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Comment #49212737
> Taste Is All That's Left > I do not care about your taste. Is the point of this essay that there's nothing left?
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Comment #49127072
I definitely agree that so much of the magic of gaming during that era was moving from the command prompt to seeing the computer explode with color and sound. That said, the thing …
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Comment #49112617
Of course so does Twin Peaks, and there's clearly a Twin Peaks/X Files vibe to this game.
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Comment #49112599
Man if your example of weak video game writing is Monkey Island I think you're going to be disappointed a lot.
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Comment #49112432
Broken sword is definitely a different style of game. I stopped playing broken sword when I had to solve a 15 puzzle to enter a sewer.
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Comment #49012455
Here's a helpful video about leveraging SIMD to solve a concrete performance problem for the dev team that made the game The Witness by Casey Muratori: https://www.youtube.com/watc…
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Comment #48294427
I think new norms will develop around this behavior - it's rude to show someone else your AI output, and I think long term that will be broadly recognized.
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Comment #46797154
I think the point was you can't evaluate their campaign promises because they never governed. Here's what happened instead....
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Comment #46787168
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Comment #46692291
This is a fantastic intro to the article I wanted to read, which was Sean's advice on how to best leverage this trait.
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Comment #46165326
But that's Ron. He's a Portland Gen X Socialist. Irony and cynicism are the only things he knows.
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Comment #39540132
of course today in Madison the high is 15°F
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Comment #36446602
kosher salt is way too coarse for popcorn, so I don't think it eliminates the need for the grinder
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Comment #36432650
...why did you willingly accept a job where you feel caged?
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Comment #36343166
This is a really clear explanation that libraries have drifted from their original purpose and public funds could be better used elsewhere.
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Comment #35902793
I don't think that's true. I find Crockford's argument compelling that js is misunderstood and that the core of the language is a diamond in the rough. https://youtu.be/47Ceot8yqeI…
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Comment #35902648
The idea at the turn of the century is that Java Applets would be the way web applications would be developed. That was a disaster for security, ux, etc.
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Comment #35902631
js is pretty lispy. Crockford is pretty compelling that the reason js survived (and beat Java which was the heir apparent) is because of the attributes it inherited from Scheme.
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Comment #34695567
You're forgetting that labor activists are also motivated by profit, which is not necessarily aligned with interests of labor themselves. As we've seen from the social and news med…
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Comment #33734333
100% agree. He's hysterical. It has changed my opinion of him.
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Comment #32580780
It's a data warehouse database.
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Comment #31740491
Fanfic would imply that the work is non-canon, wouldn't it? The bible represents some of the earliest arguments about what is canon.
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Comment #31740457
The NIV changed their interpretive philosophy around the turn of the century to favor gender neutral language. Most churches switched to ESV at that point.
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Comment #31529464
Which is better in most cases than the rationed care of government healthcare, where people die waiting for "free" healthcare.