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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Post by m23khan »

satysin wrote: post #86
conroydave wrote: post #60

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thanks for sharing this. sorry for your loss.

Thank you. It was a total shock. Even more so as it was my wedding day so I found out in the evening :( He had been trying to get healthier for the previous two years after being diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure but the damage was already done. The thing is though he wasn’t huge. Yes he was larger than he should be but you didn’t look at him and think heart disease or diabetes. He thought he could make…

similar thing here -- I am in my mid 30s and I have just quit eating chocolates, junk food, sugary stuff, sodas, etc just 2-3 weeks back. It was painful, I still get headaches but I know its worth it. Next phase is exercising more frequently.

Everybody has a time they will go but how you go can be controlled to a degree and that is what I am striving for.

I am just glad that I am only few kilos (less than 10) overweight so can see light at the end of tunnel.

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Post by InafuSabi »

djsumdog wrote: post #48

I started on Flight Simulator 4 way back in the day; I think on my 286. I remember when I first moved to Chicago I wanted to check out Meigs Field, the airfield you started on. It's gone now, and has a really crazy story of how it got turned into a park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field Looking at the previews for the new FS, I wonder if it will require an Internet connection. It seems like way too much cont…

I know flight simulator with the Piper Cherokee Archer from the C64, coded by SubLogic laggy as hell with 3 secs input delays

Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Post by caconym_ »

munificent wrote: post #147
Thaxll wrote: post #72

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It's impressive because it's most likely fake.

Ex-game dev here, though not a graphics programmer. I didn't see anything in the video that looks particularly difficult to achieve in a modern engine. The volumetric fog and clouds are really nice and might be difficult but I'd be surprised if they weren't doable. Everything else just looks like good models, textures, and lighting to me. I don't even see any particularly difficult techniques. And there are things th…

> Obviously, the whole world isn't going to be modeled and textured with the level of fidelity you see here. The trailer is only going to show the "hero" locations that get a lot of care and attention — Seattle's space needle, the pyramids of Egypt, etc. But I see no reason why the in-game experience wouldn't look like this in those areas.

Strictly speaking, this is true, but note that using modern datasets (like the ones used by Google/Bing Maps with the extensive lidar/photogrammetric/whatever 3D data) and modern internet speeds and infrastructure for streaming map data (again like what's used for Google/Bing Maps/Earth) will mean that the filled in areas are far more expensive and detailed than in flight sims of the past that had to assemble their own scenery and distribute it themselves via one-time download or physical media

For some idea of how amazing this will be, check out Google Earth VR.

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Post by pkaye »

pault wrote: post #134
pkaye wrote: post #122

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If you look at some statistics (can't find it now) I seem to recall sales and marketing have lower prevalence of obesity. Meanwhile construction workers have higher. I think what matters more is less stress in a job, eating healthy and doing physical activity regularly.

Alternative explanation: overweight people don't get hired for sales and marketing jobs.

So why do construction workers who are more active still have obesity?

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Post by vturner »

vturner wrote: post #94
musha68k wrote: post #87

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Long periods of sitting are actually very hard on your system and one of the reasons why so many quit doing what they love. Also tight deadlines and other maybe less obvious constant stressors might exacerbate pernicious effects. For that reason even junior and intermediate developers should think twice about fair/sustainable remuneration. Ageisim diclaimer: That doesn't mean that there aren't lots of people with exc…

What other areas do people with technical backgrounds move into that don't require so much sitting? With degrees in physics and applied math, I'm not sure where I can go and not be at a desk (or take a huge hit in $$). Just 3 years out from school, and I can definitely notice the difference in my physical health and mental agility. I have taken up gardening to get me outside and eat decently well. I can still feel th…

Thank you all for the ideas! I'm blessed to work at home and think I'll definitely look into either building (trying to improve my wood working skills) or buying a standing desk. Maybe a gym membership should be in my future too or bulking more gardens haha.

Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Post by pault »

pkaye wrote: post #175
pault wrote: post #134

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Alternative explanation: overweight people don't get hired for sales and marketing jobs.

So why do construction workers who are more active still have obesity?

You'd need a wider sample of sedentary office workers than just sales and marketing to make that conclusion.

Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Post by mopsi »

dmos62 wrote: post #64
foo101 wrote: post #4

The trailer link on this page is very impressive. Here is the direct link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDDgFfWlS4

I'm stunned. Imagine all this tech was open-source. The projects people would make.

It is not open source, however, the platform is very open and a large ecosystem of third-party developers has existed for decades. It is like Windows vs third-party software. Windows isn't open-source, but people can still use it for amazing projects that go far beyond what Windows offers out of the box (e.g. MS Paint vs Photoshop).

Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Post by mensetmanusman »

appleiigs wrote: post #95
JimBrimble35 wrote: post #51

It would be amazing if they gave this an online battle royale mode.

Hardcore flight sim pilots will scoff at your comment, however, optional gamification (battle royale or missions) would make it more commercially successful, funding future development.

In this case, they should make a fortnite clone that is played in real cities.
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