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Is that not OK? In the UK I get the impression you can trundle along at any speed and assume the people in the cars have the decency not to mow you down until their lane is free even if the green man is red now.

Jay-Walking though is crazy as a law. I prefer NOT to use traffic lights where traffic allows.

This is a great book and unique. I am impressed he ported his demos.

On a related note, are Lynda courses still absolutely dire?

Why does VR on the PC always seem like vaporware? It is prohibitively expensive and that does not seem to change year on year, I don't even really think I have seen a news story or anything about VR for the last 18 months apart from Sony's crappy offering.

Having just read Masters of Doom, he doesn't give nearly enough credit to diet soda! For me though, I don't feel John Carmack is the kind of guy to hold up like simba to the morning rays. He did his best programming when there wasn't people going on about agile and test driven development and all of the stuff that leeches away at creativity and fun.

Is it a case of who you know?

Where do they go to get it? Amsterdam is my favorite yearly visit to enjoy some chilled coffee shops and eat BLT but I guessed it was grown in the Netherlands by "turning a blind eye". Growing so much at such a high quality, I can't imagine folk are importing it. I hope to live in Amsterdam some day after I win the lottery :D

I presume you get paid for this specifically?

I really don't get on well with Amazon (uk). Finding products is hard. I mean there are things in life that you research, then there are things that aren't really worth researching. Examples: I wanted an Exercise Ball once, Or a waterproof bluetooth speaker.

These types of search yield generic cruft, and despite all the options, none of them seem to have any meaningful impact in the search.

The only other notable thing winding me up is ebay "not collection only".

what is the difference?

I agree, maybe kids at Google get paid big wedges for this, I don't

Simply don't target old browsers. If people don't use JS, or don't have a modern browser, feel free to go elsewhere. I don't target edge cases as I don't get paid to.

Years ago I decided I didn't like the idea of just emitting data online. I mean with personal stuff, who I know, what I do, where I am going. I just felt the only thing coming out of that is that it will be used against me later. I still cannot see a single positive from allowing outsiders to know so much abut my life.

I don't have a phone and stuff like that. I like a quiet life and am content with the handful of people I know well. I wonder though, at what point (if ever) will I be left behind by society? Or if there will always be options for me.

Like a day where, you go to jail for not having a smart meter installed. Or, you must access Terminals in an Airport via the Government App on your device. I am worried about such things.

It hammers home how poor I am

Can we please not vote this fucking boot back into power?

Finding any information on "Pure Code" setups for unity is impossible. As in, I think http://jacksondunstan.com/ has the only article on the internet.

Why can't every payment being sent to someone, simply be digitally taxed?

Why do I get paid and automatically get taxed during this process, but a footballer doesn't?

It is bullshit

It is with Unity because it equals bad performance. It isn't like other games which, if you throw a beefy rig at it, you get more performance for the most part. It has a "It is 2001 and my Flash Player Animation is running at 24fps and the fans are burning out" feel to it.

Again I would say that if he did say that, he would be correct.

Sit me down in a room of 20 games, and tell me to identify unity games by simply playing each computer. On the 20% chance that I can't instantly tell by looking, a wee swipe of the mouse and the complete lack of responsiveness finalizes all I need for 100% success rate.

Lol @ this.

The very act of double clicking the icon to boot up unity === terrible performance.

"Maybe she's born with it" was a funny joke I recall when working in Dundee on a Unity Project. I remember moving to a temporary role (More to fill the team for the investors to smile) and they were using Lumberyard and what a total difference.

Unity is a poor mans game development solution and that might have perks, but a game the scope of KSP deserves way way way way more respect.

It seems you don't get paid really. Why on earth would anyone do it?? I'd want a fat wedge of notes, or I would rather spend the preparation time outdoors or watching paint dry.

And Cinemas! I realized a few years ago with the Scottish Indy Ref, that the BBC was state media so I briefly stopped watching and paying for that service.

As a result, everything else that is moving media is surrounded by spam. Even if you pay 60 pound for a premium service (Think how much money it is, even if you have infinite money), you will spend 1/3 of that time watching Adverts.

It is like a Freemium Game Model but when you pay, it doesn't matter.

I have no idea why people are so careless with their time. Now that I ditched TV/Film, and found other ways to fill that time, I honestly feel better within myself. I twiddle around with robots while listening to the 20 hour audiobook (of your 90 minute film), or try to grow Carrots with some weird automated soil probe remotely at an Allotment.

Compared to the enjoyment I get from these time fillers, motion picture is honestly the lowest form of entertainment and the lest rewarding.

Hopefully we will bail from UK this time and it won't be a problem.

Ahh UK State Media. I swiftly cancelled my Licence after the Scottish Indy Ref. I say let the licence fee collapse.

Sorry to hear that man, I used to have this problem and I used to hate feeling so limited. Was stressed out if I could download X file without it costing another limb. It is an outrageous business model which doesn't work for cases where connectivity is limited.

Is Satellite an option, that sounds pretty expensive.

When banking becomes optional, I agree, however I need a bank and I ain't paying to take money out of it. When banking is optional, by all means they may charge, but I will take my cash in £20 pound notes in Royal Mail Special Delivery at the end of the month cheers!

I got an Eco Pebble https://ecoxgear.com/shop/ecopebble/

It does the job, I dunno if I would recommend it but I got it for 20 notes. The only annoyance is after charging, your device won't see the speaker unless you "Forget Device" and re-pair.

I have the exact same feeling about Films. I wonder if there is a specific name for this? I always say I seen every film combination possible before I was 14. People will say of course I haven't, but they are talking about the fluff. I know what the film is going to be instantly, and if it doesn't turn out like I planned, it isn't enough of a difference to care.

I would thoroughly recommend trying some modern Audiobooks if you have not tried them yet. It may remind you of your grandmother but seriously, they have replaced most of my entertainment. I even got a waterproof speaker to listen in the shower! The full cast audiobooks are especially awesome. I have "read" just over 500 books since 2009 so no idea how many hours I have lost in total!