nihilocrat

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by nihilocrat 15y ago
I think everything else said in the post proves they are sociopaths. They don't seem to place value in "peons", "lulz lizards", or really any kind of human beings.
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by nihilocrat 15y ago
They specifically said they are not leaking all of the juicy user data they found. It's nice that they did that, but it's kind of like breaking into your house and stealing everything except your Rolodex because, well, that would be a dick
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by nihilocrat 15y ago
Do you learn the local language every place you live? I would suppose that's a pretty herculean task unless you already know several fluently and spend a considerable amount of time daily studying and practicing.
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The Game of Platform Power(slideshare.net)
3 points by nihilocrat 16y ago|0 comments
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
So as some of these comments suggest, yes, perhaps we need to actually teach people how to recognize outright stupid ideas even if it seems obvious to you and me.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
The mountain of evidence pointing towards the Holocaust actually happening means that we should indeed let deniers speak but any position they take is so indefensible that it's more an exercise in observing human stupidity than considering
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
I used flocking in a game project in college (getting ad-hoc starship fleets to get into ad-hoc formations) with another condition: When the basic requirements are met, each ship should also try to align with a master "fleet admiral" ship,
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Electing the Doge of Venice: analysis of a 13th Century protocol(hpl.hp.com)
6 points by nihilocrat 16y ago|0 comments
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Generally I make a SpaceWar! clone in said language/library.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Pheh, they forgot the best application ever: iPhone-controlled vibrator: http://www.ohmibod.com/bodyheat/ I was at a presentation by the app's creator, apparently the hardware was already available through some company, so you could theor
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
When I saw the iPad launched I was very concerned we are moving towards a market of consumer-only devices; devices which you can't use creatively to make content, program applications, etc.. Things like programming will be considered a "spe
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Most US public transit is abysmal, particularly if it's bus-only. Spend some time in Europe.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
My method is to follow the developer on twitter / tumblr / whatever if I'm really excited, or simply wait for the various indie gaming blogs to pick up the news upon release (which they will).
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Assuming we would have driverless cars, you don't have to worry about a gigantic shell of metal that is expensive, will break down at inopportune times, requires constant maintenance, copious parking space at any destination of your choosin
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
2. Children could own cars. Don’t feel like schlepping your kid to soccer practice? Just buy them a car 6. ... Make my car driverless (freeing me up to watch TV, read a book, catch up on emails, etc.) and able to travel at twice the speed,
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Let’s think of government as an industry, where countries are firms and citizens are customers. People should be thinking of governments/countries/cultures this way anyhow. Vote with your feet.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
I live in Montréal too and I'm chiming in that it's easy to live here with only English, 25% of the city is natively anglophone. Some people in the company I work at (also immigrants) see no reason to learn French, which the quebecois proba
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
It's a cultural thing, definitely. Some Americans take it too far, but even those who don't (many), who don't think everything in life is about winning a competition, still interpret most things as competitions even if they aren't officiall
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Apparently, neurosis begets job satisfaction? People who take their jobs "way too seriously" tend to get a lot of enjoyment when they see success in said job.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Writing an octree is definitely part of coding an MMO. It's a piece of software, of which an octree or something similar is a fundamental part, thus it totally fits. If this is too slow-paced or ground-level for your tastes ... avoid game d
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
A ton of UIs are built from the ground up. When you compare the logic and math involved to the logic and math used in 3D rendering or even 3D game logic, it's an absolute pushover, though you might feel like it's a huge hassle since in web
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
I'm an American living in Canada and the political focus seems to always be on the government (PM and cabinet) and the House of Commons. I never really hear mention of the Senate (basically the House of Lords of Canada), and being unelected
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
The usage of the term "government" in commonwealth countries, following the Westminster System ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_system ), refers more specifically to the executive branch (prime minister and cabinet) currently in p
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
Big, boxy datacenters would probably benefit from carpeting their roofs with this stuff.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
This is probably the most succinct analogy on computer pricing discussion I've seen that a lot of people just don't seem to realize. Perhaps we haven't had the concept of a "luxury computer" long enough in our heads to make it seem natural
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
I know that in Korea, IE / Windows is basically the only choice, no one really registers the existence of anything else, so I presume it would be pretty similar in the rest of east Asia.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
It's definitely an intentional joke.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
You're right; it didn't take Zed to convince me, I just thought it was odd that I read two articles arguing about the same thing on vastly different ends of the spectrum.
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
On one hand you are suggesting "we can't know anything, let's not bother" but on the other hand you are saying "let's talk about things we should actually do". Ok! I moved to Canada (Quebec) from the US. The healthcare system is overloaded,
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by nihilocrat 16y ago
After reading Zed Shaw's post yesterday about how "Long Beards" are getting marginalized by "Product Guys" I cringe when I hear bullshit like this: Ideas (and in most cases even the code itself) is worth little. It’s marketing that makes t

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