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by gordaco 13y ago
Looking at the huge backlash against the XBox One in most gaming forums, it seems so, although there is a strong self-selection bias there.
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by gordaco 13y ago
The distinction between "hardcore" and "casual" is blurry, but even more important, seems to be heavily emphasised by self-called "hardcore" gamers and widely ignored by most "casual" gamers. Self-called is the key term here. With very few
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by gordaco 13y ago
Also, I wonder if emulation of these newer systems, which is a special kind of retrocompability, will be feasible. It seems that the PS3 and XBox360 are already hard to emulate, not only because of complex hardware but because of all the an
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by gordaco 13y ago
I honestly wish I could do something like that at work. I already do it all the time at home.
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by gordaco 13y ago
No, you're getting it wrong. It's not a matter of availability (although that is still a problem in certain areas). I just don't want my console to need connection if I don't play online, because it shouldn't need it, because it's a waste
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by gordaco 13y ago
"There isn't enough silicon on the box", "We move loads into the cloud to free up resources on the box", "The cloud can tackle tasks in games like physics, artificial intelligence, and even some rendering". So, will it need always online? I
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by gordaco 13y ago
Absolutely this. I used to be passionate, in the first months of my (poorly paid) first job. I won't commit the same mistake again, I learned quickly that life is more important than work.
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by gordaco 13y ago
They require you to write the function for use with templates; as long as the callee is ready to use templates, you can pass anything that fits the interface needed. Everything is done at compile time. You can use a generic type as argument
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by gordaco 13y ago
And don't forget about people who don't like to specialize, yet wouldn't like to be anywhere near business administration. The idea of being only a programmer seems to me as depressing as running a business. It's just not for me; there ar
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by gordaco 13y ago
You can use duck typing (without losing the compile time type checking) in C++ using templates. Somehow they get a lot of bad press, but for me they're one of the key features of C++.
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by gordaco 13y ago
> Really, I haven't felt like I've been living for myself for a long time. If it weren't for my girlfriend and my family and knowing that they would be completely broken if I wasn't here, I'm not sure I would still be here. This hits ho
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by gordaco 13y ago
> I was shocked, for example, when I learned that a certain social network gives universal profile access to employees as a perk. That would not happen at Google. If you looked at your high-school ex-girlfriend's email, you'd be fired i
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by gordaco 13y ago
I was thinking about absolute numbers, so 5% of a lot can still be a lot.
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by gordaco 13y ago
Wow, that's sad. Are we really so blind when it comes to cancer research? I recall that oncology journals usually have a ludicrously high impact index (as ludicrously as 5 digit IIRC); that means there are a lot of citations, which is an in
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by gordaco 13y ago
Having worked in computer vision and robotics, I can attest to this.
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by gordaco 13y ago
Yet another article asking for the abolition of the 40 hour week. It's very telling that the article stresses disadvantages of the 9-to-5 model for the enterprise or for getting the work done, but it doesn't list the effect, disadvantageous
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by gordaco 13y ago
I'm guessing that those are a lot more based on the inconvenience of doing such things daily than their price.
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by gordaco 13y ago
8000, 38000, both insanely expensive. I haven't seen a single sane price in the whole article.
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by gordaco 13y ago
No captive market can ever be a free market. And everything health-related is a captive market, because you can't afford not to pay for the service.
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by gordaco 13y ago
The problem is that there are a lot of employers trying to ditch 9-to-7 in order to institute 9-to-whenever-they-please (hint: don't expect daylight after exiting the office, not even in summer). Wide acceptance of 9-to-5 means guarantee of
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by gordaco 13y ago
I've seen things like 8-to-7 quite often.
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by gordaco 13y ago
I'm also not sure, but there is a lot of well poisoning about that. Usually, if someone physically healthy decides that (s)he doesn't want to live any more, we automatically declare that person mentally ill (even if no chemical imbalance se
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by gordaco 13y ago
That's either a disturbing blindness or an exceedingly good PR department.
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by gordaco 13y ago
Yeah, that's what I suspect, but my first-hand knowledge comes only from Spain. It's a very sad situation.
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by gordaco 13y ago
It's a good thing we have that new perspective. Here in Spain there is no independent press at all. You have the "left" press and the "right" press. Each one talks wonders about their preferred party and throws shit at the others. So you ha
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by gordaco 13y ago
I use this "trick" a lot, but I'll never ever dare committing it; just for small and quick checks (of the "what if I use this other implementation for the loop?"). If I'm going to commit, if (1) or #if (1) (plus a small comment explaining w
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by gordaco 13y ago
Spain was exactly like that until a few years ago, especially that "go somewhere else" bit. Going out is sooo much better now. I used to have a shower after I got home, besides the one I took before going out, because if I didn't, my shee
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by gordaco 13y ago
I would rather have a surgeon without a drug dependence.
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by gordaco 13y ago
I just won't work for free. That's also why I shun overtime.
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by gordaco 13y ago
I still may not want to make the purchase via that channel. In fact, I find most important to be able to enter any web to read its content without those distractions. If I want to buy something, I'll go to any online store, thanks.

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