* Back To The Future, Reason: Time Travel * World War Z, Reason: Zombies and starring Brad Pitt * Mad Max: Fury Road, Reason: Unknown, allegedly Dystopian theme
Also note Doom 3 was trimmed because its 3 hour run time was too long !?!?
= Banned Fantasy Movies =
* Babe: Pig in the City, Reason: Live action animals with speech. WTF?!?! * Frankenstein, Reason: superstitious films * Alice in Wonderland, Reason: superstitious films * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Reason: spirits swarming around * Noah, Reason: depiction of prophets * Crimson Peak, Reason: allegedly ghosts and supernatural elements * Ghostbusters (2016), Reason: ghosts and supernatural elements * Suicide Squad, Reason: Violence * Deadpool, Reason: Violence, nudity, graphic language
They also have a hard on for removing anything depicting homosexuality.
The ROC/PRC censors are basically fucking idiots.
/sarcasm Only in China are people too stupid to tell the difference reality and fiction!
-- Censorship is NOT the solution.It is precisely the problem.
I've been programming for the past ~40 years and I'll try to summarize what I believe are the most important bits about programming (pardon the pun.) Think of this as a META: "HOWTO: Be A Great Programmer" summary. (I'll get to the books section in a bit.)
1. All code can be summarized as a trinity of 3 fundamental concepts:
* Linear; that is, sequence: A, B, C * Cyclic; that is, unconditional jumps: A-B-C-goto B * Choice; that is, conditional jumps: if A then B
2. ~80% of programming is NOT about code; it is about Effective Communication. Whether that be:
* with your compiler / interpreter / REPL * with other code (levels of abstraction, level of coupling, separation of concerns, etc.) * with your boss(es) / manager(s) * with your colleagues * with your legal team * with your QA dept * with your customer(s) * with the general public
The other ~20% is effective time management and design. A good programmer knows how to budget their time. Programming is about balancing the three conflicting goals of the Program Management Triangle: You can have it on time, on budget, on quality. Pick two.
3. Stages of a Programmer
There are two old jokes:
In Lisp all code is data. In Haskell all data is code.
And:
Progression of a (Lisp) Programmer:
* The newbie realizes that the difference between code and data is trivial. * The expert realizes that all code is data. * The true master realizes that all data is code.
(Attributed to Aristotle Pagaltzis)
The point of these jokes is that as you work with systems you start to realize that a data-driven process can often greatly simplify things.
4. Know Thy Data
Fred Books once wrote
"Show me your flowcharts (source code), and conceal your tables (domain model), and I shall continue to be mystified; show me your tables (domain model) and I won't usually need your flowcharts (source code): they'll be obvious."
A more modern version would read like this:
Show me your code and I'll have to see your data, Show me your data and I won't have to see your code.
The importance of data can't be understated:
* Optimization STARTS with understanding HOW the data is being generated and used, NOT the code as has been traditionally taught. * Post 2000 "Big Data" has been called the new oil. We are generating upwards to millions of GB of data every second. Analyzing that data is import to spot trends and potential problems.
5. There are three levels of optimizations. From slowest to fastest run-time:
a) Bit-twiddling hacks b) Algorithmic -- Algorithmic complexity or Analysis of algorithms (such as Big-O notation) c) Data-Orientated Design -- Understanding how hardware caches such as instruction and data caches matter. Optimize for the common case, NOT the single case that OOP tends to favor.
Optimizing is understanding Bang-for-the-Buck. 80% of code execution is spent in 20% of the time. Speeding up hot-spots with bit twiddling won't be as effective as using a more efficient algorithm which, in turn, won't be as efficient as understanding HOW the data is manipulated in the first place.
6. Fundamental Reading
Since the OP specifically asked about books -- there are lots of great ones. The ones that have impressed me that I would mark as "required" reading:
* The Mythical Man-Month * Godel, Escher, Bach * Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming * The Pragmatic Programmer * Zero Bugs and Program Faster * Writing Solid Code / Code Comp
"Last week, The Verge published a video on how to build a gaming PC. Today, we're pulling that video off our YouTube and Facebook pages, because it contains minor factual errors, that, in sum, do not meet our editorial standards. I also want to reiterate that The Verge has zero tolerance for internet harassment campaigns, and that we will automatically disregard any feedback that appears to be in bad faith or part of such a campaign. As many of you know, we are happy to engage openly with our audiences across our platforms, but over the weekend multiple people on our staff have been subject to a wave of attacks, including hundreds of racist attacks on the host of our video. We simply will not listen to feedback that is associated with these campaigns or the people who direct such campaigns.
"We'll eventually make another video on how to build a PC. It'll be good. See you out there."
No, the Verge on Twitter started blaming racism when people started calling them out on their stupidity.
They deleted the original tweet but here is a copy which stated:
"Last week, The Verge published a video on how to build a gaming PC. Today, we're pulling that video off our YouTube and Facebook pages, because it contains minor factual errors, that, in sum, do not meet our editorial standards. I also want to reiterate that The Verge has zero tolerance for internet harassment campaigns, and that we will automatically disregard any feedback that appears to be in bad faith or part of such a campaign. As many of you know, we are happy to engage openly with our audiences across our platforms, but over the weekend multiple people on our staff have been subject to a wave of attacks, including hundreds of racist attacks on the host of our video. We simply will not listen to feedback that is associated with these campaigns or the people who direct such campaigns.
"We'll eventually make another video on how to build a PC. It'll be good. See you out there."
/sarcasm Apparently 40+ errors are "minor factual errors". LUL.
IMO Stefan is a total fucking idiot. Stupidity is not a respecter of race. Here is a (partial) list of all the lies in the video for your enjoyment!
Lie #1: Need a table. Fact: Any flat surface, including a floor, is OK. Carpet / wooden surface doesn't really matter. Lie #2: Need thermal paste applicator. Fact: No, you don't need one. Lie #3: Need Allen key / Allen wrench. Fact: Unless you have specific parts that require them, no, you don't need one. Lie #4 Calls zip ties tweezers. Fact: Tweezers are not zip ties, and zip ties are not tweezers. Lie #5: Need tweezers. Fact: Cable ties, Zip ties, or Velcro stripes will be handy for cable management. Lie #6: Says to use zip ties: Fact: Never used them. Lie #7: Need Swiss army knife. Fact: Use a Phillips screwdriver Lie #8: Need Anti-static wrist bracelet. Fact: No, just touch the PSU as you work to ground yourself Lie #9: Anti-static bracelets don't need to be grounded. Fact: Anti-static bracelets only work if they are actually grounded. "Wireless" Anti Static don't actually work, go figure. Lie #10: Calls it a "brace." Fact: It's called an I/O Shield Lie #11: Hammer in the brace. Fact: *Gently* install the I/O Shield Lie #12: Calls it a Lane. Fact: They are called PCI Express slots. Lie #13: PCI "Lane" doesn't matter. Fact: Generally the PCI express slot closest to the PSU has the most bandwidth -- but double check your motherboard manual to verify _where_ the x16 slot(s) are located. Lie #14: Calls the power supply a "Brick." Fact: It's called a PSU or Power Supply Unit. Lie #15: Calls it "insulation pads." Fact: They are anti-vibration pads. Lie #16: Align with "insulation pads"... Fact: The PSU rests on top of anti-vibration pads Lie #17:... so power supply doesn't short circuit. Fact: The PSU is *meant* to touch the case at all times. Lie #18: *Block the PSU fan*. Fact: Do NOT block the PSU's fan. Double check your case's airflow see which direction the PSU's fan should be pointing. Lie #19. Install CPU after GPU. Fact: Installing the CPU _first_ will make it EASIER rather then later. Lie #20: Says to install all 4 screws for the CPU cooler but only installs 3!! They are missing the bottom left one!! Fact: Make sure you install ALL FOUR screws of CPU cooler to keep EVEN pressure.
liked I've said before, wasn't allowed a reshoot. the paste was cleaned up, RAM in correct slot, PSU facing correct direction. *Obviously* this PC works.
> Scripting languages, basically do not do threading, of any kind, at all. They're too slow to synchronize across threads, which makes invoking threads inside them fruitless
Bullshit. You CAN do asynchronously loading of assets with JavaScript.
From d3wasm
I did a couple of changes to the idTech 4 engine in order to be able to start the game before all the data have been loaded. So, along with the initial 5MB executable download, there is a first 15MB download to fetch only what is necessary to load the game engine and enter the main menu. Then, the remaining ~380MB are fetched asynchronously.
> While you certainly can write an application or game with a scripting language, it will be slow, it will be limited by the operating system's own libraries (eg 32-bit libraries on a 64-bit OS as just one example) and generally require more maintenance than simply writing it in C to begin with.
I prefer C/C++ myself but you don't know what the fuck you are talking about W.R.T games and scripting:
1. You DO realize that there is a WIDE variety of games from "idle games" and simple puzzle games to full blown First Person Shooters right?
Isn't only private (personal) information deleted? Why would public information be deleted?
If they really are going that far then I really have to wonder if we aren't setting ourselves up a "digital dark age" where at some point in the future you won't be able to get ANY (past) records because they weren't "worth" keeping.
-- People who get offended at words need to grow the fuck up. Censoring those who have a different opinion is childish.
> Do you really think Avatar, Jurassic World 2, Incredibles 2, and Fast & Furios 14 are anywhere as good, impactful, or significant as Jaws, Star Wars, ET, The Lion King, etc.?
Quit trying to move the goal posts. The OP argument was "Cameron produces shit." I called the AC out with "WHY?"
Getting this back on topic: Were you not paying ANY attention to the impact of Avatar??? Despite having a shallow story it definitely had a social impact:
1. "Avatar depression" shows lots of people were effected -- can you name any other movie that had this effect? 2. It's high box office performance is proof that A LOT people went to see it, and 3. As a result it got a lot people talking about the environment, sustainability, and how we are currently (mis)managing the planet in the name of greed.
Avatar had a deeper layer to it. The "tech" angle is a red herring to its popularity. People who say Avatar was shit are generally clueless about its META narrative as I discussed before.
SW:TLJ, ranked at #11, proof that Quantity != Quality, ALSO got lot of people talking -- specifically at how shitty it was. There have been numerous YouTube reviews dissecting and analyzing it to death such as Maulers, Wisecrack , MisAnthro Pony, etc. It ALSO had an impact on Han Solo and FUTURE Star Wars movies in the franchise. i.e. This one movie potentially killed Star Wars for good -- MANY fans have given up on Disney.
> gross sales don't mean shit
Doesn't change the fact that popular movies are having an impact on culture and on what kind of (future) movies get made. Usually, formulaic ones.:-/ So yeah, popular movies "matter."
The real question is:Will any of these popular movies have any LASTING impact? That remains to be seen. Most of them will probably be forgotten in 40 years as most of them are shallow, mindless violence with little substance.
For convenience here is a list of the movies:
1. Avatar, $2,787,965,087 2. Titanic, $2,187,463,944 3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, $2,068,223,624 4. Avengers: Infinity War, $2,048,359,754 5. Jurassic World, $1,671,713,208 6. The Avengers, $1,518,812,988 7. Furious 7, $1,516,045,911 8. Avengers: Age of Ultron, $1,405,403,694 9. Black Panther, $1,346,913,161 10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows â" Part 2, $1,341,511,219 11. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, $1,332,539,889 12. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, $1,309,484,461 13. Frozen, $1,290,000,000 14. Beauty and the Beast, $1,263,521,126 15. Incredibles 2 film currently playing, $1,242,808,192
The argument was NEVER "Popular movies good" but I provided a counter argument to "Avatar is shit and has no impact".
Speaking of LOTR, Peter Jackson, and The Hobbit (which I 100% agree with you) -- have you seen Lindsay Ellis' excellent 3 part documentary analyzing what went right (and wrong) with The Hobbit?
And yet somehow he has the top TWO highest-grossing movies of ALL time. Gee, I wish I could "fail" like that!/s
Since you are "obviously" such a talented director with a "proven" track record what was he supposed to have done differently in your "professional" opinion?
What have you produced aside from bitch about Quantity != Quality, criticize without offering ANY details, or worse offer no solutions?
And while stuff like Avatar is basically a modern rip-off of Dances with Wolves in space what he has produced has resonated very well with the general populace in spite of him producing "nothing but shit" as you claim. Was Avatar formulaic? Yes, extremely derivative. Did it have archaic tropes of "Might makes right"? Yeah, it was another dumb action "shootout at the O.K. coral in space." However, it sounds like you are jealous of his financial success, think that the _other_ types of success are the ONLY ones that matter, and don't see the value of his movies contents raising the consciousness of what is possible. Specifically, in Avatar there was social commentary on the blatant greed with unsustainable strip mining ("unobtainium"), plants having feelings and emotions, plants effectively forming a planet wide brain due to the large quantity of neuron connections (IIRC Grace Augustine commented on this), everything is connected a.k.a. Gaia Theory ("Eywa"), OBEs, and the future ability to transfer consciousness from one body to another. It sounds like you weren't paying ANY attention to the deeper narratives being presented.
Movies often are multi-dimensional. Do you even understand the difference between the literal story and the allegory??
Instead of just whining about Cameron producing "nothing but shit", in your opinion, why don't you actually have a discussion on WHY you think Cameron sucks -- or are you just too fucking lazy and intellectually dishonest to even attempt that?
/sarcasm Video Games caused World War 1 & 2 where millions died. Oh wait, video games were invented AFTER these tragedies.
Gee, maybe genocide video games such as FPS / RPG / RTS, etc. genres are providing a safe outlet for man's natural violent tendencies. They are a symptom, not a cause.
/sarcasm I propose we use a different word for female say "fale". Oh wait, that doesn't have a good connotation. =P
What happens when searching for drinking buddies aka "ale" ? Will it match male AND female?
If they are doing substring matching then the algorithm is an epic fail. i.e. In the early days of UO you couldn't type "assassin" because the profanity filter would find "ass". God help you if you wanted to use "compassion". LOL. There are a ton of valid words with ass in them.
This isn't rocket science -- just basic computer science.
Slashdot Mirror
Yup there were lots of mistakes! Basically one giant:
*Facepalm*
Nope. The ROC/PRC have their head up their asses.
= Banned Science Fiction Movies =
* Back To The Future, Reason: Time Travel
* World War Z, Reason: Zombies and starring Brad Pitt
* Mad Max: Fury Road, Reason: Unknown, allegedly Dystopian theme
Also note Doom 3 was trimmed because its 3 hour run time was too long !?!?
= Banned Fantasy Movies =
* Babe: Pig in the City, Reason: Live action animals with speech. WTF?!?!
* Frankenstein, Reason: superstitious films
* Alice in Wonderland, Reason: superstitious films
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Reason: spirits swarming around
* Noah, Reason: depiction of prophets
* Crimson Peak, Reason: allegedly ghosts and supernatural elements
* Ghostbusters (2016), Reason: ghosts and supernatural elements
* Suicide Squad, Reason: Violence
* Deadpool, Reason: Violence, nudity, graphic language
They also have a hard on for removing anything depicting homosexuality.
The ROC/PRC censors are basically fucking idiots.
--
Censorship is NOT the solution. It is precisely the problem.
Fixed the crappy formatting grouping related data to make it easier to read ...
1. Logging workers
Fatal injuries: 135.9 per 100,000 workers
2. Fishers and related fishing workers
Fatal injuries: 86 per 100,000 workers
4. Roofers
Fatal injuries: 48.6 per 100,000
5. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Fatal injuries: 34.1 per 100,000 workers
6. Structural iron and steel workers
Fatal injuries: 25.1 per 100,000 workers
7. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Fatal injuries: 24.7 per 100,000 workers
8. Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
Fatal injuries: 23.1 per 100,000 workers
9. Construction and extraction supervisors
Fatal injuries: 18 per 100,000 workers
10. Agricultural workers
Fatal injuries: 17.4 per 100,000 workers
11. Grounds maintenance workers
Fatal injuries: 17.4 per 100,000 workers
12. Supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
Fatal injuries: 15.7 per 100,000 workers
13. Construction laborers
Fatal injuries: 15.1 per 100,000 workers
14. Police and sheriffâ(TM)s patrol officers
Fatal injuries: 14.6 per 100,000 workers
15. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
Fatal injuries: 14.6 per 100,000 workers
16. Maintenance and repair workers
Fatal injuries: 13.4 per 100,000 workers
17. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
Fatal injuries: 13.2 per 100,000 workers
18. Landscaping supervisors
Fatal injuries: 13.2 per 100,000 workers
20. Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
Fatal injuries: 11.7 per 100,000 workers
21. Operating engineers and construction equipment operators
Fatal injuries: 10.6 per 100,000 workers
22. Electricians
Fatal injuries: 10 per 100,000 workers
23. Industrial machinery workers
Fatal injuries: 9.3 per 100,000 workers
24. Painters
Fatal injuries: 8.6 per 100,000 workers
25. Heat, air conditioning, and refrigerator mechanics and installers
Fatal injuries: 8.4 per 100,000 workers
> You crammed a lot of good ideas into a short post.
> I'm sending my team at work a link to your post.
I was getting a little worried it might be TOO long but glad you, and hopefully others, found it helpful.
> "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships."
That's true with all the (great) programmers I've seen. 100% agree with Linus on this.
> Once the data structure is right, the code often almost writes itself
It's almost "funny" often that is true. A good sign that you are understanding the problem is how "compact" the right solution becomes.
> Writing the code necessary to transform the data from the input format into the right structure can be non-obvious, but it's normally worth it.
I really like what you write. "Transform the data" gets to the heart of almost all programs:
* Input
* Transform the data
* Output
I've been programming for the past ~40 years and I'll try to summarize what I believe are the most important bits about programming (pardon the pun.) Think of this as a META: "HOWTO: Be A Great Programmer" summary. (I'll get to the books section in a bit.)
1. All code can be summarized as a trinity of 3 fundamental concepts:
* Linear; that is, sequence: A, B, C
* Cyclic; that is, unconditional jumps: A-B-C-goto B
* Choice; that is, conditional jumps: if A then B
2. ~80% of programming is NOT about code; it is about Effective Communication. Whether that be:
* with your compiler / interpreter / REPL
* with other code (levels of abstraction, level of coupling, separation of concerns, etc.)
* with your boss(es) / manager(s)
* with your colleagues
* with your legal team
* with your QA dept
* with your customer(s)
* with the general public
The other ~20% is effective time management and design. A good programmer knows how to budget their time. Programming is about balancing the three conflicting goals of the Program Management Triangle: You can have it on time, on budget, on quality. Pick two.
3. Stages of a Programmer
There are two old jokes:
And:
The point of these jokes is that as you work with systems you start to realize that a data-driven process can often greatly simplify things.
4. Know Thy Data
Fred Books once wrote
A more modern version would read like this:
Show me your code and I'll have to see your data,
Show me your data and I won't have to see your code.
The importance of data can't be understated:
* Optimization STARTS with understanding HOW the data is being generated and used, NOT the code as has been traditionally taught.
* Post 2000 "Big Data" has been called the new oil. We are generating upwards to millions of GB of data every second. Analyzing that data is import to spot trends and potential problems.
5. There are three levels of optimizations. From slowest to fastest run-time:
a) Bit-twiddling hacks
b) Algorithmic -- Algorithmic complexity or Analysis of algorithms (such as Big-O notation)
c) Data-Orientated Design -- Understanding how hardware caches such as instruction and data caches matter. Optimize for the common case, NOT the single case that OOP tends to favor.
Optimizing is understanding Bang-for-the-Buck. 80% of code execution is spent in 20% of the time. Speeding up hot-spots with bit twiddling won't be as effective as using a more efficient algorithm which, in turn, won't be as efficient as understanding HOW the data is manipulated in the first place.
6. Fundamental Reading
Since the OP specifically asked about books -- there are lots of great ones. The ones that have impressed me that I would mark as "required" reading:
* The Mythical Man-Month
* Godel, Escher, Bach
* Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming
* The Pragmatic Programmer
* Zero Bugs and Program Faster
* Writing Solid Code / Code Comp
WOW ... didn't realize he died in Sept. 1, 1999.
His TCP/IP Illustrated and UNIX Network Programming series were also classics.
Press F to pay respects.
He got the wireless version of the Anti-Static bracelet ! =P
/sarcasm Apparently 40+ errors are "minor factual errors". LUL.
They deleted the original tweetbut here is a copy which stated:
No, the Verge on Twitter started blaming racism when people started calling them out on their stupidity.
They deleted the original tweet but here is a copy which stated:
Agreed. Bitwit's satire analysis was priceless.
IMO Stefan is a total fucking idiot. Stupidity is not a respecter of race. Here is a (partial) list of all the lies in the video for your enjoyment!
Lie #1: Need a table. Fact: Any flat surface, including a floor, is OK. Carpet / wooden surface doesn't really matter. ... Fact: The PSU rests on top of anti-vibration pads ... so power supply doesn't short circuit. Fact: The PSU is *meant* to touch the case at all times.
Lie #2: Need thermal paste applicator. Fact: No, you don't need one.
Lie #3: Need Allen key / Allen wrench. Fact: Unless you have specific parts that require them, no, you don't need one.
Lie #4 Calls zip ties tweezers. Fact: Tweezers are not zip ties, and zip ties are not tweezers.
Lie #5: Need tweezers. Fact: Cable ties, Zip ties, or Velcro stripes will be handy for cable management.
Lie #6: Says to use zip ties: Fact: Never used them.
Lie #7: Need Swiss army knife. Fact: Use a Phillips screwdriver
Lie #8: Need Anti-static wrist bracelet. Fact: No, just touch the PSU as you work to ground yourself
Lie #9: Anti-static bracelets don't need to be grounded. Fact: Anti-static bracelets only work if they are actually grounded. "Wireless" Anti Static don't actually work, go figure.
Lie #10: Calls it a "brace." Fact: It's called an I/O Shield
Lie #11: Hammer in the brace. Fact: *Gently* install the I/O Shield
Lie #12: Calls it a Lane. Fact: They are called PCI Express slots.
Lie #13: PCI "Lane" doesn't matter. Fact: Generally the PCI express slot closest to the PSU has the most bandwidth -- but double check your motherboard manual to verify _where_ the x16 slot(s) are located.
Lie #14: Calls the power supply a "Brick." Fact: It's called a PSU or Power Supply Unit.
Lie #15: Calls it "insulation pads." Fact: They are anti-vibration pads.
Lie #16: Align with "insulation pads"
Lie #17:
Lie #18: *Block the PSU fan*. Fact: Do NOT block the PSU's fan. Double check your case's airflow see which direction the PSU's fan should be pointing.
Lie #19. Install CPU after GPU. Fact: Installing the CPU _first_ will make it EASIER rather then later.
Lie #20: Says to install all 4 screws for the CPU cooler but only installs 3!! They are missing the bottom left one!! Fact: Make sure you install ALL FOUR screws of CPU cooler to keep EVEN pressure.
This fucking moron is FULL of excuses:
a) Twitter, and
b) Twitch
It was SO bad that even Linus offered to help!
And to top it off The Verge made this excuse:
Gee, yet actual YouTubers know HOW to properly put together a build. This dumb journalist can't even pretend to!
If they had just
1. Admitted they fucked up, an
You DO realize that dinosaurs laid eggs millions of years before chickens, right?
Which is why JavaScript ALSO supports WebWorkers -- run scripts in background threads
The point is the OP is clueless about modern JavaScript.
> Scripting languages, basically do not do threading, of any kind, at all. They're too slow to synchronize across threads, which makes invoking threads inside them fruitless
Bullshit. You CAN do asynchronously loading of assets with JavaScript.
From d3wasm
> While you certainly can write an application or game with a scripting language, it will be slow, it will be limited by the operating system's own libraries (eg 32-bit libraries on a 64-bit OS as just one example) and generally require more maintenance than simply writing it in C to begin with.
I prefer C/C++ myself but you don't know what the fuck you are talking about W.R.T games and scripting:
1. You DO realize that there is a WIDE variety of games from "idle games" and simple puzzle games to full blown First Person Shooters right?
Are you telling me the JavaScript implementation of 2048, xkcd Sand Castle Builder, or Cookie Clicker is slow??
2. You DO realize you can "transpile" C/C++ code into JavaScript right, such as Doom 3, using Emscripten right?
Or how about RollerCoaster Tycoon? Here OpenRCT2 was ported to run inside a browser.
> yet GPU's APIs have standardized more or less on just four API's, OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan, and WebGL.
FTFY.
WebGL exists to offload rendering to the GPU inside the browser. There are TONS of playable WebGL Games
3. Lastly, Unity can target WebGL
I (mildly) enjoyed it (only because I wanted to find out what happens next) but yeah I have to 100% agree with your analysis.
Isn't only private (personal) information deleted? Why would public information be deleted?
If they really are going that far then I really have to wonder if we aren't setting ourselves up a "digital dark age" where at some point in the future you won't be able to get ANY (past) records because they weren't "worth" keeping.
--
People who get offended at words need to grow the fuck up.
Censoring those who have a different opinion is childish.
Love is free, it's the dam kids that are bloody expensive! =P
> Do you really think Avatar, Jurassic World 2, Incredibles 2, and Fast & Furios 14 are anywhere as good, impactful, or significant as Jaws, Star Wars, ET, The Lion King, etc.?
Quit trying to move the goal posts. The OP argument was "Cameron produces shit." I called the AC out with "WHY?"
Getting this back on topic: Were you not paying ANY attention to the impact of Avatar??? Despite having a shallow story it definitely had a social impact:
1. "Avatar depression" shows lots of people were effected -- can you name any other movie that had this effect?
2. It's high box office performance is proof that A LOT people went to see it, and
3. As a result it got a lot people talking about the environment, sustainability, and how we are currently (mis)managing the planet in the name of greed.
Avatar had a deeper layer to it. The "tech" angle is a red herring to its popularity. People who say Avatar was shit are generally clueless about its META narrative as I discussed before.
SW:TLJ, ranked at #11, proof that Quantity != Quality, ALSO got lot of people talking -- specifically at how shitty it was. There have been numerous YouTube reviews dissecting and analyzing it to death such as Maulers, Wisecrack , MisAnthro Pony, etc. It ALSO had an impact on Han Solo and FUTURE Star Wars movies in the franchise. i.e. This one movie potentially killed Star Wars for good -- MANY fans have given up on Disney.
> gross sales don't mean shit
Doesn't change the fact that popular movies are having an impact on culture and on what kind of (future) movies get made. Usually, formulaic ones. :-/ So yeah, popular movies "matter."
The real question is: Will any of these popular movies have any LASTING impact? That remains to be seen. Most of them will probably be forgotten in 40 years as most of them are shallow, mindless violence with little substance.
For convenience here is a list of the movies:
1. Avatar, $2,787,965,087
2. Titanic, $2,187,463,944
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, $2,068,223,624
4. Avengers: Infinity War, $2,048,359,754
5. Jurassic World, $1,671,713,208
6. The Avengers, $1,518,812,988
7. Furious 7, $1,516,045,911
8. Avengers: Age of Ultron, $1,405,403,694
9. Black Panther, $1,346,913,161
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows â" Part 2, $1,341,511,219
11. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, $1,332,539,889
12. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, $1,309,484,461
13. Frozen, $1,290,000,000
14. Beauty and the Beast, $1,263,521,126
15. Incredibles 2 film currently playing, $1,242,808,192
The argument was NEVER "Popular movies good" but I provided a counter argument to "Avatar is shit and has no impact".
> are anywhere as good
Who claimed they were good???
Did you ignore the part where I said:
Was Avatar formulaic? Yes, extremely derivative.
Yup, you gotta laugh at the irony!
AC: Cameron produces shit!
Me: WHY?
And *I* get modded Flamebait. Yup, let's shoot the person asking for clarification. Stay classy /. !
Moderation should eventually fix this knee-jerk slashtard abuse. (If it doesn't then its just another sign of how broken moderation has become.)
C'est la vie.
Speaking of LOTR, Peter Jackson, and The Hobbit (which I 100% agree with you) -- have you seen Lindsay Ellis' excellent 3 part documentary analyzing what went right (and wrong) with The Hobbit?
https://youtu.be/uTRUQ-RKfUs
I think you'll enjoy it -- it summarizes basically all the same criticisms I had with The Hobbit movie adaption.
And yet somehow he has the top TWO highest-grossing movies of ALL time. Gee, I wish I could "fail" like that! /s
Since you are "obviously" such a talented director with a "proven" track record what was he supposed to have done differently in your "professional" opinion?
What have you produced aside from bitch about Quantity != Quality, criticize without offering ANY details, or worse offer no solutions?
And while stuff like Avatar is basically a modern rip-off of Dances with Wolves in space what he has produced has resonated very well with the general populace in spite of him producing "nothing but shit" as you claim. Was Avatar formulaic? Yes, extremely derivative. Did it have archaic tropes of "Might makes right"? Yeah, it was another dumb action "shootout at the O.K. coral in space." However, it sounds like you are jealous of his financial success, think that the _other_ types of success are the ONLY ones that matter, and don't see the value of his movies contents raising the consciousness of what is possible. Specifically, in Avatar there was social commentary on the blatant greed with unsustainable strip mining ("unobtainium"), plants having feelings and emotions, plants effectively forming a planet wide brain due to the large quantity of neuron connections (IIRC Grace Augustine commented on this), everything is connected a.k.a. Gaia Theory ("Eywa"), OBEs, and the future ability to transfer consciousness from one body to another. It sounds like you weren't paying ANY attention to the deeper narratives being presented.
Movies often are multi-dimensional. Do you even understand the difference between the literal story and the allegory??
Instead of just whining about Cameron producing "nothing but shit", in your opinion, why don't you actually have a discussion on WHY you think Cameron sucks -- or are you just too fucking lazy and intellectually dishonest to even attempt that?
/sarcasm Video Games caused World War 1 & 2 where millions died. Oh wait, video games were invented AFTER these tragedies.
Gee, maybe genocide video games such as FPS / RPG / RTS, etc. genres are providing a safe outlet for man's natural violent tendencies. They are a symptom, not a cause.
/Sarcasm This is "congress" we're talking about -- the "opposite" of progress. =P
ALL Laws ARE contracts.
Your citizenship is your consent to the contract.
/sarcasm I propose we use a different word for female say "fale". Oh wait, that doesn't have a good connotation. =P
What happens when searching for drinking buddies aka "ale" ? Will it match male AND female?
If they are doing substring matching then the algorithm is an epic fail.
i.e.
In the early days of UO you couldn't type "assassin" because the profanity filter would find "ass". God help you if you wanted to use "compassion". LOL. There are a ton of valid words with ass in them.
This isn't rocket science -- just basic computer science.
"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who (or what) you are not allowed to criticize." -- Kevin Strom (misattributed to Voltaire)