out what the fuck it's doing (even if you only spent twenty minutes actually coding it).

yeah, this. 

Awesome code is still useless if you can't read it.