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danielsamuels

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danielsamuels··on Thirteen Years of Bad Game Code
> When I started coding, I though you could only have one letter variables, like a, b, c, x, y, z. I did not question this, but one day I ran out of variables ...

At least the minifier wouldn't have to do much work. :)

danielsamuels··on SpaceX set to launch ‘used rocket’
You also have to remember that these rockets are going to land on Mars, and we're not going to be able to set up a runway before they arrive, so landing vertically is a necessity.
danielsamuels··on PyPy2.7 and PyPy3.5 v5.7 released
psycopg2cffi is available to provide Postgres support.
danielsamuels··on Scotland to seek second independence referendum
I think when the Brexit deal is clearer the swing will effectively be an Scotland's approval rating of the deal.
danielsamuels··on Firefox 52 released
Yes, it's a simple option in the settings: https://i.imgur.com/0np3ItM.png
danielsamuels··on Firefox 52 released
Yes, though you can encrypt it locally before it does so.
danielsamuels··on Firefox 52 released
It's also been in Chrome for years.
danielsamuels··on Show HN: NoFile.io – A simple file storage site with lots of perks
Some initial feedback:

  * Title Case Everywhere Looks Weird  
  * Hovering over 'resolution' on the detail page shows a tooltip with the text 'Upload date'  
  * I uploaded a .NEF file and it seems to think it's 160x120 (it's actually 6000x4000)  
  * The buttons next to the link field on the detail page are not the same height as the input.  
  * When uploading the background icons become jerky (presumably due to the upload causing long frames)  
  * When uploading there was no speed / ETA data shown, just a spinner.  
  * I felt the animations on the homepage were all a little superfluous.  
  * The links in the footer link to places on the page, but without updating the URL hash, probably worth adding one to make it more linkable.
danielsamuels··on Amazon to hand over Echo audio from alleged murder after defendant consents
Without trying being rude, surely this was obvious before you purchased it?
danielsamuels··on Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Pretty sure even a 1050 could do that. You could look at previous generations too, people have been gaming at 1440p for years at this point.
danielsamuels··on GitLab Database Incident – Live Report
> You shouldn't let yourself get to that point. Your alerting system should alert you when disk is at 70% or something with a ton of margin.

What would your recommendation be?

danielsamuels··on HSBC CEO Says Bankers Generating 20% of London Revenue May Move
"I'm leaving the office at 5PM today" is a statement of fact, even though it hasn't happened yet.

"I've got a doctors appointment tomorrow morning" is a statement of fact, even though it hasn't happened yet.

danielsamuels··on Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine
Not sure if it's a bug, but a common search for '1080p' returns no results (and takes around 10 seconds): https://www.skytorrents.in/search/all/ed/1/?q=1080p
danielsamuels··on Major Service Outage at GitHub
Not if you've got your CI configured properly.
danielsamuels··on App.net is shutting down
https://alpha.app.net/ has info
danielsamuels··on Integrating GTA V into Universe
> I think the main reason though is just that AI doesn't really sell.

I'm not sure that's the case. Last of Us and MGS:V both had intelligent AI where they would change their behaviour based on what you've done in the past and work together as a team to flush you out of a hiding spot. This was widely covered and praised in reviews and pre-launch interviews.

danielsamuels··on Integrating GTA V into Universe
As far as I remember, Mercenaries 2[1] maintains your world destruction.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenaries_2:_World_in_Flames

danielsamuels··on Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X
Invision does the same thing as this.
danielsamuels··on What Apple Gives You for $100 as a Safari Extension Developer
Weird, I have several Chrome extensions published and I've never paid anything.
danielsamuels··on Bootstrap 4 drops IE9 support and goes full flexbox
It was closed because of all the "me too" comments. The PR is here: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/21389
danielsamuels··on Ask HN: Where is AI/ML actually adding value at your company?
Your purchase was merely the inaugural move to establish your newfound hobby of coffee table collecting.
danielsamuels··on Saving Data: Reducing the Size of App Updates by 65%
And clicking on the link in your quoted text would give you this:

> Google Play has used delta algorithms since 2012, and we recently rolled out an additional delta algorithm, bsdiff

danielsamuels··on Saving Data: Reducing the Size of App Updates by 65%
Read the article before commenting?
danielsamuels··on A Simple Explanation: VLC.js
Or just use a `<track kind="subtitles">` and reference a vtt file?
danielsamuels··on Know before you go, with Google
;)
danielsamuels··on Know before you go, with Google
It would be useful if you could enter a list of places you need to go in a given day and it works out the optimum route based on usual road traffic, place activity etc.
danielsamuels··on Python Versions Used in Commercial Projects, 2016 Edition
As far as I remember, if your local virtual environment is Python 3 Ansible doesn't work (might not even install).
danielsamuels··on Python Versions Used in Commercial Projects, 2016 Edition
Using version 2.2?
danielsamuels··on Python Versions Used in Commercial Projects, 2016 Edition
Where I work we're just waiting on Ansible. Everything else we write and use works with Python 3, except the tool we use to deploy it all. Frustrating.
danielsamuels··on Nvidia adds telemetry to latest drivers
ATI is AMD now.
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