techopoly

9 ms·

31.
by techopoly 7y ago
That is a really clever alternative to the volunteerism that is becoming very popular in companies -- hire others to do it. Then you're helping two groups of people. Of course that doesn't do much good for the company's emplo
32.
by techopoly 7y ago
Personally, I don't see how this could be anything other than scary and unsettling. First, we should be able to exist in a world where advertising isn't so pervasive we can't even figure out what is real anymore. We're a
33.
by techopoly 7y ago
Not a bad idea. As far as I know it's not required to be visible
34.
by techopoly 7y ago
This is a good point. People have an incentive to act as if they have 100% focus all the time, especially at the workplace, and especially in American-style culture. So, many people also feel as if they are broken because they get distracte
35.
by techopoly 7y ago
I like this comment. What you're describing is essentially the Great Conversation, and there aren't enough participants. But, the door is always open!
36.
by techopoly 7y ago
I would think we should look at it somewhere in the middle. We can't truly know what Hokusai was thinking, or even if he truly understood the forces in his mind. But the art now has a life of its own. It represents just as much for him
37.
by techopoly 7y ago
I had a similar experience in college. In the classes I did best in, I studied for consistently throughout the week, working out problems and reading the book on my own. Then, when test time came, I still studied, but I largely understood t
38.
by techopoly 7y ago
I couldn't agree more. I keep maps in my vehicle for this reason, and people give me a hard time for it. No matter what I say I can't seem to get people to understand why it's still important to have maps. Get out of cell pho
39.
by techopoly 7y ago
On the other hand, extreme focus can and should be used to make a complex algorithm simple. It all depends on the programmer's competency to begin with. If he/she doesn't care or know how to make code readable, it never will
40.
by techopoly 8y ago
Huh, me too!
41.
by techopoly 8y ago
That's deep.
42.
by techopoly 8y ago
Agreed, drivers often do not check for this. If I'm merging into a lane, I prefer to do so when not sliding next to another car. If it's inevitable, I do it slowly.
43.
by techopoly 8y ago
Side question, do you think there's a market for this sort of game? Outdoor simulator I suppose?
44.
by techopoly 8y ago
I've been playing games off and on a long time. I had pretty much lost interest in social gaming, but Fortnite came around and it was fun enough for me to keep at it. Now I have decent enough skill to at least compete with the presumab
45.
by techopoly 8y ago
The loot box model was tried with the new Star Wars Battlefront II, and it had an amazing amount of pushback, to the extent the developer gave up on the model in the game. It seems these days the most successful monetization model is in-gam
46.
by techopoly 8y ago
So why would you say that is?
47.
by techopoly 8y ago
Maybe to call if there's a plane in trouble?
48.
by techopoly 8y ago
I would argue that jazz is largely viewed as background music now. People go to a jazz club to...talk. If they wanted to listen to the music they'd go to a rock concert. Edit: Another thought, maybe a large segment of modern jazz is un
49.
by techopoly 8y ago
Not sure what Lord of the Flies has to do with battle royale...
50.
by techopoly 8y ago
It's been a point of contention recently, the question of who created battle royale. Perhaps Greene is responsible for the modern iteration of it, but the last-man-standing concept has been around in gaming since Bomberman in 1983. And
51.
by techopoly 8y ago
You're absolutely right, many developers seem only to want to pigeon-hole a particular use case into the newest framework or technology they want to learn. I guess it depends on the developer.
52.
by techopoly 8y ago
In the 70s, Clare Torry was paid £30 for providing the improvisational vocals in Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on "The Dark Side of the Moon." Over the next several decades, she received none of the revenu
53.
by techopoly 8y ago
I like waking up to the smell of bacon. Sue me!
54.
by techopoly 8y ago
Why do developers always get blamed for the state of everything? Developers love creating efficient, optimized solutions. Developer happiness is rooted in a feeling of fulfillment that comes from creating a good product. There are many part
55.
by techopoly 8y ago
Oh, well, carry on then.
56.
by techopoly 8y ago
If I remember correctly, the Source engine increased the field of view from 75 degrees to 90. So you could definitely get sick on Half-Life 2 when Half-Life 1 is just fine for you. You might try lowering the field of view in Source games.
57.
by techopoly 8y ago
I would listen to this song.
58.
by techopoly 8y ago
Yes in addition to the lack of a front or back yard as mentioned in another comment, there's an increasing trend in city parenting to schedule the entire lives of their children, including "play dates". Not that play dates ar
59.
by techopoly 8y ago
This is true, however, how does one know when the market is down? It's down now. But maybe it's falling much further and you're catching the falling knife? Maybe it starts a 5-year boom tomorrow and you've missed your ch
60.
by techopoly 8y ago
This is really true -- on Reddit if you post a dissenting opinion, you're usually downvoted.

More ›