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Off Topic / Re: Hillary cannot mentally run this nation

« on: August 14, 2016, 09:17:58 PM »

Well I'd like to see a solution to the problem that is CIA, preferably an explosive one.

In another thread I talked about how if the countries currently involved in active fighting against CIA actually pooled all of their resources together 100% to defeat CIA in a cooperative manner they would get it done in a few months or less.  Seriously if we stopped this here-and-there bullstuff and just made a gigantic first-world steamroller it'd be very effective.  Also if Putin would get his head out of his ass then it could form into something even greater, but time has proven that once an enemy is beaten everyone kinda just forgets about their helping each other.

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Off Topic / Re: Programming Megathread

« on: August 14, 2016, 09:13:05 PM »

I'd be worried that they might be teaching HTML instead.

That might actually be more probable, the same kind of class at my university is HTML.

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Off Topic / Re: Germany is the new Turky

« on: August 14, 2016, 05:14:12 PM »

Sure migrant troubles are an interesting topic but it is in no way comparable to Turkey and the insane stuffstorm surrounding it right now.

Well migrant troubles are an interesting topic considering there was widespread loveual assault / rape last New Years in Germany if I recall correctly.  At the end of the day people don't mind people of other places, but nobody wants their home to lose its original identity.  Sure it's good to admit the migrants to give them refuge but let's also consider a solution called cleaning up the middle east with the aid of literally every industrialized nation.  If all nations that currently have some involvement in fighting CIA actually put 100% cooperation together they could probably finish this thing within months if not weeks.  Too bad all these nations are basically Christian and Muslims probably would not look kindly on that at all even if it was to get rid of the extremists.

Also, Turkey's "stuffstorm" is just a bullstuff coup and now Erdogan the richardless is just going "off with their heads" at everyone he doesn't / didn't like.  He's still a massive starfish and probably the root of many problems of that stuffstorm.

She's a cuckold? Interesting. Dunno how that's relevant but whatever rocks your socks I guess

Honestly I could've sworn the stupid term finally died out.  So loving dumb and overused, beyond "autist" on these forums.

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Off Topic / Re: Programming Megathread

« on: August 14, 2016, 05:05:12 PM »

Logic loop and rendering loop in two different threads, calculate frame delta by storing the old system time in a variable and subtracting it from the new system time, perform data point interpolation according to the delta value, listen for messages or keystrokes and manipulate the data.

This is interesting stuff, I'm currently building the framework for a game that I want to make as a personal project.  Do you have any recommendations on material/resources in the way of books on general and Android/mobile game development?

My problem is that my attention span is only a few days so I can never get big projects done. Does anyone have any advice to stay motivated?

Your problem may be caused by a lack of discipline in making progress towards goals, I tend to have the same problem.  The key is to make short, achievable goals.  Think about what you want to get done with it in the next few days or for the week, and make as much progress as you're comfortable with to achieve the realistic goals.  Alternatively if you're an ADHD type like I am you can either completely cut out distractions or just burn yourself out on them so much that you get tired of them.  I wouldn't recommend this though.

state mandated computer science course run through "virtual arkansas" but their webpage is stuffty and offers no course information. this is all i can really find:

Sounds like probably one of the easy starter languages like Ruby or Python, considering it's aimed at students with no CS experience and if it's state mandated it's likely geared to be like a general education CS class, literally "CS for non-CS majors."  I wouldn't expect it to be too difficult if at all because it's probably state mandated to help encourage kids to at least dip a toe in programming and hook any potential future programmers and boost rankings.

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Off Topic / Re: Germany is the new Turky

« on: August 14, 2016, 04:50:13 PM »

I'm all for cultural diffusion and cosmopolitan mixes but this stuff upsets me.  You might see this in the US but at least they'll hang American flags alongside their home flags.  At least have some pride in your new home.

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Off Topic / Re: I spit out about a shotglass and a half of blood this morning

« on: August 14, 2016, 04:48:08 PM »

I wouldn't worry a lot if I were you, but definitely consider additional iron in your diet perhaps.  Investigate any possible cuts in your mouth.  If it stopped quickly I'm willing to bet it was in the gums, your gums don't have to be visibly bleeding too much to bleed.  Hell I can make my gums bleed by being too harsh with floss, and they'll bleed a fair amount for a short amount of time.

you know op best case scenario is that you had a nosebleed in your sleep and it went straight to your mouth because you were lying down

Only if this was a rare occurrence actually.  Once when I was young I had a really bad flu and for some reason lots of nosebleeds, and I mean lots to the point where I was popping iron supplements as much as I could and we were still worried about blood loss.  At one point nosebleeds were happening so often and even while sleeping that the blood flowed down into my stomach to the point where so much got in my stomach it made me heavily nauseated and throw it all up.  If it was one time it's probably a best case scenario though.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: August 13, 2016, 04:49:23 PM »

After finally having Windows install, it got stuck on this, and has been for about 20 minutes. Is this normal? Or should I be concerned? I installed 10 on a laptop before but I don't recall how long it took.

image from google since I cant take a picture myself, but its exactly the same

If your computer is running on slow hardware, reading from a CD, and utilizing a low RPM hard drive, then probably not.  Windows does take time to install unless you're installing from USB.  Even better is USB3 onto an SSD, I almost gushed at how fast it was.

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Games / Re: No Man's Sky ~ PC release IS OUT! ~ UTTER TRAINWRECK

« on: August 13, 2016, 03:00:38 AM »

Any CPU produced after 2006 will have SSE4.1. You're going to be hard pressed to find people running new machines who don't have SSE4.1.

I was thinking the same, not like I'm well versed in CPU instruction sets but I can't imagine any reason a program would be developed requiring the latest hardware technology that is not commonplace.

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Games / Re: World of Warcraft: Legion Megathread: The Legion Invades

« on: August 13, 2016, 02:57:38 AM »

the Burning Legion transcends all timelines. the archimonde in hellfire citadel was the same archimonde at battle for mount hyjal

forget fiction that forgets with the continuity of time and space

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: August 13, 2016, 01:29:48 AM »

Lots of reviews will say it has the best frames per price right now.

It has very similar performance to the 1060 with added benefit in DX12/Vulkan for $50 less. So yeah, it's worth it unless you want that little bit more performance.

I guess it's a better buy considering DX12/Vulkan is the up and coming technology over OpenGL

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Games / Re: No Man's Sky ~ PC release IS OUT! ~ UTTER TRAINWRECK

« on: August 12, 2016, 09:58:40 PM »

This sounds as bad as SPORE except a few patches and the game might actually deliver.

What a damn shame for such an overhyped and undertested game.

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Games / Re: World of Warcraft: Legion Megathread: The Legion Invades

« on: August 12, 2016, 09:51:15 PM »

It's nice to see that Legion actually has a chance of bringing a revival back to WoW but what the forget how the forget does the Burning Legion just magically come back

I get it, Gul'Dan went through timelines or whatever and brought back the Legion that was in another timeline and all that but this just seems like a really stretched attempt at a story.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: August 12, 2016, 09:40:17 PM »

Yeah, currently regarded as the best value card, especially if you're on a tight budget

Is this for certain?  I remain skeptical of it, the only benefit I see is the better performance on DX12/Vulkan.  Even then, it's not by much.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: August 12, 2016, 03:28:44 PM »

i think you could do better for $1000

Possibly, but as it turns out this idea will not come to fruition as my friend probably wouldn't buy my current tower for $1000.

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Off Topic / Re: [MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

« on: August 12, 2016, 11:18:23 AM »

Get led strips instead

I was thinking of reusing my red LED strip in my current case but tbh I prefer a uniform solid light over a chain of LEDs.