an unbelievable hodgepodge of spagetticode [...] everything else out there in the PHP space falls way short in comparsion
Um.. what? You admit yourself that WP's codebase is garbage, and then claim there's nothing better?
Silverstripe also has a great & intuitive admin UI, and the code is about a million times better, proper MVC OOP with a great extension system that encourages horizontal code reuse (eg composition over inheritance). Our clients and devs all love it to death, it's a joy to work with.
I have worked with "the big 3" WP, Joomla, and Drupal (and plenty of others). Silverstripe blows them all away.
I would say Subnautica is pretty close to a "must play" killer-app for VR. As in, the VR experience itself is incredibly compelling... swimming and piloting submersibles is a perfect fit for VR, and it's a gorgeous world to explore (and a fantastic game to boot).
Unfortunately the VR has quite a few rough edges when it comes to the UI. Hopefully they will fix these, as with a bit of polish I wouldn't hesitate to call Subnautica the first VR gaming masterpiece.
Elite Dangerous is also decent if you're into it, but it's certainly not for everyone.
They can if they want to, EU is available to writers as a resource.
According to Lucasfilm senior editor Jennifer Heddle, the Expanded Universe now exists as a non-canon resource for Star Wars authors, who may use any Expanded Universe subject in a new canon work, subject to approval by the Lucasfilm Story Group. In the event an Expanded Universe subject is referenced in a new canon work, that subject becomes official canon once again.
(Same link as above)
I would love to see more EU stuff. I understand Thrawn has shown up in one of the animated series, I hope we see more of him.
But allowing themselves the flexibility to pick and choose what they want from the EU is the only sane choice.
They shit all over the intricately woven story spanning dozens of authors that had been wrought over the 15ish years
OMFG you precious entitled snowflake.
You can still enjoy all those stories.
The Expanded Universe was *never* the same level of canon as the films, and it would've been an idiotic decision on their part to be slavishly beholden to decades of EU stories. Do you actually think Lucas would've let new story ideas be rigidly boxed in by the EU if he had made these new films instead of Disney? Are you fucking high?
Although George Lucas permitted the Expanded Universe to run parallel to his personal Star Wars creations, he never considered its stories to be part of his official canon.
Yes, he could be straight up lying. That's certainly a possibility.
Let me ask you something though. Have you considered the possibility that he's telling the truth? That there are solid, radar-confirmed craft maneuvering in our atmosphere that don't belong to any government? Or would that just completely shatter your worldview?
Oh if we write off the raw data as trolling and instead vet aka fix the reviewers so that they're 90% positive then the reviews actually look positive
I respect people's opinions on the film and if you hate TLJ that's fine by me.
But you are conveniently ignoring the CinemaScore exit polling (which is actually scientific, as opposed to the easily manipulated/gameable user reviews on places like RT).
Despite purchasing transit on all available routes into Comcast’s network that did not require direct or indirect payment of an access fee to Comcast, the viewing quality of Netflix’s service reached near-VHS quality levels. Faced with such severe degradation of its streaming video service, Netflix began to negotiate for paid access to connect with Comcast. Netflix and Comcast eventually reached a paid agreement. Within a week of that agreement, viewing quality for Netflix streaming video on Comcast’s network shot back up to HD-quality levels.
Rolling back Net Neutrality means it's open season on this shit starting up again.
Is that the kind of internet you want? One where ISPs can say "it would be a shame if something happened to your website. A real shame.", and they are forced to pay up, even though customers already have service agreements with said ISPs paying for that bandwidth?
An internet where ISPs (who are also cable providers...) can disadvantage streaming services in favour of their own offerings?
And if websites are forced to pay more for "equal footing", who do you think the costs get passed on to?
I feel like it's incredibly shortsighted to dismiss AI as nothing to worry about just because it's not "general purpose self-aware AI".
What happens as AIs are increasingly involved with high-level decision making at corporations? Taking it a step further, can you envision a future where AIs are effectively given control of corporations? It seems inevitable that AIs will be able to outperform human CEOs (at many types of companies, particularly financial institutions) at some point. And legally speaking, corporations are people. Think about that.
What happens when the wealthy elites of the world start using AI systems against each other for economic advantage? Imagine economic warfare driven by an AI arms race.
I'm not worried about Skynet and killer robots. I'm worried about human conflict where AI is increasingly leveraged as a type of weapon.
We're not talking about the "multitudes" in Venezuela. We're comparing the "poorest of the poor" in the US to "the rich" in other countries, because of this statement: "the poorest of the poor are still better off than the rich in many places around the world".
Do you think a RICH person in Venezuela would prefer to be living in a cardboard box under a bridge in the States?
It's a direct quote from the author of the study, not "dishonest clickbait media".
From one of your own links (that you clearly didn't actually read in your rush to denounce this):
"All of our observations find a complete symmetry between matter and antimatter, which is why the universe should not actually exist," explained Christian Smorra, the author of a new study conducted at CERN.
It's not a press simplification. It's a direct quote from the author of the study.
"All of our observations find a complete symmetry between matter and antimatter, which is why the universe should not actually exist," explained Christian Smorra, the author of a new study conducted at CERN.
I don't remember them saying anything that specifically tied the blackout to replicants... but it's entirely possible (likely, even) that I missed something.
Slashdot Mirror
And the rest of us want to know why you're fucking delusional.
Of course people get paid to code.
Um.. what? You admit yourself that WP's codebase is garbage, and then claim there's nothing better?
Silverstripe also has a great & intuitive admin UI, and the code is about a million times better, proper MVC OOP with a great extension system that encourages horizontal code reuse (eg composition over inheritance). Our clients and devs all love it to death, it's a joy to work with.
I have worked with "the big 3" WP, Joomla, and Drupal (and plenty of others). Silverstripe blows them all away.
I would say Subnautica is pretty close to a "must play" killer-app for VR. As in, the VR experience itself is incredibly compelling... swimming and piloting submersibles is a perfect fit for VR, and it's a gorgeous world to explore (and a fantastic game to boot).
Unfortunately the VR has quite a few rough edges when it comes to the UI. Hopefully they will fix these, as with a bit of polish I wouldn't hesitate to call Subnautica the first VR gaming masterpiece.
Elite Dangerous is also decent if you're into it, but it's certainly not for everyone.
They can if they want to, EU is available to writers as a resource.
(Same link as above)
I would love to see more EU stuff. I understand Thrawn has shown up in one of the animated series, I hope we see more of him.
But allowing themselves the flexibility to pick and choose what they want from the EU is the only sane choice.
OMFG you precious entitled snowflake.
You can still enjoy all those stories.
The Expanded Universe was *never* the same level of canon as the films, and it would've been an idiotic decision on their part to be slavishly beholden to decades of EU stories. Do you actually think Lucas would've let new story ideas be rigidly boxed in by the EU if he had made these new films instead of Disney? Are you fucking high?
- http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki...
Yes, he could be straight up lying. That's certainly a possibility.
Let me ask you something though. Have you considered the possibility that he's telling the truth? That there are solid, radar-confirmed craft maneuvering in our atmosphere that don't belong to any government? Or would that just completely shatter your worldview?
It's a bit more than that.
He's asserting flight characteristics that are simply not possible with any known tech.
It's been a common dismissal to say, "well these things could be secret next-gen military craft". He's basically saying "no, they're really not".
I respect people's opinions on the film and if you hate TLJ that's fine by me.
But you are conveniently ignoring the CinemaScore exit polling (which is actually scientific, as opposed to the easily manipulated/gameable user reviews on places like RT).
Or are you asserting that CinemaScore is rigged?
Telecom companies are natural monopolies due to physical cable infrastructure. How do you propose to change that?
Is "common carrier" status also a band-aid?
I'd love to see what kind of city designs and road systems it might come up with in Cities: Skylines.
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”—Bjarne Stroustrup
This needs to be shared everywhere.
Nothing will clue people into what NN means faster than seeing that split pricing model for Social, Video, Email, etc.
These are not mutually exclusive options. Snyder left due to his daughter, *AND* WB was unsatisfied with the state of the film.
They had Whedon do reshoots and insert additional dialog. That's not something you do to a film you're happy with.
"90% of everything is crap"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
YES, actually. Netflix error message blames ISP for slow streaming service
Netflix was effectively extorted by Comcast:
Rolling back Net Neutrality means it's open season on this shit starting up again.
Is that the kind of internet you want? One where ISPs can say "it would be a shame if something happened to your website. A real shame.", and they are forced to pay up, even though customers already have service agreements with said ISPs paying for that bandwidth?
An internet where ISPs (who are also cable providers...) can disadvantage streaming services in favour of their own offerings?
And if websites are forced to pay more for "equal footing", who do you think the costs get passed on to?
I thought the digs at English cuisine were just jokes... until I went there last summer.
Dear lord. Everything is boiled, bland, and mushy (unless it's supposed to be mushy, in which case it's lumpy and/or chewy)
I feel like it's incredibly shortsighted to dismiss AI as nothing to worry about just because it's not "general purpose self-aware AI".
What happens as AIs are increasingly involved with high-level decision making at corporations? Taking it a step further, can you envision a future where AIs are effectively given control of corporations? It seems inevitable that AIs will be able to outperform human CEOs (at many types of companies, particularly financial institutions) at some point. And legally speaking, corporations are people. Think about that.
What happens when the wealthy elites of the world start using AI systems against each other for economic advantage? Imagine economic warfare driven by an AI arms race.
I'm not worried about Skynet and killer robots. I'm worried about human conflict where AI is increasingly leveraged as a type of weapon.
Hey genius, you're the one making an "us vs them" post. How efficient to instantly invalidate your own argument.
People with any sense recognize that the whole Apple / Android thing is good for everyone because it creates competition.
We're not talking about the "multitudes" in Venezuela. We're comparing the "poorest of the poor" in the US to "the rich" in other countries, because of this statement: "the poorest of the poor are still better off than the rich in many places around the world".
Do you think a RICH person in Venezuela would prefer to be living in a cardboard box under a bridge in the States?
Fair enough. A lot of people are taking it the other way though.
It's a direct quote from the author of the study, not "dishonest clickbait media".
From one of your own links (that you clearly didn't actually read in your rush to denounce this):
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
It's not a press simplification. It's a direct quote from the author of the study.
http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
Do we ban perfume next, because it offends some? I mean, it's the exact same argument.
Until someone demonstrates actual harm from second-hand vapor, adult establishments like bars should be allowed to set policy themselves.
I think you'll find most people on Slashdot are familiar with Hitchhiker's Guide. But your reference need to contain an actual.... reference.
"Ford," said Arthur, "there's an infinite number of monkeys at the door who'd like to discuss the probability of Tiangong-1 hitting someone..."
I don't remember them saying anything that specifically tied the blackout to replicants... but it's entirely possible (likely, even) that I missed something.