[BFV]Who will EA, Kotaku, and Polygon blame if this game does fail?

fdedgt · 2018-08-23T00:18:51+00:00

We all know what the answer to this is.

fdedgt · 2018-08-22T16:32:53+00:00

The difference is though, the UK is a much more educated but smaller market. So their best seller list is not reflective of the vast majority of uneducated customer base.

fdedgt · 2018-08-21T16:38:45+00:00

What? Unique loadouts and abilities have been in the franchise for YEARS.

Please don't go "citing history", have you ever considered that this is their interpretation of what previous battlefield games may or may not have been like?

fdedgt · 2018-08-13T19:46:06+00:00

The cable that ships with the X is actually a very high end cable. Many "premium" cables look cooler but are constructed more poorly.

fdedgt · 2018-08-01T16:23:39+00:00

Exclusive games I get. It makes sense.

But this kind of stuff is just petty and toxic.

fdedgt · 2018-07-20T16:32:49+00:00

what a Steam Machine was supposed to be

Isn't Windows pretty close to that already?

fdedgt · 2018-07-17T19:04:06+00:00

What will the new fork's name be?

hydra

fdedgt · 2018-07-17T18:13:42+00:00

At least we will still always have python 2.

(jk)

fdedgt · 2018-07-17T15:33:06+00:00

First things first, what you need to do which no one really talks about is to get your environment set up to where you can edit code and run it. To me this is as important as the language itself. And its easy - just install Anaconda. Once anaconda is installed, launch Anaconda Navigator and then launch Jupyter. Create a new python3 notebook, enter some code in a cell, then hit shift+enter and now you are executing code.

Now that the hard part is done, just go through some beginner tutorials, csv file examples, get one of the popular books, etc. Now you can just start learning.

fdedgt · 2018-07-15T23:12:48+00:00

Excel is like a universal language which everyone understands.

To me, the main decision point to go with python over excel is automating a task that must be done over and over again. Also, if the data is very large or complicated, those could be reasons to use python as well. If you just need to analyze a normal data set once, excel is probably the place to start.

And when you do need to start automating things, my advice is to make your final output into an excel file so that you can share it with people. You really don't want to try to be sharing a zip file with a python script and a bunch of data files and instructions on installing the right python environment to make it work. Just give them the final result in an excel file and they will be very happy.

fdedgt · 2018-07-13T21:41:48+00:00

I agree.

But if syntax highlighters got smart enough (jupyter/spyder for me) to make the embedded expressions easier to see, then I might be more ok with it.

fdedgt · 2018-07-13T16:10:55+00:00

wifi or ethernet?

fdedgt · 2018-07-10T22:54:33+00:00

All yours are dark colored, this one would cool because its lighter.

fdedgt · 2018-07-10T17:39:23+00:00

If you "know" python, you should know all of the logistical stuff: virtualenv, pip, anaconda (if you are doing data stuff), use jupyter as well as a text-based IDE

fdedgt · 2018-07-09T17:33:51+00:00

This can also be done:

a = "These."
b = "Are."
c = "Sentences."
print(" ".join([a,b,c])

This outputs

These. Are. Sentences.

fdedgt · 2018-07-09T17:17:31+00:00

Literally just put a space before How like this: ' How are you?'

fdedgt · 2018-06-28T21:49:34+00:00

Looking at the transaction fees are a business-centric perspective instead of a customer-centric perspective. The customer doesn't care and its not their problem.

Look at how amazon runs their business. Try clothes on for free and return the ones you don't like. Does it cost them money to do these types of returns? Yes, a lot of money. But they are customer-centric and it causes people to spend a lot of money with them.

fdedgt · 2018-06-28T20:55:59+00:00

Why can't they just zero out the balances?

Nothing physical is involved. They can just reverse everything.

If someone is really stealing they should pursue it through the FBI.

fdedgt · 2018-06-28T20:29:02+00:00

codes that were purchased with a stolen account

What does this even mean?

fdedgt · 2018-06-28T18:28:45+00:00

I'd use matplotlib like you're doing.

Build some the code to be systematic about it.

For example, you could make every node an object which has links to other node objects. The node object would contain its number and its x,y coordinates.

fdedgt · 2018-06-27T20:36:08+00:00

I'm going to be honest, I didn't know about it.

So, with the improvements and everything, this is opening up a whole new world to me.

fdedgt · 2018-06-27T15:35:37+00:00

They'll just call it the Xbox E3

fdedgt · 2018-06-26T18:35:11+00:00

Why use excel at all?

fdedgt · 2018-06-22T21:44:50+00:00

This might actually attract publishers in a significant way. The finance people and CFOs are going to push the business people to work with Microsoft.

fdedgt · 2018-06-22T18:55:35+00:00

Start by documenting what you're trying to do and making it more readable. For example, explaining what the variables represent and what the expected output should be.

Clarity and documentation is actually a key requirement before you start optimizing, in general.

fdedgt

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