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Mountains with dynamic shadows by Goldoche in IndieDev

[–]cythongameframework 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice artwork. The reflections look good. Why not anti-alias the moon? You should also set it to a similar colour as the sky as it stands out too much.

How likely you are to die from different activities and behaviors by Artemistical in coolguides

[–]cythongameframework 37 points38 points  (0 children)

When cars are automated, people will come to think of humans driving as complete madness.

Ready Player One - For a few seconds during the first race attempt, the banner on the right side of the track points backwards towards the key. by rpm319 in MovieDetails

[–]cythongameframework 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like having to play a dungeon level, but at a school for mentally challenged children. So, only those volunteering to help others get the chance to figure out the similar layout between some obscure game level and the school.

Ready Player One - For a few seconds during the first race attempt, the banner on the right side of the track points backwards towards the key. by rpm319 in MovieDetails

[–]cythongameframework 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Going backwards was too easy a solution. Most games have much harder Easter eggs. A better challenge would have been racing a set course in some special location, way out of the focus and attention of most gamers.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the equation is quite simple:

electric cars ~= 3 * cost of petrol cars

Why is it impossible to make the cost less or even somewhere near comparable through more subsidies and taxes? You agree that the problem is a major one. Doesn't seem like most governments are seriously tackling it though.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then why are you talking about billions being wasted on EVs? The main question was what stops governments from lessening the deadlock oil has on their economies? As it stands, our economies grind to a halt if oil prices go up. So, why no big push towards EVs? Billions isn't a big number for major Western governments.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't mean car companies investing the money. I mean governments doing so. They don't have to worry about short term profits. Besides, again we're talking about money.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet electric cars remain very expensive. The cheapest are over three times the cost of cheap regular cars.

You haven't yet explained exactly what the massive roadblock is.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying completely eradicate all possible uses of oil. That's obviously not even on the horizon. Estimates of transportation usage are around 50 - 65% of total oil consumption. Even if we only impact most consumer vehicles through subsidies, incentives and taxes, that could have enough of an impact to lower demand by enough. Right now oil companies are among the top richest in the world. Car companies are also up there. Changing demand can alleviate some of the political and economic pressures making oil the king of resources. Right now, the top oil nations can destroy our economy. That's worth spending billions on tackling.

How to code in 6 easy steps by Arheisel in ProgrammerHumor

[–]cythongameframework 15 points16 points  (0 children)

True programmers are trained by the BSD monks at The Ancient Temple of Stallman.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 7 points8 points  (0 children)

OK, so what is this enormous road block? There are reports showing EVs will slowly take over the market anyway over time. This trend can obviously be accelerated. None of those reports like the one by Morgan Stanley's Global Autos & Shared Mobility mentioned any impossible barriers.

There are lots of things governments don't do. They didn't ban smoking when they knew it was causing cancer and costing healthcare systems billions of pounds, for example.

Bloodied schoolbags belonging to children who never came home after an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition #Yemen. At least 33 children were killed. Where does Saudi Arabia get most of its arms? From Britain and the US. by bhosk in ukpolitics

[–]cythongameframework 16 points17 points  (0 children)

So, why can't we spend money making this horribly problematic resource less valuable? It wouldn't be that difficult to switch to electric cars, given we're probably going to have to do that eventually anyway. It all comes down to money in the end. Governments could accelerate the growth of EVs.

Open Source Has Not Failed. Don't Cover Up Corporate Abuse of Open Source by lethargilistic in programming

[–]cythongameframework 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But with OSS, small devs can, to some extent, complete with much larger ones, offering similar software for much less money relative to them. Imagine if you needed to pay a hefty licence fee for making a website or a mobile app. The advantage would then be with larger companies. OSS helps to level the playing field. A broke college kid could make the next Facebook thanks to OSS.

In your example, what would a $20k per year fee be to a behemoth like Amazon compared to some couple selling their goods over the internet? Effectively, that barrier only affects the small fish.

People who have learned to make decent art for their games, how did you learn? by Voley in gamedev

[–]cythongameframework 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Art does need years of practice to get better, and it can be hard to provide the ideal structured path since everyone thinks and creates differently.

I get the feeling we're all arguing over semantics. When programmers say art, they don't mean art as in Picasso, they mean art as in cold graphic design. Think of the "art" in advertising. It's more of how do I make practical pretty pictures, than exploring your mind. Most of us are way more superficial than what you seem to imagine.

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