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by Paul_S 12y ago
MPD this is certainly not. But it's a neat way to discover music. Thing keeps crashing pretty randomly and I keep sending you the crash reports so hope that helps. The meta data discovery works nicely - which is what got me to try it o
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Just look at all the titles mentioned in this thread of games that came out previously with similar ideas, all borrowing from others. The last original idea was the big bang and that was over 13 billion years ago.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
How is attaching a gif any different than attaching a webm?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Websites are free to choose either one, both or neither. I think it's a good setup.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I know it's awfully arbitrary. I make terrible analogies but indulge me. I ask you to dig a hole and pay you 10$. I then pay you 10$ (or better still you pay me) to fill the whole. Was 20$ dollars worth of value created? Company makes
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by Paul_S 12y ago
What I mean is some question whether hedge funds and the like add value to the economy - botting in MMO has the added characteristic of the economy not even being real (I know it involves real money but you know what I mean). I'm all u
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by Paul_S 12y ago
The story is fascinating but I cannot help but think what a massive waste of time and resources it is. And I thought hedge fund managers were not adding value to society. This puts things in perspective. I especially like the bit where he e
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by Paul_S 12y ago
"It seems most JRPGs are set in a world that combines science fiction (advanced gadgets) and fantasy (magic, swords) whereas the western world keeps the two entirely separate." Not true. There are many western RPGs that do that: A
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Can you really have more than 1 or 2 friends? You only have two kidneys and a friend is someone you'd be willing to give a kidney to (compatibility aside).
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Fair warning though, if you don't want to see the dark side of your heroes maybe skip it. Because the book is very thourough and they did some morally questionable things. Repeatedly. I was horrified. I thought maybe some of it is not
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I think the percentage of people who physically type in the url is miniscule.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
It's an experiment. They're not going to alert the police that you can read and know slang words. You are over-reacting.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Great bit of research but what are the criteria for knowing the word? I doubt many western men actually know what a bolshevik is. Is this selfcertified or multiple choice?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Advertisements masquerading as impartial opinion pieces are not evil? What is evil - strangling kittens?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
The problem with leaving the country is that your very good degree is now almost worthless. I got mine (from a good technical uni) issued in English, I even wrote my thesis in English. Not a single employer wanted to look at it. Yet, I earn
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by Paul_S 12y ago
My friends work there. The games industry is tiny. After 10 years I probably know at least one person in every company in the UK simply because of how often people change companies - including going to a different country they don't ev
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Most game devs never get to go to ANY conference, let alone E3. You make it sound like everyone gets a free flight to LA and a tourist visa.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Obviously, I don't know all of them but CD Projekt is not any different than any other publisher funded (owned or funded on a per project basis) developer I worked for in the decade I spent in gamedev. There's little incentive in
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by Paul_S 12y ago
None of these is inherently wrong and "unleashing a programming language on junior programmers" is a a bit of a cliche that can be levelled at any language. I get to maintain some nasty c++ code at work that was two decades in the
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Not to do what exactly?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
The article keeps using webdevs as an example of programmers who don't need maths. I really don't get that and it reminds me of that humorous programmer hierarchy diagram. Maths will make you better at your job no matter the field
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Very good short term decision (possibly inevitable) but rather risky long term. They might end up digging their own grave. They were the only (slim) hope of scuppering this platform. Now they are at the mercy of whoever controls it and no c
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Looking at trends like that is pointless. Interest in anything technical will decrease because more non-technical people become connected and the Internet reflects that. I bet there is more people (absolute numbers) interested today than in
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I watched (OK, not all of it) one of the games you linked and I don't understand any of what the commentators are saying. It relies heavily on knowing what the hell is going on to be appreciated. FPSs don't have this problem, yet
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Can you ever imagine a government enforcing a country-wide switch? I think it would make sense from a purely strategic point of view (even if not just financial) but I can't help but cynically suspect the lobbyists would not stop at a
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Maybe that's the only thing this test genuinely tests for. Maybe they don't want employees who let pride get in the way of doing what they are told.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
At this point I can't even tell anymore if this is some subtle sarcastic commentary on how ridiculous interviews can get or a real way to hire employees. I no longer care. When I'm looking for work I'm game for anything. I&#x
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by Paul_S 13y ago
I have no idea what the author rails (I'll get my coat) against in his blog post. I think he's being too passionate to be coherent. On a more serious note: I don't like the way he equates personal preference to job suitabilit
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by Paul_S 13y ago
That depends on the types of devices you use for creating it. You can get a km out of an ordinary router with a directional can antennae. What distance do you think is required for it to be viable?
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by Paul_S 13y ago
Aren't those the big selling points of Ubuntu - graphics drivers and unity? Both of which as you say are irrelevant on a server, I agree.

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