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bnejad··on How Valve Crowdsources the Policing of Cheaters in Counter-Strike: GO
The missing perspective here is Overwatch isn't very effective. Blantant cheaters are easy to find but anyone with half a brain can use certain types of cheats to remain easily undetected. The only solution valve has to stop cheaters is automatic detection through software which they do with VAC. However, "private" cheats (essentially paid for and only shared with small few, likely never advertised publicly) are notorious for never being detected.

Both may reduce some cheating but overall CSGO remains one of the most cheater infested games. The latest approach by valve is something called Prime matchmaking, where you must verify your identity with a phone number in an attempt to reduce throw away cheating accounts. This further divides the user base into smaller groups.

Many of the problems with cheating stem from the data passed between client and server. Though many of these design choices have advantages for other client performance/features, they allow cheating to prosper.

As a side note, third party match making such as ESEA use a more extensive and supposedly more effective anti cheat software. These services are usually paid as well.

bnejad··on QUESTION: Why does no email have native video? asynchronous video
An email client could load videos inline/natively/whatever if it wanted to (as in it could detect and process links to youtube, vimeo, actual attachments), but for most people loading media content from emails is not desirable due to malware/tracking. Is that what you are asking?
bnejad··on Show HN: Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News
My take:

* App performance / design is phenomenal. Great job.

* Show comments/point counts on the stories in the list views

You have an interesting monetization model... Personally, I would get rid of all the tiers and just have your default free + 3.99 full unlock. I don't imagine many people reading hackernews will fall in between and want to pay money while still seeing ads. Your pricing is fine though I think for the full version.

bnejad··on Show HN: Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News
You didn't notice you were a full iOS version behind? :D
bnejad··on Ask HN: Is anyone doing a mobile phones server farm in the style of Amazon?
The problem with this idea is phones rely on being able to get into a low power mode to save battery throughout the day. Keeping a phone on constantly will kill it fairly quickly.
bnejad··on Ask HN: Do you expect interviewees to “ace” whiteboard coding exercises?
Despite the sentiments of "they just want to see how you think" or "you don't have to get it right", in my experience if you don't do fairly well on the whiteboard you've failed the interview.
bnejad··on Never Try “rmdir /?” in PowerShell
Did you expect otherwise?
bnejad··on Ask HN: Will the C programming language really die?
C is still absolutely standard and huge in both the fields you mentioned. Despite all the new system languages or whatever doesn't change the fact that C dominates and will continue to dominate embedded development among other fields.

Anyone who claims C is dead likely is working in the Silicon Valley startup bubble. Sure, C isn't going to get your far at mostly web based companies but every computing device you own most likely has C and assembly running the hardware bits and the underlying system.

bnejad··on Ask HN: Can you help me to come up with app ideas for my webdev portfolio?
Blog, CMS, Twitter clone, news aggregator(a la reddit, hn), stack overflow style q/a website, forum(like vbulletin).

Other options might be utilizing another companies API like the google maps api or similar.

bnejad··on Ask HN: How loud do you listen to your music with headphones?
I'm usually in the lower 30% of the volume range on most of my devices. I don't know whether its my headphones (Sennheiser HD, lower end) or that I just have sensitive ears but it gets super loud very quickly for me.
bnejad··on Show HN: Design your own thin wallet
I don't know if you're still checking out this thread, but my girlfriend and I put it together.

Packaging is good, form factor is slick. The instructions were spot on and all the build materials seemed good. My biggest complaint is honestly the leather - its surprisingly lightweight and doesn't really give off the "premium" vibe. For instance I've got the apple leather case on my iphone6+ and it has a totally different feel despite being nearly the same thickness.

Just want to clarify I liked the kit and would recommend it but I figured I'd give you my whole honest opinion.

bnejad··on [dead]
Where does he say its a non profit?
bnejad··on Ask HN: If I learn one programming language, what should it be?
You are aware that you can also run Java "in the terminal" right?
bnejad··on Show HN: Design your own thin wallet
Cheers man!
bnejad··on Show HN: Design your own thin wallet
Sure thing, can't wait to get it. Whats the time frame looking like for order delivery? No rush, just curious.
bnejad··on Show HN: Design your own thin wallet
This is awesome. I've been on the lookout for a thin wallet and this checks all the boxes in addition to it being very reasonably priced.

Just ordered brown/brown, nice work guys.

bnejad··on Ask HN: Any Atlassian/HipChat employees willing to answer a couple questions?
Why don't you speak with the recruiter or ask them to forward you contact information for an engineer there(or whatever it is you'd be doing)? The questions you want to ask are literally exactly what the recruiter or another employee are there to answer for you.
bnejad··on Why does Africa have so many languages?
How is it the wrong question to ask? What value judgement are you making? I'm curious because its hard to imagine any question being wrong(to ask) if its asked genuinely and without malice.
bnejad··on Ask HN: Why do people have a hatred for Scala?
What kind of project is it? Genuinely curious.
bnejad··on Ask HN: In the current climate, is it a poor decision to learn C++?
I don't see a need to jump ship with java... Stick with whats paying you but that doesn't mean you can't learn C++ on the side. Personally I don't see C++ going anywhere (I code C++/C for a living) and learning a language closer to the metal will make you a better developer overall.
bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
True and they will ship cars around their lots for you. That said, you pay for it if you don't end up purchasing the car but I think it opens up a lot of inventory to sift through.
bnejad··on Important Allies Join the Fight Against NSA Internet Backbone Surveillance
"A federal court in San Francisco sided with the U.S. Department of Justice, ruling that the plaintiffs could not win a significant portion of the case—a Fourth Amendment challenge to the NSA’s tapping of the Internet backbone—without disclosure of classified information that would harm national security. In other words, Judge Jeffrey White found that “state secrets” can trump the judicial process and held that EFF’s clients could not prove they have standing."

From the linked ruling in the article. This type of ruling is mind boggling - what a giant cop out that the government can just say "oh sorry national security!" to end court cases.

bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
Thanks for the downvote I guess? I said it was a moot point because you said just go buy a Tesla! Which most people can't afford or want to spend on a car.

I'm not in love with the dealership model but its not a choice for 99% of buyers.

bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
Sounds about right! And very cool about them coming to your house - nice of the dealer to do that.
bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
Most people can't afford a Tesla... so thats a moot point.
bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
Some tried that, I told them I was busy and didn't have the time to visit dealers. I never indicated I was desperate to get a car RIGHT NOW. Play it cool and all the power is in your hands imo.
bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
I don't have any experience with Costco Auto but knowing Costco it's probably a good program.
bnejad··on New Jersey legalizes direct Tesla sales
The best way to buy cars is option out exactly what you want and get the invoice price. Personally I've used carsdirect.

Now with invoice price in mind, send emails to all dealers in your area. Simply explain you want X car @ X price and that you are emailing many dealers and will move forward with the dealer that has the best deal. Its important that you compare cars across dealers by the difference from invoice price as small options will change the price of the car slightly.

As you get quotes, you can forward those to other dealers if they have the specific color you want, etc.

Once you lock in a price, take care of financing through your local credit union. Show up to dealer, decline all warranties/addons, sign the papers making sure price is the same you agree, and off you go.

Just did this about a month ago and it worked out great. Remember to calculate exactly how much DMV fees will be(usually around 2-3 hundred dollars) which will likely be on top of the price you negotiated unless you specify otherwise.

Don't tell them you have a trade in until you show up at the dealer to buy. Then you can negotiate the trade in value without them trying to move numbers around with the car price.

I like this approach because there is zero advantage to negotiating the car price in person. Via email you can take your time to research and also field many more offers and quotes than you would ever be able to if you visited each dealer physically.

bnejad··on Show HN: Wifilist – Find the best wifi around you, let us help
Not a bad idea but if you want a better response you might want to link to a demo page - I don't have anything around me so I can't really see what it should look like.
bnejad··on Show HN: The Daily Drop – Discover the Newest EDM Tracks
Not sure why you say heavily inspired. Indexing popular media is far from unique and the designs of both websites are quite different.
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