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port6667··on As Downloads Take Over, a Turning Point for the Video Game Industry
I wasn't expecting the PS4 or XBone to have any media drive, just a hdd and wireless/wired internet connection.

Guess we're still a little ways away from that. I remember using Steam when it was new for HL2. I cracked open a beer to enjoy while it downloaded, happy i didn't have to drive for a half hour or so to pick up a copy at gamestop.

I had good broadband. However, it took all day and evening until around 2-3 AM for it to finish downloading. Things were over saturated i guess. I didn't re-use steam until a decade later since it left such a poor impression with their one 33.6 modem uploading the game to everyone.

port6667··on SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]
wow holyshit that booster thing just landed perfectly!
port6667··on WebGL water scene
Horray, music_autoplay=1. I remember Myspace.

Cool demo, but like 99% of the rest of the world, listen to music while i browse so almost instant-closed out when music blasted out.

port6667··on Working remotely is hard
Love remote work. With so many companies online now it should be a lot easier to get jobs like this.

Save money by not commuting daily. No suit dry cleaning each week. Eat tasty home made food and leftovers. Way way way way wayyyyy less stress than dressing up looking brighteyed and having to sit at a desk all day so your slave owners can stare at you not working for 8 hours plus two 15 minute breaks plus 30 minutes "lunch"

port6667··on Microsoft Removes the Option to Opt Out of Windows 10 Free Upgrade?
I guess i'm the only one who's happy enough with Windows 10. What i'm not happy about is lazy companies not making updated drivers for Win10.

TP-Link i'm looking at you

port6667··on Inside an FBI Hostage Crisis
I also liked the presentation, that looked pretty slick to me.
port6667··on Secret developers of the video game industry
I love it too, read it every few years. Great book.
port6667··on Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices
I didn't understand prime video. I tried to watch a movie when i had prime, following their link for the "free videos!"

Only to find that it was 5 bucks for every stream or something. Ok. Searched out ghostbusters or something older, guess what? $5. Also no way to sort by free for prime, at least not then.

Don't have prime anymore, and these days amazon is around 10-15% more than what you can easily google elsewhere. Miss the shipping priority though, but as soon as you drop prime, expect them to wait 7 days before bothering to package your stuff and ship it out.

port6667··on Secret developers of the video game industry
It's interesting to hear more about the video game industry insides.

I wonder if id's success helped start this atmosphere. (Read masters of doom)

They were portrayed as rockstars, friends, who busted ass and made a popular game which made them all rich.

I fell for that idea when i was young, luckily i never got into the industry. I later read some blog post of an EA developer's wife or something, going on and on how much he had to work and wasn't compensated for it, etc.

port6667··on John Carmack's VR Script Live Coding Session at Oculus Connect [video]
Thank you. Am i the only one still on a desktop? I can't stand shit video players with no progress bar and no volume control.
port6667··on A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests
This is scary. If the TPP passes, drug pricing will suddenly rise in every country, not just USA.
port6667··on Remember mid 90's RAM prices? Suddenly, prices dropped. What happened?
All great answers. Thanks for the links here!
port6667··on No One to Rescue Me from My Drinking
A liter of redbull subsitute? You sound like an addict just since you're talking quantities of caffeine.

I hope you get past this. it's especially difficult because a lot of people don't realize caffene is a drug. Like watching a couple who drink three bottles of wine a day talk down on someone for drinking a liter of spirits as an alcoholic.

They're one and the same.

port6667··on Why I’m Not Looking to Hire Computer-Science Majors
For those that don't want to register, just delete the http://url and then search for the rest. Click the link from Google or whatever and the page will load without the register popup.

SEO baby.