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Minimalist Program
Aug 14, 2010

boner confessor posted:

uhhh he moved from sweden to beverly hills so he could live in a fabulously expensive house in a city where he has no friends or family

But to be fair, he did not have any friends before becoming rich either. LIke the money did almost nothing to change his person or his life in any meaningful way except where he used to sit alone in a small and sparsely furnished room with his computer and his big gut, he's now sitting alone in a large and very expensive room with his computer and his big gut. Oh and he doesn't even have the JAVA-app he developed as his only hobby to focus on anymore so now it's just candy and MRA tweets.

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Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

boner confessor posted:

uhhh he moved from sweden to beverly hills so he could live in a fabulously expensive house in a city where he has no friends or family

He would have been better off in Sweden. From all that I have seen and heard of LA, it seems to be a really terrible and weirdly distorted place that revolves around celebrity/showbiz poo poo.

5436
Jul 11, 2003

by astral
Why doesn't Notch fix this loving forum?

Minimalist Program
Aug 14, 2010
Source: Swedish friend who worked at medium sized game dev center who's met and interacted with Notch (And talked to the people he "hired" once minecraft became and accidental hit, all of whom loathed the guy)

Minimalist Program fucked around with this message at 21:11 on Oct 26, 2016

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Some guy chipped Trump's name off his Walk of Fame Star. Unfortunately he's the most uncoordinated guy in the world. Isn't very good at swinging a pickax or sledge hammer.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal

5436 posted:

Why doesn't Notch fix this loving forum?

I'm pretty sure Radium is/was a better coder than Notch.

Electric Sugar
May 24, 2004

over in the burnt yellow tent by the frozen tractor

dwarf74 posted:

I ended up voting at Eastland the other weekend. I decided it wasn't worth putting up with the potential-voter-intimidation nightmare that McLean County might just turn into on the 8th. Hope you can post your experiences after it's all said and done. My hunch is that it'll be just fine because it's not like Illinois is a toss-up, Duckworth seems like a lock, the district is like 60/40 Red anyways, and most of the local Republicans are running unopposed. But who even knows anymore.

I'll try to write things up - hopefully everything will be fine. They seemed pretty organized and made sure to set newbies up with experienced poll workers, though there were a lot of new recruits for this election.

Did they have the touch screens set up at Eastland? I thought the whole "ballot assist" was pretty clever - the touch screen just helps you fill out the dots on the ballot, so there is still a paper record as well.

I would like to see more local Dems running, but with whackadoodles like the BLNews lady around griping about the Coliseum no wonder no one wants to get involved in the local shitshow.

Motto
Aug 3, 2013

seiferguy posted:

edit: this should give you an idea of the type of person he is -

https://twitter.com/notch/status/789874079587307520

His pinned tweet also works pretty well:

quote:

"Hey, don't do that!"
"Why not?"
"Someone once told me not to, and it made me feel weird, so now I'm passing this social virus on to you."

Feldegast42
Oct 29, 2011

COMMENCE THE RITE OF SHITPOSTING

Toph Bei Fong posted:

Great Zeus.

I used to live in Wichita Falls, which is a few miles down the road from Iowa Park. IP is a tiny methburg oil town, full of the exact sort of people you'd expect in a Texas boomtown that keeps hanging on with a few refineries and a couple gas stations. There literally isn't anything to do there but go to the one lovely mall in WF.

I absolutely believe the writer is sincere, as the whole area is mostly controlled by the First Baptist Church (whose former head pastor, Robert Jeffress, is lovingly in the tank for Trump after being against him. No, seriously, gently caress this guy.), who do a great job completely segregating the Air Force folks at Sheppard from the rest of the town, and keeping the place resolutely small townish for a city of 100,000. It has a horrible mentality, with everyone just waiting for the oil to come back, and hounding the real source of the town's wealth (the AFB) into ostracisition up on the North side of town.

When I was moving away, the old guy who helped organize the local roller derby league took me and my partner aside and warned us all about the dangers of the north east, and how he'd pray for us not to get shot.

I wish I could help change these folks minds, but sometimes I think we're just going to have to wait for them to die off instead... :smith:

Random unrelated note -- I googled Robert Jeffress because of this post and the first thing that popped up in the autocomplete was "Robert Jeffress net worth". I don't think I need to read anymore to know what kind of pastor he is.

A Winner is Jew
Feb 14, 2008

by exmarx

Agrajag posted:

He would have been better off in Sweden. From all that I have seen and heard of LA, it seems to be a really terrible and weirdly distorted place that revolves around celebrity/showbiz poo poo.

IIRC after getting all that money from microsoft he did stay in sweden for a bit... only everyone basically hated him there so he moved.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Casimir Radon posted:

Some guy chipped Trump's name off his Walk of Fame Star. Unfortunately he's the most uncoordinated guy in the world. Isn't very good at swinging a pickax or sledge hammer.

Eh. Do you know how hard it is to swing one of those things with any force downward like that and not injure yourself?

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Motto posted:

His pinned tweet also works pretty well:

Its no secret that developers/engineers have terrible opinions on finance, economics, business, government policies and legal practices

For reference, see bitcoin

Edit: forgot to add in a poor understanding of history too

OgreNoah
Nov 18, 2003

Dexo posted:

Eh. Do you know how hard it is to swing one of those things with any force downward like that and not injure yourself?

Yeah pretty sure they're made for swinging in front of you, not at your feet. They don't work exactly like sledgehammers.

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Dexo posted:

Eh. Do you know how hard it is to swing one of those things with any force downward like that and not injure yourself?
Yes, I've used both before. He's barely hitting it with some of those strokes, and knocking over his signs in others.

Toph Bei Fong posted:

Great Zeus.

I used to live in Wichita Falls, which is a few miles down the road from Iowa Park. IP is a tiny methburg oil town, full of the exact sort of people you'd expect in a Texas boomtown that keeps hanging on with a few refineries and a couple gas stations. There literally isn't anything to do there but go to the one lovely mall in WF.

I absolutely believe the writer is sincere, as the whole area is mostly controlled by the First Baptist Church (whose former head pastor, Robert Jeffress, is lovingly in the tank for Trump after being against him. No, seriously, gently caress this guy.), who do a great job completely segregating the Air Force folks at Sheppard from the rest of the town, and keeping the place resolutely small townish for a city of 100,000. It has a horrible mentality, with everyone just waiting for the oil to come back, and hounding the real source of the town's wealth (the AFB) into ostracisition up on the North side of town.

When I was moving away, the old guy who helped organize the local roller derby league took me and my partner aside and warned us all about the dangers of the north east, and how he'd pray for us not to get shot.

I wish I could help change these folks minds, but sometimes I think we're just going to have to wait for them to die off instead... :smith:
Ahh, Wichita Falls. About the same size as the city I'm from, but somebody gets killed every other week.

ReindeerF
Apr 20, 2002

Rubber Dinghy Rapids Bro
In case you wondered - even though you already knew - yes, John Rocker supports Donald Trump.

Bushiz
Sep 21, 2004

The #1 Threat to Ba Sing Se

Grimey Drawer
Notch is what everyone thinks Phil Fish is.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

ReindeerF posted:

In case you wondered - even though you already knew - yes, John Rocker supports Donald Trump.

Not John Rocker. I would never have expected someone of his political leanings to support Donald J. Trump.

Instant Sunrise
Apr 12, 2007


The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

Bushiz posted:

Notch is what everyone thinks Phil Fish is.

i thought that was jonathan blow

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

Casimir Radon posted:

Some guy chipped Trump's name off his Walk of Fame Star. Unfortunately he's the most uncoordinated guy in the world. Isn't very good at swinging a pickax or sledge hammer.

Man I'm not sure that's how you should be swinging a pickaxe. The dude almost took out his own foot several times.

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
My father was a pickaxer and his father was a pickaxer before him. Me?

I write java video games and live in a fart mansion.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。

Instant Sunrise posted:

i thought that was jonathan blow

Jon Blow can actually code and isn't mansplaining to women on Twitter about how reverse sexism is a thing.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

Instant Sunrise posted:

i thought that was jonathan blow
Isn't he the tolerable one?

Casimir Radon
Aug 2, 2008


Agrajag posted:

Man I'm not sure that's how you should be swinging a pickaxe. The dude almost took out his own foot several times.
I wouldn't have used a pickax. The surface is a a little too smooth so it's just going to bounce around.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

It wouldn't shock me...but there would have to have been some female Minecraft fan he could have gotten without having to pay....

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
lmao Notch retwitted the wikilinks tweet that called out Ben Garrison's cartoon about how badly Trump beat Hillary in the last debate and how delusional it was:

https://twitter.com/notch/status/790550062283849728

Notch could be perfect friends with Scott Adams.

Bushiz
Sep 21, 2004

The #1 Threat to Ba Sing Se

Grimey Drawer

Instant Sunrise posted:

i thought that was jonathan blow

No, Phil Fish is what everyone thinks Jon Blow is.

Jon Blow is just a fart-sniffing art student with moderate design talent.

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

Escorts are people too.

Dexo posted:

It wouldn't shock me...but there would have to have been some female Minecraft fan he could have gotten without having to pay....

Umm, pretty sure the demographic of the typical Minecraft player is 10-15 years old or something.

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

He got married in 2011 and divorced in 2012.

Del Capitan
Feb 9, 2007

Congratulations! You have brought Chaos to the world!
I was under the impression that Notch mostly did his stuff to mess with people, and even announced his intentions to do so beforehand?

At least this is what my otherwise dependable friend who follows his twitter tells me.

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

unquestionably

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

unquestionably

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



a post so nice i made it twice

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

So what if he did? Is there something inherently wrong with that? A rich man paying for sex isn't really spectacular news.

Ratoslov
Feb 15, 2012

Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

FactsAreUseless posted:

Do you think Notch hired an escort to take his virginity?

And speak to a w-w-woman?

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

cant cook creole bream posted:

So what if he did? Is there something inherently wrong with that?

A vagina is the same regardless of profession yo.

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Dexo posted:

It wouldn't shock me...but there would have to have been some female Minecraft fan he could have gotten without having to pay....

Nah he probably just used okcupid like every other fat developer

Minimalist Program
Aug 14, 2010

cant cook creole bream posted:

So what if he did? Is there something inherently wrong with that? A rich man paying for sex isn't really spectacular news.

But its funny because he only became rich at 30+ and before that he was just poor, fat, a virgin and a java programmer.

goethe.cx
Apr 23, 2014


He's ahead...in the rigged polls?

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Donkwich
Feb 28, 2011


Grimey Drawer

Del Capitan posted:

I was under the impression that Notch mostly did his stuff to mess with people, and even announced his intentions to do so beforehand?

At least this is what my otherwise dependable friend who follows his twitter tells me.

So basically what every alt-right type tells themselves.

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