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Problem is, slashdot's mod tools don't work. You'll see all sorts of retrograde anti-intellectual stuff being upvoted on slashdot. And the born yesterdays who think steam and drm a…

"This is such a ridiculous statement I can't tell if it's sarcasm" No it isn't you market moron, every good capitalist wants a monopoly and to give the worst possible service at th…

"Their greatest battles result in people being swayed to one view or another but never something being invested in and grown to produce value. And that's why they're just a waste."…

"There's nothing inherently wrong with a lobbyist. They're there to help inform representatives. " You are naive. "Intended as an internal document. Good reading to understand the …

"Although a valid concern putting "job creation" as a goal for governments can (and in a lot of occurrences in recent history, did) backfire spectacularly." Except you're wrong, th…

"Whenever I pause to think about surveillance and other activity of the sort that is aimed at stifling peaceful, ideological movements and groups it gives me a chill." They fear th…

"You are not born with the ability to write." Yes you are born with that potential yes. There are many animals that can't because their genetic potential disallows such things. You…

"For a dose of reality, I recommend browsing r/piracy. The mental gymnastics people go through to justify their actions is mind boggling." Nope, corporations stole the public domai…

"But they don't; even moderately competitive players can beat the best bots." That's because the programmers are bad at AI for that kind of game. It just means human beings don't u…

"What is this definition of "pure FPS" you're using?" High speed, 6+ weapons held at a time, jump strafing, no stupid ironsights, Interesting variety of weapons. Go pickup quake li…

"This is an interesting statement, because I assumed that it was the software that ran the robots that was hard to get right." The problem is real objects have weights and properti…

"how the games regressed from that to the current checkpoint absurdity is anyone's guess" Game developers found out most console players suck at gaming.

Then we should provide context about america and whether it is really a democracy Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.…

Except Venezuela is under secret attack, sabotage and the victim of economic sanctions. Same as cuba. If you believe otherwise you are stupid.

>I feel that I am overly obsessed with success. Google top dying regrets. There are plenty of workaholic people who regret being succesful and spending too much time at work. Don't…

I can see league of legends easily being AI'd. Starcraft is a lot more difficult because of the realtime nature of the game. League of legends was made for people with poor reflexe…

Not going to happen. Just look at what happened to Videogames all upcoming major AAA releases have some form of online DRM in them. They are even changing the marketing and droppin…

The problem with "proofs" is that software is often an iterative process because the environment and problems are constantly changing. If you have a fixed known problem you can do …

Pfft... Ideas are schematics, if you build upon the wrong schematic you're headed for disaster. There is always complex interplay between ideas and execution and people who say dif…

"It's so disappointing to me to hear a quote like that from the President." Then you need to get informed how democracy works... Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking t…

That is pretty close to the truth. http://schoolingtheworld.org/resources/essays/education-is-i...

"Wait so 'criticising government policies' is now grounds to classify a high school student as an extremist?" They are afraid of the masses waking up see here: Our brains are much …

If I wanted to give "old school" games a shot, which few should I try? Freespace 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAR8rWPluQ https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2 While POD is ugl…

"This is going to make me sound like a ranting old curmudgeon, but I am having a hard time thinking of much that's an improvement in modern games except for art style/graphical lim…

All old games have good things and bad things about them. The great things about old games were the challenge. The bad thing about them was that the industry was still learning and…