They wrote a JSON “parser” using sscanf. sscanf is not bulletproof! Just use an open source library instead of writing something yourself. You will still be a real programmer, but you will finish your game sooner and you won't have embarrassing stories written about you.
Yes, but now it's in the realm of ~3 minutes, and not ~8 minutes even on a top-spec PC, right? I really liked the game, but waiting 8 minutes to load just to get griefed by hackers within seconds of walking outside... I don't understand how that game makes any money.
IMO it varies widely. This past weekend it was taking me multiple attempts to get logged in to a public lobby— after waiting ~5-10 minutes!
Nothing has changed appreciably. If they would let you login to a private invite-only lobby that would likely speed things up greatly— but it’ll never happen.
I don’t think its ever been an option to login directly to an invite-only lobby. But then I have taken multiple multi-year breaks! I was pleasantly surprised you can actually play most of the game in a private lobby now… that is a huge change and I am not at all certain when it occurred.
Nitpicking: What you're describing is called a "variable ratio reinforcement schedule", and is considered to be the most effective form of operant conditioning.
However, it's not even remotely "like crack". Crack is really really really really fun, period, no "just enough of the time" about it. The reason people get hooked on crack is because it's guaranteed to be fun.
If I had to choose a substance that most closely mirrored variable ratio reinforcement conditioning, it'd probably be ketamine.
I often see this problem of comparing America to one country. We have 350 million people spread out in an area larger than EU. It's really one state is equivalent to one country in EU or Africa.
I would think it's still more energy consumption but not as huge of a gap, depending on the state.
NTA - You can say “f*” in nearly every country in the world, it’s not exactly a swear word.
I’m pretty sure your cat doesn’t understand what the problem is. If you say “f*” with a bit more force it sounds like you’re saying “f** you” to the cat.
Edit: you can’t actually swear in front of your parents, but you can say “f**”
I have a ~ 10 minutes walk commute to work and event I share your opinion, I wouldn't want to go back to the office either
I used to work remotely for a different continent + 9 hours diff timezone and that was as painful as it can get: different hours for meetings, not knowing anything about my coworkers was really exhausting
But with the ability to go back to the office only when I need to and focus on my work much better at home, I don't think I'd ever want to go back anytime soon
Yeah but this year the number of people working from home that would connect to slack directly at the beginning of their work day must be much much larger than the other years
Another small but potentially relevant detail: Not many people vacationed, so more people would have returned to work at standard times. Many people travel over holidays for example (usually) but this time around in many places it wasn't even an option. Other people extend their holidays to relax more, but I don't know any people interested in staycations in their house. We've had enough of it.
