jean_claude

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by jean_claude 10y ago
The core essence of a video game is the game feel (which not everyone likes, because it's ill-defined). How does a player interact with a game? Via game mechanics. No amount of polish is going to make up for horrible game mechanics. Ja
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It's about the potential for deadly interactions with police as a consequence of creating new laws for police to enforce. I think the title is slightly obtuse, but it is attention grabbing.
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by jean_claude 10y ago
Well, people are often convicted based on circumstantial evidence. That's why there is a jury, to weigh the available evidence. Personally, I wouldn't give this guy any help based on what I've read, and certainly not without
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>Try changing the identity you are to Google, Delete cache and cookies, block all analytics through a combination of hosts file, adblocker, ghostery, and noscript, and google in private mode. That should help. >start using the Tor Bro
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by jean_claude 10y ago
Or perhaps many children are raised to conform to particular gender roles that affects their social development, and possibly, just possibly, this might also affect their job opportunities not just by self-selection, but by biases in the in
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>Well for adult bikes you are pretty much fixed at 700C. If making a bike pedaled contraption not so much. For racing/road bikes, maybe. You're leaving out the 26" wheel adult bikes (which over time has encompassed 5 diffe
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by jean_claude 10y ago
While there may be some power-mad librarians out there in terms of 'there will be silence in the library!', they curate the library's collection for many reasons: to meet the requirements of stakeholders, to meet the needs an
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by jean_claude 10y ago
No worries. If you like classical minimalism/ambient music, check out Erik Satie's work, specifically, his three Gymnopédies compositions for piano. If you've played Minecraft, you'll instantly recognize No.1[1]. [1] ht
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It's... nice? to have the option of purchasing a Steambox with SteamOS pre-installed, if you're unable (or unwilling) to build your own PC and install SteamOS or other Linux flavor. The problem I see, apart from having an underpow
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>> Certainly, a sentient being can learn new things, but that's a matter of rule-base and memory. No actual intelligence required, IMO. Sentience, to me, goes toward a concept of self. Of being aware that one exists and is respon
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>>My point is that "Engineer" (software or otherwise) is a legally protected term in many countries (Canada, Switzerland,...) Actually, you're looking for the term "Professional Engineer" which can only be leg
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by jean_claude 10y ago
I get where the gp is coming from, to me texture is a big issue with foods that I can eat. I'm mostly vegetarian now, (less than half a kilogram of bison a week) but that last step to cutting out beef is difficult, because I just can&#
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>>A friend of mine from India once told me "if a mob would burn down your restaurant if you got caught mixing meat and vegetarian, you'd take it seriously too". I still don't if she was joking with me, and if so to
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by jean_claude 10y ago
I earned a B.S. in an ABET accredited Computer Science program taught by the College of Science and Mathematics at a state University. Before that, I designed electrical control systems and software for industrial machinery, and I still don
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by jean_claude 10y ago
> The idea of using special client to connect a server is somewhat alien to the generation that equates the Internet with the Web. I think the problem wouldn't so much be needing a special client (app) to access a server (wa
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by jean_claude 10y ago
Open plan offices are the bane of work requiring uninterrupted thought. I'd say buy a set of good on- or over-the-ear closed headphones and listen to music or soundscape to drown out the distractions when you really need to concentrate
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>Who writes a linked list in Javascript? Or Python? Or even C++? I haven't had to code a linked list since the 1990s. Neither have I, but I didn't write that bloody circular queue in SPARC-V9 assembly language for nothing! But,
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by jean_claude 10y ago
I think the takeaway from his statements are that it is virtually impossible to source the necessary raw materials that go into producing modern electronics from any one country.
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It isn't just the cost that's an issue, it's the fact that American workers are not as... flexible... on what constitutes an acceptable work/life balance. Would you do what these workers ( http://www.nytimes.c
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It's just not always possible to do that. I know it can be frustrating to not have ready access to academic journals, but you can usually find the article one way or another. Many journals are allowing pre-print publications to reside
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by jean_claude 10y ago
Jaguar owners don't care about maintenance costs, anecdotally speaking, of course. Executive VP at an old job had a Jaguar (XJ-12 I think) that would occasionally catch fire and 'need some work'. I swear it spent more time in
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by jean_claude 10y ago
On the one hand, you can't see the piles of human feces[1]. On the other hand, you can't see the piles of human feces. Decisions, decisions... [1] http://sfist.com/2015/01/15/lets_stop_talking_shit_a
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by jean_claude 10y ago
> The article makes the point that debt is taken on expectations of future growth, and that it is in fact what enables the creation of engines (personal or commercial) to realize that growth. I think that that's a crucial point to m
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It isn't clear from the article whether 'browser history' is being sought or only IP addresses (not that I think that's okay). The only link in the article working for me was to the dishonorable Sen. Cornyn's amendm
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by jean_claude 10y ago
In an article from The Atlantic[1], you can clearly see that total direct federal and state subsidies to higher education in 2014 are about $140 billion with another $20 billion in indirect subsidies. Yes, some of this goes to help offset t
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by jean_claude 10y ago
It's definitely harder to make friends when you're older outside of work acquaintances (at least I've found it true, YMMV). I'm an introvert, friendly but in no wise would I be called outgoing, and I'm not much of a
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by jean_claude 10y ago
Well, as a person who moved to a new state and worked remotely for three years, I can attest that email, texts, and voice chat are no substitute for in-person visits. Just getting out among people or the environment can help. If you stay in
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by jean_claude 10y ago
>Are you seriously saying that foreign students subsidize the education of US citizens? That is one of the most absurd statements I've ever read on HN. US student's educations are paid for by student loans, they fund their own
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by jean_claude 10y ago
That's interesting. Your comment jogged my memory on a study of how automobile drivers act around bicyclists based on drivers' assumptions about the appearance or perceived level of experience of the cyclist. According to the rese
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by jean_claude 10y ago
There are "noseless" saddles and saddles with a channel down the middle that may help protect the sensitive bits. http://www.thebirdwheel.com/noseless-saddles-tested-updated But my biased opinion is buy a recumben

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