How are they not christian? Every christian I've ever heard of, including them, just cherry picks from the bible. So it's just that they're picking parts of the bible to side with that you don't personally agree with? I'd totally agree that they're assholes, but I don't think you can just wave away people who worship your god because of that.
That's kind of the point though. There's every reason to expect a python script to be slow and a program written in java to be fast. But that's seldom the experience in real world applications.
I really miss the classic phantasy star games. I recently played around a bit with the ps2 remakes of phantasy star 1 and 2, and it just made me really nostalgic. Phantasy Star Online and the various spinoffs and sequels were fun for what they were. But they never really matched the greatness of the original games.
To be fair, I don't think that anyone with even a slight interest in e-books isn't aware that the kindle was the only holdout for overdrive. I'm happy it finally happened, while still very aware of the fact that it's been an absurdly long time to get here.
It was also obvious that the earth was flat, there was an ocean in the sky, magic existed, and that we clung to the ground because there's a concrete up and down and things fall down by their nature. They were obvious until someone decided to study obvious things, and found out that we were totally wrong. Obvious things tend to either be that way because they're true, or because they fall into a particular blindspot in human perception. There's no way of knowing which it's going to be, for sure, without objective study of it. That said, this particular study sounds like absolute shit. Probably absolute shit done to raise money for a better study, but still.
233mhz processor. It does a fairly good job with 16 bit games, but there's no way in hell it could handle dolphin or the like. Last I tried, even ps1 emulation was pretty spotty.
It's obvious he doesn't do it privately because he's not stupid. You don't get to be in his position without pushing everything possible to further both your own career and your company.
An aging userbase. People get more conservative and less impressed with new things the older they get. Nerds always think they're somehow immune to it, but it's just part of being human.
I realize that it's a big if. But if it's possible to build sentient robots, and if that's what you're talking about, I'd have no issue with that being the legacy of a now extinct humanity. I don't care what thinks, I just care that something does.
On one hand I agree, but on the other I think that's also extrapolating a bit too much of our way of thinking onto an alien species. To us, that kind of future might feel very distant and not in any way written in stone. But a species with a far longer lifespan, or one which doesn't even experience age related death anymore, might not look at things within the same timeframe. And what seems like free will and complex choices in social development to us might seem like little more than easily predictable blind instinct to them.
That said, I do agree the concept is pretty silly. I think it's pretty certain that if aliens were able to get here in the first place, that shows a level of technology we couldn't do anything against even if it was an enemy we understood. I suspect the main motivation was people wondering if they could get paid for sitting around and talking scifi for the day. Can't say I blame them if that's the case.
I like plants vs. zombies, and I think the current mobile version of oregon trail is fairly good. However, for the most part my android gaming has come down to either emulators or flash games.
You can keep up on a superficial level with the links people provided. But it's all basic science via "cause I said so!" It's not really science if you can't get full access to, well, the experimental data that makes it science. And the majority are still locked up, with high fees if you're not getting access from some paying service. It's true that a lot are free through various means, but for the most part it's a safe assumption that they won't be.
Not nerds, nerds on slashdot. That's a huge difference. Slashdot obviously has strong points, that's why I'm here. But one of the weak points is an aging user base. And old nerds face the same thing as old non-nerds. Most people just get scared of risks the older they get.
It's really not even so much the reason as the fact they used marketing speak. Bullshit is a language all its own, and it's pretty obvious when it's being shoveled out.
I loaded this up to say the exact same thing. My issue wasn't the price increase. It was being treated like a consumer instead of a customer. Netflix has always been among the few companies that actually treated me like a human being. They were usually open in their communication, and apologetic during periods of interrupted service. The sudden shift to telling me what a great thing the increased prices are, with no explanation as to the why, is what I have issue with. Yes, it's easy to guess why it's happening. But I shouldn't have to guess, and I shouldn't get marketing blather instead of honest communication.
Opera mini really is fantastic. I know it's a bit hacky in how it works, but I don't care. It's a hack that works. I have a amazingly cheap old android tablet, and browsers are among the heaviest things on it. All except opera, which just flies.
That's pretty much the US in a nutshell. Our entire society is structured around the idea that if you're a have-not you'll soon be part of the haves. Whether from the lottery, or because you're smart, or because you're good looking. It usually takes a while for it to sink in for most people that if you come from nothing your'e going to at most just get an inch or two beyond that in your lifetime.
It's an amazing trick, because it keeps us voting against our own interests. Whether that's with an actual vote, or voting with our wallet.
It runs on most android devices released within a certain timeframe. In the same way that it only runs on iphone's made within a certain timeframe. It doesn't run on my older iphone.
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How are they not christian? Every christian I've ever heard of, including them, just cherry picks from the bible. So it's just that they're picking parts of the bible to side with that you don't personally agree with? I'd totally agree that they're assholes, but I don't think you can just wave away people who worship your god because of that.
That's kind of the point though. There's every reason to expect a python script to be slow and a program written in java to be fast. But that's seldom the experience in real world applications.
I really miss the classic phantasy star games. I recently played around a bit with the ps2 remakes of phantasy star 1 and 2, and it just made me really nostalgic. Phantasy Star Online and the various spinoffs and sequels were fun for what they were. But they never really matched the greatness of the original games.
To be fair, I don't think that anyone with even a slight interest in e-books isn't aware that the kindle was the only holdout for overdrive. I'm happy it finally happened, while still very aware of the fact that it's been an absurdly long time to get here.
$690 for the "full" package, which is actually only two of the three programs? I can see why people aren't flocking to try it.
It was also obvious that the earth was flat, there was an ocean in the sky, magic existed, and that we clung to the ground because there's a concrete up and down and things fall down by their nature. They were obvious until someone decided to study obvious things, and found out that we were totally wrong. Obvious things tend to either be that way because they're true, or because they fall into a particular blindspot in human perception. There's no way of knowing which it's going to be, for sure, without objective study of it. That said, this particular study sounds like absolute shit. Probably absolute shit done to raise money for a better study, but still.
I'd say getting .net code running in mono is usually fairly similar to getting google app engine python code running in django.
233mhz processor. It does a fairly good job with 16 bit games, but there's no way in hell it could handle dolphin or the like. Last I tried, even ps1 emulation was pretty spotty.
It's obvious he doesn't do it privately because he's not stupid. You don't get to be in his position without pushing everything possible to further both your own career and your company.
What the hell is wrong with /. these days
An aging userbase. People get more conservative and less impressed with new things the older they get. Nerds always think they're somehow immune to it, but it's just part of being human.
I realize that it's a big if. But if it's possible to build sentient robots, and if that's what you're talking about, I'd have no issue with that being the legacy of a now extinct humanity. I don't care what thinks, I just care that something does.
On one hand I agree, but on the other I think that's also extrapolating a bit too much of our way of thinking onto an alien species. To us, that kind of future might feel very distant and not in any way written in stone. But a species with a far longer lifespan, or one which doesn't even experience age related death anymore, might not look at things within the same timeframe. And what seems like free will and complex choices in social development to us might seem like little more than easily predictable blind instinct to them.
That said, I do agree the concept is pretty silly. I think it's pretty certain that if aliens were able to get here in the first place, that shows a level of technology we couldn't do anything against even if it was an enemy we understood. I suspect the main motivation was people wondering if they could get paid for sitting around and talking scifi for the day. Can't say I blame them if that's the case.
I like plants vs. zombies, and I think the current mobile version of oregon trail is fairly good. However, for the most part my android gaming has come down to either emulators or flash games.
You can keep up on a superficial level with the links people provided. But it's all basic science via "cause I said so!" It's not really science if you can't get full access to, well, the experimental data that makes it science. And the majority are still locked up, with high fees if you're not getting access from some paying service. It's true that a lot are free through various means, but for the most part it's a safe assumption that they won't be.
What's the deal with nerds these days?
Not nerds, nerds on slashdot. That's a huge difference. Slashdot obviously has strong points, that's why I'm here. But one of the weak points is an aging user base. And old nerds face the same thing as old non-nerds. Most people just get scared of risks the older they get.
I don't accept that you're an average Netflix viewer.
Based on gut reaction rather than data. You might be right, you might not, but that seems like a bad basis to judge anything on.
Me, for what it's worth. I was with netflix because they were a good company that wasn't screwing over the consumer. I'm just using icefilms now.
It's really not even so much the reason as the fact they used marketing speak. Bullshit is a language all its own, and it's pretty obvious when it's being shoveled out.
I loaded this up to say the exact same thing. My issue wasn't the price increase. It was being treated like a consumer instead of a customer. Netflix has always been among the few companies that actually treated me like a human being. They were usually open in their communication, and apologetic during periods of interrupted service. The sudden shift to telling me what a great thing the increased prices are, with no explanation as to the why, is what I have issue with. Yes, it's easy to guess why it's happening. But I shouldn't have to guess, and I shouldn't get marketing blather instead of honest communication.
Look at Chiro videos on YouTube, they have lots of Thumbs Up from other Chiros.
Ok, there's no way this can be anything other than a troll. I just can't tell who exactly he's trolling. Whoever it is, he's good.
Opera mini really is fantastic. I know it's a bit hacky in how it works, but I don't care. It's a hack that works. I have a amazingly cheap old android tablet, and browsers are among the heaviest things on it. All except opera, which just flies.
It literally only takes a few seconds to strip the drm from kindle books at this point.
That's pretty much the US in a nutshell. Our entire society is structured around the idea that if you're a have-not you'll soon be part of the haves. Whether from the lottery, or because you're smart, or because you're good looking. It usually takes a while for it to sink in for most people that if you come from nothing your'e going to at most just get an inch or two beyond that in your lifetime.
It's an amazing trick, because it keeps us voting against our own interests. Whether that's with an actual vote, or voting with our wallet.
It runs on most android devices released within a certain timeframe. In the same way that it only runs on iphone's made within a certain timeframe. It doesn't run on my older iphone.
Of every comment in this thread, this is the one I keep coming back to in hopes of seeing a reply.