mentos

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811.
by mentos 11y ago
>Blizzard needs only buy the remaining 18 million tokens on their own auction house in exchange for virtual currency (which, conveniently, they can create out of thin air). Interesting, so the final effect is as if players had just bough
812.
by mentos 11y ago
The opening paragraphs could be an allegory for the immigration debate in the US.
813.
by mentos 11y ago
I like the attention they brought to the angle/attitude of the 'e'. Never appreciated before how it has a friendlier feel.
814.
by mentos 11y ago
>How about the talent is exactly in being able to put the hard work? And maybe part of putting in the hard work is coming to realize that its not all about talent..
815.
by mentos 11y ago
Well the idea is what you perceive as talent is actually a lot of hard work.
816.
by mentos 11y ago
I'd recommend reading "Talent Is Overrated" [0] While I agree that innate talent exists I disagree that it cannot be made up for. [0] - http://www.amazon.com/Talent-Overrated-Separates-World-Class...
817.
by mentos 11y ago
"In essence, we were not building the phone for the customer—we were building it for Jeff" http://www.fastcompany.com/3039887/under-fire
818.
by mentos 11y ago
Yea if you think about it short term memory is necessary for the movement of consciousness from state to state. Otherwise it'd be like flipping a toaster on.
819.
by mentos 11y ago
What technology do we have right now to map the connections of the brain? Is there anything that currently exists with enough granularity to take a snapshot of our neurons and their connections? edit: thanks for the replies, did some resear
820.
Minimum-wage offensive could speed arrival of robot-powered restaurants(washingtonpost.com)
6 points by mentos 11y ago|0 comments
821.
by mentos 11y ago
I think incentives like this [0] could help achieve this affect. [0] - Tax Credit for Businesses That Share Profits - http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/07/16/profi...
822.
by mentos 11y ago
http://www.universetoday.com/15403/how-long-would-it-take-to...
823.
by mentos 11y ago
input to response time is very important for VR 'I can send an IP packet to Europe faster than I can send a pixel to the screen. How f’d up is that?' -John Carmack [0] [0] https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack/st
824.
by mentos 11y ago
I've been playing the piano since I was a kid and found it very difficult to learn to read sheet music. There was a period for maybe 3 months where I was fluent in reading after 3-4 years of study but then took some time off and lost t
825.
by mentos 11y ago
>UO had a great risk and reward environment. This is it. Playing this game with my best friend when we were 12/13 was a magical experience in my life. There was this awesome sense of freedom/adventure/opportunity/risk
826.
by mentos 11y ago
Ah thank you for sharing. Wish I had access to something like this when I was in college. Might I ask what the textbook/s were for this course?
827.
by mentos 11y ago
Which course was that?
828.
by mentos 11y ago
I wonder if a laser could be used to pick up on this signal such that an individual could be targeted from afar?
829.
by mentos 11y ago
I work alone but wish I worked in an office so I could set this up :P I'm thinking about my friend who works at a busy production company that could probably benefit from setting this up for his co-workers but he is not technically inc
830.
by mentos 11y ago
Unreal Engine 4's blueprints are a great example of visual programming.
831.
by mentos 11y ago
How does this compare to Parse's Cloud Code?
832.
by mentos 11y ago
Would it be possible to do what they've done with mosquitoes and engineer male rats that will mate with females but not create viable offspring?
833.
by mentos 12y ago
I think you make a good point and I agree that I think money will corrupt some aspects of the modding community. But I wonder if the net result will improve it overall? Providing compensation may allow teenagers to justify their time spent
834.
by mentos 12y ago
"The project required 223 laser scans, collected over four days in December. Each scan takes 10 minutes to half an hour to complete. ScanLab also takes photographs, which it uses later to map color onto the point cloud (newer scanners
835.
by mentos 12y ago
Rather than solve the problem of not having enough resources to survive on Earth, why not solve the problem of needing the resources to exist in the first place? Life will leave this Earth but not in the form everyone expects.
836.
John Carmack on Mobile VR – 2015 GDC(youtube.com)
2 points by mentos 12y ago|0 comments
837.
by mentos 12y ago
I totally agree Netflix is overlooking this aspect of live programming. I would love to see a Netflix 'channel' that loops randomly through the top 100 shows/movies and plays the content live for everyone.
838.
by mentos 12y ago
I play the piano and the guitar and I am great at pronunciation (Italian, French, German) but I have miserable word recall and I can barely hold a conversation in these languages. I would definitely say this is true.
839.
by mentos 12y ago
I agree, I imagine Apple will be doubling their memory offers now.
840.
by mentos 12y ago
I think the 'depending on the resolution' is key. Its not really a matter of software to me, its whether or not the hardware can deliver the necessary resolution to replace a monitor that's typically 1.5ft from your face. If

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