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by nrb 8y ago
I generally agree (object serialization was rough, and stop-the-word saves have been a constant issue for the entire life of the project) but the things it did well were done outstandingly better than POL, Sphere, UOX, Wolfpack, etc. I thin
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by nrb 8y ago
The resource quality and crafting system in SWG was an absolute masterpiece; I’ve yearned for a game with that amount of depth ever since the combat upgrade patch made it irrelevant.
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by nrb 8y ago
I didn’t go to college either, never too late to make the transition if you want it.
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by nrb 8y ago
I owe my career to this game. I was totally obsessed with UO from the moment I logged in for the first time and created my character, a crafter who was primarily a miner/blacksmith. That’s the thing about UO... nobody was the hero, eve
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by nrb 8y ago
Chat bots & integrations...
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by nrb 8y ago
How much easier is "much easier"? If this was true there would be astoundingly more world-changing technologies, given the sheer number of people out there who abandon otherwise valued traits of being human.
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by nrb 8y ago
SpaceX has accomplished only a few percent of their stated mission: "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal o
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by nrb 8y ago
I think you mean humans are downright terrifying, and self-driving cars don't need remote controls.
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by nrb 8y ago
Compared to Fortnite, where every match is a unique experience with the addition of player-crafted buildings, and the static game map is under constant transformation each season.
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by nrb 8y ago
This is simply not realistic in any heavily populated city. I especially hesitate to encourage DIY house building on major earthquake faults.
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by nrb 8y ago
High-density areas typically have bike lanes for scooters to use. The problem of getting ~3 miles in a city like SF (SoMa to Mission) involves a 10 min walk to a train, and several more minutes walking once you get off the train, or walking
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by nrb 8y ago
That depends on if you already own a TV or monitor, both of which are available for a small fraction of the price Apple charges.
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by nrb 8y ago
I think a lot of people (except maybe Apple shareholders) would be happy with a single physical device that handles a variety of use cases rather than paying Apple $1500 a pop, several times over, for the exact same hardware in different ph
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by nrb 8y ago
Maybe rethinking 9-5 is more productive to society than forcing everything else around it. Lots of schools start each day in the 7:00 hour.
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by nrb 8y ago
That's a pretty dishonest comparison to a massive percentage of the country that literally has no ISP choice; I can name several viable products for each of the industries you mentioned off the top of my head.
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by nrb 8y ago
I think the hangup there is that in many cities there exists a government-sanctioned monopoly in internet access, in many areas the public actually funded the infrastructure, or in other areas collusion exists to limit customer freedom to c
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by nrb 8y ago
Luckily you can carve up the angry peoples’ electoral districts every 10 years assuming you are in power at the right time.
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by nrb 8y ago
I also just checked the paper insert that comes with the new iPhone and the first thing at the top of the page is the following: iPhone User Guide Before using iPhone, review the user guide at help.apple.com/iphone. You can also use Ap
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by nrb 8y ago
Yeah, the Tips app is new in iOS 11. It might have been relegated to some "Preinstalled" app group somewhere or pushed to one of the last pages. It's definitely front and center on new phones now.
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by nrb 8y ago
Well there are many ways to get there, tap the Tips app that is preinstalled on the home screen on a newly setup iOS device. As I said, it also sends a notification shortly after device setup directing you there.
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by nrb 8y ago
The “Tips” feature (Swipe left from home) points you right to the User Guide downloadable from the Books app for the device. It also prompts you with this info shortly after you finish setting up the device. It’s a 600+ page manual that des
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by nrb 8y ago
Viewing detailed statistics is unnecessary as long as it's well-established that the IRS is looking out for and prosecuting certain schemes.
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by nrb 8y ago
Wouldn't viewing the deceased body have the same effect?
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by nrb 8y ago
> It's possible that we could actually raise government income by doing less enforcement, because $3 is the average. It would be a net gain to eliminate the ones where we're spending $1 to raise $.50 (or $0) as long as we keep
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by nrb 8y ago
This is one of those things, in light of the continual expansion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, that I'm not sure I'd make a blog post about. Kinda neat though.
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by nrb 8y ago
Yeah seems obvious that kids from rough homes don’t get enough sleep.
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by nrb 8y ago
> For example: describe how you would stop doing business with Equifax. I can't speak to every area of their business, but as a credit consumer: You freeze your Equifax credit report and only work with lenders who will accept pullin
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by nrb 8y ago
A few times throughout my career, I noticed a pattern of dreading waking up and doing the work that I do. Once I've identified that, my number one priority is to figure out if that can be fixed or find something else to do if it can&#x
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by nrb 8y ago
Interesting paper, thanks for sharing!
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by nrb 8y ago
Yeah, companies that use TripleByte all do this. There's a phone pitch phase of the interviewing once you've been accepted to TripleByte where you take ~20 minute phone calls where the point of the call is for the company to figur

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