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by polytely 6y ago
VR seems to me like something to could easily disappear again if there isn't something that keeps pushing it forward (tech doesn't automatically progress, see: putting a man on the moon) and I really want it to succeed. I hope the
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VR could seize its moment – if the big players would cooperate(gamesindustry.biz)
2 points by polytely 6y ago|4 comments
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by polytely 6y ago
Somewhat in the same vein is Steam's new game recommendation engine where you have a [popular --- niche] slider so you can filter out the obvious results. I wish more search engines had something like that. In general there is so much
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by polytely 6y ago
My best advice about writer's block is: the reason you're having a hard time writing is because of a conflict between the GOAL of writing well and the FEAR of writing badly. By default, our instinct is to conquer the fear, but our
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by polytely 6y ago
I think this is the most recent article they had about this subject https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31798/the-secretive-in... It's a fascinating story, I hope someone gets to the bottom of this.
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Irving Finkel – The Ark Before Noah: A Great Adventure(youtube.com)
1 points by polytely 6y ago|0 comments
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by polytely 6y ago
I really like the podcast feed of The Syllabus[0], It's run by Evgeny Morozov, one of my favourite technology writers. It's a weekly curated collection of interesting podcast episodes, focussed around philosophy, technology, polit
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by polytely 6y ago
I've seen this one on twitter https://twitter.com/royvanrijn/status/1214162400666103808?la... There's probably some civilizational complexity limit where the unexpected interactions between seemingly iso
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by polytely 7y ago
Last GDC there was a cool BCI talk from Valve[0], if I had money I would bet that the next VR headset from valve would contain some brain activity sensors. And in this interview with IGN, Gabe Newel talks a bit about where they stand with B
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by polytely 7y ago
>but it doesn't mean that you can't change your own path in a meaningful way, you're free to take a harder path vs. an easier or more obvious one. This is of course debatable, there is some evidence to suggest that the fee
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by polytely 7y ago
It's actually a really interesting subject, I think it's closely related to something called "words of estimate probability", the wikipedia article [0] is a good startingpoint. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by polytely 7y ago
Well healthcare isn't organized on an European level but on a country level, so that's why the policy is directed on a country level but that doesn't mean there isn't any communication between countries. It's just t
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by polytely 7y ago
I just remembered that steam made a similar move with the orange box (half-life 2, HL2:episode 1, HL2:episode 2, portal & Team Fortress 2 for 60 bucks, but you have to install steam to play) also amazingly clever. Still the best gaming
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by polytely 7y ago
Well I get the outrage and all that, but that's mainly hard-core enthusiasts who pay attention to the industry. I also was kinda pissed when Control and Outer Worlds went exclusive, but in the end my love for those developers won out a
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by polytely 7y ago
It's really interesting if you compare it to Epic's entry into the game selling business. What they did was: 1. Appeal to developers by making exclusivity deals with them (e.g: we give you a bag of money upfront if you only sell y
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by polytely 7y ago
>The goal now is to have students be molded into the right shapes that match the political winds of the day (thinking what must be thought). Do you have any examples? I feel like I've seen this sentiment expressed before but I can&#
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by polytely 7y ago
While true, Snowden position as administrator placed him outside the usual compartmentalization (because he worked on connecting separate parts of the infrastructure)[0], and placed him in a unique position to realize what was happening and
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by polytely 7y ago
Yeah, or things like Mastodon instances, moving from twitter to Mastodon has been the best media consumption decision I've made in the past couple of years. I didn't notice how bad twitter actually was until I was away from it for
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by polytely 7y ago
I think it's fascinating how close it feels to dream logic, things kinda make sense when you suspend your disbelief and go with the flow, but the world is constantly shifting around you. One thing I noticed is that you can't leave
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by polytely 7y ago
Kind of unrelated to the topic, but does anyone know what the big spot of bad air quality near Houston is?
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by polytely 7y ago
I think that is changing though: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/incarcerated-pennsyl... I cannot fathom working on a product like this, to extract as much as possible from people who already have almost nothin
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by polytely 7y ago
Yeah I really wish I had more insight into how this actually works, how many people in google work on these info-boxes, where do they get their data from (plundering existing sites it seems). It's weird to me that google is so cheap. I
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Genius used watermarks to catch Google stealing its content(twitter.com)
80 points by polytely 7y ago|9 comments
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by polytely 7y ago
> "all content I think my future self would appreciate me consuming." I think The Syllabus [2] is kinda like this for a certain type of content (mostly academic). It aims to find stuff that doesn't get attention in the reg
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by polytely 7y ago
Everything is way more accessible than pre-2000's, but I would argue that the overall quality of the user-experience is probably worse. If you buy a TV today, you get amazing image quality, but you also have to live with the fact that
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by polytely 7y ago
Very fun, it kinda reminds me of Belter creole from the expanse books/show. https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Belter_Creole https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Belter_dialogue Some of my favourite
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by polytely 7y ago
Yeah, I think Worm really fits the HN crowd. It's a de- and re-construction of the superhero genre, with really creative superpowers. I love the world building in Worm, it's internally consistent which is something that gets hand-