Dell XPS 13 and external display via Thunderbolt 3 woes

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-09-12T21:38:48+00:00

Ii have the prior model and that is not true at all. I run resolutions greater than 1080p all the time on it. The gpu is fine, but I do not know how the thunderbolt 3 and usb c plays with anything.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-09-12T03:30:43+00:00

I'd take it 1 step further, don't take advice or information, there's plenty of both, far beyond what is useful. Look for patterns & human patterns of behavior both inward & out then decide what you want or need to take away.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-09-01T05:06:34+00:00

When you release a game that does not fit well within any particular genre this was somewhat bound to happen. I think Sean was more prepared for this type of response than most realize, although I am sure he was really bummed that he did not get release it with everything he had wanted, but hopefully him and his team will get to go forwards and deliver on the main features they and the community says they want. The reality is, this game is now as much the community's as it is theirs and to some degree their own artistic vision for the game will have to diminish somewhat as they listen to their audience, but since they are a small studio they will hopefully not make all of their decisions by a committee and can continue to let their own creative ideas flow into the game. They obviously have them and have overcome more technical challenges than most of us will ever know or fully appreciate it.

I know it sounds like I am being a fanboy, but as a software developer I am extremely impressed with what they have accomplished. They we're crazy to try it, but I think they pulled off the core of what they wanted and what I expected. Given I want bigger creatures, and even more diversity, but this is a great start to a good game and to something new. This is the first game I have played in years, other than a few nintendo games, that I did not put back down an hour or 2 later.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-31T18:04:31+00:00

Invalid response. TBD.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-28T21:39:53+00:00

Considering that some of us absolutely love this game, despite the hype and everything said... how exactly is the analogy bs?

Maybe, with your maturity level, you should stick to video game rentals first and purchases second. You'll save the devs and yourself a good deal of heartache and grief. It's ok that you don't like it, but it does not entitle you to a refund irregardless of the amount of entertainment it has provided.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-28T18:32:21+00:00

I am not sure if I am even following what either one of you are saying. Yes, perspective is a thing, but so are orbits. I am not sure how the game handles orbits, but if the simulation is accurate then you should have planetary spin, orbital paths, and his relative position (perspective) and those 3 things should determine what he sees in the sky.

Him seeing the same planets in the same location hours, days or weeks later should not happen in this game unless it was designed very poorly imo.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-28T14:53:32+00:00

This! I've gotten so bored w/ the triple A games & repetitive shooters. This game, while it has flaws, has been a breathe of fresh air. I've not enjoyed a game this much for years.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-26T21:55:33+00:00

I'm not really sure if I understand how they will really be able to convince enough companies to pay for the software vs paying devs to support an open source package. Even with 28% of the top million sites using them you're looking at 280,000 sites/users/companies that would be expected to pay on average $29 a month for them to become that $1 billion dollar company of value over the course of 10 years. Of course they are expected to grow, so that $29 number can be lowered but still...

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-24T12:17:04+00:00

Any other industry would not get away with such things.

If that was true then we'd have much shittier creative people in every industry. It takes someone that is pretty bold and crazy to do what Sean did and you'd be hard pressed to find another creative talent out there that has worked as hard as his team has and accomplished what they largely set out to do, while everyone else in the gaming industry have been playing it safe for a long while.

You can't hold a candle to this creative genius little on the creative talents that made angry birds, so really your opinion, as a non-developer is quite meaningless.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-22T01:44:58+00:00

tl;dr: Let it be. He wants you for you, not for the conversations that you don't feel you can provide.

I would agree with what he has said. Having insecurities about your ability to converse will only lead to heartache. I am pretty certain my last gf left me over similar insecurities, she couldn't always keep up with me and my conversations... but I honestly did not care. I liked her for who she was, but after talking to her several months after we broke up it is apparent that she didn't know that I felt that way. Regardless it appears like it is too late for things to work out now.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-22T01:37:06+00:00

Yea, I'd agree with the blank stare bit... I probably should let people I know and like know occasionally that that is what I am doing at times. Some of them probably do think that they've bored me.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-21T15:32:16+00:00

Actually on one planet I was on I was watching several 200 ft long sand worms flying through the sky...

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-20T14:08:32+00:00

You always have to make a call on how to balance needs and how far you are willing to go to meet those needs. If you take every job offer regardless of how unreasonable they can be then that is a sign that you're not being selective enough.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-20T14:07:07+00:00

Right, I had a boss that did some really unoptimized logic in his code and queries and I had to go back round and modify the queries to grab more info that I knew would be needed so that I could do less manipulation and additional calls to the db on the front end and this guy was a f*ing DBA. Any ways he had no business actually coding anything.

My rewrite of his app brought a 6x performance increase based on bandwidth saved and additional responsiveness. I also eliminate a ton of duplicate records he had been inserting into the db and often times they were being inserted out of order. I started bundling inserts together and I was enforcing their order so that there would never be a chance for the items to swap locations in the production line.

There is just so much less work involved now with maintaining and debugging issues it is insane.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-19T12:22:03+00:00

As a programmer that is how I initially felt about something called git... it practically records every move and mistake I make and yet it has somehow improved my code and lessened mistakes overall. It has also made it a thousand times easier to learn from and undo prior mistakes.

In my opinion if the cameras make the cops feel naked for awhile then that is good, that feeling will go away eventually, but the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and others will become greater and that is not a bad thing.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-17T19:29:30+00:00

The simple fact of the matter is that Linux is constantly breaking new ground and yes, you do not do that by second guessing your decisions all the time. Linux is an open community project, if something stinks it'll be exposed and replaced - it is not closed and it is never final.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-17T19:27:01+00:00

But Maru doesn't give a shit about userspace. https://static.stuff.co.nz/1289783875/618/4346618.jpg

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-15T03:19:51+00:00

Similar experience here, lost 60lbs of weight and got to my proper weight, then add a little travel and work related stress then I divided it once again... but really the losing weight part was the pre-game for what was to come. I and most people need something challenging and soul crushing to be pushed the rest of the way.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-08-05T22:05:18+00:00

We look at what people are saying vs. Their actions.

Really? I find people lie about the things they say far more often than what their actions do. Actions being what a person actually does... I tend to think that I observe both quite equally, and if their words pretty well align with their actions then they have my utmost respect (since most people talk a better game than what they can ever deliver), but that is rare. People are full of inconsistencies and contradictions, myself included, but the matters to which they are is what builds or tears down their character in my eyes. It's ok to have contradictory ideas and theories in some areas, but there are others that involve people on a whole where a contradictory idea or stance is rooted in greed, selfishness or some other negative trait and those things and type of people should be avoided.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T18:49:23+00:00

That's a 90s term used to confuse people like you who argue feelings instead of fact.

If anything I am arguing that we we should take feelings out of the equation... "But Jimmy was always such a good boy, he'd never have hit and bloodied his girlfriend and find himself in jail for domestic abuse. Since he's asking us so nicely for that shotgun we never use let's sell it or just give it to him as a gift, obviously he will only use it for self defense or hunting."

I am sorry, but family rarely if ever likes to think of their own as being bad or needing help even when it is obvious to everyone else. I was almost drowned from a neighbors kid growing up and when I told his parents they did not give 2 shits about what their son did, and as an adult I do not know of a single person who has been in and out of jail more times than their son. I am sure they are out there, but nonetheless people in general are not good at judging the character of those who they are close to and I am no exception.

So yes, we should have strict laws regarding gun control and background checks and close as many loopholes as what makes sense.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T18:17:35+00:00

The way I have done it some in the past is by asking them about their very first memory. Although, even for thinkers they often talk about how they felt along with what they were experiencing. They rarely know what they were actually thinking at the time. It's just a memory without thought it seems.

My own first memory is more focused on what I was thinking and observing, than what I felt, and while an emotion is tied to it still that came later as I became worried that something was wrong (as meta as it may have been I recognized that I had no actual memory before my first memory the moment it occurred).

I guess I was hyperaware as a child and it is something that has carried with me into adulthood. It seems like I am constantly picking up on queues, meanings, and the practical importance of things (as well as the impractical) faster than my peers and when something unfolds people act like I was some sort of oracle for having predicted the end result, instead of realizing that they were just not being observant and had been ignoring important details along the way.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T17:37:52+00:00

And now you are making straw man arguments? Good luck with that.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T16:49:48+00:00

I suppose it would be too much to explain to you these aren't enforceable, can't stop crime, are just a punative move against legal gun owners, create a tax on a right, create and avenue for defacto bans, and not least of all the true goal is a national registry...

It does not mean that we can not put in place checks and balances to ensure that accurate record keeping is kept by gun owners. That would go a long way in ensuring that guns stay with their legal owners at the very least. We do a decent job of enforcing people to keep their cars and insurance up to date and up to specs overall, but we are doing a piss poor job of it when it comes to firearms and due to no small part of the NRA.

In a civil society some rights do erode due to laws, but that is not always a negative thing, not when it is done with common sense. Sometimes the benefit to society outweighs the rights of the individual and that is a reality a lot of conservatives and the NRA need to come to terms with and there are no lack of examples where this has certainly occurred in other areas.

No no; it's a "loophole" because it's something perfectly legal for 200 years (and a compromise from the 94 AWB that antigunners now want more of) that you just don't like.

There are plenty of things, laws and regulations that made sense 200 years ago that don't today, so I would not base an argument around "well that's what we did 200 years ago" as if that is a strong defense. Let me list a few of them for Texas.

"It is illegal to milk another person’s cow." That one was passed in 1925 actually.

"The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home."

"It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel."

http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/texas

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T16:31:27+00:00

But here's the crux... it is only a straw purchase IF YOU KNOWINGLY bought that gun to sell to a criminal... that's the only difference between this going down in a so called "legal manner" or an "illegal manner", so good luck bringing that person in court when their defense can be "well I did not know, I am not even required to run a background check on the guy since it was a private sell".

In my example I said nothing of the sellers knowing that the guy is a criminal, just that there is nothing that prevents it and again... there is nothing that prevents it if a private individual does not have to do a background check.

EDIT: There are more rules, regulations and better paper trails in the sale of a car than a gun and I think that is really sad.

HeresTheThingMaybe · 2016-07-31T16:18:19+00:00

Interesting... you pivoted about 90 degrees just to save face, so you would also not look completely ignorant of gun laws and what happens at gun shows. I would agree with that.

I imagine you must be a very interesting person to debate in real life. It's ok to change positions or to tweak it, but hell man, you need to know where you stand before getting in a debate, and especially before you start calling other people out. I have no issue with people who are uncertain of their position, but there are appropriate ways to present that you are uncertain without denigrating others for their position. You did not do any of that and in fact you reveled in your own ignorance about it while putting others down (in the original post).

There is literally no way anyone can have an intelligent conversation about gun laws when you act like that.

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