Problem is, slashdot's mod tools don't work. You'll see all sorts of retrograde anti-intellectual stuff being upvoted on slashdot. And the born yesterdays who think steam and drm are wonderful things. If anything no…
"This is such a ridiculous statement I can't tell if it's sarcasm" No it isn't you market moron, every good capitalist wants a monopoly and to give the worst possible service at the highest possible price. That's where…
"But they don't; even moderately competitive players can beat the best bots." That's because the programmers are bad at AI for that kind of game. It just means human beings don't understand how to make a good AI for a…
"This is an interesting statement, because I assumed that it was the software that ran the robots that was hard to get right." The problem is real objects have weights and properties that conflict with one another and…
Then we should provide context about america and whether it is really a democracy Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ…
Except Venezuela is under secret attack, sabotage and the victim of economic sanctions. Same as cuba. If you believe otherwise you are stupid.
I can see league of legends easily being AI'd. Starcraft is a lot more difficult because of the realtime nature of the game. League of legends was made for people with poor reflexes. I'd love to see an AI go at quake…
Not going to happen. Just look at what happened to Videogames all upcoming major AAA releases have some form of online DRM in them. They are even changing the marketing and dropping 'drm' and covering it up with…
The problem with "proofs" is that software is often an iterative process because the environment and problems are constantly changing. If you have a fixed known problem you can do proofs to your hearts content, but in a…
Pfft... Ideas are schematics, if you build upon the wrong schematic you're headed for disaster. There is always complex interplay between ideas and execution and people who say differently are ignorant.
"Wait so 'criticising government policies' is now grounds to classify a high school student as an extremist?" They are afraid of the masses waking up see here: Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than…
If I wanted to give "old school" games a shot, which few should I try? Freespace 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAR8rWPluQ https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2 While POD is ugly by todays standards, it's a neat…
"This is going to make me sound like a ranting old curmudgeon, but I am having a hard time thinking of much that's an improvement in modern games except for art style/graphical limitations." Matchmaking made it a lot…
All old games have good things and bad things about them. The great things about old games were the challenge. The bad thing about them was that the industry was still learning and hence many games won't age well in…
"How does anyone consider this ethical? Why are we letting money influence the salience of information?" You can't have non biased information in a capitalist society, capitalist by their nature want a monopoly on…
>I've never even heard of this, Then you should read up on history. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ Overthrowing other…
"Truth is such a slippery concept and can be manipulated like anything else." Tragically enough, "the truth" aka the universe is just fine. The problem is with human beings because the brain is really bad at reasoning:…
>This seems to hint at the problem. You (the left) conflate freedom and equality Actually it's because most people are ignorant. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning:…
"It's always a sad reminder for us when we see people (who can obviously afford our software) stealing it" Well, if public domain wasn't stolen by the media/publishing industry I'd feel for you. The entire corporate and…
"Obviously, it is not a good idea to have your private life in the cloud." It doesn't matter, all packets are logged. So even if you didn't put anything in the cloud. The trunks of the internet are still recording…
Hacker news is filled with libertarian/hyper capitalist/anti-global warming types. It comes with the tech head territory, tragically many gifted at tech are shit at reasoning in other areas and are prone to bad politics…
>There is a lot of evidence that we should be very afraid of the state if you look at Verfassungsschutz activities. It goes way beyond that, all elites of all nations are afraid of their publics and are basically…
>Personally I have a strong anxiety about being survived. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. You should, the elite are locking down the planet and most people are too stupid and uninformed.…
>but seriously WTF? Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is…
You are correct... see this vid with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZyJw_cHJY Brezinski at a press conference…
Problem is, slashdot's mod tools don't work. You'll see all sorts of retrograde anti-intellectual stuff being upvoted on slashdot. And the born yesterdays who think steam and drm are wonderful things. If anything no…
"This is such a ridiculous statement I can't tell if it's sarcasm" No it isn't you market moron, every good capitalist wants a monopoly and to give the worst possible service at the highest possible price. That's where…
"But they don't; even moderately competitive players can beat the best bots." That's because the programmers are bad at AI for that kind of game. It just means human beings don't understand how to make a good AI for a…
"This is an interesting statement, because I assumed that it was the software that ran the robots that was hard to get right." The problem is real objects have weights and properties that conflict with one another and…
Then we should provide context about america and whether it is really a democracy Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ…
Except Venezuela is under secret attack, sabotage and the victim of economic sanctions. Same as cuba. If you believe otherwise you are stupid.
I can see league of legends easily being AI'd. Starcraft is a lot more difficult because of the realtime nature of the game. League of legends was made for people with poor reflexes. I'd love to see an AI go at quake…
Not going to happen. Just look at what happened to Videogames all upcoming major AAA releases have some form of online DRM in them. They are even changing the marketing and dropping 'drm' and covering it up with…
The problem with "proofs" is that software is often an iterative process because the environment and problems are constantly changing. If you have a fixed known problem you can do proofs to your hearts content, but in a…
Pfft... Ideas are schematics, if you build upon the wrong schematic you're headed for disaster. There is always complex interplay between ideas and execution and people who say differently are ignorant.
"Wait so 'criticising government policies' is now grounds to classify a high school student as an extremist?" They are afraid of the masses waking up see here: Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than…
If I wanted to give "old school" games a shot, which few should I try? Freespace 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAR8rWPluQ https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2 While POD is ugly by todays standards, it's a neat…
"This is going to make me sound like a ranting old curmudgeon, but I am having a hard time thinking of much that's an improvement in modern games except for art style/graphical limitations." Matchmaking made it a lot…
All old games have good things and bad things about them. The great things about old games were the challenge. The bad thing about them was that the industry was still learning and hence many games won't age well in…
"How does anyone consider this ethical? Why are we letting money influence the salience of information?" You can't have non biased information in a capitalist society, capitalist by their nature want a monopoly on…
>I've never even heard of this, Then you should read up on history. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ Overthrowing other…
"Truth is such a slippery concept and can be manipulated like anything else." Tragically enough, "the truth" aka the universe is just fine. The problem is with human beings because the brain is really bad at reasoning:…
>This seems to hint at the problem. You (the left) conflate freedom and equality Actually it's because most people are ignorant. AKA we can be manipulated to believe things against our interest. Science on reasoning:…
"It's always a sad reminder for us when we see people (who can obviously afford our software) stealing it" Well, if public domain wasn't stolen by the media/publishing industry I'd feel for you. The entire corporate and…
"Obviously, it is not a good idea to have your private life in the cloud." It doesn't matter, all packets are logged. So even if you didn't put anything in the cloud. The trunks of the internet are still recording…
Hacker news is filled with libertarian/hyper capitalist/anti-global warming types. It comes with the tech head territory, tragically many gifted at tech are shit at reasoning in other areas and are prone to bad politics…
>There is a lot of evidence that we should be very afraid of the state if you look at Verfassungsschutz activities. It goes way beyond that, all elites of all nations are afraid of their publics and are basically…
>Personally I have a strong anxiety about being survived. Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. You should, the elite are locking down the planet and most people are too stupid and uninformed.…
>but seriously WTF? Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought. Science on reasoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is…
You are correct... see this vid with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZyJw_cHJY Brezinski at a press conference…