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Comment · 6 years ago
Wouldn't the compiler optimize it either way?
Comment · 6 years ago
I wonder if they sold clicks before. Interesting way to pivot their "business".
Comment · 6 years ago
Or just run `shuf -n 6 /usr/share/dict/words`
Comment · 6 years ago
Decades ago I discovered HTA (Html Applications). It was a program from MS that let you build applications using a single html file. It had no browser UI in it, had it's own button in the menu bar, and other than the default white background it looked like a native application. All you needed to update it was to edit the file and reload the application, no compilation step needed. You could embed scripts and styles and even images so it could be one file if you wanted. I used it for building small toy apps. It was the times of IE5, I didn't really care about browser upgrades. Better of all, the files were small and you didn't need to package an executable since all Windows machines had the executable already.
Comment · 6 years ago
On the other hand give them a 10 page report and they'll put it down and never read it.
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Comment · 6 years ago
The Hamilton soundtrack has been playing in my head since I last heard it last week. Send help!
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Comment · 6 years ago
> Also people just game the system and only do what will get them a good review.

Wouldn't doing a good job earn a good review? This reminds me of the xkcd comic about the bots starting to have constructive messages to avoid spam filters. Mission fucking accomplished.

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Comment · 6 years ago
Stadia is a bad product, not because of the technical difficulties but because it makes no sense to pay for a service and then pay for access to the content in that service (the games) and if you stop paying for the service you lose access to the content (for which you payed full price by the way). I wouldn't mind a "Netflix for video games" but Stadia isn't it.
Comment · 6 years ago
The light crossing a landscape and plants growing as it goes seems inspired by the PS2 video game Ookami.
Comment · 6 years ago
> definitely something I wish mozilla would consider

There used to be this neat little extension called Read It Later that let you do just that. Bookmark and save it so you could read it when you were offline or the page disappeared. Later they changed their name and much later Mozilla bought it and added it to Firefox without a way to opt out. It was renamed to Pocket.

Comment · 6 years ago
I'd pay $5 for access to a number of channels, say 10, and then they distribute their earnings depending on the time I spent on each channel.
Comment · 6 years ago
There's a "Become creator" button at the bottom that leads you to this page: https://www.floatplane.com/support#join-as-pilot

The site seems to be at a beta stage at the moment and they are probably letting creators in very slowly so I would hold off if your intention is to completely replace YouTube.

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