- I think some bots randomly upvote/downvote in an attempt to appear human.
- The problem with ads for me (other than the bloat and the privacy invasion) is that the tracking is just shit.
Whenever I'm signed in on Youtube I get non-stop ads for Squarespace (due to being a web dev I imagine). No matter how many times I mark the ads as irrelevant, they keep showing them. I've seen Squarespace ads hundreds of times, wasting my time, and Squarespace's ad spend.
When I open Youtube in a private browser and go to a gaming channel, I get ads for games. The ads are actually interesting, and I discovered three games this week that I hadn't heard of.
I would rather Youtube showed gaming ads on gaming channels, instead of all this tracking nonsense.
- That's the problem, though, isn't it?
Someone could see a $500/pm idea in this thread, being developed by a solo dev, and think: "that's a good idea". They put a team of seasoned devs on it and created their own $500k/pm version.
- Yeah, this is the same with me. The last game I bought at full price was watch_dogs, and I felt ripped off that most of the season pass content was the same copy and paste missions as the rest of the game, with only one proper DLC.
Last month I bought Dishonored 2 for £10 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for £8, roughly six months after release (when they were £60).
- A "stock" web browser is just a newly installed browser before any add-ons are installed.
- What about feeding in an audiobook narrated by a well-known personality (like Stephen Fry), and then using the voice to narrate your own self-published eBook?
- It's not just DRM. The games have Steam Achievements too.
It's all a bit more complicated than you make it sound.
It's not extra money if it costs them more in development time than they'll make in profit.
- Not to mention that Firefly's cancellation has posthumously added to its notoriety. Nearly every Firefly mention is in relation to its cancellation. Would it be as popular if it hadn't been cancelled?
I really like Firefly, but the cancellation meant they didn't have the opportunity to fuck it up. Every other Whedon series has had poor seasons.
- My aunt used to have two VCRs and an alarm clock. She'd use the alarm to remind her to hit record. She struggled with the timer, but I don't think she trusted it to record what she asked it to.
It's now 2016. She's got two DVRs... and an alarm clock.
- Source Code Pro and Input Mono both have light and extra light weights.
- Judging by the article, I'm thinking the way to become a billionaire is to manufacture cheap 3D printer and drone parts.
- +1 Love NameCheap, best I've used.
- Get the degree.
I dropped out because it was boring me, now I regret it.
1. I'm labelled a "dropout". That's a good thing if you manage to make a success of yourself, otherwise it might as well say "loser".
2. People consider me less serious than if I had a degree. I've actually been in conversations with people where, despite my 6 years of commercial experience and numerous successful projects, they've discounted my views over the newbie programmer, because he's just finished a computing degree (computing, not even CS). This is when dealing with people who have barely any computer skills - a degree makes sense to them, they never see the code I write or understand how long it takes me to write. (Note: I'm not very outspoken and not much of a leader).
3. I'd get more chances/earn more money. My friend, who is a less experienced coder than me, can get job interviews that I cannot and earns more money than me (even though we have the same job). His degree is in philosophy.
I've tried a lot of the newer city builders and the 3D just does not do it for me. I find it clunky and awkward.