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by hdivider 13y ago
I recommend Sleepfaring by Prof Jim Horne. http://www.amazon.com/Sleepfaring-Journey-through-Science-Sl... Reading it can put you to sleep, but there's interesting stuff there. Some highlights, off the top of my head
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by hdivider 13y ago
I'd suggest that you also spend some time learning how to learn maths more effectively. That usually pays dividends over time and ought to give you a significant advantage. Two good books on this: How to Solve It http://ww
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by hdivider 13y ago
Excellent points. Wish I had written this comment. =] Denoting when you're speculating is definitely important. It can help to deconstruct the problem - a bit like a well-placed assert statement.
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by hdivider 13y ago
Yeah, you're probably right - they knew the risks going in, and it's not like they haven't benefited from the Asset Store. Ultimately I'm willing to bet that improving the core product will mean there'll be more o
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by hdivider 13y ago
I feel sorry for the guy who made the 2D Toolkit [0]. It's a very solid asset, but with a new built-in official competitor I think it might die, or at least slow down over time. Would it be too cynical to think that this is part of the
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by hdivider 13y ago
Digital teaching aids: yes, definitely. I'd say we're doing pretty well on that front. There's DragonBox, which teaches basic algebra [0]. There's 3D software (Blender etc. or just 3D stuff in a web browser), which, beca
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Stack Overflow's oldest surviving question (posted by Jeff himself)(stackoverflow.com)
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by hdivider 13y ago
Cool - signed up. The shrill colours almost made me close the page immediately, but maybe that's just me. =) Glad to see genuinely interesting articles there (good mix of technical & 'qualitative' stuff), instead of the u
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by hdivider 13y ago
Interesting - bookmarked. Will probably try it out next time I launch a product. Stuff like this is why I prefer /newest to the front page. =) (Edit: Okay, it's on the front page now. Still, /newest is always worth checking o
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by hdivider 13y ago
Let's use this opportunity to remind ourselves of an adjacent problem: the number of helpful, insightful, creative comments not made for fear of retribution by knee-jerk contrarianism. I say let's watch out for this, and make an
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Apophenia - seeing false patterns in complex data(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hdivider 13y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 13y ago
Here's the statement from MS: Our vision is that every person can be a creator. That every Xbox One can be used for development. That every game and experience can take advantage of all of the features of Xbox One and Xbox Live. This
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Xbox One will allow independent developers to self-publish titles(theverge.com)
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I do see your point. It just seemed odd to me that they didn't take that simple step to clarify what is arguably the most pressing question on everybody's mind: is my CC/bank data safe? This is most likely just me being too p
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by hdivider 13y ago
Completely with you on this =) I'm a bit of a 'metal-fanatic' - I think lots of everyday objects should really be made from some suitable metal, simply because that would make them last much longer. And sometimes thicker meta
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by hdivider 13y ago
What I find slightly unnerving is that Apple didn't make this clearer. If they know that credit card information was not affected, they should say that. E.g. "Sensitive personal information (such as credit card data) was encrypt
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by hdivider 13y ago
I also got the same message. It's a real email from Apple. Also, expect to see stories about this on the usual tech sites within minutes.
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by hdivider 13y ago
Yeah, I suppose we humans are just too good at seeing patterns where none exist. Still, it's fun to experiment. =)
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by hdivider 13y ago
Here's a possibly interesting idea: in a game, randomly select from some of these distributions to generate objects (e.g. powerups, enemies, game balancing constants) whenever the player appears to be doing well. You'd initially give them t
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by hdivider 13y ago
I'm a short while away from releasing a game made in C++/DirectX for Windows 8 (using the DirectXTK helpers and obvious APIs like XAudio2) - i.e. mostly 'from scratch,' more or less. And I have to say - yeah, you definitely learn a lot fr
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Depictions of Architectural Density in Hong Kong(twistedsifter.com)
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Very interesting, thanks. =) I'm betting there will be a fairly sharp increase in the daily submission rate for games once Unity3D makes deployment to the Windows Store available for everyone. According to the Unity guys, they currently hav
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by hdivider 14y ago
"there are only 43.000 apps at the moment, meaning that there is very little competition" The numbers get even more interesting when you move into some specific subcategories: according to my version (UK) of the Windows Store, there are c
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by hdivider 14y ago
"It's too bad that it has to be mathematics and that mathematics for some people is hard." "We cannot...convert this thing to any other language. You have, if you want to discuss nature, to learn about nature and to appreciate nature. It
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by hdivider 14y ago
Interesting stuff, but I think it would be more interesting if it included Windows 8 (metro) and didn't restrict itself to Windows Phone. =)
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by hdivider 14y ago
Congratulations, everyone =) Keeping a community like this together and preventing its degradation over a 6 year period is a remarkable achievement. Let's also remember that this isn't just a site that lists current topics of interest; ther
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by hdivider 14y ago
"Even with a beautiful hardware and wonderful OS, it’s pretty clear that a Windows Phone 8 tablet would struggle to gain traction." Not least because it'll make the whole Windows 8 endeavour _even more_ confusing for the non-technical use
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by hdivider 14y ago
Yeah, me too. =) There are other 'unfinished' games that are nevertheless lots of fun to play. It's amazing: lots of people will insist that modern games need lots of polish and awesome graphics in order to be any fun, but it's certainly no
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by hdivider 14y ago
You definitely do need a 3rd party antimalware solution on Windows 8. The whole point is to push the probability of infection further along the tail end of the curve. Good computing habits won't help you in such cases. It doesn't matter if
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by hdivider 14y ago
"Empirical reasoning does not operate in absolutes." Precisely, and so 'rule out' shouldn't be taken to imply an absolute ruling out of things. =) Perhaps I should've said effectively ruled out. Life on the Moon has been 'effectively'

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