/Oblg. I'm reminded of this quote from Atlas Shrugged (as much as I am loathe to quote Ayn Rand, it is applicable ):
"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted -- and you create a nation of law-breakers -- and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
> It's amusing that they seem to be so concerned about making sure the meeting schedules work for people in different time zones.
That's far better then what our Fortune 50 company does! They *constantly* schedule meetings at 9 am EST which means the West Coast is always getting screwed for 6 am PST meetings. Just ONCE I'd like to have a meeting at 4:30 pm PST so those buggers on the East Coast know what's it like to have a meeting at 7:30 pm EST for 2 hours.
> Because, in my experience, meetings are absolutely useless
I would 95% agree with that sentiment. *IF* meetings are kept to ~15 minutes then they CAN be productive to make sure everyone is on the same page and that other people are aware of potential issues./Oblg. "We need a meeting to discuss having less meetings!"
But yeah, 95% of the time meetings just waste all the dev's time.
> couldn't be accomplished with a brief e-mail, or at WORST a brief phone call.
The danger is that everyone gets so much email in their inbox that things tend to get ignored or made a low priority. Physical face time is a way to at least keep _some_ semblance that everyone is not ignoring (potential) issues.
I'm not surprised by this. Netflix is anal retentive about DRM.
Sometime last year Netflix "disabled" the ability to take screenshots on the iOS app. I put "disabled" in quotes because "technically" it still works but effectively it is broken. Captions will show (if you have them on) but you now get a black screen. REALLY? You are fucking worried about a *single frame* ??? Apparently these idiots don't understand the concept of "free advertising" when a user shares a single frame with others generating interesting in the movie / show.
So now I have to use yet-another-device, such as my phone/camera, to take a picture of my iPad showing a single frame from a movie. This "screenshot-is-black" shenanigans isn't stopping anyone.
Yeah, "First. World. Problems." but it is evidence that Netflix continues to slowly jump the shark one small piece at a time.
I'm surprised they don't have ads with all the other inconveniences they have been adding by removing functionality.
Ex professional game dev here. I was formally in the industry from 1995 to 2011. I give dev & design advice and do indie games on the side now.
Those articles were written by and for us professionals in the industry. Working at one company it was hard to see that everyone else had the same set of problems. GD Mag brought awareness:
- Securing funding - Management setting unrealistic schedules - Publishers setting artificial deadlines - Not taking responsibility for burning people out - Extremely high turn over due to kids thinking game development was easy - Managing technical risk - Managing innovation vs what worked last year - Managing technical debt - Managing scope - Managing people - Managing business relationships - How to share knowledge - Create an engine vs buying off the shelf - What is fun? - What makes a good game good? What makes a bad game bad - What are today's and tomorrow art challenges? - What is a good, flexible, scalable pipeline? - How to avoid crunch time? How to manage crunch time? - Audio design - Animation tricks - Technical tricks - Applied higher level Mathematics - etc.
I worked at several game development studios. While I started just out college almost all were dream jobs. I had the opportunity to learn tons about programming and about the game industry. I was extremely lucky. The industry is definitely volatile -- few smaller studios folded while I was working for them or shortly after I left. I only had to crunch a few times. Inspire of all the negatives about the industry it was a great opportunity to learn many things that just can't really be learnt any other way. You don't really understand something until you learn how NOT to do it.
I know people got burnt out, got taken advantage of, were exploited, and it sucks. A few companies actually cared about doing things right and treating people with respect. Don't judge an entire industry just because the majority cared about making money. Many, many people were in the industry because they were passionate about making games and entertaining people. Some just wanted the paycheck.
I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything.
-- Lies of Atheism: Your "bible" contains literal lies so the entire thing is worthless.
Why are people surprised that companies are NOT interesting in your time, space, and money? All they care about is selling you out in order to make a few bucks.
Is Sony, etc. going to stop? No, all that will happen is that a few people will complain about how disrespectful this is and absolutely NOTHING will change.:-(
Boycotting these companies won't stop this stupidity. Most people just don't care.
I'm not sure what a good (or practical) solution is to get this to stop. While banning ads would solve the problem too many people just don't give a fuck about blatant (commercial) propaganda.
It is sad to see ignorant and pathetic atheists attempt to blame an inanimate object/concept (Religion / Applied Philosophy) when BOTH theists and atheists have committed heinous crimes. Gee, maybe the belief in a God (or lack of it) ISN'T the problem. Nah, we'll ignore those things called ACTIONS./sarcasm
Your point about atheism lacking morals is spot on. It is rather ironic that Science is amoral by definition. People love to hold up Science as a bastion of Truth but ironically LOVE is more important; without love for WANTING the truth you wouldn't even arrive at the truth. You wouldn't even care about the process or answers in the first place! moreover Science is about removing falsehood. And while that is ONE way to reach the answer -- it is NOT the ONLY way -- but (most) men are too stupid to understand anything other then Logic can get you an answer. (The smart ones understand the additive Intuition.)
Some of the biggest lies of Atheism I see propagated all the time are:
* I don't know the truth, therefore no else can. FALSE. You are spiritual blind man arguing that others who can see color are "stupid" * I have lack of belief therefore I have knowledge. FALSE. Lack of Belief produces ZERO knowledge * Religion contains lies therefore NONE of it is good. FALSE Throwing the baby (lies) out with the bathwater (truth) isn't productive. * Atheists don't have faith. FALSE. If you didn't have faith in your beliefs then you wouldn't have them!
Thanks again for the reminder that some Atheists are completely dishonest about morals.
> Religion teaches some people to feel superior to other people because they believe something stupid. As such, it is all harmful.
Throw the baby out with the bath water much???
Blaming a _philosophy_ when people's actions are the problem is intellectually dishonest.
The intent of Judaic Law, such as the 10 commandments, was to codify and communicate good morality -- don't murder, don't steal, don't lie, don't cover, etc.
The intent of Christianity was to end the stupidity of Judaism killing innocent animals and to treat others with respect -- you know that whole Golden Law "Treat others how you want to be treated" which supersedes the archaic, barbaric, myopic Iron Law of "Might makes Right." To parody a common cliche: In the land of an eye-for-an-eye the blind man is king.
Methinks you completely missed the ENTIRE point of Adult Religion == Kindergarten Spirituality.
But keep blaming an inanimate object/concept (Religion) because a few people didn't get the memo.
Switching jobs about every two years allows you to maximize your earning potential.
Companies whine about employees not being loyal but they partially created this problem:
* Asymmetrical respect. They can fire you at any time but when YOU want to end the business relationship they expect two weeks. * no or meaningless rewards for being a loyal, long term employee * don't offer pay increases comparable to switching to a new job * idiotic "Human Resources" dept. as if people are resources to be strip-mined instead of treating them as an asset
Getting this back on topic:
China wants to reward bad companies and penalize good people??? Color me surprised./s
-- Redditard / Slashtard, noun, someone who downvoted a person for asking a question
As opposed to everyone and their dog selling your personal information and them denying they have any shadow accounts on you when you don't even do business with them??? Is that really want you want???
No one claimed it would easy, only worth it.
I expect companies that profit from selling personal information to push back, hard, on this as it directly cuts into their bottom line,
> The problem is they make money by showing us stuff the worst part of our nature likes, and they do this, because it hooks people.
Sensationalism gets people watching? Color me shocked!/sarcasm
The mainstream media and other "news" does the same stupid shit. Because, sadly, controversy sells. It is the same reason for the artificial manufactured drama in "Reality Shows".
Maybe part of the problem is that there is no "Good News" channel that focuses on positive, empowering people instead of the negative, bullshit ?
The bigger problem is YouTube censoring anyone who doesn't agree with their political agenda. This is a dangerous slippery slope.
In the era of fake news these (bad) April 1st jokes just conflate the issues.:-/ Can't we just tag the bloody articles to stop wasting everyone's time?
Would prefer to have real news where there is no ambiguity then fake news and uncertainty if it real, fake, or April fools. That's just my personal preference. What's yours?
Slashdot Mirror
/Oblg. I'm reminded of this quote from Atlas Shrugged (as much as I am loathe to quote Ayn Rand, it is applicable ):
/Oblg.
"It looks like you are trying to steal a doorbell.
Would you like help?
* With unscrewing it?
* With the wiring?
* Reporting that this home has been burglarized and that the owners are screwed?
[ ] Don't nag me again."
What do you calling watching a DVR though?
Why does the _medium_ matter?
i.e. If I stream a TV show, that I *could* have watched earlier "live" but didn't die to scheduling, is that still considered TV? Why or why not?
Is Television only reserved for "live" showings?
OT: Re: RFC 2116 You gotta admit that's a pretty cool / funny email address:
sob@harvard.edu
=P
> It's amusing that they seem to be so concerned about making sure the meeting schedules work for people in different time zones.
That's far better then what our Fortune 50 company does! They *constantly* schedule meetings at 9 am EST which means the West Coast is always getting screwed for 6 am PST meetings. Just ONCE I'd like to have a meeting at 4:30 pm PST so those buggers on the East Coast know what's it like to have a meeting at 7:30 pm EST for 2 hours.
> Because, in my experience, meetings are absolutely useless
I would 95% agree with that sentiment. *IF* meetings are kept to ~15 minutes then they CAN be productive to make sure everyone is on the same page and that other people are aware of potential issues. /Oblg. "We need a meeting to discuss having less meetings!"
But yeah, 95% of the time meetings just waste all the dev's time.
> couldn't be accomplished with a brief e-mail, or at WORST a brief phone call.
The danger is that everyone gets so much email in their inbox that things tend to get ignored or made a low priority. Physical face time is a way to at least keep _some_ semblance that everyone is not ignoring (potential) issues.
I'm not surprised by this. Netflix is anal retentive about DRM.
Sometime last year Netflix "disabled" the ability to take screenshots on the iOS app. I put "disabled" in quotes because "technically" it still works but effectively it is broken. Captions will show (if you have them on) but you now get a black screen. REALLY? You are fucking worried about a *single frame* ??? Apparently these idiots don't understand the concept of "free advertising" when a user shares a single frame with others generating interesting in the movie / show.
So now I have to use yet-another-device, such as my phone/camera, to take a picture of my iPad showing a single frame from a movie. This "screenshot-is-black" shenanigans isn't stopping anyone.
Yeah, "First. World. Problems." but it is evidence that Netflix continues to slowly jump the shark one small piece at a time.
I'm surprised they don't have ads with all the other inconveniences they have been adding by removing functionality.
Have you tried running them inside a VM?
It may not be a full solution but it might be an option.
Why is this even "news" ??? This has been going on for decades.
Thanks for the list! More examples of good game devs:
* Crate (Grim Dawn)
* Re-Logic (Terraria)
* Mojang (Minecraft)
Ironically, I worked for EA before the whole EA spouse thing blew up. It was a real eye opener to how corrupt & immature the industry was.
There ARE still indies who care about making fun games and respecting the players. While they may be the minority they DO exist.
Ex professional game dev here. I was formally in the industry from 1995 to 2011. I give dev & design advice and do indie games on the side now.
Those articles were written by and for us professionals in the industry. Working at one company it was hard to see that everyone else had the same set of problems. GD Mag brought awareness:
- Securing funding
- Management setting unrealistic schedules
- Publishers setting artificial deadlines
- Not taking responsibility for burning people out
- Extremely high turn over due to kids thinking game development was easy
- Managing technical risk
- Managing innovation vs what worked last year
- Managing technical debt
- Managing scope
- Managing people
- Managing business relationships
- How to share knowledge
- Create an engine vs buying off the shelf
- What is fun?
- What makes a good game good? What makes a bad game bad
- What are today's and tomorrow art challenges?
- What is a good, flexible, scalable pipeline?
- How to avoid crunch time? How to manage crunch time?
- Audio design
- Animation tricks
- Technical tricks
- Applied higher level Mathematics
- etc.
I worked at several game development studios. While I started just out college almost all were dream jobs. I had the opportunity to learn tons about programming and about the game industry. I was extremely lucky. The industry is definitely volatile -- few smaller studios folded while I was working for them or shortly after I left. I only had to crunch a few times. Inspire of all the negatives about the industry it was a great opportunity to learn many things that just can't really be learnt any other way. You don't really understand something until you learn how NOT to do it.
I know people got burnt out, got taken advantage of, were exploited, and it sucks. A few companies actually cared about doing things right and treating people with respect. Don't judge an entire industry just because the majority cared about making money. Many, many people were in the industry because they were passionate about making games and entertaining people. Some just wanted the paycheck.
I wouldn't trade my experiences for anything.
--
Lies of Atheism: Your "bible" contains literal lies so the entire thing is worthless.
> I would beat the shit out of anyone I ever saw harming an animal
Fighting violence with *more* violence and assault?!
**Facepalm**
Why are people surprised that companies are NOT interesting in your time, space, and money? All they care about is selling you out in order to make a few bucks.
Is Sony, etc. going to stop? No, all that will happen is that a few people will complain about how disrespectful this is and absolutely NOTHING will change. :-(
Boycotting these companies won't stop this stupidity. Most people just don't care.
I'm not sure what a good (or practical) solution is to get this to stop. While banning ads would solve the problem too many people just don't give a fuck about blatant (commercial) propaganda.
Thanks for the heads up about bad atheists!
It is sad to see ignorant and pathetic atheists attempt to blame an inanimate object/concept (Religion / Applied Philosophy) when BOTH theists and atheists have committed heinous crimes. Gee, maybe the belief in a God (or lack of it) ISN'T the problem. Nah, we'll ignore those things called ACTIONS. /sarcasm
Your point about atheism lacking morals is spot on. It is rather ironic that Science is amoral by definition. People love to hold up Science as a bastion of Truth but ironically LOVE is more important; without love for WANTING the truth you wouldn't even arrive at the truth. You wouldn't even care about the process or answers in the first place! moreover Science is about removing falsehood. And while that is ONE way to reach the answer -- it is NOT the ONLY way -- but (most) men are too stupid to understand anything other then Logic can get you an answer. (The smart ones understand the additive Intuition.)
Some of the biggest lies of Atheism I see propagated all the time are:
* I don't know the truth, therefore no else can. FALSE. You are spiritual blind man arguing that others who can see color are "stupid"
* I have lack of belief therefore I have knowledge. FALSE. Lack of Belief produces ZERO knowledge
* Religion contains lies therefore NONE of it is good. FALSE Throwing the baby (lies) out with the bathwater (truth) isn't productive.
* Atheists don't have faith. FALSE. If you didn't have faith in your beliefs then you wouldn't have them!
Thanks again for the reminder that some Atheists are completely dishonest about morals.
> Religion teaches some people to feel superior to other people because they believe something stupid. As such, it is all harmful.
Throw the baby out with the bath water much???
Blaming a _philosophy_ when people's actions are the problem is intellectually dishonest.
The intent of Judaic Law, such as the 10 commandments, was to codify and communicate good morality -- don't murder, don't steal, don't lie, don't cover, etc.
The intent of Christianity was to end the stupidity of Judaism killing innocent animals and to treat others with respect -- you know that whole Golden Law "Treat others how you want to be treated" which supersedes the archaic, barbaric, myopic Iron Law of "Might makes Right." To parody a common cliche: In the land of an eye-for-an-eye the blind man is king.
Methinks you completely missed the ENTIRE point of Adult Religion == Kindergarten Spirituality.
But keep blaming an inanimate object/concept (Religion) because a few people didn't get the memo.
Switching jobs about every two years allows you to maximize your earning potential.
Companies whine about employees not being loyal but they partially created this problem:
* Asymmetrical respect. They can fire you at any time but when YOU want to end the business relationship they expect two weeks.
* no or meaningless rewards for being a loyal, long term employee
* don't offer pay increases comparable to switching to a new job
* idiotic "Human Resources" dept. as if people are resources to be strip-mined instead of treating them as an asset
Getting this back on topic:
China wants to reward bad companies and penalize good people??? Color me surprised. /s
--
Redditard / Slashtard, noun, someone who downvoted a person for asking a question
As opposed to everyone and their dog selling your personal information and them denying they have any shadow accounts on you when you don't even do business with them??? Is that really want you want???
No one claimed it would easy, only worth it.
I expect companies that profit from selling personal information to push back, hard, on this as it directly cuts into their bottom line,
LOL. Please mod +1 Funny!
Which sentence(s) do you believe is/are poorly written?
Just tack on a 2 digit month when it expires to the password.
Why aren't you using ONE passphrase and a password manager??
/Oblg. airport logic
>YouTube already demotes you if you swear
I'm starting to hear more and more about that. Honest question: Is there any evidence for it? Is it in the TOS? TIA.
> The problem is they make money by showing us stuff the worst part of our nature likes, and they do this, because it hooks people.
Sensationalism gets people watching? Color me shocked! /sarcasm
The mainstream media and other "news" does the same stupid shit. Because, sadly, controversy sells. It is the same reason for the artificial manufactured drama in "Reality Shows".
Maybe part of the problem is that there is no "Good News" channel that focuses on positive, empowering people instead of the negative, bullshit ?
The bigger problem is YouTube censoring anyone who doesn't agree with their political agenda. This is a dangerous slippery slope.
In the era of fake news these (bad) April 1st jokes just conflate the issues. :-/ Can't we just tag the bloody articles to stop wasting everyone's time?
Would prefer to have real news where there is no ambiguity then fake news and uncertainty if it real, fake, or April fools. That's just my personal preference. What's yours?
LOL. Nice!