Matt Derocher
derocher.me
Matt Derocher
@derocher.me
And I got mine from @bmann.ca
November 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
It seems like that goes against the rules of the mystery genre. We are supposed to only have the facts that the detectives have.

I like the Father Dowling books, but several times the villain is revealed early in the story in a cut scene. This seems to spoil the rest of the book.
July 26, 2023 at 2:49 AM
I think it's because the flashbacks are short—usually less than 30 seconds. But they do fill in holes in the plot, so as a viewer, you start to solve the mystery before the characters do.
July 26, 2023 at 2:47 AM
@bmann.ca I doubt you knew it, but Josh is my brother. We are a family of computer nerds :)
July 26, 2023 at 12:57 AM
…That's why git is simultaneously an extremely successful self-certifying system and a failed attempt at decentralisation."
July 20, 2023 at 10:09 AM
"A self-certifying protocol without a cooperation layer is (exactly) like git without GitHub. This offers a lesson: failing to build the cooperation layer leads right back to capture no matter how good the tool.…
July 20, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Thanks!
July 20, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Can you give an example?
July 20, 2023 at 2:43 AM
P.S. having a glass whiteboard is fun until you have to take a picture of it. Had to clumsily hold a sheet of paper behind to make it somewhat visible.
July 19, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Revisions.

My app uses XState for the logic, so all of this is handled by state machines.
July 19, 2023 at 11:08 AM