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Namrog84

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About Namrog84

Software Engineer @ Microsoft. Xbox division. Game Streaming.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #22714454

    > it's hard to use more than a few megabits per person on average. With the coming rise of streaming services(currently using 6 to 12 mbps) and other things I can regularly see eac…

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    Comment #22293343

    There is a difference between the military and government agencies. It's like asking why not get rid of military in favor of militia, Hired guns, And police forces? Who had what au…

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    Comment #22220126

    > After strong AIs are common, we can persue the even more interesting task of dumbing them down in fun ways An artificially handicapped or limited smart ai in video games is often…

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    Comment #21942579

    I predict hn will have not have fixed the code block vs quote bad experience on mobile.

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    Comment #21930955

    I disagree and think it will decrease because self driving vehicles will act as pace cars and smooth out traffic considerably

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    Comment #21902014

    Thanks. I use unlock origin but hadn't tried that. I'll do that now. Thanks!

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    Comment #21901666

    Thank you! I feel like I've been seeing more and more paywall reaching top links lately and its mildly annoying do most people have subscriptions or something?

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    Comment #21886541

    > "Also, they have (recently introduced) a sync option, in which fake files are visible in your file system, but no actual contents get put on the drive until you try to open them.…

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    Comment #21879976

    Just fyi. I thought counter strike didn't used projectiles but used raycasts for almost every weapon. But your point still stands and applies for most shooters.

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    Comment #21879969

    I play a lot of pubg(player unknowns battlegrounds) and you can often hear the bullet whizzing past you before the initial shot of the gun/rifle/bullet. And you can often gauge how…

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    Comment #21624224

    - I've been using the Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 for however long its been since it replaced the 3000 or whatever predecessors. Probably close to 20 years now. I use…

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    Comment #21516189

    Counter point. If this(free postage) is an easy and good proxy for detecting this type of scam. By doing this they might stop(doing free postage) . And then you and others lose the…

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    Comment #21508953

    Individual contributor. In contrast to a lead, manager, or pm. The IC is usually the person who actually writes software/code. (The bulk of employees at a software company are ICs)…

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    Comment #21207000

    They might be getting exactly what they're voting for. But they might not be voting for what they need or want. It's not that hard to spin things in a way that people unknowingly v…

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    Comment #21150966

    I think the site predates it? Apparently the websites been like this for many years.

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    Comment #21150954

    You mention safari. Are you on a mac? So it works in firefox and chrome for me on windows. Not sure, I have pretty vanilla setup.

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    Comment #21144875

    Go spend 5 minutes here on pc desktop. http://cyberspaceandtime.com/Gaano9Y6KAU.video+related I came across this site a few weeks ago. And it's quite unlike anything I've seen. And…

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    Comment #21140671

    "Microsoft has their enterprise hardware, but not sure what they're thinking about otherwise." Do you consider the hololens exclusively enterprise?

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    Comment #20741162

    >in error rate I dont have source at moment. But I remember reading a few years ago that wikipedia had fewer errors than most all encyclopedias on average. There is definitely some…

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    Comment #20670123

    Even here at hn. Look how many people never read the article and only the comments. I'd imagine the number of people to go down into a link from an article to be quite small unfort…

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    Comment #20237578

    How do GPU cores differ in that they have thousands of cores?

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    Comment #20186643

    No criticism but just curious why you chose blizzard and wow here? Compared to other virtual worlds you could walk around with friends?

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    Comment #19997533

    Yes. In the US and Europe I believe.

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    Comment #19889651

    Not every finite resource has to be used toward the advancement of civilization or for some greater cause. Also, lots of things can have indirect positive effects. I know lots of p…

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    Comment #19843265

    I see what you did there!