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Brian Dominy
@briancd.bsky.social
Software developer by day... and often the same by night.
I wasn't hanging out on #moo then but I was at working at Heighway til the end, and I have quite a few stories.
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Jack*Bot must have more randomness in it than any other WPC game. We still appreciate how well that game works in tournaments!
March 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
When I was developing FreeWPC, I used this USB to EPROM converter. It let me push new code changes without having to burn ROMs all the time, effectively making it RAM but only writable from USB.

ROMW was obviously more flexible for interactive debugging. I had to restart on every little change.
March 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hey there - reach out to me sometime and let's catch up!
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Was that studio in-house? Shared with the non-pinball divisions?
January 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Work within a domain that you already understand and enjoy. This will be different for everyone. Your passion will motivate you not to give up.
December 12, 2024 at 12:31 PM
operator+ makes a new string. Its signature should be:
string operator+(const string& str, const A& a). Then you would call it like this: s2 = s1 + a.

To append, use operator+=:

string& operator+=(string& str, const A& a)
{
str.append(a.get_that_string());
return str;
}
...
s += a;
December 12, 2024 at 12:20 PM
It's more fun treating it as a drinking game, every time Sean says "it depends on what you mean by".
December 10, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Surely those slacking surgeons will be docked some pay to cover the costs, right?
December 4, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Except defense... you can bet that isn't going to be cut at all
November 20, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Wow that makes much more sense
November 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM