falcolas

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by falcolas 3y ago
And at the end of the day you're just pointing and clicking on various things with your mouse in both types of game... (Modulo controller users, of course)
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by falcolas 3y ago
FWIW, I would consider the problem solving in exceptionally constrained environments to be the gained skill. The language is just one of dozens you'll learn as a developer or engineer.
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by falcolas 3y ago
There have been some advances (fewer in recent years, most of the technologies you've listed are decades old), but braking distances for consumer vehicles is still in the 130' range at 60 mph. This is better than the 200' fro
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by falcolas 3y ago
> But EVs are universally heavier than gas cars of equal dimensions thanks to their batteries, and many of them are already beyond the limit. And this definitely matters. The energy required to stop a vehicle is a linear correlation to t
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by falcolas 3y ago
Merely eliminating a lot of the black heat sinks (i.e. parking lots) and replacing them with native grasses would do a lot to help keep city temperatures a touch more reasonable. Asphalt both absorbs and radiates heat like mad.
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by falcolas 3y ago
If the trees are native to the area, sure. But a tree monoculture doesn't seem to do a lot of good.
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by falcolas 3y ago
I'd rather they put in an indigenous meadow. Trees are awesome, but so are open green spaces that maintain themselves.
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by falcolas 3y ago
I was thinking NOC myself. One monitor per major system being monitored. Not a ton of space ship vibe (especially the Dragon, for example), just a lot of poorly integrated individual systems that each comes with their own monitor and contro
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by falcolas 3y ago
Why do you assume anyone will be there with you ?
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by falcolas 3y ago
> the world that judges every single photo online to assess a person can no longer exist. Outside of the tech bubble, it's going to exist for lifetimes. Most people already don't care enough to educate themselves about what is
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by falcolas 3y ago
Sure, in small niche communities that people who care about AI art care about. The broader world - and more importantly schools - has no idea that this is a thing. Our tech jobs put us in a really terrible bubble, and this kind of statement
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by falcolas 3y ago
We don't live in that ideal world. We will probably never live in that world, no matter how much "logical" sense it makes. Because we're people, not machines. And for better or worse, most indistinguishable nudes of peop
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by falcolas 3y ago
> * When does the gamete/zygote/embryo/fetus/infant/whatever go from being not-human to being human? Per the US constitution, they are considered a person (an individual with human rights) after being born. Per t
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by falcolas 3y ago
"What's damaging?" I'm having a really hard time following HN rules and assuming this statement has been made in good faith. That's going to come through. Sorry, but not that sorry. Women are regularly at risk of
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by falcolas 3y ago
65k pregnancies . Over half a million instances of rape. Yeah.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Good info, thank you!
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by falcolas 3y ago
Well, on the plus side, Microsoft's stocks should see a nice bump for "doing the hard thing". /s All this after a wildly profitable year ($10B is a number I heard) by Activision Blizzard.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Trivia bit: Shaq’s likeness is owned by the same company who owns and licenses the Sports Illustrated brand.
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by falcolas 3y ago
> In the case that you've already decided that you will not buy something How much of that decision is driven by the ready availability of a pirated version of the product? If the answer is "not at all", then why pirate it
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by falcolas 3y ago
> Given that in your suggested reality, they still wouldn't pay for the thing, why does it matter if they then pirate it? With respect, this is a logical impossibility since there is no way to prove that nobody who pirated would h
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by falcolas 3y ago
Yeah, I kinda forgot about that aspect. If you bought it and it changed out from under you (especially when it drops an entire platform), I can see piracy being acceptable.
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by falcolas 3y ago
I think you're right in one aspect, if the product is changed out from under us when it's been purchased, finding a working copy is acceptable. > That said, why judge if they didn't buy it? Because my paycheck (I'm a
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by falcolas 3y ago
Or just don't play it? Why is the default always pirating and not just skipping? It's not as if there aren't more games available out there than there is time to play them. Reward the developers/publishers who aren'
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by falcolas 3y ago
> Being able to find a mix of styles you like and apply them to new subjects to make your own unique, personalized, artwork sounds like a wickedly cool power to give to billions of people. And in the process, they will obviate the need f
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by falcolas 3y ago
Much closer to 100% IME. I think I've seen a mobile terminal once, in an airport restaurant.
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by falcolas 3y ago
Most pickup trucks are not 3 tons. They're generally 1 ton or less. Weight has a cost in the power required to get it going. That's what the parent is calling out (IMO).
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by falcolas 3y ago
> I've been told that it's not anymore, but that comes from salesmen. The owner's manuals still recommend a break in period. Modern synthetic oils and manufacturing tolerances reduce the need to be sure, but there's s
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by falcolas 3y ago
Both of whom also do (or should) defer to specialists. Consultants, lobbyists (not all of which is corrupted by money, though much of it is), hearings, depositions, etc. Neil deGrasse Tyson, for example, does not testify in front of congres
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by falcolas 3y ago
Bureaus of various flavors are delegated their authority by Congress. It was done to let specialists in the various fields make rules according to their domain knowledge. They're not elected so they, theoretically, don't have a po
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by falcolas 3y ago
Imagine trying to run a national business where your state-equivalent of EPA standards changes with every state. It would be worse than the sales tax snafu companies have to navigate today. One for EPA standards. One for worker's right

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