I think I'd rather use the Pi for one thing at a time, anyhow; it's not well-suited to be a box providing a bunch of services at once if any of those services involve high data throughput or heavy data processing (like video playback would).
The things are cheap enough that you can buy several for the price that you might pay for a single, more powerful computer.
I assume that by "smartcard" they mean "smartcard", which is an often non-wireless technology in near-ubiquitous use throughout Europe for credit card authentication.
Southern California. I'm sure it is an issue of selection bias; I had a lot of foreign friends during high school and college, and fairly technically-minded ones, at that. Especially during college, I had a lot of free time, a decent computer, and access to an on-campus file sharing server with a few TiB of movies and games.
Because in those regions....people actually pay money for software.
Or maybe they're in high school or college. I rarely paid for games and other software because I rarely had money. Since graduating, the situation has completely flipped around. Still, I remember wondering how game developers and publishers could be making any money. Everyone around me seemed to be pirating their games, either through modified executables on their PCs or by chipping their consoles. This was all in a fairly affluent area of the US.
console games (which are actually computer games since consoles are special purpose computers)
Well, yes, and a Mac is a PC (in that it's a "personal computer"), but you'll just confuse people if you use technical definitions in a non-technical context.
And while you're at it, use variable-resolution rendering for different segments of the image. If the computer knows your fovea is pointed at a specific part of the screen, then why render everything else in full-res for a single-player game? It seems like that would be a cool performance optimization.
For me, a copycat installation would just be a Linux box and a code repository. Most of my machines run some form of Linux, but most of my own projects aren't large enough to bother with much in the way of revision control, so I don't usually do that part of things.
When I'm writing something for myself, it tends to be in areas that I don't get to cover at work (playing with C++11 features, graphics, audio, etc). While I'm not making any kind of attempt to specifically better my professionally-useful skills, I'm sure there's some overflow of benefits from time put into my personal interests. I have some coworkers that run full server farms at home, though. That sounds too much like work, so I've avoided setting up anything like that.
Tra la la la la la la la la la la! You know, I've never understood why trolls do what they do. Seriously, what do you get out of it? And it's the same tedious shit over and over.
Marxist-style redistribution won't work with humans because humans don't like the disconnect between the value of the work they do and the benefit that they receive from doing the work (that is, humans are greedy). Robots don't have that problem. If non-sentient robots can provide all the "from each according to his ability", and they aren't going to complain about it if they're dumb automata, then why can't humans provide the "to each according to his need" (less the resources necessary for upkeep of the robots)? Remove humans from work, and give them all the benefits of the work being done. At least in those simplified terms, it seems like it would make sense.
Well, there is always the option to use them as a paid service. As far as the ad-supported version goes, if people (as a whole) avoided ad-supported services, I'm sure the issue would sort itself out one way or another (that is, the business would change its monetization model or go out of business). It seems like hiding in the short term, but it would force the "problem" to solve itself in the long run.
Spotify is the worst culprit, since it PAUSES the commercial if you lower your system volume.
I guess the physical knob on my speakers would be getting more of a workout then. Does it also do that in the web player (which they apparently don't show the link to on Windows)?
If you want the electric locks, clock, alarm, etc to work, there's going to be some power draw. 1.1kWh still sounds high. From other comments, the car keeps some of its computers running or something (to process things like the keyless entry). Still sounds like overkill....you'd think they could run some of that stuff on a couple-watt low-performance SoC or something.
I've done small amounts of both. Haskell definitely reminded me of Prolog in some ways. I used to think of programming Prolog as building a database of facts and relationships, then executing queries against the database.
I know that I have some channels with 10 subchannels, and some channels with just 1. Maybe the frequency they're receiving is one of the ones that doesn't have multiple signals multiplexed into it?
The discussion shifted. They tend to do that. I was always responding to at least a portion of Tepples' previous post (usually, whichever part seemed more interesting to talk about at the time).
But you *do* say "update the data", "upgrade your components", and "go change your clothes". "Informations" isn't a word. Nor is "hardwares" or "clothings".
What changed in 4.4, other than Android Browser dropping plug-in support?
Apparently, Google removed some deprecated APIs; I'm not sure of the details. There is someone who released a modified version of Flash yesterday that will work in the Dolphin Jetpack browser (link), so saying that you "can't" use flash on a newer device is no longer strictly true. Saying that it's completely "unsupported" (both by Google and Adobe) seems to be accurate, though.
So how should hobbyist game development continue in the era of...
"Hobbyist" development never meant "free" development. You've always had to buy the computer, keep it fairly up-to-date, buy your development environment (unless you worked in something with a free compiler/interpreter), etc. A hobbyist is more likely to work with what they have (since, yes, they're more likely to want to minimize costs). For instance, someone without a cellphone (or uninterested in mobile development) might start playing with WebGL and HTML5 for a desktop's browser (or work in a compiled language, like I do). Android has the lowest barrier to entry to develop at the hobby level, with free, multi-platform tools, including a system emulator and non-cell devices of various descriptions and price points. Apple provides free development tools, as long as you're not planning on releasing to the App Store. A hobbyist can develop on their own device. Of course, that requires either a Mac or the knowhow (and disregard of EULAs) to set up an OSX VM. For Windows Phone, Microsoft offers AT&T and T-Mobile phones with no contract. Microsoft also provides a phone emulator in the development kit. Of course, you'd need a copy of Windows in the first place, and apparently Microsoft wants you to pay a subscription to even be able to transfer the app to a physical device. Then again, Adobe software has always needed a Windows or MacOS system to run on, anyhow.
So, Android seems like the cheapest solution. If I were a wannabe mobile app developer starting with nothing, I'd buy a cheap PC, a cheap Android tablet or personal video device (OK, so just the cheapest that should be able to run what I want to write), and work from there.
Not always. I often get "The content owner has not made this video available on mobile" on my Nexus 7.
You know what you never see on your Nexus 7? Flash. Well....unless you don't upgrade to Kitkat, track down the apk and install it manually. That's not going to be a very popular option.
Nor do they offer the slightest bit of interactivity. What's the multi-platform successor to Flash games?
In spirit? Phones and mobile, produced using multi-platform game engines. I see people passing around goofy phone apps the way that they used to pass around goofy Flash games. As the closest-related technology? HTML5.
Except for PC users on satellite Internet.
Again, like I said, it depends on your audience. Honestly, I've never met anyone with satellite internet. Still, HughesNet seems to offer some plans with some decent caps at decent prices (given what the service is).
Even if one plans to export the animations to YouTube, in which non-Adobe program should one create them in the first place?
Why would it have to be a non-Adobe program to create the animation? My problem's more with Flash/SWF than Adobe products. Edge produces HTML5 content, and is the Adobe product that's meant to succeed Flash. If you'd rather ditch Adobe products completely, from what I understand, therearealternatives.
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I think I'd rather use the Pi for one thing at a time, anyhow; it's not well-suited to be a box providing a bunch of services at once if any of those services involve high data throughput or heavy data processing (like video playback would).
The things are cheap enough that you can buy several for the price that you might pay for a single, more powerful computer.
You can see it here, about 20 seconds in. Pause and fullscreen the video. It's a set of geometric shapes.
I assume that by "smartcard" they mean "smartcard", which is an often non-wireless technology in near-ubiquitous use throughout Europe for credit card authentication.
Southern California. I'm sure it is an issue of selection bias; I had a lot of foreign friends during high school and college, and fairly technically-minded ones, at that. Especially during college, I had a lot of free time, a decent computer, and access to an on-campus file sharing server with a few TiB of movies and games.
Because in those regions....people actually pay money for software.
Or maybe they're in high school or college. I rarely paid for games and other software because I rarely had money. Since graduating, the situation has completely flipped around. Still, I remember wondering how game developers and publishers could be making any money. Everyone around me seemed to be pirating their games, either through modified executables on their PCs or by chipping their consoles. This was all in a fairly affluent area of the US.
console games (which are actually computer games since consoles are special purpose computers)
Well, yes, and a Mac is a PC (in that it's a "personal computer"), but you'll just confuse people if you use technical definitions in a non-technical context.
And while you're at it, use variable-resolution rendering for different segments of the image. If the computer knows your fovea is pointed at a specific part of the screen, then why render everything else in full-res for a single-player game? It seems like that would be a cool performance optimization.
Do you have that driver-finder available for download anywhere? It sounds like it would be useful to have access to.
For me, a copycat installation would just be a Linux box and a code repository. Most of my machines run some form of Linux, but most of my own projects aren't large enough to bother with much in the way of revision control, so I don't usually do that part of things.
When I'm writing something for myself, it tends to be in areas that I don't get to cover at work (playing with C++11 features, graphics, audio, etc). While I'm not making any kind of attempt to specifically better my professionally-useful skills, I'm sure there's some overflow of benefits from time put into my personal interests. I have some coworkers that run full server farms at home, though. That sounds too much like work, so I've avoided setting up anything like that.
Tra la la la la la la la la la la! You know, I've never understood why trolls do what they do. Seriously, what do you get out of it? And it's the same tedious shit over and over.
Marxist-style redistribution won't work with humans because humans don't like the disconnect between the value of the work they do and the benefit that they receive from doing the work (that is, humans are greedy). Robots don't have that problem. If non-sentient robots can provide all the "from each according to his ability", and they aren't going to complain about it if they're dumb automata, then why can't humans provide the "to each according to his need" (less the resources necessary for upkeep of the robots)? Remove humans from work, and give them all the benefits of the work being done. At least in those simplified terms, it seems like it would make sense.
OK, Trolly McTrollerstein.
Did I say that no one was a leech? No? OK then. My previous statement stands.
And if you're doing your download via BitTorrent, you're likely also uploading to other peers in the swarm.
Well, there is always the option to use them as a paid service. As far as the ad-supported version goes, if people (as a whole) avoided ad-supported services, I'm sure the issue would sort itself out one way or another (that is, the business would change its monetization model or go out of business). It seems like hiding in the short term, but it would force the "problem" to solve itself in the long run.
Spotify is the worst culprit, since it PAUSES the commercial if you lower your system volume.
I guess the physical knob on my speakers would be getting more of a workout then. Does it also do that in the web player (which they apparently don't show the link to on Windows)?
If you want the electric locks, clock, alarm, etc to work, there's going to be some power draw. 1.1kWh still sounds high. From other comments, the car keeps some of its computers running or something (to process things like the keyless entry). Still sounds like overkill....you'd think they could run some of that stuff on a couple-watt low-performance SoC or something.
I've done small amounts of both. Haskell definitely reminded me of Prolog in some ways. I used to think of programming Prolog as building a database of facts and relationships, then executing queries against the database.
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I know that I have some channels with 10 subchannels, and some channels with just 1. Maybe the frequency they're receiving is one of the ones that doesn't have multiple signals multiplexed into it?
The discussion shifted. They tend to do that. I was always responding to at least a portion of Tepples' previous post (usually, whichever part seemed more interesting to talk about at the time).
But you *do* say "update the data", "upgrade your components", and "go change your clothes". "Informations" isn't a word. Nor is "hardwares" or "clothings".
Do you know how I know you didn't read the whole thread? The discussion between Tepples and myself went on after the post you replied to.
How soon before websites try using the CPU of visitors to mine bitcoin? Would that be possible?
It's been done. Link goes to a Javascript-based bitcoin miner that you can embed in a webpage.
What changed in 4.4, other than Android Browser dropping plug-in support?
Apparently, Google removed some deprecated APIs; I'm not sure of the details. There is someone who released a modified version of Flash yesterday that will work in the Dolphin Jetpack browser (link), so saying that you "can't" use flash on a newer device is no longer strictly true. Saying that it's completely "unsupported" (both by Google and Adobe) seems to be accurate, though.
So how should hobbyist game development continue in the era of...
"Hobbyist" development never meant "free" development. You've always had to buy the computer, keep it fairly up-to-date, buy your development environment (unless you worked in something with a free compiler/interpreter), etc. A hobbyist is more likely to work with what they have (since, yes, they're more likely to want to minimize costs). For instance, someone without a cellphone (or uninterested in mobile development) might start playing with WebGL and HTML5 for a desktop's browser (or work in a compiled language, like I do).
Android has the lowest barrier to entry to develop at the hobby level, with free, multi-platform tools, including a system emulator and non-cell devices of various descriptions and price points.
Apple provides free development tools, as long as you're not planning on releasing to the App Store. A hobbyist can develop on their own device. Of course, that requires either a Mac or the knowhow (and disregard of EULAs) to set up an OSX VM.
For Windows Phone, Microsoft offers AT&T and T-Mobile phones with no contract. Microsoft also provides a phone emulator in the development kit. Of course, you'd need a copy of Windows in the first place, and apparently Microsoft wants you to pay a subscription to even be able to transfer the app to a physical device. Then again, Adobe software has always needed a Windows or MacOS system to run on, anyhow.
So, Android seems like the cheapest solution. If I were a wannabe mobile app developer starting with nothing, I'd buy a cheap PC, a cheap Android tablet or personal video device (OK, so just the cheapest that should be able to run what I want to write), and work from there.
Not always. I often get "The content owner has not made this video available on mobile" on my Nexus 7.
You know what you never see on your Nexus 7? Flash. Well....unless you don't upgrade to Kitkat, track down the apk and install it manually. That's not going to be a very popular option.
Nor do they offer the slightest bit of interactivity. What's the multi-platform successor to Flash games?
In spirit? Phones and mobile, produced using multi-platform game engines. I see people passing around goofy phone apps the way that they used to pass around goofy Flash games. As the closest-related technology? HTML5.
Except for PC users on satellite Internet.
Again, like I said, it depends on your audience. Honestly, I've never met anyone with satellite internet. Still, HughesNet seems to offer some plans with some decent caps at decent prices (given what the service is).
Even if one plans to export the animations to YouTube, in which non-Adobe program should one create them in the first place?
Why would it have to be a non-Adobe program to create the animation? My problem's more with Flash/SWF than Adobe products. Edge produces HTML5 content, and is the Adobe product that's meant to succeed Flash. If you'd rather ditch Adobe products completely, from what I understand, there are alternatives.