Now I know who's paying for the ballroom... all the people who will eagerly pay for the opportunity to swing a hammer to knock it down.

I believe the soviets called these guys political officers.

TBH, one of the main reasons i have linux on my laptop is because the level of nagging and dialog box intrusion is practically nonexistant compared to the nonsense windows gets up to.

You can still leave your bike in the carpark where, since my office is in Los Angeles, it will be guaranteed to be stolen in 15 minutes or less.

Sony banned ebikes from their offices for this reason as well.

I don't think the problem is that air travel is unpleasant as much as that it has been getting worse instead of better. A certain amount of discomfort is to be expected, but it would be great if things improved over time instead of degraded.

I see little real world indications that Christianity is what the author of this article describes. In America at least, it mostly seems to be a worship of authoritarianism. If it does promote "prosocial ethics", I'd like to see more evidence of that in the world. Mostly I see a lot of judgement.

It's possible the markets don't care about the rule of law:

It had its problems but on the whole a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Great story and great characters. The Star Wars universe needs more scoundrel stories and this definitely fit the bill.

I hope he's getting treatment for whatever PTSD he has.

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

(20+25)^2, no less.

or maybe kakistocracy

Very sad... this was a favorite lunch place for the Naughty Dog bike gang :(

I went and messed around with the music generation service the video was talking about and... yeah, the future of online music is kinda bleak. Still, AI music generation programs can't play live at your local club, so that is still a way to make sure you're getting music made by humans.

It would be on an axis that is orthogonal to all three physical dimensions.

The older the old system, the more a complete rewrite makes sense!

I know right??!??!? Unbelievable

Are these accidental or on-purpose safety outages? I've had a few this year, both kinds, and I rejoice when they are accidental because I know I have a prayer of getting my power back within 8 hours.

I get that there's a lot of people out there that don't like what we are doing. That's fine, not everything is for everyone. But what I don't understand is why they spend so much time posting online about things they don't like. Why not save your energy to engage with what you do like?

Sony's Megacosmos line of vehicle audio systems in Japan during the 1980s was part of their effort to push premium in-vehicle entertainment.

I know there was a meme about how often guys thought about the Roman Empire... but what I want to know is how often guys think about the Fermi Paradox.

Or is it just me?

I had a fairly technical talk about a popular AAA game. They had me broaden the content and reduce the technical detail to appeal to a more diverse audience.

in my experience at GDC, they select room sizes for talks based on the likely size of the audience for the talk. Or if the talk might have broader appeal, they work with the speaker to tailor the talk to meet the needs of the potential audience.

Problematic sounds like the incorrect word to use. Are they arguing against including talks from programmers in game dev conferences because of this opinion?

'Depose,' 'Deny,' 'Defend' reportedly written on shell casings in slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Three words were written on shell casings found at the site where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally wounded, reports say.

It seems that the crowd might be correct on this one.

www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crim...

It's telling though that most people seem to be assuming it's something to do with an incident where coverage was denied to a loved one. Even if that doesn't turn out to be the case.