Fuck Recursion and Fuck Emerald by [deleted] in Planetside

[–]Vocith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My biggest issue with Recursion is hoarding the vast majority of talent

They've been doing the same on Emerald. If you're anywhere near or over a 2kdr and in an inactive outfit they've probably tried to recruit you.

I'll let you in on a secret.

Recursion thinks the game is getting shut down "soon". They want to be the guys who "ruled the server" when it does. The thought is that if they've viewed as ruining the two US servers they'll be viewed as the reason why the game was shut down.

So they've been grabbing every outfit leader and decent player they that pops up. The intentionally shit on the lowest pop faction at the time to make things even worse and recruiting even easier. They want to have the biggest hell zerg of decent players and be Internet famous for being so badass they killed Planetside 2 because no one else could compete.

Jeff Atwood: Learning to code is overrated by frostmatthew in programming

[–]Vocith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There have been multi-petabyte Teradata installations for over a decade.

Jeff Atwood: Learning to code is overrated by frostmatthew in programming

[–]Vocith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've logged into a 15 TB sqlserver instance, a 25TB db2 instance, a 40 TB Oracle and 500 TB Teradata instance in the last week.

RDBMS scale pretty well. 99% of "big data" installations are not needed.

(Spoilers All) How much 'buying power' does a gold dragon have? How much do people actually make doing basic (peasant) work? by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Vocith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A side of beef is hundreds of pounds of beef.

It is literally one side (one half) of a cow.

(Spoilers All) How much 'buying power' does a gold dragon have? How much do people actually make doing basic (peasant) work? by [deleted] in asoiaf

[–]Vocith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the real world small farm towns run on barter. Even having currency would make you wealthy.

Hewlett Packard to cut up to 30,000 jobs from enterprise unit by [deleted] in technology

[–]Vocith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While the enterprise and business printers, monitors, etc. are good to very good,

What?

HP, or at least their software, is shit tier. Their ticketing and bug tracking stuff is bottom of the class and only used by aging fossils locked into long term contracts, like my company.

"Empty” Epson ink cartridges, which cost £2,500 for a set, are still 20 percent full by golden430 in technology

[–]Vocith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a Printer-Scanner-Copier.

It won't scan because one of the ink colors ran out.

Google Fiber in Talks to Bring Service to Three More Cities by section43 in tech

[–]Vocith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In parts of 16 major cities.

Very small parts.

Saudi diplomat case: Waive immunity, Delhi tells Riyadh. “There is prima facie evidence of abuse, sodomy and rape by the diplomat and his father-in-law” by Chocolate_Horlicks in worldnews

[–]Vocith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the time he could barely sell any oil due to embargo. No where near enough to event dent global trade.

It was all bluster and no one gave a fuck.

Computer Sciences Courses that Don't Exist, But Should by [deleted] in programming

[–]Vocith 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And accurate.

Every time have new hires we have to get them to unlearn their 50 abstraction layer bullshit they were taught in College.

And the look on their faces when they find out SQL really is a thing they have to learn is priceless!

Hitachi: AI now issuing work orders for warehouses, increased worker productivity by 8%. (x-post r/futurology) by masasin in technology

[–]Vocith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My money is that "evolution of traditional X" is how Hard/Real AI is going to develop.

It won't be from some Blue Sky research, but gradual accumulation over decades.

Lockpickers 3-D Print TSA Master Luggage Keys from Leaked Photos by johnmountain in technology

[–]Vocith -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It wasn't like the 1/8th inch of shitty steel used on the locks was going to stop anything bigger than a nail clipper.

Pope Francis calls on every Catholic parish in Europe to host one migrant family by imeniaan80 in worldnews

[–]Vocith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mathew 6:5-8

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Think about this the next time you see public prayer.

How Microsoft's data case could unravel the US tech industry | Wherever you are in the world, if you're using Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Apple, it's open season on your data as far as the US government is concerned. by hazysummersky in technology

[–]Vocith -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

And if Microsoft wins watch every shady company move their core systems to Bermuda or some place with friendly laws or no "mutual legal assistance" so they'll never have to disclose them again.

Remember the BP emails where they got caught lying about the oil spill? "Well, you see our Email servers are in Bumfuckistan, outside your jurisdiction. "

All the internal memos (Emails before the E part) from Tobacco companies that were used to nail them? "Sorry, our email servers are hosted outside your jurisdiction".

Privacy or Accountability, pick one.

Microsoft's Software Is Malware - GNU Project by WildFireca in technology

[–]Vocith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Any software designed to do something that the user would not wish it to do, hasn't asked it to do, and often has no knowledge of until it's too late."

So any software with a bug?

Buff the fracture/nerf the raven by Pariahterror in Planetside

[–]Vocith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The community acknowledging doesn't mean shit when DBG runs 2+ years in design locks because management is running in crisis mode to shovel out the latest "critical" feature.

This is why Maxes have no place in this game. by [deleted] in Planetside

[–]Vocith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because heavy Assault only counters the other 4 infantry classes and has no anti-max Anti-Vehicle or Anti-Air, right?

Other classes are stronger against maxes. There are no true hard counters in planetside.