There are no concrete numbers for Valorant that I know of, but the “Head of Esports Partnerships and Business Development for North America & Oceania Riot Games” Matthew Archambault was quoted saying the Valorant player…
Do keep in mind: they also develop, maintain, support, and market Unreal Engine, which is possibly the most advanced and innovative game engine out there. It’s used by tons of other studios (including AAA) and is used…
I think online/digital gambling is worse because it follows you everywhere. I don’t like any form of gambling, but at least with casinos there’s some escape in not physically being there. It’s also harder to enforce age…
Alex Pretti escalated the situation? Have you seen the video? Did you see how the ICE agent shoved that woman? That was not “law enforcement activity.” It was assault. Alex Pretti had every right to be there, and he…
I wouldn’t put them in the same category. Bootstrap has a much stronger opinion about how you write and structure CSS, while Tailwind is a framework for building a style system and writing arbitrary CSS that conforms to…
> In the Swiftie-verse, an “Easter egg” refers to a hidden clue or detail that Taylor plants in her work … I don’t see this as meaningfully different than, for example: > In the computing world, “Java” refers to a…
Code review has been an industry standard tool to ensure the correctness of software for decades.
My experience using LLMs is similar to my experience working with a team of junior developers. And LLMs are valuable in a similar way. There are many problems where the solution would take me a few hours to derive from…
> The distributors may or may not buy from China and Mexico. They most certainly do. And they’re paying more. And, consequently, they’re raising prices. Which small, local business pay to operate. You’re not making a…
I play video games at a decently high level (like top ~10% in a few competitive games). To support what you’re saying, I can tell the difference between 144hz and 240hz if I’m in control. For example, if I can shake the…
WASM does not need to access the DOM to be extremely useful. JS is already very effective and ridiculously fast for updating the DOM. WASM is to offload computationally expensive workloads that JS is not so good for…
Since it’s hosted on GitHub, I snooped through the repo, and it appears to be created using VitePress [1]. [1] https://vitepress.dev/
Look around the world at how many “landslide” election victories are won in places that do not truly have elections. Those with authoritarian intent are notorious for controlling the narrative. All around the world, we…
Cloudflare is not profitable [1]. I’m wary of what might happen when they need to become profitable. Could this be another case of a company offering an excellent, cheap product while being propped up by investors, only…
Taco Bell will never be the healthiest thing you can eat, but in terms of fast food, it’s not half bad. In my anecdotal experience, their quality has gone up across the board compared to years ago, and they’ve also…
Related: Nestle pays $200 per year to bottle water near Flint, MI (2017) [1]. As a Michigan native who has family, friends, and coworkers affected by the Flint water crisis, very frustrating. [1]…
There are no concrete numbers for Valorant that I know of, but the “Head of Esports Partnerships and Business Development for North America & Oceania Riot Games” Matthew Archambault was quoted saying the Valorant player…
Do keep in mind: they also develop, maintain, support, and market Unreal Engine, which is possibly the most advanced and innovative game engine out there. It’s used by tons of other studios (including AAA) and is used…
I think online/digital gambling is worse because it follows you everywhere. I don’t like any form of gambling, but at least with casinos there’s some escape in not physically being there. It’s also harder to enforce age…
Alex Pretti escalated the situation? Have you seen the video? Did you see how the ICE agent shoved that woman? That was not “law enforcement activity.” It was assault. Alex Pretti had every right to be there, and he…
I wouldn’t put them in the same category. Bootstrap has a much stronger opinion about how you write and structure CSS, while Tailwind is a framework for building a style system and writing arbitrary CSS that conforms to…
> In the Swiftie-verse, an “Easter egg” refers to a hidden clue or detail that Taylor plants in her work … I don’t see this as meaningfully different than, for example: > In the computing world, “Java” refers to a…
Code review has been an industry standard tool to ensure the correctness of software for decades.
My experience using LLMs is similar to my experience working with a team of junior developers. And LLMs are valuable in a similar way. There are many problems where the solution would take me a few hours to derive from…
> The distributors may or may not buy from China and Mexico. They most certainly do. And they’re paying more. And, consequently, they’re raising prices. Which small, local business pay to operate. You’re not making a…
I play video games at a decently high level (like top ~10% in a few competitive games). To support what you’re saying, I can tell the difference between 144hz and 240hz if I’m in control. For example, if I can shake the…
WASM does not need to access the DOM to be extremely useful. JS is already very effective and ridiculously fast for updating the DOM. WASM is to offload computationally expensive workloads that JS is not so good for…
Since it’s hosted on GitHub, I snooped through the repo, and it appears to be created using VitePress [1]. [1] https://vitepress.dev/
Look around the world at how many “landslide” election victories are won in places that do not truly have elections. Those with authoritarian intent are notorious for controlling the narrative. All around the world, we…
Cloudflare is not profitable [1]. I’m wary of what might happen when they need to become profitable. Could this be another case of a company offering an excellent, cheap product while being propped up by investors, only…
Taco Bell will never be the healthiest thing you can eat, but in terms of fast food, it’s not half bad. In my anecdotal experience, their quality has gone up across the board compared to years ago, and they’ve also…
Related: Nestle pays $200 per year to bottle water near Flint, MI (2017) [1]. As a Michigan native who has family, friends, and coworkers affected by the Flint water crisis, very frustrating. [1]…