were it possible to construct a interplanetary culture and somebody would have reached the prerequisites, we'd likely see massive amounts of evidence for it
"There's nobody else out there" is but one of many possible answers to Fermi's Paradox.
Neither you nor anybody else knows how likely that is.
Please find me a dictionary definition of genius that specifies a requirement for historically significant achievements.
You're insisting on your own personal definition, and making a circular argument based on it. "All historically notable geniuses have done historically notable things", well no shit Sherlock.
Yes, the story is an over-the-top, disjointed, incomplete mess. It's clear that Konami killed funding before the game was finished. Nobody argues this.
Or, on the other hand, perhaps it is just as valid as any other parsing requirement? Language commands need some form of context
So what, all forms of context are automatically equal? Because you say so?
Well I'm sorry, but all forms of context are not automatically equal, and we may consider the pros and cons of each. Using invisible characters to control program flow is a shitty design decision that favours conciseness over readability. Code should not fail because of something you cannot see.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course.
I hate the GUI (too much emphasis on style, not enough functionality)
I feel the same way about Windows (moreso with each version), and they've also been copying functional bits from OSX (eg, "Pin to Taskbar" == "Keep in Dock").
Merriam Webster: "something that makes vision possible", "the sensation aroused by stimulation of the visual receptors", "specifically : such radiation that is visible to the human eye"
Oxford: "The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible."
Cambridge: "the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to be seen"
I would suggest this ubiquity constitutes a standard definition, at least in terms of commonly accepted usage.
In physics, the term light sometimes refers to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength
And that's why I called your post an oversimplification, instead of incorrect. It is more accurate to say light and radio are both forms of EM radiation, than simply to state radio == light.
I get what you're trying to say, but that's an oversimplification. The word light does not mean "anything in the entire electromagnetic spectrum" by any standard definition.
Lightspeed == radio speed because they are both forms of electromagnetic radiation (which travels at the speed of light).
hides the "hard" stuff... techs tend to dislike them... obfuscation
This honestly sounds like a description of Mac Classic from the 90s.
OSX is a solid UI with crunchy Unix goodness underneath, and in my experience techs love them. If you do any work with *nix servers Mac provides a much closer environment match than Windows (though perhaps that is now changing? Win7 is the last version I paid attention to). Every tech conference I go to, there are Macbooks *everywhere*.
Friend of mine had his iPad propped up outside, gust of wind knocked it off the table and the screen shattered.
He took it in (expecting to pay hundreds to get the screen fixed) and they replaced it free of charge, no questions asked. We thought we were in bizarro world.
Apparently Apple has an unofficial "one freebie" policy. This is a company that understands the long-term value of customer loyalty.
Agreed. We went digital-heavy with Pathfinder, all characters in HeroLab (there are so many modifiers in PF beyond a certain level you kinda welcome the help). But then everyone is staring at their screens all night.
With 5e we've gone back to paper sheets and it's way better. I still use a laptop to help DM but that's it.
That being said, projector gaming is amazing. What I really want, digitally speaking, from 5e is officially produced PDF versions of adventure modules. Pathfinder had this, which made it easy to extract the background graphic layers of maps (ie without text labels and notes all over it), since a properly authored PDF (ie as opposed to a scanned book) will have all this stuff on separate layers. If I want to do this in 5e I have to remove all the notes and stuff by hand in Photoshop which can be very time consuming.
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Put me down for $50 on them waking a Balrog.
Then why didn't you simply say "any body we will be capable of reaching"?
"Any body in the universe" is not remotely the same thing. At all. You can't just redefine words to mean whatever you feel like.
If someone texts me, I'll wait until I am stopped at a red light and then quickly glance at the message.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Your frothing-at-the-mouth hyperbole is ridiculous. "Attempted murder"? Here's a dollar, go buy a sense of perspective.
The entire universe???
This is an extraordinarily broad statement from someone railing against unscientific and unverifiable claims.
Let me guess, you're basing this on "The War of the Worlds"; we'd all be killed by alien bacteria on any foreign world?
Thrawn is officially canon again thanks to Rebels, here's hoping he makes it into the films.
Fuck, put him in suspended animation (on Outbound Flight or whatever) for 50 years, and have him come back to take command of the First Order.
I can dream, right?
"There's nobody else out there" is but one of many possible answers to Fermi's Paradox.
Neither you nor anybody else knows how likely that is.
Please find me a dictionary definition of genius that specifies a requirement for historically significant achievements.
You're insisting on your own personal definition, and making a circular argument based on it. "All historically notable geniuses have done historically notable things", well no shit Sherlock.
The solution to this is switching to a tool that supports .editorconfig
Yes, the story is an over-the-top, disjointed, incomplete mess. It's clear that Konami killed funding before the game was finished. Nobody argues this.
But how does it PLAY?
Gameplay is king, and MGSV shines here.
People that work with multiple file formats?
For instance YML specifies that spaces must be used.
Either way, everyone should be using .editorconfig these days.
Who said it was within the same file?
For instance YML files specify that spaces must be used. But maybe tabs are standard on the project for other files.
But all of this is moot. In 2017, the correct answer to "tabs or spaces?" is "use fucking editorconfig and stop worrying about it".
Yeah, nobody said anything about memorizing an entire astrology chart. Who's putting words in whose mouth again?
So what, all forms of context are automatically equal? Because you say so?
Well I'm sorry, but all forms of context are not automatically equal, and we may consider the pros and cons of each. Using invisible characters to control program flow is a shitty design decision that favours conciseness over readability. Code should not fail because of something you cannot see.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course.
Maybe to pedantic nitwits.
The rest of us understand such concepts as "context" and "title brevity".
I feel the same way about Windows (moreso with each version), and they've also been copying functional bits from OSX (eg, "Pin to Taskbar" == "Keep in Dock").
Yes, that's exactly my point. And any sampling of dictionary definitions will confirm this.
I would suggest this ubiquity constitutes a standard definition, at least in terms of commonly accepted usage.
And that's why I called your post an oversimplification, instead of incorrect. It is more accurate to say light and radio are both forms of EM radiation, than simply to state radio == light.
I get what you're trying to say, but that's an oversimplification. The word light does not mean "anything in the entire electromagnetic spectrum" by any standard definition.
Lightspeed == radio speed because they are both forms of electromagnetic radiation (which travels at the speed of light).
This honestly sounds like a description of Mac Classic from the 90s.
OSX is a solid UI with crunchy Unix goodness underneath, and in my experience techs love them. If you do any work with *nix servers Mac provides a much closer environment match than Windows (though perhaps that is now changing? Win7 is the last version I paid attention to). Every tech conference I go to, there are Macbooks *everywhere*.
Friend of mine had his iPad propped up outside, gust of wind knocked it off the table and the screen shattered.
He took it in (expecting to pay hundreds to get the screen fixed) and they replaced it free of charge, no questions asked. We thought we were in bizarro world.
Apparently Apple has an unofficial "one freebie" policy. This is a company that understands the long-term value of customer loyalty.
Ditto. My Macbook Air has now outlived the three Windows laptops I had before it combined.
Other than battery life the thing still performs like I unpacked it yesterday.
That's why everyone had an Epyx Fastload Cartridge, reduced that 8 minute delay to more like 3.
Oh but I forgot...
Disk drive? LUXURY! Try waiting 30 minutes with a cassette drive, you damn kids.
This is exactly what an Agent would say.
Agreed. We went digital-heavy with Pathfinder, all characters in HeroLab (there are so many modifiers in PF beyond a certain level you kinda welcome the help). But then everyone is staring at their screens all night.
With 5e we've gone back to paper sheets and it's way better. I still use a laptop to help DM but that's it.
That being said, projector gaming is amazing. What I really want, digitally speaking, from 5e is officially produced PDF versions of adventure modules. Pathfinder had this, which made it easy to extract the background graphic layers of maps (ie without text labels and notes all over it), since a properly authored PDF (ie as opposed to a scanned book) will have all this stuff on separate layers. If I want to do this in 5e I have to remove all the notes and stuff by hand in Photoshop which can be very time consuming.
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." -Einstein
This is gold. I am totally stealing it.