NigelFrobisher

@NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All we have to do is rename b-trees to “hash tables” and database lookup times will be changed forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSN account no longer required for God of War Ragnarok, Spiderman 2, Last of Us Part 2, and Horizon Remastered⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They targeted gamers.

  Gamers.

  We’re a group of people who will sit for hours, days, even weeks on end performing some of the hardest, most mentally demanding tasks. Over, and over, and over all for nothing more than a little digital token saying we did.

  We’ll punish our selfs doing things others would consider torture, because we think it’s fun.

  We’ll spend most if not all of our free time min maxing the stats of a fictional character all to draw out a single extra point of damage per second.

  Many of us have made careers out of doing just these things: slogging through the grind, all day, the same quests over and over, hundreds of times to the point where we know evety little detail such that some have attained such gamer nirvana that they can literally play these games blindfolded.

  Do these people have any idea how many controllers have been smashed, systems over heated, disks and carts destroyed 8n frustration? All to latter be referred to as bragging rights?

  These people honestly think this is a battle they can win? They take our media? We’re already building a new one without them. They take our devs? Gamers aren’t shy about throwing their money else where, or even making the games our selves. They think calling us racist, mysoginistic, rape apologists is going to change us? We’ve been called worse things by prepubescent 10 year olds with a shitty head set. They picked a fight against a group that’s already grown desensitized to their strategies and methods. Who enjoy the battle of attrition they’ve threatened us with. Who take it as a challange when they tell us we no longer matter. Our obsession with proving we can after being told we can’t is so deeply ingrained from years of dealing with big brothers/sisters and friends laughing at how pathetic we used to be that proving you people wrong has become a very real need; a honed reflex.

  Gamers are competative, hard core, by nature. We love a challange. The worst thing you did in all of this was to challange us. You’re not special, you’re not original, you’re not the first; this is just another boss fight.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft lay off another 185 people and shutter one of the studios behind Star Wars: Outlaws and The Division 2⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Games can’t flop if you don’t publish any.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am shocked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director thinks GTA 6 might have the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The economy might have the clout to normalise buying it on sale three years after release.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Klaatu barada nmmmpph

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nike’s Air Max 1000 are almost entirely 3D-printed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You wouldn’t download a trainer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is trying to patent a 'universal' rewind button that could fix your worst gaming catastrophes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So save-scumming?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨David Zaslav says Trump will fuel big media mergers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to techno-feudalism, where the state only exists as a military to protect the corporate oligopoly from the populace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Britain 2: Electric Boganloo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not if you keep pronouncing “deck” like that!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve will finally sell the Steam Deck in Australia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We were playing on a rooted Gameboy Color.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Director Claims "Non-Decent Humans" Are Wishing For Company's Demise⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He’ll be begging for a government bailout next.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s slightly better Resharper, except when it fucks up and then it’s just an annoying parlour trick.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gaming fan Steven Spielberg says he "can't do controllers," prefers keyboard and mouse⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe he knows where all the unsold E.T. carts are buried.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dell sales team told to return to office 5 days a week, starting Monday⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dell is still going?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy: Poll⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  RTO always sheds the staff you can least afford to lose. My last place lost half their senior team, and have clearly learned absolutely nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars Outlaws creative director admits forced stealth sections are “incredibly punishing”, says next patch will ease up on them⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Massive kudos to RPS for the troll banner image.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Wars Outlaws Is A Crappy Masterpiece⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Had no idea they’d reskinned the Ubisoft game for Star Wars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Campy Suda 51 and Shinji Mikami joint Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered gets Halloween release date⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Garcia Hotspur is the best name ever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve owe you 44 quid, according to a £656m lawsuit against the company for allegedly overcharging UK customers⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But we only buy stuff when it’s on sale, right? Right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m fascinated by this open-world delivery game that sounds like Death Stranding on a horse in 13th-century Mongolia, with “unparalleled equine realism”⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We welcome our new horse overlords.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Writers Sound Off About Litigious ‘Seal Team’ Staffer Who Claims He Lost Gig Because He Was White & Male⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole industry of ctrl-v content generation journalists will find themselves on the dole replaced by ChatGPT by the end of this sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Writers Sound Off About Litigious ‘Seal Team’ Staffer Who Claims He Lost Gig Because He Was White & Male⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When one day you don’t just coast through life on privilege like you’re used to, and it’s soooo unfair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twisters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s face it though, this movie will be way more exciting now there are loads of twisters instead of just one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RANT : The thing i miss from reddit is that when a series or movie came out or ended there would be a big discussion threads.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TV shows don’t end anymore - they just don’t get renewed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Reveals Slimer's Return, New Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson Image⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I hate it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Our Flag Means Death’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Max⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TV series are like Schrödinger’s Cat - if you start watching one, the very act of observation may doom it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Safe to say peanuts into a US school too?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Marathon 4 Life

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rob Reiner to Film ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Sequel in February, Says Paul McCartney and Elton John Will Appear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This will be like the Jazz Odyssey of films.