You are doing the same classification. It all depends on the definition of what a living being is.
> On the economical side, you need to realize that whenever you are playing and enjoying a game, it's most likely due to the fact that the previous games sold by that developer have been successful in making money,…
> Players who want the "pure" game experience can simply not look things up on the wiki. Unfortunately it's not so simple, if you need wiki to search for the most basic information, because they game doesn't provide it.…
That's an interesting example, because I never felt the need for 3rd party tools while playing Elite Dangerous. I did some upgrades to my ship, mainly based on what I found in store of stations I visited. I did a bit of…
You are partially correct - of course my expectations for Terraria were set partially by prior knowledge of similar games. But they were also set by Terraria screenshots, trailers and feature lists, where crafting was…
> I would be really amazed if this person makes a good game when their focus is make players do A rather than B instead of "how do I make this game as much fun to play as possible". Would you consider Terraria a good…
Velocity measures how fast displacement changes. In the same way, displacement measures how fast absement changes. This means if displacement is small, then absement will grow slowly; if displacement is large, then…
This reminds me of the same revelation I had when observing my cat in a backyard. There were many snails around, but my cat seemed completely oblivious to their presence; it wouldn't register them as living animals,…
> there is even a curator on Steam that marks games that use Denuvo, which is helpful for doing exactly that. Could you let me know which curator it is? I'm also actively avoiding any game that uses Denuvo, so I'd…
I switched to Ubuntu for my gaming PC over a year ago and from my Steam library of hundreds of games so far I only found maybe 1 or 2 that did not work on Linux, but worked on Windows. All the others work flawlessly* *…
This is actually what Plato also mentions, a few paragraphs later: > He who thinks, then, that he has left behind him any art in writing, and he who receives it in the belief that anything in writing will be clear and…
Then perhaps based on user's voting history, it could be calculated how likely a user is to always vote +2/-2, and how likely to actually differentiate between both axes. This could then be used as a multiplier for…
Not all infinities are equal, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_number: "A fundamental theorem due to Georg Cantor shows that it is possible for infinite sets to have different cardinalities, and in particular…
But here we're talking about one particular CVE: > everyone is now aware of the awful engineering practices that underpin their products This one fault doesn't tell anything about overall quality of the product.
> So, yeah… Their "anti-piracy measures" actually lost them a sale that would have likely turned into a repeat customer Yeah, and in the same vein, I skip buying games which have certain DRM systems in place (like the…
Exactly. As the article itself mentions: > Granted it’s not very readable and log / pow probably makes it less efficient So, the "improved" solution is both less readable and probably less efficient... where is the…
The blog linked in the article actually focuses mostly on vulnerabilities of autofwd.com. So I find suecrypt's response crazy, especially when compared to autofwd.com's response - the latter offered bug bounty, shut…
> a change as small as a naming convention This "small" change had to be split into 29 parts, so that each part stays below 100kB. This means nearly 3MB of changed code. How many hours did developers have to spend to…
I think the most important thing to keep in mind when playing TTS is the need to learn three things simultaneously: - how to use TTS, - what are the rules of the game you want to play, - how those rules are applied in…
> You need a solid gaming PC (with a 2070 or better). As a counterpoint, I am using Index together with 1070 Ti and the performance is flawless.
Spreaking of bike routes, personally that's why I prefer Grasshopper over other route planners - exactly because it seems to show the most direct path, often avoiding large roads. Riding a bike along a road with heavy…
True. Then going by Steam's VR statistics from August (https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey): 46% for all Oculus types 36% for Vive+Index Well, Oculus does seem to be more popular and perhaps that is what the parent…
Well, if you use it only for their messenger, then they can still for example track webpages you visit (either via cookies or some finer fingerprinting based on e.g. user agent). It may also be a bit of a knee-jerk…
Quest 2 requires to have a Facebook account linked. And to have a Facebook account you need to provide phone number and real name (as per their TOS). If I provide fake information, they may terminate my account. And if…
I'd say all it means is I value my data above $700, which I understand is not the case with many people. If I would not have enough disposable income, then I wouldn't buy Index nor Quest.
You are doing the same classification. It all depends on the definition of what a living being is.
> On the economical side, you need to realize that whenever you are playing and enjoying a game, it's most likely due to the fact that the previous games sold by that developer have been successful in making money,…
> Players who want the "pure" game experience can simply not look things up on the wiki. Unfortunately it's not so simple, if you need wiki to search for the most basic information, because they game doesn't provide it.…
That's an interesting example, because I never felt the need for 3rd party tools while playing Elite Dangerous. I did some upgrades to my ship, mainly based on what I found in store of stations I visited. I did a bit of…
You are partially correct - of course my expectations for Terraria were set partially by prior knowledge of similar games. But they were also set by Terraria screenshots, trailers and feature lists, where crafting was…
> I would be really amazed if this person makes a good game when their focus is make players do A rather than B instead of "how do I make this game as much fun to play as possible". Would you consider Terraria a good…
Velocity measures how fast displacement changes. In the same way, displacement measures how fast absement changes. This means if displacement is small, then absement will grow slowly; if displacement is large, then…
This reminds me of the same revelation I had when observing my cat in a backyard. There were many snails around, but my cat seemed completely oblivious to their presence; it wouldn't register them as living animals,…
> there is even a curator on Steam that marks games that use Denuvo, which is helpful for doing exactly that. Could you let me know which curator it is? I'm also actively avoiding any game that uses Denuvo, so I'd…
I switched to Ubuntu for my gaming PC over a year ago and from my Steam library of hundreds of games so far I only found maybe 1 or 2 that did not work on Linux, but worked on Windows. All the others work flawlessly* *…
This is actually what Plato also mentions, a few paragraphs later: > He who thinks, then, that he has left behind him any art in writing, and he who receives it in the belief that anything in writing will be clear and…
Then perhaps based on user's voting history, it could be calculated how likely a user is to always vote +2/-2, and how likely to actually differentiate between both axes. This could then be used as a multiplier for…
Not all infinities are equal, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_number: "A fundamental theorem due to Georg Cantor shows that it is possible for infinite sets to have different cardinalities, and in particular…
But here we're talking about one particular CVE: > everyone is now aware of the awful engineering practices that underpin their products This one fault doesn't tell anything about overall quality of the product.
> So, yeah… Their "anti-piracy measures" actually lost them a sale that would have likely turned into a repeat customer Yeah, and in the same vein, I skip buying games which have certain DRM systems in place (like the…
Exactly. As the article itself mentions: > Granted it’s not very readable and log / pow probably makes it less efficient So, the "improved" solution is both less readable and probably less efficient... where is the…
The blog linked in the article actually focuses mostly on vulnerabilities of autofwd.com. So I find suecrypt's response crazy, especially when compared to autofwd.com's response - the latter offered bug bounty, shut…
> a change as small as a naming convention This "small" change had to be split into 29 parts, so that each part stays below 100kB. This means nearly 3MB of changed code. How many hours did developers have to spend to…
I think the most important thing to keep in mind when playing TTS is the need to learn three things simultaneously: - how to use TTS, - what are the rules of the game you want to play, - how those rules are applied in…
> You need a solid gaming PC (with a 2070 or better). As a counterpoint, I am using Index together with 1070 Ti and the performance is flawless.
Spreaking of bike routes, personally that's why I prefer Grasshopper over other route planners - exactly because it seems to show the most direct path, often avoiding large roads. Riding a bike along a road with heavy…
True. Then going by Steam's VR statistics from August (https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey): 46% for all Oculus types 36% for Vive+Index Well, Oculus does seem to be more popular and perhaps that is what the parent…
Well, if you use it only for their messenger, then they can still for example track webpages you visit (either via cookies or some finer fingerprinting based on e.g. user agent). It may also be a bit of a knee-jerk…
Quest 2 requires to have a Facebook account linked. And to have a Facebook account you need to provide phone number and real name (as per their TOS). If I provide fake information, they may terminate my account. And if…
I'd say all it means is I value my data above $700, which I understand is not the case with many people. If I would not have enough disposable income, then I wouldn't buy Index nor Quest.