scj

15 ms·

121.
by scj 6y ago
With the exception of board games that are related to existing games I already like, I treat Kickstarter as a negative signal for the first year. Similar to a video game licensed movie, or a movie licensed video game; even if the title has
122.
by scj 6y ago
Who's fault is it when a Jenga tower is toppled? Was it the last person to pull a piece out? Maybe the person before, who barely managed to keep it upright? Or is the tower doomed to fall by design?
123.
by scj 6y ago
Alternative, but similar scenario: Let's say a database gets licensed under the defensive license by $CORPORATION_0. And let's say that $CORPORATION_1 makes many contributions to that database under the same defensive license (wh
124.
by scj 7y ago
I'd use the word liberated when referring to the peoples of Western Europe. But I'd be much more hesitant say Eastern European nations were liberated... Especially considering most would be Soviet puppet states for decades to co
125.
by scj 7y ago
Even if there was a force capable of pushing back the USSR in 1945, I dread to think what a retreating Soviet Army would have done to the civilian population of occupied countries.
126.
by scj 7y ago
What about both..? For example, I have a concept in my head that's like a hashtag but would translate to "over-optimized 80s/90s technologies that have aged poorly". It's a categorization that overlaps with a sense
127.
by scj 7y ago
In Canada, the concept is more "Crown Land" than "public land". I don't know the answer to your question, but my instincts pose it in the negative sense: Why would there be a right to be on the Queen's land wi
128.
by scj 7y ago
Some people would demand fake videos supporting their point of view be taken seriously. Also, it isn't difficult to imagine a future where people are criticized for correctly identifying deep fakes.
129.
by scj 7y ago
Canada's voter identification laws changed for 2015, then reverted for 2019. This was due to change in governments. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-election-2015-voter... Realistically, in the short
130.
by scj 7y ago
I somewhat suspect companies that apply "creative" licenses like this haven't been under a corporate legal department before. Using a standard license is great. Using a custom license that is extremely similar to an existing
131.
by scj 7y ago
Another factor to remember is snowfall. Where I live, we push snow to the side on roads, but it tends to stick around and accumulate for months at a time. Adding a secondary* infrastructure around bicycles would be costly. But the big one
132.
by scj 7y ago
To both of your points of having more choice and lobbying: Market considerations matter.
133.
by scj 7y ago
With private prisons, lobbying is likely cheaper and more reliable than innovation. I assume you didn't intend this in a sinister way, but exercise caution when speaking of experimenting with prisoners. Even with good intentions, reme
134.
by scj 7y ago
Da Vinci's predictions of a helicopter weren't looking too good 170 years ago either. The history of flight in general is a great story of old dreams becoming reality. And the dream has a simple origin, we knew birds could fly, s
135.
by scj 7y ago
I understand what you're getting at, but most Canadians have a negative reaction to talking about profiting off healthcare. Ensuring access to those who need it is the primary concern. If Americans were suffering an unintended shortag
136.
by scj 7y ago
Saying AI does funky things from time-to-time is hardly an extraordinary claim. Meanwhile, an individual injecting bias without the hack's true purpose being obvious to co-workers would be difficult. The more subtle and circumstantial
137.
by scj 7y ago
During John Glenn's first orbital flight, an indicator went off, causing concern over the heat shield. Kraft and his team correctly determined the heat shield was fine. His judgement was ignored and he was forced to use an untested an
138.
by scj 7y ago
In this field, you're always going to have to learn things on your own... The trivial example is new technologies that weren't available when you were in university.
139.
by scj 7y ago
Blender is a complimentary offering. Improving it indirectly boosts business. Assuming there are tax benefits for donating, it becomes a win-win.
140.
by scj 7y ago
Kid: I'd say the lower bound is around 5, and the upper bound is variable depending on the individual... In this case, I'd suggest the upper bound doesn't matter, as the criteria for filtering should be "a semi-unattende
141.
by scj 7y ago
In the system I've proposed, if there are enough test-Flanders thrown at the content the times closed should be different enough to trigger an unclear Flanders rating. This would indicate some other metric should be used. I don't
142.
by scj 7y ago
If Google takes the impractical route and hires a sufficient number of multilingual Ned Flanders, then they're still probably going to have a non-zero false positive rate (humans make mistakes too). Whatever they do is going to have to
143.
by scj 7y ago
Why would Youtube for Kids show anything on the topic of abortion?
144.
by scj 7y ago
I'm kind of wondering if a "Ned Flanders" user-detector is possible. Search for users who stop videos at "offensive" moments, then evaluate their habits. It wouldn't be foolproof, but the "Flanders rating
145.
by scj 7y ago
Cars are also useful in colder / rainy weather... Where I live, people tend to ride motorbikes on a weather permitting basis. Which means the bulk of days are in late May, June, July, August, and early September. Assuming they can af
146.
by scj 7y ago
I'd go the other way... Give the impression there was something really valuable in there. Have a main chamber with a solid pedestal in the center. Then, on walls throughout the complex, depict some golden treasure that never existe
147.
by scj 7y ago
"This is where you get poison rocks to put in the rivers of enemies."
148.
by scj 7y ago
My semi-facetious answer to this case is "The time span of 3 Microsoft post-Ballmer CEOs." The first CEO to implement open source (Nadella), the second to continue the strategy, and the third to prove the second CEO wasn't a
149.
by scj 7y ago
> but for quite some time they’ve shown they support OSS and developers in general. I would be hesitant to describe a single CEO's tenure as enough time.
150.
by scj 7y ago
I'd hypothesize a self-selection bias. Casual players (the targets of the SdJ) are probably less likely to rate games than connoisseurs (who have their own category, the Kennerspiel des Jahres). Notice that the Kennerspiel des Jahres

More ›