The king is not elected, and he has no real power. There is no law against criticizing the elected government, and I gather it is pretty popular to do so.
Thai people outside of the country, who are not subject to the laws, also adore him. He is genuinely and truly very well liked. The laws are a consequence of him being liked, not the other way around.
Are you saying that the EU did not rule that the statement, "regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration" is false?
Indeed they did not. They ruled that it is not allowed to be used in advertising bottled water.
Look, people, this is The Telegraph. They are incredibly biased and unprofessional when it comes to the EU. They will happily lie about anything if it makes the EU look bad.
Anything they say about the EU is pretty much guaranteed to be garbage. Please don't encourage this kind of dishonesty by giving them pageviews.
I am not "choosing to exclude" anything, those just aren't part of the demoscene. "The demoscene" is not a vague, nebulous concept you can apply as you see fit, it is just the name for a specific subculture centered around demo parties.
You were telling people to look up the demoscene, but it seems it's you who should be doing it. You seem gravely misinformed about what it actually is.
Sure. But the point was: These things have all been added on at a late stage. Minecraft was popular before them. And other games, even the blockbusters the original posters disdained, have far more of them, and they are far more refined.
And that is evidence that gameplay is not important.
If Minecraft is proof of anything, it is that gameplay does not matter at all. Minecraft used to have no "gameplay" whatsoever. It is only recently it has gained some fragments of gameplay, and even that is pretty primitive.
There are plenty reasons to like Minecraft, I'm sure, but "gameplay" is not one of them.
Look, you were talking about the demoscene. Pretty much all demoscene releases happen at demo compos at demo parties. That is pretty much the whole point.
If you weren't taking part in a compo, you have nothing whatsoever to do with the demo scene.
Let me tell you, you don't get to 96k by writing clean code. You get there by writing utter unholy messes, and you get there by cheating like hell, and you get there by using every dirty trick in the book.
Also, you often do it in a week or so before the compo, and continue right up to the deadline, in the party hall, and you do it know you will never have to maintain or look at that code ever again after you hand it in.
If you think demoscene code is "clean", you have absolutely zero experience with it.
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No, but there is a good reason to be aware that your knowledge is not complete, and not act as if it were
Not at all. He is truly and honestly loved.
What makes you think the law is necessary? The law is there so politicians can look like they strongly support the king.
The king is not elected, and he has no real power. There is no law against criticizing the elected government, and I gather it is pretty popular to do so.
Thai people outside of the country, who are not subject to the laws, also adore him. He is genuinely and truly very well liked. The laws are a consequence of him being liked, not the other way around.
Actually, you fixed nothing. The Thai king is indeed widely revered.
Are you saying that the EU did not rule that the statement, "regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration" is false?
Indeed they did not. They ruled that it is not allowed to be used in advertising bottled water.
There is a world of difference.
Here's the question, though: Do you even know what the decision actually is?
Look, people, this is The Telegraph. They are incredibly biased and unprofessional when it comes to the EU. They will happily lie about anything if it makes the EU look bad.
Anything they say about the EU is pretty much guaranteed to be garbage. Please don't encourage this kind of dishonesty by giving them pageviews.
"A is X. B could be X but there is zero evidence of it. Therefore, B is just as bad as A."
This is not a terribly convincing argument.
I am not "choosing to exclude" anything, those just aren't part of the demoscene. "The demoscene" is not a vague, nebulous concept you can apply as you see fit, it is just the name for a specific subculture centered around demo parties.
You were telling people to look up the demoscene, but it seems it's you who should be doing it. You seem gravely misinformed about what it actually is.
You seem to be talking to some person you made up inside your head, not to me.
Sure. But the point was: These things have all been added on at a late stage. Minecraft was popular before them. And other games, even the blockbusters the original posters disdained, have far more of them, and they are far more refined.
And that is evidence that gameplay is not important.
I don't think Lego has ever claimed to be selling a game.
Gameplay implies rules, and goals, and mechanisms.
You can have fun for hours in a paint program, but that does not make it a game.
If Minecraft is proof of anything, it is that gameplay does not matter at all. Minecraft used to have no "gameplay" whatsoever. It is only recently it has gained some fragments of gameplay, and even that is pretty primitive.
There are plenty reasons to like Minecraft, I'm sure, but "gameplay" is not one of them.
Look, you were talking about the demoscene. Pretty much all demoscene releases happen at demo compos at demo parties. That is pretty much the whole point.
If you weren't taking part in a compo, you have nothing whatsoever to do with the demo scene.
I don't think the Kindle Fire is that cheaply built.
So what's a netbook?
Small.
The demos I have done are all for specific hardware in embedded platforms, not x86 machines.
And released at which party?
Considering I have done some demos myself, you'd be wrong.
Links?
The software running my entire research facility is in 4K, that's network stack, video feed controls, nutrient/water monitoring, the works.
That is code that you are going to be maintaining. That is absolutely nothing like demo code.
Heh.
Let me tell you, you don't get to 96k by writing clean code. You get there by writing utter unholy messes, and you get there by cheating like hell, and you get there by using every dirty trick in the book.
Also, you often do it in a week or so before the compo, and continue right up to the deadline, in the party hall, and you do it know you will never have to maintain or look at that code ever again after you hand it in.
If you think demoscene code is "clean", you have absolutely zero experience with it.
Let me tell you, no demo code is ever anywhere near well structured, well documented, clean or correct.
Or just stack in twelve steps. No need to complicate things with folding.
unless you make the screen smaller, which just isn't what makes a desirable smartphone for the vast majority of people.
I doubt most people pick a phone based on screen size.