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by mpax 8y ago
> If anything, modern economics starts with the fiction of a perfectly liquid medium of exchange that can be infinitesimally divided, borrowed and loaned. Yes, this is what I have in mind.
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by mpax 8y ago
I believe the barter hypothesis is already in Aristotle, so it’s perhaps several millenia old. Anyway, the issue does run deeper, since the barter theory is implicit in for instance theories of banking, inflation and the money supply. See “
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by mpax 8y ago
There is this top down space rts game which does just that. Browser based, had electron port. I can't for the life of me remember it's name. The AI construction was very limited/simplistic though, still a good deal of fun.
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by mpax 8y ago
STRIPS was the original algorithm Monolith used for fear. The interesting thing about STRIPS is that it uses A* pathfinding to solve a decision-making graph. More info: http://aigamedev.com/open/review/planning-in-
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by mpax 8y ago
I think laws should come with expire dates by default.
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by mpax 8y ago
> It is false to say that people don't know they're giving out their data when they're consciously doing so. That's missing the point, it's about the data they're unconsciously giving out. For example, my
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by mpax 8y ago
Because they don't know they're giving out their data voluntarily, or don't understand the repercussions. In some idealized notion or legal fiction everyone might at all times be perfectly aware what they're signing up t
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by mpax 8y ago
I often see the rule of thirds suggested as a compositional tool. Yet I have never encountered any convincing justification for it. Ditto for the golden section. Anyone have strong opinions on this?
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by mpax 8y ago
I feel like it doesn’t touch upon one of the most important aspects of composition: tangents. https://curiousoldlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/10/schweizer-gui...
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by mpax 8y ago
Perfect!
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by mpax 8y ago
Don’t apologize, this is super informative! :)
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by mpax 8y ago
Regarding the cloudyness... Has anyone ever tried to levitate photovoltaics into the stratosphere? Blimpy-space-elevator kinda thing? Is such a thing even possible?
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by mpax 8y ago
Afaik the problem is that the currently installed nuclear generators cannot stop their operation in the middle of a fuel cycle.
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by mpax 8y ago
“You only sell hot air?” “Yes, I’m full of it! And quite dense!”
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by mpax 8y ago
I’m not sure empowering individuals is the solution when they’re operating inside a major attractor space.
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by mpax 8y ago
That’s the idea :)
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by mpax 8y ago
Really neat! 2 features which might cool: stellation and .obj export Iirc these things apply to 2d tilings also? I remember trying to do some esher-esque drawings using such tilings a bunch of years back.
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by mpax 8y ago
While on the subject, handheld Arduino console: https://gamebuino.com Has anyone here tried it? I’m thinking of getting one.
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by mpax 8y ago
The generational narrative is misleading. People are getting squeezed because of accumulating debt-servicing costs. http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/4cf45f1d4bd7c8a2371...
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by mpax 8y ago
It’s not just the web, software in general is getting increasingly bloated. Not in features, but in more and more layers of abstractions.
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by mpax 8y ago
I used to own Flight Simulator ‘98. Which proudly stated “photorealistic graphics” on the box. Technically they were correct... all the textures were photos!
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by mpax 8y ago
The jitteryness is an artistic choice (no tech limitation).
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by mpax 8y ago
Here’s a short pdf breakdown of the shading tricks used in this game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ltkinwnmmzurjw/GuilltyGearXrd_sha...
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by mpax 8y ago
complexitylabs.io offers plenty of gentle introductory material.