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by methodover 8y ago
When I was younger, around 19 or so, I contemplated death for the first time. I grew up religious, Catholic, and always believed that you go on after death. This was the first time I imagined the truth. It stunned me. I couldn’t sleep. I co
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by methodover 8y ago
Only esports and “publishing” is going to be cut from Blizzard, supposedly. I’m not sure what publishing means precisely. Game development isn’t being cut, I believe.
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by methodover 8y ago
You seem to not understand what this issue is about. It’s tech crunch’s fault. They did a terrible job of reporting on this issue.
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by methodover 8y ago
This is a great point, and something that seems a bit lost in the discussion: In StarCraft 2, the game IS the interface. That is to say, the developers have constructed the game in such a way as to be difficult to control; and human mastery
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by methodover 8y ago
LeelaChess is one example for Chess. https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lczero
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by methodover 8y ago
> So, yes, I came out of the closet every morning This is an unfortunate and juvenile joke in an otherwise great post.
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by methodover 8y ago
This story is absolutely heartbreaking. This young man died alone, trying to ration his $1300/mo insulin. Does anyone know if there are startups trying to tackle this specific problem? I would be curious about learning more about them.
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Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead(cbsnews.com)
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by methodover 8y ago
For sure, a service like Steam offers tons of value for a game developer. And I’m sure you’re right that the price of Steam matches the cost of an individual developer developing a launcher and hosting service. That’s all true. But I feel l
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by methodover 8y ago
I appreciate the precision!
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by methodover 8y ago
> I am surprised that ... are able to command as high a margin as they do for sales commission. Yep. Me too. I’ve long thought that Steam charges way too much considering the platform. There would seem to be tons of room for a competitor
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by methodover 8y ago
> China has historically valued orderliness, collective well-being, and personal sacrifice. This sucks from a Western perspective, but it also means that a great many of the problems the West faces will never manifest in China. Like what
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by methodover 8y ago
We need to figure out how to better persuade people to get their kids vaccinated. Perhaps a mix of education targeted at families who claim these exemptions, and fines to represent the negative externality of their choices?
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by methodover 8y ago
This may sound like a stupid question, but did the Chinese people vote for this? Was there a democratic process?
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by methodover 8y ago
Does anyone know of a cookbook that provides complete meals? The ones I’ve had recommended all assume you kinda know what you want to make. But I want someone else to tell me what to make, and I’ll just put it all together.
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by methodover 8y ago
If investors don’t like the dual stock structure, they don’t have to invest. What am I missing? Why should congress step in to ban something that by virtue of these existing investors, some people are fine with?
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by methodover 8y ago
Crazy idea— A new NASA program designed to intercept “interesting” asteroids like this one. The next time one shows up we could actually check it out.
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by methodover 8y ago
Wearable bulletproof jackets make much more sense to me than a handgun for practical defense. I have lived in Oakland for the last 5 years, in nice areas. During that time: - Brian Bore, a 30 year old data scientist was walking home from a
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by methodover 8y ago
This is a fucking awful blog post. Just because you aren’t offended by it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be changed. That’s an awful argument. It’s trivial to avoid these racially charged words when programming. So just do it. Like, if a subordi
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by methodover 8y ago
> Trade and manufacturing from cheap, and some say abusive, labor practices have done nothing to improve human rights for China Your comments were narrow — you only cited “human rights”, which yes, China is abysmal. But what about qualit
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by methodover 8y ago
Yes, but what’s the actual strategy? According to Woodward’s book, Trump’s true opinion is that “Trade is bad.” These tarrifs aren’t negotiating chips — something unpalatable to get what he wants. They’re what he wants.
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by methodover 8y ago
You’re wrong about minority rights. They ought to be specifically labeled and supported under that label. You’re wrong about the benefits a company and its workers enjoy from specifically protecting itself against allowing in the animus tha
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by methodover 8y ago
This is a joke response, right? In case not, you’re way over thinking this. In points one and three, you’re looking to try and give something like compensation for these individual things. You’re not looking at (1) the value of being an acc
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by methodover 8y ago
I'm rolling my eyes at your "supposed minorities" comment. Women are a minority in tech, as I'm sure you know, and this is a forum that mostly targets tech. The rest of the groups that we're talking about are also m
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by methodover 8y ago
> We aren't talking about just accepting them we are talking about making it specific issues to fight for. Huh? I think you're missing some key words in this sentence. You're trying to say that it's inappropriate for
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by methodover 8y ago
Oh, I see. You think that when I said that companies need to say openly and explicitly that they're cool with minorities, that this was a complete description of everything the company should do and say about the issue of unjust di
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by methodover 8y ago
> In many of those companies where X are celebrated the most they aren't an issue. That's the irony of it all. It's not ironic. It's causal. Discrimination against minorities is less of an issue in companies where m
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by methodover 8y ago
> Unless you are telling me that Gays have rights other people don't have then no I am not misusing the language. I am simply saying that there is no difference between gay rights and human rights. It's a human right to marry n
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by methodover 8y ago
> I'm not arguing in favor of racial discrimination, so I'm not sure what straw man you think you're arguing against. Never said that you were. > I am noticing an implication on your part that animus against white peopl
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by methodover 8y ago
> I don’t want to be in a politicized workplace just because the governing ideology is supposedly for my benefit. Workplaces need to say openly and often that, for every minority that's traditionally experienced discrimination in th

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