Mirioron

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by Mirioron 7y ago
This is just a consequence of the copyright reform by the EU that passed. Remember article 11 and 13? (15 and 17 when passed.) This is it. The EU can't make laws themselves: it gets the national governments to make the laws and this is
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by Mirioron 7y ago
This technique was incredibly useful for me in college. I got so much programming homework done while I was procrastinating writing reports.
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One of the best ways to get yourself to take a small step on a project is to put some parts of it in places where you will stumble upon it. Eg when you put your computer to sleep have that project be at the front or leave your notes about t
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by Mirioron 7y ago
What you're thinking of is delayed gratification. An eagle doesn't have to force itself to go hunt, because physiological processes tell it that it needs to hunt. It's the same reason you don't have to psych yourself up
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by Mirioron 7y ago
This does have a downside. Sometimes you associate that anxiety and negative feelings with the person that would inquire about it. This can make you just want to avoid them as much as possible, even if it costs you elsewhere.
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by Mirioron 7y ago
> Sometimes you can pivot the energy you have from a desirable task into an undesirable one. I tell myself I can't work on the fun thing until I get the mundane one done. It's a hack that doesn't always work. It can even
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by Mirioron 7y ago
To expand further: you can use anything you've ever learned in gamedev. All of it can be useful. From physics, chemistry, biology to languages, trivia, culture etc. But what I find even more fascinating is what players of games can do
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by Mirioron 7y ago
Clearly you're delusional for thinking that Iowa does not exist, thus every argument you've ever made and will ever make can be dismissed. Furthermore, because you're an Iowa-denialist you probably should lose your job and ne
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by Mirioron 7y ago
> Image if it was Germany that used sanctions to prevent the US from building a pipeline to Mexico. Would you be ok with that? On the other hand, imagine that you're Canada and the US decides to build a pipeline to China/North
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Why not? Is it impossible to survive in a forest in the US through hunting and gathering? Because that's exactly how our ancestors lived long ago. The people living on $2 a day in the poorest parts of the world are essentially living o
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> If there are 100 billionaires, and you tax 2% more, and 1 billionaire moves away, you're still up on revenue. But that's not the only thing that happens though. A prospective billionaire that is not yet a billionaire might t
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> Worrying about how much the 500 best-paid executives make I think this is actually one of the most important parts about the issue of "CEO pay ratio". Many people don't seem to understand that the ratio that's talk
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Makes sense though. If Californians created a mess in California then people from other states are probably suspicious of those Californians moving to their state lest they create a similar mess there.
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Just spin off that part of the company into a separate company.
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Also, inflation. If the government does something that increases inflation (like printing money), then they're essentially taxing savings.
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by Mirioron 7y ago
That doesn't sound like it's compatible with GDPR. In Austria some bar was fined because their security cameras were pointing at the public street: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2018/firs
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by Mirioron 7y ago
> Just look at West Virginia to see the long term boons from coal mining I don't understand what you're getting at. Compare the life of an average person in West Virginia today to the average person in West Virginia before coa
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On the other hand, the internet pretty much taught me English. Sure, we had English classes in school, but the internet gave me an immense amount of practical experience. Most of my peers, particularly those who didn't use the internet
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I also think mental math matters, but I think that people who end up using simple math a lot will simply pick up the ability to do mental math as necessary.
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While I agree with you that it's nice that climate change related topics are discussed, this is hyperbole: > more important than technology since technology won't exist when the climate collapses and destroys civilization. The
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$45 billion in 1913 would be $1,179 billion today purely through inflation. Money that's available right now can be invested to make life better in the long run. That's why governments usually borrow money. I think it's not t
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And where does that $45B evaporate to? They will invest that money somewhere, which can spur on Australian business. Even if they don't invest it, it'll still be in a bank account, which means that it can still be loaned and inves
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But part of the reason why coal is a poor investment is the issue of climate change. Work on solar panels and other renewables is at least partly spurred on by the threat of climate change.
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Of course there are. They also pay next to nothing and you're likely limited in scope in networks. Even then you need to be able to figure out that the ad network is actually keeping their promises. Remember that we're not talking
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Have you looked at how apps on the app stores are monetized? The only ones with a lot of success that charge upfront are big existing names or rare exceptions. Everything else that has success tends to be free. You can't compete with t
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When I said small I was thinking more about <$250k a year in revenue. At that size I think the companies would be small enough that their lobbying wouldn't matter. If you're in the millions a year in revenue then I don't s
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Because this is a massive barrier to entry for Europeans. You either need to essentially be a lawyer or you can't run ads (or you break the law). Non-europeans can easily implement ads and combine this with in app purchases and what
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And if you don't do advertising how do you monetize? Do you follow all the other apps that implement gambling as their monetization strategy?
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That's not how it works at all though. The games on the app store that make a lot of money are those that mercilessly try to rip people off. Gacha games are essentially gambling, whereas proper games with a story and gameplay earn very
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by Mirioron 7y ago
> In the EU it doesn't work like this. Yep, it's much more selective in the EU. As long as you are in the good graces of those in power everything will be fine. If you aren't...

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