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by imanaccount247 12y ago
Because this: >it identifies a nearly religious zeal on the part of some non-scientists who insist that anyone who does anything other than repeat the mantra "the science is settled; we must implement every imaginable solution excep
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>The problem is that games like Red Dead Redemption, Hitman, and Grand Theft Auto systematically reward sexist and racist behavior (tying a woman to train tracks, brutalizing prostitutes, etc.). This sort of dishonesty is precisely what
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>It's easy for us white dudes (as I assume you are, based on your post) to say "games should just be whatever!" because we implicitly have the privilege of identifying with the inevitable white dude main character. I am ne
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
You aren't having a discussion. You are arrogantly dismissing discussion and proclaiming yourself not just right, but beyond reproach, while strawmanning your opposition.
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
EQ was not inspired by meridian, nor was it the first popular mmog. UO was the first popular mmog by any measure. And EQ was inspired by muds (just like meridian was). They were mainly inspired by opposing camps in the mud world, they do
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>The microkernel idea is pretty much dead outside the ivory tower, as in practice it didn't work, That would certainly explain the billions of microkernels running in production as we speak. Better tell amazon to shut down their wh
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>Sure, minimal amount needed for safety should be in the kernel Which is exactly how it is. So the question remains, what's the problem?
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
Again, you are conflating minix and minix3. Minix3 was never in a lab to outgrow it. It is a new system, developed quite quickly and quite recently. And yes, it is significantly better than linux. Why do you think the device IO calls sh
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>I'm quite sad about this, I think that if minix had been open instead of 'published as a book' that minix would have been what Linux is today Why? Even then, nobody thought that. Including ast. Minix was a toy OS, it w
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
Xen doesn't just act a bit like a microkernel, it is a microkernel.
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
Sure they will get PCs. They likely already have one. With an apple on it. The notion that people will flock back to minecraft is MS makes it windows only just doesn't seem realistic. They will be more likely to just move to a mine
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
I don't understand the line of thinking that went into that. How on earth is minecraft going to save windows? It is available on windows so everyone will suddenly throw common sense out the window and buy windows PCs for no reason?
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
>Am I also silly for having donated money to some open source projects? No. Because they are open source. Minecraft was not. Vague platitudes about someday being open source are worthless. Notch is notoriously dishonest and would say
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
Supplement means "I am not getting enough, so I supplement my intake with this". Of course it is not helpful to take a supplement when you don't need supplementation. The problem is, plenty of people do need supplementati
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by imanaccount247 12y ago
I'm in Canada and the UV index (which is based on UVB levels) is still hitting 4 or 5 on clear days. That is above the level where you are recommended to wear clothing, hats, sunscreen, etc to avoid burning. How do you figure that is