ecdavis

9 ms·

31.
by ecdavis 5y ago
I think it is the fault of the MUD developers, because they feel like they must support those players. The group of people who play MUDs "traditionally" (with a dedicated, telnet-based MUD client) is small and shrinking every year
32.
by ecdavis 5y ago
It's restrictive in that it requires your content to be rendered as a continuous stream of text. That sort of rendering is not suitable for all text games that could be considered MUDs. It's not even all that suitable for the more
33.
by ecdavis 5y ago
> Lack of telnet connection on multiplayer worlds is a big hurdle. I believe that MUD developers' fixation on telnet support has been a major contributor[0] to the ongoing decline in popularity of MUDs over the last decade. It'
34.
by ecdavis 5y ago
Every premium cinema near me makes plenty of money showing old movies. Here's one example: https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au/events/cult-classics
35.
by ecdavis 5y ago
White Cliffs is a similar town in New South Wales, though an order of magnitude smaller. Worth a visit if you're spending some time in the Broken Hill area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cliffs,_New_South_Wal
36.
by ecdavis 5y ago
Years ago I challenged you on this and you suggested I write a simulation to check. I did just that and my understanding of the problem improved dramatically. That exchange made a pretty big impact on me and is something I think about fairl
37.
by ecdavis 6y ago
If it's 12th generation (E210) you can get a firmware upgrade to support CarPlay.
38.
by ecdavis 6y ago
Reminded me of this: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/Classic-WTF-The-Indexer
39.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> Never mind that you might have a house a family and might have been living here for more than a decade. I lived in the US on a temporary, non-immigrant visa similar to the H-1B for six years. Buying a house and starting a family while
40.
by ecdavis 6y ago
A strange aspect of our written culture is the extent to which documents are imbued with a sense of permanence from which they cannot easily escape. Beowulf was told and retold for at least decades - more likely centuries - before someone d
41.
by ecdavis 6y ago
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
42.
by ecdavis 6y ago
Build servers being compromised and used to inject malware into trusted, signed binaries is a thing that happens. Being one of the most well known tools in the entire Windows ecosystem makes WinRAR a particularly juicy target for trying to
43.
by ecdavis 6y ago
Take a look at the "Baseline Requirements for the Issuance and Management of Code Signing Certificates"[0] - specifically section 13.1. Here's the most relevant excerpt: > A CA MUST revoke a Code Signing Certificate in any
44.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> Trying to work out which of my colleagues would betray me An interesting GDC presentation on a similar subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9WMNuyjm4w
45.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> But grades aren't important for success, they're important for opportunity. A fair distinction, yes. > The student with lower grades may lose out on some opportunities, or only get access to them later, but if they've
46.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> I would completely shirk the academic duty of seeking understanding if there was an easier equivalent to get the same grade. This is rational behavior in mass education systems where grades are important for future success. It's a
47.
by ecdavis 6y ago
Being a low skill player playing exclusively with and against other low skill players sucks. Imagine playing doubles tennis where all four players hit the ball directly into the net 80% of the time. Win or lose it would be an unpleasant exp
48.
by ecdavis 6y ago
You're conflating ranking and matchmaking systems. A ranking system measures relative skill/performance levels. You can have a ranking system without using it for matchmaking.[0] I don't agree that a typical 50% win rate[1] i
49.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> In my personal experience, whenever anything like this happened, there would be layoffs within a year. A few months before Microsoft laid off 18,000 people in 2014 my team and I sat in an all hands meeting for our group (or division, o
50.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> I didn't consider myself a heavy coffee drinker either. Perhaps 2-3 coffees a day, these were double shot espresso's. That's a lot of caffeine - at or beyond the typically recommended daily maximum of 400mg.
51.
by ecdavis 6y ago
I really hope the State Department continues issuing extensions and renewals. I left the US in December 2019. Had I stayed, my non-immigrant visa would have expired in June 2020. In order to continue living in the US I would have had to app
52.
by ecdavis 6y ago
> I wonder how many people swore at him for what they got put through ;) I heard him mention in an interview that he received a lot of abuse (cathartic, not mean, from the way he described it). I think the mobile version actually used te
53.
by ecdavis 7y ago
Current modeling indicates that the number of COVID-19 infections will peak in Australia in August[0]. If the modeling is correct, December will have a similar number of active infections as April, but the number will be declining. I imagin
54.
by ecdavis 7y ago
On top of that, some percentage of users who do contribute content are just recycling/reiterating content they've seen have success in that community before. Reposts, memes, predictable opinions, etc. The number of people who ac
55.
by ecdavis 7y ago
> Do what works for you. This person should be doing what works best for their constituents, not for them and their staff.
56.
by ecdavis 7y ago
Life Beyond Earth by Feinberg & Shapiro. A really interesting examination of what alien life might look like, where and how it could arise. Explores fascinating concepts like life inside of a sun. Made me feel like alien life is most li
57.
Scientists forced to take out loan to pay for eagles' foreign text messages(abc.net.au)
12 points by ecdavis 7y ago|2 comments
58.
by ecdavis 7y ago
An interesting article on a possible counter-example: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interprete...
59.
by ecdavis 8y ago
Pretty much the same except that I use `git push` to deploy instead of `scp`. If I ever need to move beyond a single server that'll be an issue but for now it's fine.
60.
by ecdavis 9y ago
No true cold caller.

More ›