I would see rare bursts of packet delay for ~1 second, that would quickly resolve. In a rollback game where inputs are predicted well, often times this would be unnoticeable.

I send up to 2s worth of input history every frame to handle these lag spikes. I also confirm inputs received, so in practice usually players are only sending a handful of recent unconfirmed inputs (with the 2s buffer available if unconfirmed inputs pile up due to lag).

My guess is their 2s window is for similar reasons, as buffer for rare connection issues. Even if lag spikes are incredibly rare, they need to be handled for a reliable player experience

I am working on a game myself, maybe I should reach out to see if it’s something Panic might be interested in publishing…

My multiplayer arena game rounds reasonably-sized floats and compares them in the presentation layer, but uses fixed point integer math in the core rollback simulation

(I believe JS is a similar story, its number can be either int or float with no way to guarantee integer-only math. I never needed to consider the difference outside of currency for webdev, so I’m less sure)

I wanted absolute certainty that the rollback netcode would result in identical simulations on any platform, and integer math provides that. With set of wrapper functions and look up tables for trig it’s not that much worse than using regular floats

I am still uncertain if I actually would have been fine with floats, being diligent to round frequently and staying within true integer representable range… but now at least I’m far less afraid of game desyncs and it wasn’t that much work

Cross platform, cross USA games have been stable and fun to play, no fixed point complaints here

I kind of understand what you mean about reading, I find I have to invest a lot of time to comprehend the same amount as others. If I encounter an unconventional style or shape of writing it’s much harder.

Identifying and searching for morel mushrooms in the woods also feels largely nonverbal (although near a dying elm in late spring after a rain captures an essence of the idea, and those words provide a good starting point).

Coding ends in “words”, or at least some form of written language. But when I try to solve problems I do not think in words until it is time to put fingers to keyboard.

Words are useful (I could not convey this comment otherwise), but they’re not everything. It feels extremely difficult to convey my nonverbal thoughts through an inherently verbal medium like an HN comment. Perhaps to make a wordful analogy, the difficulty is like translating an idiom from one language to one of completely different context and origin.

I don’t deny that words do shape some of my thinking, but to me it’s just one part of the whole stream of conscious.

I’m curious if anyone else feels this way about words?

Peter Arno is also another good ink painting cartoonist, although his subject matter has generally aged much more poorly…

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Definitely would recommend playing with one if you get the chance. Buying one… it depends on how much the device appeals to you, mine got active use for a couple months and then has fallen off

An Ergodox EZ has been a lifesaver, I’ve reprogrammed it so I don’t need to use my left pinky anything other than letter keys (goodbye left shift, you’ve pained me for too long). I fully agree with the articles advice; pair a good programmable keyboard with physical activity to keep the hands working long term.

Be warned though: the more customized your keyboard the harder it is type when using a laptop or friends keyboard.

Otherwise I have to touch up a hundred or so images manually for each different character style… probably not worth it

In person they are compelling, and there is more skill at play than at first glance. I like them at least