GyroTech's recent activity
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Comment on Should employees keep their salary a secret? in ~finance
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Comment on Comment tags now affect sorting, more changes coming in ~tildes.official
GyroTech Link ParentOh I understand and agree with the intention, without a doubt, but some joking comment could have the most votes in a thread because it is both humours AND insightful, but enough people mark it as...Oh I understand and agree with the intention, without a doubt, but some joking comment could have the most votes in a thread because it is both humours AND insightful, but enough people mark it as a joke (I don't know what the threshold of tag -> action is, @Deimos?) then it gets bumped way down in visibility.
I read somewhere that the tags are to be used specifically for insightful comments, and thus a 'good' joke should not be tagged with 'joke'... I'm not certain on this aspect though, and could bring it back to the tag -> action threshold...
Maybe a better way would be the ratio of joke-tags:votes a comment has. That is a comment has been tagged as a joke more than it has been voted, then perceived vote could be halved for thread-sorting.
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Comment on Comment tags now affect sorting, more changes coming in ~tildes.official
GyroTech LinkI'm not sure I agree with the 'Joke' tag having such a negative impact. A good joke can often be insightful in ways that a straight reply cannot be (see satirical comedians like George Carlin)....I'm not sure I agree with the 'Joke' tag having such a negative impact. A good joke can often be insightful in ways that a straight reply cannot be (see satirical comedians like George Carlin). Though I understand the vast majority won't be at that level, I think a halving of votes is excessive.
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Comment on Doom of Valyria: What destroyed Daenerys and Jon’s ancestors? in ~tv
GyroTech Link ParentIt's not my content, I just enjoy it and wanted to share!It's not my content, I just enjoy it and wanted to share!
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Comment on Doom of Valyria: What destroyed Daenerys and Jon’s ancestors? in ~tv
GyroTech Link ParentI knew of this general theory of the Faceless Men but not this post in particular. Very succinct and well put together. And now I'm going to sit in a corner and cry for a bit...I knew of this general theory of the Faceless Men but not this post in particular. Very succinct and well put together.
even makes a prediction for future books
And now I'm going to sit in a corner and cry for a bit...
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Comment on The Ripper: The disturbing Visceral Games project that never was in ~games
GyroTech Link ParentWith games, the source code is just a small part of the whole, without the release of the assets it would be close to useless. Add to that the fact that many games share engines (think Unity,...With games, the source code is just a small part of the whole, without the release of the assets it would be close to useless. Add to that the fact that many games share engines (think Unity, Unreal, etc) make it kind of infeasible.
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Comment on Doom of Valyria: What destroyed Daenerys and Jon’s ancestors? in ~tv
GyroTech Link ParentI know, I let out a little schoolgirl squee when I saw it on my YouTube feed.I know, I let out a little schoolgirl squee when I saw it on my YouTube feed.
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Comment on Doom of Valyria: What destroyed Daenerys and Jon’s ancestors? in ~tv
GyroTech Link ParentIt theorises what the Doom of Valyria actually could have been, its causes and effects of the world of Essos and Westeros. The spoilers are for anyone who is not up to date with the TV show.It theorises what the Doom of Valyria actually could have been, its causes and effects of the world of Essos and Westeros.
The spoilers are for anyone who is not up to date with the TV show.
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Doom of Valyria: What destroyed Daenerys and Jon’s ancestors?
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Comment on The Ripper: The disturbing Visceral Games project that never was in ~games
GyroTech Link ParentThat is what shocked me more than anything else. How can they sink so much time and resources into something and just dump it? Maybe there should be a new sort of release type, complimentary to...That is what shocked me more than anything else. How can they sink so much time and resources into something and just dump it?
Maybe there should be a new sort of release type, complimentary to Steam Greenlight/Early Access but for end-of-life games. Like a game museum or mortuary! Pay a fraction of the normal release title price, and get a glimpse of what could have been. With enough interest a studio or producer could even pick it back up again.
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Comment on The Ripper: The disturbing Visceral Games project that never was in ~games
GyroTech Link ParentOh absolutely! I didn't want to editorialise the title but the article feels very much more about corporate inteference and priority-shifting than the game itself being too risque. Honestly i was...Oh absolutely! I didn't want to editorialise the title but the article feels very much more about corporate inteference and priority-shifting than the game itself being too risque.
Honestly i was shocked that they managed to sink 20 million dollars into a project and still think losing that sort of money was better than releasing it.
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The Ripper: The disturbing Visceral Games project that never was
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Comment on NAND Gate Game - Build up a CPU from NANDs in ~comp
GyroTech Link ParentThe author says it's a work-in-progress, so I hope now that the game-play is more-or-less done the 'boring' bit like documentation and usability can be polished.The author says it's a work-in-progress, so I hope now that the game-play is more-or-less done the 'boring' bit like documentation and usability can be polished.
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Comment on NAND Gate Game - Build up a CPU from NANDs in ~comp
GyroTech Link ParentIf you're interested, there is a great set of videos by Ben Eater where he start from basic principles and build a Turing-complete 8-bit computer. I highly recommend it.If you're interested, there is a great set of videos by Ben Eater where he start from basic principles and build a Turing-complete 8-bit computer. I highly recommend it.
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Comment on NAND Gate Game - Build up a CPU from NANDs in ~comp
GyroTech LinkI've been playing this nice little gamified logic tutorial in between tasks at work to keep my head in the right sphere, but taking a break form actual work. It is still under development but I...I've been playing this nice little gamified logic tutorial in between tasks at work to keep my head in the right sphere, but taking a break form actual work.
It is still under development but I was quite charmed by the gradual climb from simplicity to complexity.
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NAND Gate Game - Build up a CPU from NANDs
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
GyroTech (edited )Link ParentMaybe 'ignore' was not the right word, rather abuse should be punished and the only one who can mete that punishment is Demios currently. For sure it's not down to us as a community to enact some...Maybe 'ignore' was not the right word, rather abuse should be punished and the only one who can mete that punishment is Demios currently. For sure it's not down to us as a community to enact some form of mob-justice.
Once we become big enough\too much for just Deimos to handle, I would hope the moderators will be selected with just as much care and attention.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
GyroTech (edited )LinkI think the general idea @Deimos is going for in this early state is no hard rules, but encourage the good and ignore the bad. I'm not as prolific on Tildes as some, but I do lurk and vote much...I think the general idea @Deimos is going for in this early state is no hard rules, but encourage the good and ignore the bad.
I'm not as prolific on Tildes as some, but I do lurk and vote much more than comment. I have seen many of the types of usernames that you mention, and they often correlate with 'low effort' comments of a single sentence that doesn't add to the discussion at hand. They have also only had a few votes and get pushed to the bottom of the thread as more interesting comments get posted.
This self-filtering will be fine as long as interesting topics get interesting comments, which is down to us as the community :)
Edit Because I can't spell Deimos, thanks @Algernon_Asimov ;)
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Comment on Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle software by early 2020 in ~tech
GyroTech Link ParentAbsolutely! With great flexibility comes great responsibility! No one should be housing their production services in a single datacentre, be it classical or cloud-based. Just as the cloud allows...Absolutely! With great flexibility comes great responsibility!
No one should be housing their production services in a single datacentre, be it classical or cloud-based. Just as the cloud allows you to be a lot more flexible with your architecture, it doesn't force you to be, making it that much easier to run into issues.
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Comment on Amazon plans to move completely off Oracle software by early 2020 in ~tech
GyroTech Link ParentAt the base of things there isn't much difference, the cloud is 'someone else's datacentre'. That said, the architectural assumptions made for workloads in a datacentre vs cloud ARE very...At the base of things there isn't much difference, the cloud is 'someone else's datacentre'. That said, the architectural assumptions made for workloads in a datacentre vs cloud ARE very different.
In a datacentre, you can assume your CPU, memory, disk, and network is all preallocated with fixed maximums/throughput that is costed the same if your utilisation is 100% or 0.01%. You would normally design your systems accordingly to make best use of what you have, and get as close to maximum resource usage without causing instabilities.
In 'the cloud' everything is dynamic, everything can be adjusted to your needs at very short notice, and you pay for this flexibility. If you have a small dynamic website that suddenly gets popular, you don't have to buy a new server and plug it it, you can just tell your cloud provider to start up another copy (and bill you for it ;) ). This flexibility means you design services that are more 'ephemeral' and can disappear one moment to reappear somewhere else. Rather than having a fixed infrastructure, you create many moving parts that should all be more resilient to failures in other parts of the system.
Essentially, this is a massive change in architecture and thinking, which a juggernaut like Oracle is having a hard time pivoting on.
I have worked in places across the entire spectrum of 'rules' regarding employees speaking about pay.
Bar far and away the best company was where all salaries were standardised and public across the board, up to and including Directer/Owners. You had a positions (Office, Support, Engineer, Management, etc) and within 3-5 payment levels. It was always very clear where you were at within the company, and more importantly, what was expected of you if you wanted to increase your salary.
The worst was being in a start-up and actively told not to talk about wages with anyone. Although actually disallowing anyone doing so is illegal here in, it was still very much taboo. I felt as though it created resentment and even discovered that my own manager didn't know my pay when we changed from a bonus-related scheme to higher-base pay. He told me a ball-park figure that my salary should be after the change, and I said that he might want to revise that info as I was already making more. From then on he because a lot more argumentative with me in general, and dismissive of my work and contributions. It would not surprise me to find that the company was under-paying him, as he technically should be 'worth' more since he is doing similar work to me plus organising the team I was a part of. Obviously his ire should have been directed to his employers, but because he didn't want to discuss salary he took it out on my work and it quickly because toxic.
I know this is all very anecdotal, but I think it is very important for companies to be open in their payments, at least to employees. Even then, public wage level should well drive competition for attracting the best employees. Openness and transparency puts a demand on the company to justify its actions, which I feel is only fair and helps reduce issues like nepotism.