The fact that a vocal segment of the gaming community believes that the best way to play games are using tools designed to drive spreadsheets and word processors means that maybe the common wisdom isn't so wise.
You shouldn't be so quick to dismiss KB+M as an input apparatus (especially without offering an explanation other than some silly jab about spreadsheets). KB+M is objectively better for several types of games, including real time strategy and, arguably, first person shooters (there's always this old rumor; true or not, history seems to support KB+M superiority in FPS). And while there are some console MMORPGs, I can't imagine a controller would be a better input method than KB+M for them. Now there are games where controllers are probably better (platformers, action games, fighting games), but that doesn't make your dig against KB+M fair. It's the better solution for a lot of games and the fact that some people prefer it does not make those people "less wise."
Ah, thanks. I think I have heard about that a bit. It seems like Python would benefit from at least maintaining consistent behavior within a major version, but I'm sure there are other considerations I'm not aware of.
I hadn't heard of that. It's hard to take a real stance on something when there's conflicting research out there. I'd say the best course of action is to err on the side of caution, but if it turns out we were wrong and dolphins really are just dumb animals, we would have done a lot of harm to a lot of people whose livelihood is based on this. More research maybe? I don't really see that happening, but it might be the best way to go, to have a real effort to understand which animals (if any) should be protected on those grounds.
That's probably true. I think we should base what is acceptable on a standard and right now it seems as though there is no such widely accepted standard other than "humans are off-limits." And even that's not universal.
Why's that? I don't find "life" something with intrinsic value. "Life" is not its own end. Intelligence, emotion, ambition; these are some of the things that make our lives valuable (at least in my eyes). These are the things I see as worth protecting. Others may disagree, but that doesn't really matter because I'm talking about what I find ethically tolerable. So if I see those sorts of traits in an animal species, then I believe that species is worth protecting, even if allowing its members to be killed would make my life more convenient. Conversely, if I don't see those traits, then I think human (or intelligent life, I should say) convenience trumps and I consider it to be a tolerable practice.
And "creating lines based on intelligence is the epitome of arbitrary" is simply false. At worst, the cutoff point is a bit arbitrary. We haven't figured out exactly where something stops being non-intelligent and starts being intelligent, if there is a line. That doesn't mean there aren't things that are objectively non-intelligent (bacteria, rocks, politicians) and things that are objectively intelligent (most humans).
And call it "murder" or whatever weasel word you want; I "murder" hundreds of billions of bacteria each time I fart. That doesn't make it meaningful.
Uh, creating lines based on a standard of intelligence is not arbitrary at all. And nobody "supports" animal "murder" (you may want to look up the definition of that word). They tolerate it as a means toward living a convenient life. I tolerate this practice as well, but I do not tolerate killing dolphins because there is significant research to suggest that they either possess an intelligence similar to ours or are approaching it. That is something that, to my knowledge, does not exist with any other species.
If it's open source, then just audit it. Find what pieces are different in what ways and review those sections. I guess that's easier said than done, but still.
About the only thing glaringly missing from the President's statement was that apparently he didn't mention a single thing about encryption. I can only assume this means that they're going to continue subverting encryption standards and such.
wxWidgets isn't particularly good at blending in with native apps? That's news to me. The whole appeal of wxWidgets is that it's entirely native. Maybe you're thinking of a different project? For what it's worth, I don't like C++ either (see my above post where I said I'm moving to D for backend, that's specifically because I can't stand C++). That doesn't mean there aren't some solid projects built in it, though. wxWidgets and Qt are both very well done and seem to have accomplished what they set out to achieve. Saying they "suck" is just wrong.
GTK does suck, though, for so many reasons. I really wanted to like GTK because I wanted a good toolkit solution I could use in C, but it's really quite terrible. On Windows, you're better off just handling the interface using the WinAPI, it's that bad (assuming you're stuck using C for the frontend for whatever reason).
It's also usable in C, for what that's worth. Calling it cross-platform is a laugh, though. The last Windows version is an outdated version of an outdated version (an old version of the 2.0 branch). Granted, I haven't checked for a few months, but last I knew, the only dev working on the Windows version had abandoned it a while ago.
For my personal projects, I'm moving toward D for the backend and WxPython for the frontend where feasible. Even back when I did almost all of my projects in C, though, I never stuck with GTK. GObject and GLib seemed like decent projects, though.
Yeah, I had so much privilege. What an ass I was.
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Thank God someone has finally let me know that all the years of hard work, study, and practice that I did had nothing to do with my position. It was all a result of me looking like a nerd! Oh man, I feel so silly now, all that hard work when I could have landed the same job just by looking nerdy! Such privilege. Like, you know, the privilege of going through hell in my earlier years because I was socially awkward and had hobbies nobody could relate to. Man, I was such a privileged fuck. I think I'm going to go out and apologize right now to everyone that I caused to go through the awful, horribly painful experience that bullying me must have been for them.
Fuck you, Soulskill. Fuck you for greenlighting this kind of shit all the time. I am where I am because I worked my goddamn ass off, not because I was born into the wonderful "privilege" of being socially inept for half of my goddamn life, and even if that was why I am where I am, I sure as hell didn't ask for it. I didn't ask for a childhood where I was bullied and treated like human shit. I hate you so fucking much right now that words cannot begin to express it, and I hate every single person pushing this whole "nerd privilege" shit like it's some glorious thing that we were born into. The fact that I don't have all of the same problems as whoever happens to be pushing this agenda does not mean that I live a life of luxury as a result of my genetics or the status of my parents, and I'm sick of people suggesting otherwise. Now, fuck off.
I'm pretty sure that this is a hobby and he is likely doing it for fun. The fact that it showed up on/. is more of a reflection on/. than it is on what he chooses to do in his spare time for fun.
Apparently a bit more free for some people. From the FSF's page:
This is not a free software license. It requires you to publish the source code publicly whenever you “Deploy” the covered software, and “Deploy” is defined to include many kinds of private use.
That's nice. I don't give a shit whether they care or not, I'm going to continue not buying from them. I started after the clusterfuck that was Spore and I haven't lapsed once. And I play (and buy) a LOT of games, so it's not like I'm not their target audience. I think there were only one or two games that actually tempted me but in hindsight, it looks like my decision to refrain was for the best. The Battlefield games that came out after that apparently weren't very good and I hear Mass Effect really went downhill after the first one.
And some people don't. The game industry was plenty big before casual gaming was a thing and it will continue to be a big thing once that fad dies. Console/desktop PC gaming will be around for a long time to come, no matter what Nvidia's marketing department says.
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You shouldn't be so quick to dismiss KB+M as an input apparatus (especially without offering an explanation other than some silly jab about spreadsheets). KB+M is objectively better for several types of games, including real time strategy and, arguably, first person shooters (there's always this old rumor; true or not, history seems to support KB+M superiority in FPS). And while there are some console MMORPGs, I can't imagine a controller would be a better input method than KB+M for them. Now there are games where controllers are probably better (platformers, action games, fighting games), but that doesn't make your dig against KB+M fair. It's the better solution for a lot of games and the fact that some people prefer it does not make those people "less wise."
SIX digits? Give it up, grandpa!
Ah, thanks. I think I have heard about that a bit. It seems like Python would benefit from at least maintaining consistent behavior within a major version, but I'm sure there are other considerations I'm not aware of.
I hadn't heard of that. It's hard to take a real stance on something when there's conflicting research out there. I'd say the best course of action is to err on the side of caution, but if it turns out we were wrong and dolphins really are just dumb animals, we would have done a lot of harm to a lot of people whose livelihood is based on this. More research maybe? I don't really see that happening, but it might be the best way to go, to have a real effort to understand which animals (if any) should be protected on those grounds.
That's probably true. I think we should base what is acceptable on a standard and right now it seems as though there is no such widely accepted standard other than "humans are off-limits." And even that's not universal.
Why's that? I don't find "life" something with intrinsic value. "Life" is not its own end. Intelligence, emotion, ambition; these are some of the things that make our lives valuable (at least in my eyes). These are the things I see as worth protecting. Others may disagree, but that doesn't really matter because I'm talking about what I find ethically tolerable. So if I see those sorts of traits in an animal species, then I believe that species is worth protecting, even if allowing its members to be killed would make my life more convenient. Conversely, if I don't see those traits, then I think human (or intelligent life, I should say) convenience trumps and I consider it to be a tolerable practice.
And "creating lines based on intelligence is the epitome of arbitrary" is simply false. At worst, the cutoff point is a bit arbitrary. We haven't figured out exactly where something stops being non-intelligent and starts being intelligent, if there is a line. That doesn't mean there aren't things that are objectively non-intelligent (bacteria, rocks, politicians) and things that are objectively intelligent (most humans).
And call it "murder" or whatever weasel word you want; I "murder" hundreds of billions of bacteria each time I fart. That doesn't make it meaningful.
Uh, creating lines based on a standard of intelligence is not arbitrary at all. And nobody "supports" animal "murder" (you may want to look up the definition of that word). They tolerate it as a means toward living a convenient life. I tolerate this practice as well, but I do not tolerate killing dolphins because there is significant research to suggest that they either possess an intelligence similar to ours or are approaching it. That is something that, to my knowledge, does not exist with any other species.
The delicious irony is when I add the blocking layer to my personal adblocking rules.
Why? I'm honestly interested here, not disputing or anything.
If it's open source, then just audit it. Find what pieces are different in what ways and review those sections. I guess that's easier said than done, but still.
About the only thing glaringly missing from the President's statement was that apparently he didn't mention a single thing about encryption. I can only assume this means that they're going to continue subverting encryption standards and such.
Oh, I get it now. Took me a few reads to get that it was criticizing the product in question.
It was hard to spot it as a joke when the rest of the article read like an advertisement©. Unless the whole post was satire, I guess, in which case it went right over my head.
I think this may be the single biggest disconnect in logic© I have ever seen.
If it looks and acts native, that's all a user cares about. Unfortunately, Qt widgets do not always act native.
PySide is dying. The new company that owns Qt has almost gone as far as saying they don't care about it. Best to move to PyQt if licensing permits.
wxWidgets isn't particularly good at blending in with native apps? That's news to me. The whole appeal of wxWidgets is that it's entirely native. Maybe you're thinking of a different project? For what it's worth, I don't like C++ either (see my above post where I said I'm moving to D for backend, that's specifically because I can't stand C++). That doesn't mean there aren't some solid projects built in it, though. wxWidgets and Qt are both very well done and seem to have accomplished what they set out to achieve. Saying they "suck" is just wrong.
GTK does suck, though, for so many reasons. I really wanted to like GTK because I wanted a good toolkit solution I could use in C, but it's really quite terrible. On Windows, you're better off just handling the interface using the WinAPI, it's that bad (assuming you're stuck using C for the frontend for whatever reason).
It's also usable in C, for what that's worth. Calling it cross-platform is a laugh, though. The last Windows version is an outdated version of an outdated version (an old version of the 2.0 branch). Granted, I haven't checked for a few months, but last I knew, the only dev working on the Windows version had abandoned it a while ago.
For my personal projects, I'm moving toward D for the backend and WxPython for the frontend where feasible. Even back when I did almost all of my projects in C, though, I never stuck with GTK. GObject and GLib seemed like decent projects, though.
Thank God someone has finally let me know that all the years of hard work, study, and practice that I did had nothing to do with my position. It was all a result of me looking like a nerd! Oh man, I feel so silly now, all that hard work when I could have landed the same job just by looking nerdy! Such privilege. Like, you know, the privilege of going through hell in my earlier years because I was socially awkward and had hobbies nobody could relate to. Man, I was such a privileged fuck. I think I'm going to go out and apologize right now to everyone that I caused to go through the awful, horribly painful experience that bullying me must have been for them.
Fuck you, Soulskill. Fuck you for greenlighting this kind of shit all the time. I am where I am because I worked my goddamn ass off, not because I was born into the wonderful "privilege" of being socially inept for half of my goddamn life, and even if that was why I am where I am, I sure as hell didn't ask for it. I didn't ask for a childhood where I was bullied and treated like human shit. I hate you so fucking much right now that words cannot begin to express it, and I hate every single person pushing this whole "nerd privilege" shit like it's some glorious thing that we were born into. The fact that I don't have all of the same problems as whoever happens to be pushing this agenda does not mean that I live a life of luxury as a result of my genetics or the status of my parents, and I'm sick of people suggesting otherwise. Now, fuck off.
I'm pretty sure that this is a hobby and he is likely doing it for fun. The fact that it showed up on /. is more of a reflection on /. than it is on what he chooses to do in his spare time for fun.
Apparently a bit more free for some people. From the FSF's page:
This is not a free software license. It requires you to publish the source code publicly whenever you “Deploy” the covered software, and “Deploy” is defined to include many kinds of private use.
That's nice. I don't give a shit whether they care or not, I'm going to continue not buying from them. I started after the clusterfuck that was Spore and I haven't lapsed once. And I play (and buy) a LOT of games, so it's not like I'm not their target audience. I think there were only one or two games that actually tempted me but in hindsight, it looks like my decision to refrain was for the best. The Battlefield games that came out after that apparently weren't very good and I hear Mass Effect really went downhill after the first one.
No, you see, he started smoking pot because of the void in his life left by not understanding sarcasm.
And some people don't. The game industry was plenty big before casual gaming was a thing and it will continue to be a big thing once that fad dies. Console/desktop PC gaming will be around for a long time to come, no matter what Nvidia's marketing department says.
Only if Canada was our enemy. Though given the NSA's treatment of our "allies," I guess I'm not so sure that's not the case anymore.