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by bsamuels 13y ago
Do keep in mind that 4chan is not /b/. There's a _huge_ discrepancy between people's interpretation of what 4chan is like, and what it really is. This is probably why the community has been able to stay so strong over th
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There needs to be a distinction drawn between mobile games and console/pc. These are two completely separate industries that are only married by name. They have different target audiences, mechanics, and business models. Mobile games a
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When it comes to recommending people to EVE, the following rule of thumb has been effective: If you enjoyed playing Dwarf Fortress, you'll like EVE Online. @That one other guy: When most people want to fly a titan, they don't both
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So just off the bat reading the title, I was expecting numeric evidence for a very numerically based claim. The data the article provides does not support the author's claim, to say it nicely. For one to claim there's an associati
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by bsamuels 13y ago
4chan spends its money on male toys, anime paraphernalia, and (sometimes) videogames, all 3 of which are already advertised on the site. The avg. age outside /b/ is probably around 20-24, so it's not like they're jobless
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>You know the thing that forces you to use the most dreaded program of all times... lotus notes?
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by bsamuels 13y ago
Just ask yourself this - do you really want the judges to be politicians too?
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The thing I find stunning about Minecraft is how you can learn about redstone wire and all of gates/flipflops/howtouse/etc and none of it actually feels like learning. Another game that teaches you to code without it feeling
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>C# is one of the only languages that I can't remember reading any complaints about I've been using C# for about 3 years now. A year or two into using it I thought I was developing fanboy syndrome so I started a list of all of
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Why not use a mix of both? Staff the booth with 3 attendees. One booth-babe in high heels with all that jazz for the photos, one girl wearing light makeup and wearing attire that would make her approachable to the average tech nerd, and one
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How is writing some website with rails/whatever even slightly comparable to deploying hundred-million-dollar hardware designed for a combat environment with lifetimes of 30+ years?
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Required reading for anyone who didn't see the paper last week: The Slow Winter by James Mickens https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1309_14-17_mickens.pdf
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>If the Supreme Court decided tomorrow that anything the NSA does is unconstitutional then the laws would either be rewritten immediately or the government would challenge the ruling and force the justices to change their minds. not real
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probably in a similar spot you would be in without computers or the internet, both of which were derived from defense spending.
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I think you're drastically overestimating how much action weapons see. Consider the amount of rifles belonging to collectors, military, how many are used in training, how many are in weapons stockpile. Maybe 1 in 5 rifles have even bee
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by bsamuels 13y ago
This AMD GPU shortage isn't quite so terrible. I have a pair of AMD 5850s that I've been offered $250 each for. Never imagined those kinds of returns on 4 years old graphics hardware. I wonder if the demand for altcoin mining card
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by bsamuels 13y ago
The problem is that circumcision isn't a heated controversy, it's not like someone is going to dox you because you made an argument against it. Here's a few arguments off the top of my head that someone might dox you for: -Wh
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I have to agree with you. The beauty of anonymity is that people speak their minds, unrestrained from social impetus. Although anonymity is a double edged sword, I believe that the blunt, raw truth is much more valuable than a veiled, polit
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by bsamuels 13y ago
>How is "m >>= f" pronounced? The pronunciation is a sort of bestial hissing that is difficult to describe; when you say it correctly, the terminal may be slightly moist.
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>Sounds like a very elaborate hiring process for a global organization. I agree. In addition, the amount of chance involved in actually solving one of the puzzles in the OP article reminds me of those stupid brain teasers big companies u
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It's probably cancerous on 4chan because it's plainly obvious you're profiteering rather than trying to build a community. After the cheezburger/meme monetization age, I'd expect everyone on that site to be extremel
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by bsamuels 13y ago
Facebook revolves around making people interesting and providing people-based content to consume. Reddit revolves around people finding interesting content and providing it to others to be consumed with some commentary on the side. I'm
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I'm pretty sure that guy doesn't have a monopoly on using stylized thunderbolts as a logo.
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There seems to be one of two possible outcomes if a bill like this passes: Either swiss companies drastically raise worker salaries, or they just move their businesses out of the country. Is anyone here familiar enough with how Switzerland&
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Under this ruling, wouldn't the guys who create league of legends be liable for secretly using people's computers as p2p seeds to distribute copies of the game to other downloaders? Both that and what's described in the OP ta