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  1. Comment on Titanfall 3 is not in the works, Respawn says in ~games

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    Titanfall is probably a top 5 of all time shooter for me, and I still hope dearly for a third installment, but I gotta say, Apex Legends really caught me by surprise in a good way. I'm not the...

    Titanfall is probably a top 5 of all time shooter for me, and I still hope dearly for a third installment, but I gotta say, Apex Legends really caught me by surprise in a good way. I'm not the biggest fan of the battle royale genre, but Apex got a lot right that others have gotten wrong. Combine that with the gameplay and polish that's to be expected from a Respawn game, I am not complaining at all that this is what we got instead of Titanfall 3.

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  2. Comment on Titanfall 3 is not in the works, Respawn says in ~games

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    Apex was Respawn's idea, not EA's, and that's straight from the mouth of an executive producer at Respawn. This is the game they wanted to make, and it's obvious way too much effort went into it...

    Apex was Respawn's idea, not EA's, and that's straight from the mouth of an executive producer at Respawn. This is the game they wanted to make, and it's obvious way too much effort went into it to dispel any belief that it's nothing but a sloppy, rushed battle royale game with a Titanfall skin.

    I get that EA isn't the best company, but a lot of the skepticism and outrage tossed its way is completely over the top. Apex Legends had a stellar launch and is thus far very deserving of the recognition its gotten, EA involved or not.

    3 votes
  3. Comment on Would anyone like a free website? in ~creative

  4. Comment on Would anyone like a free website? in ~creative

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    Your portfolio looks nice, kind of you to offer! Is it just me, or do you have some sort of scrolling effect on your portfolio website? The scrolling is not smooth for me (using a Macbook...

    Your portfolio looks nice, kind of you to offer!

    Is it just me, or do you have some sort of scrolling effect on your portfolio website? The scrolling is not smooth for me (using a Macbook trackpad). If you've got some Javascript messing with the scrolling, I'd suggest removing it/revising it, as it feels very unnatural.

    7 votes
  5. Comment on Where should I move to? in ~life

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    Sadly (but unsurprisingly), the largest tech cities are all going to have relatively high costs of living compared to smaller cities with less booming industries. Of course with your career path,...

    Sadly (but unsurprisingly), the largest tech cities are all going to have relatively high costs of living compared to smaller cities with less booming industries. Of course with your career path, assuming you land at a decent company, you should be able to get paid a nice salary proportional to that cost. There are some exceptions, such as NYC and San Francisco, which are so ridiculously expensive that you have to resign to worse living amenities even though your salary will be significantly higher than other cities. It's a tradeoff - some people don't mind living in worse conditions if they get to live in a place like NYC or SF. It's all a matter of personal preference.

    I'd say that Seattle and Austin are potential good fits. Seattle is obviously a huge tech city, and the weather is close to what you desire. I can't speak much more about it other than that. I have lived in Austin all my life and am in the tech industry. It's an amazing city, but has a lot of growing pains, and is a superb place to be for this line of work. Obviously, however, it won't meet your weather preferences.

    I personally would suggest checking out Raleigh, North Carolina/the Research Triangle metropolitan area. There's a growing tech presence there, and I believe it gets the rain and snow you're looking for (though maybe not as much as places further north). North Carolina is a beautiful state. I don't know how high the cost of living is, but I would imagine you get a lot more bang for your buck there than you do in the more popular tech cities.

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  6. Comment on What will happen in 2019? in ~talk

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    How on earth did you come to that conclusion?

    That stuff will pretty much cease to exist without capitalism anyway

    How on earth did you come to that conclusion?

    2 votes
  7. Comment on Amazon sends 1,700 Alexa voice recordings to a random person in ~tech

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    I don't think this kind of data scrounging is a unique problem to home assistant devices though. As the article says, much of a person's information is readily available on social network sites,...

    I don't think this kind of data scrounging is a unique problem to home assistant devices though. As the article says, much of a person's information is readily available on social network sites, and you could pretty easily find all of this same info using any number of starting points, not just voice recordings from an Echo.

  8. Comment on Amazon sends 1,700 Alexa voice recordings to a random person in ~tech

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    Interesting, I would have assumed that a bugged automated process was the cause. I would obviously be livid if I were the victim of this mistake, but this doesn't change my outlook on home...

    A spokesperson for the tech giant told us: “This was an unfortunate case of human error and an isolated incident."

    Interesting, I would have assumed that a bugged automated process was the cause.

    I would obviously be livid if I were the victim of this mistake, but this doesn't change my outlook on home assistant devices. I use my Google Home everyday for a variety of things, and I don't believe it to be any more scandalous than my smart phone, which contains and has access to A LOT more of my personal data than my Home does.

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  9. Comment on The practical value of semantic HTML in ~comp

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    As a developer that started out more backend oriented but has transitioned into a full stack skill set over the past couple years, I have definitely noticed that I am a bit out of touch with...

    As a developer that started out more backend oriented but has transitioned into a full stack skill set over the past couple years, I have definitely noticed that I am a bit out of touch with "semantic HTML", as the article calls it. I didn't do much frontend development until well after Javascript-first frameworks, content management systems, and static site generators began dominating the webdev world, and so I am far less in tune with the fundamentals of HTML (and CSS, to a lesser extent) than old school web guys like the author.

    It's actually kind of funny to come across this article now, since very recently I decided I was going to build up a simple website from the ground up so that I can get better grip of what it takes to write "good" HTML.

    4 votes
  10. Comment on What were the best games you played this year? in ~games

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    One I haven't seen mentioned here is Theme Parkitect. Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time, but the succeeding games in the series and others in the genre...

    One I haven't seen mentioned here is Theme Parkitect.

    Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time, but the succeeding games in the series and others in the genre haven't been able to live up to them. Planet Coaster, another recent theme park sim, showed some promise, but failed to meet my expectations as a management sim (though some people have made some amazing creations with its powerful design tools). Theme Parkitect finally meets those expectations, and has improved on the RCT formula in a number of ways.

    3 votes
  11. Comment on What if we eliminated "ownership" of link topics? in ~tildes.official

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    If there is still public record of who originally submitted the link, then I don't think users will be any less defensive over their submissions.

    If there is still public record of who originally submitted the link, then I don't think users will be any less defensive over their submissions.

    13 votes
  12. Comment on What if we eliminated "ownership" of link topics? in ~tildes.official

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    I don't think this would be an effective solution to the problem at hand, and adds unnecessary complication to the site (both from a technical and a user perspective). Already there are 6...

    I don't think this would be an effective solution to the problem at hand, and adds unnecessary complication to the site (both from a technical and a user perspective). Already there are 6 questions in the OP regarding the implications of removing link ownership, and I would imagine there are plenty more issues that would be revealed if this were to be implemented. Not that any of those couldn't be overcome, but it seems like an unnecessary amount of work to fix what is and will hopefully remain to be an uncommon problem.

    It's only natural that users will be protective of their own posts, but it needs to be made clear that submitted content, in a way, belongs to the community as a whole, and so it has the possibility of being corrected/updated if need be. I think the trust system will eventually help with this, since modifying another user's post is obviously something we should only allow for trusted users to do.

    I also fear that users would be less inclined to post links if they do not retain ownership of the submission.

    2 votes
  13. Comment on Ember 3.6 Released in ~comp

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    Are there any Ember developers here? It's definitely been far overshadowed by more popular frameworks like React and Angular, but I use Ember professionally and dabble with it in my spare time.

    Are there any Ember developers here? It's definitely been far overshadowed by more popular frameworks like React and Angular, but I use Ember professionally and dabble with it in my spare time.

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  15. Comment on What do we all think about Smash Ultimate? in ~games

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    I completely agree. I think it's a good idea in theory, but in the end it almost just feels like a crappy card game tacked on to give the mode extra length. There is an overwhelming amount of...

    My only kind of negative so far is that the whole "spirts" thing in the Adventure mode is kind of weird and seems there mostly to pad it out more.

    I completely agree. I think it's a good idea in theory, but in the end it almost just feels like a crappy card game tacked on to give the mode extra length. There is an overwhelming amount of spirits to collect, most of which seem redundant or useless, and I honestly don't care enough to figure out all the best combinations, spirits to level up, etc. I haven't revisited a single one of the shops I've come across, nor do I really plan to because I've been faring just fine without anything from them.

    On top of that, there are way too many boring, repetitive fights. Some of the unique fights are really fun, but for the most part it feel like I'm just grinding boring fights with a single fighter with a small quirk. I think they should have scaled down the mode so it was less of a slog with less repetition in the fights and spirits.

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  16. Comment on The Tildes code is now open-sourced in ~tildes.official

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    This is an exciting step for the site! I'm looking forward to digging into this later.

    This is an exciting step for the site! I'm looking forward to digging into this later.

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  17. Comment on Any game developers here? Share your projects and insights in ~games

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    It's such a shame that every single person I have ever met in my career that has worked in game development have all had similar horror stories about the industry's stress, work/life balance, and...

    It's such a shame that every single person I have ever met in my career that has worked in game development have all had similar horror stories about the industry's stress, work/life balance, and compensation.

    What kind of games do you make now? Do you do it strictly for fun or do you still earn some income from them?

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    I had never even considered tabletop games as an entry point, but you make a really great point about graphics, sounds, etc. You can focus strictly on mechanics and narrative.

    I had never even considered tabletop games as an entry point, but you make a really great point about graphics, sounds, etc. You can focus strictly on mechanics and narrative.

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