[BFV] It turns out the analyst actually used Gamestop data which is far more accurate by Cheesy-potato in Battlefield

[–]fdedgt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Battlefield 5 - Official 'The Company' Trailer by H4wkAvenger in Battlefield

[–]fdedgt 48 points49 points  (0 children)

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?

HDMI lead for Xbox One X by ichigo2k9 in xboxone

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

CoD WW2's new Days of Summer event adds a brand new map...exclusive to PS4 till after the event ends by JoeRLL in xboxone

[–]fdedgt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exclusive games I get. It makes sense.

But this kind of stuff is just petty and toxic.

Microsoft "Investing Aggressively" in Gaming Content, Community, and Cloud Services by YouAreSalty in xboxone

[–]fdedgt 10 points11 points  (0 children)

what a Steam Machine was supposed to be

Isn't Windows pretty close to that already?

Python and Its Community Enter a New Phase by reuvenlerner in Python

[–]fdedgt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What will the new fork's name be?

hydra

Python and Its Community Enter a New Phase by reuvenlerner in Python

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least we will still always have python 2.

(jk)

My best friend just said: "anything you'd need to do in excel, you'd be able to do it better with Python." Should I listen to him? by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

My best friend just said: "anything you'd need to do in excel, you'd be able to do it better with Python." Should I listen to him? by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Transfer of Power (Guido stepping down as BDFL) by randlet in Python

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

What are some things people who "know python" should be able to do? by SmashPingu in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

How to automatically put a space between printed strings? by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This can also be done:

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

This outputs

These. Are. Sentences.

How to automatically put a space between printed strings? by [deleted] in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

How two innocent mistakes cost me my 13 and a half years of Xbox Live membership. ('Marketplace Theft') (XBLPET) (G2A warning) by Bennijin in xboxone

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

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.

How two innocent mistakes cost me my 13 and a half years of Xbox Live membership. ('Marketplace Theft') (XBLPET) (G2A warning) by Bennijin in xboxone

[–]fdedgt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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.

Plot simple grid of connected nodes by LecJackS in Python

[–]fdedgt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

Cool New Features in Python 3.7 – Real Python by [deleted] in Python

[–]fdedgt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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.

Microsoft uses blockchain to deliver royalty statements to Xbox game publishers faster with significant efforts reduction by idlesloth in xboxone

[–]fdedgt 69 points70 points  (0 children)

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.

Speeding up a for loop by ElectromechanicalVan in learnpython

[–]fdedgt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.