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Comment · 1 year ago
My suggestion is straight from the C++ guidelines by Bjarne Stroustrup and Herb Sutter (ES.102: Use signed types for arithmetic), for reasons that you don't seem to grasp.
Comment · 1 year ago
I would suggest to never use unsigned int for values that will involve any sort of calculations on them (health, damage, speed). This is considered bad practice due to overflow and should be avoided, with the exception of values that are used for UIDs, indexes, bitfields, mask and flags.
Comment · 2 years ago
Quite incredible that the aviation industry haven't introduces sticks with force-feedback despite video game industry having them for about 30 years.

Probably because it's a patent lawsuit minefield.

Comment · 2 years ago
By "dual input system" I was referring to the fact that both pilots can apply input into their sticks or trim wheels simultaneously resulting into inputs cancelling each other out or de-synchronizing.
Comment · 2 years ago
I don't want to minimize pilot errors but I can't stop thinking this dual inputs system easily ranks in the top 5 of the worst design ideas in history.

Probably just behind the MCAS.

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Thank you for the Bitsummit coverage, glad to see that the spirit of Sanqua magazine still lives on.
Comment · 3 years ago
Once you know roughly how ChatGPT works under the hood (see ChatGPT API), most of these claims on ChatGPT seems to emerge from us humans being easily tricked by our own anthropomorphism.
Comment · 3 years ago
VCs have plenty of billions let's have them do the bail-out this time around.
Comment · 3 years ago
Really getting quite tired of the misuse of the word trope.
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Comment · 4 years ago
Bloomberg:

"China is able to secure cheaper supply and resell shipments from more expensive exporters to utilities in Europe and Asia, while Russia can continue selling fuel at a profit."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-08/china-sna...

Financial Times:

"The world’s largest buyer of liquefied natural gas [China] is reselling some of its surplus LNG cargoes due to weak energy demand at home. This has provided the spot market with an ample supply that Europe has tapped, despite the higher prices."

https://www.ft.com/content/1e20467a-5b53-42b7-ad89-49808f7e1...

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