I have Left 4 Dead, despite Steam's best efforts to the contrary. I'm in Seattle; they wouldn't accept my credit card because my IP is in Seattle but the card's address is in Toronto. They didn't answer my support request either ( Read more... )

Success! It turns out that you can't register on the Steam website, but they never bothered to take down the b0rked sign-up page. You have to do it through the client ( Read more... )

So I got a new computer custom-built, super powerful. This thing can run TF2 with all the settings maxed out (and I mean maxed out) on a ridiculous resolution without any slowdown at all (30fps or so). It could probably run Crysis (a bland FPS, the only striking feature of which is that its horrible code requires ridiculous CPU power to do good ( Read more... )

After three and a half years, I've finally cracked the mystery: Why am I so bad at mathematics courses in University? Why is math so hard to learn? The short version is that if computer programs were written like mathematical statements, nobody would be able to ever understand anything. Here's why:

1. In mathematics, everything is crammed into a ( Read more... )

So after 21 years or so I finally came to notice that interacting with other people is basically composed of two things: Telling the truth for its own sake and telling lies to protect the feelings of others. You need to get the balance right, otherwise you'll come across as an asshat or a liar ( Read more... )