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leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: Unreal Engine 4.10 is Released

I agree with this sentiment, it's why I personally choose not to contribute to UE4.

I want to see a profit sharing or bug/feature bounties either from Epic with Unreal Engine, or from a competitor.

A side note: I thought it would make for a cool platform, where a website "hosted" products/projects and users put up bounties for things they want fixed or features they want. Alternatively, a platform for small companies/projects that sell software licenses but are otherwise open source, where it's open about what the company/project is making, and a share of the profits can be split among the community contributors.

[Edit] I just posed the question here: https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/332100/can-epic-g...

leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: The Decay of Twitter

I don't use Twitter for having in depth conversations in those fields I'm interested in. I use it for finding and sharing the sites and articles where you do go into depth. With the amount of people invested in Twitter, it's easy to find good posts on a regular basis.

leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: Vy – A Vim-like in Python made from scratch

I don't think it's "common", but people do it so they can scroll to the last line and have it appear near the top of the page. It's a matter of personal preference. Some editors allow you to scroll that far without the extra lines, many don't.

leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: The Future of Graphics Programming: The Vulkan API

Sure, but with OpenGL's state system you could only safely use it from a single thread. Even if you had multiple threads using it, you still needed a command buffer to safely operate it from one thread processing the commands on the command buffer. Vulkan is capable of being fed commands directly from multiple threads.

leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: Oculus Rift

I'm with you on your second statement, not on the first.

VR will be clearly more than just movies. And AR is far from just for smartphones. Granted HoloLens isn't ready and might not be that great, but it has so much more potential than just smartphone gimmicks. A good set of AR can completely replace my work setup, I wouldn't have the need for monitors anymore. I'm excited by that idea, a new way to interact with the world.

leetNightshade | 10 years ago | on: Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (Homebrew), but...

"that day they might've interviewed 10 people better than him who just didn't make a popular tool"

Are you judging this on their ability to invert a binary tree? People here are ranting about having a problem with interview practices not representing whether or not you are good at your job. That's presumably (IMO) why the tweet was posted.

leetNightshade | 11 years ago | on: AMD's next-gen Zen CPU heading to desktops, servers in 2016

If you see the jump Intel made by switching to HT you wouldn't think it to be a bold claim. Look at the first gen i7 compared to it's predecessor. So, AMD added SMT, 3D transistors, improved caching, etc. But yeah, more details would be much appreciated. I can't wait to see a diagram breaking down the architecture layout.

I'm not surprised of the jump, I've been waiting for AMD to make such a jump so they could try to keep up with Intel's horsepower.

leetNightshade | 11 years ago | on: Efficient Rotary Engine Lands Million-Dollar Darpa Contract

Even in developed countries people are driving their cars way over 300,000 km. Some cars are capable of over 482,803 km without major repairs needed. The Ford Crown Victoria comes to mind, the one used for police cars and taxes. I just read in a forum that police cars are used up to 643,738 km, at that point they're passed off to a taxi service for continued use. http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=show...

Not all places use salt, and even then if you get your car washed and underbody cleaned it should help the longevity of the car.

leetNightshade | 11 years ago | on: Efficient Rotary Engine Lands Million-Dollar Darpa Contract

I live in the US, have lived in the following states: CT, NY, LA, and now CO. Almost all of my parents cars have over 210k miles on them and they're still going. My car has 114k miles on it and it runs perfectly, if all goes well it should easily hit 200k and beyond. Also, the next car I buy, if it's for under $3k used, I wouldn't mind it having 140k miles if it's a reliable car.

leetNightshade | 11 years ago | on: Project Fi by Google

Yeah, I don't know how they do this, but Google says they have pre-approved WiFi hotspots the phone will automatically connect to. From this, I wonder if security will be a concern for some of these hotspots.
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