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ChatmanJay wrote...
I just ordered the book, excited to get my physical copy. Quick question, I've never ordered from the site store before the other book I own I got at a con, since I just ordered it will I receive it later than those who ordered originally?No big deal if that's the case, just wanted to know if for future orders is it better to pre-order right away.
Correct. This book has not started shipping yet and they will go out based on when you ordered / how many people are in front of you. If you ordered it together with other books that aren't shipping yet, your shipment will be held until everything can be sent together. So yeah, ordering right away is best.
So if I'm not mistaken these are forum posts featured on the front page. They're typically a list of a scanlator's recent projects, written up by someone from that group. I believe they're buried in the Manga and Doujinshi Discussion section.
We haven't been seeing them lately because... well as far as I can tell nobody's been doing it. Do remember that most scanlators localize manga in their free time. It wouldn't surprise me at all if most of them couldn't be bothered because they're just more busy these days. Hope that sheds some light on the situation.
We haven't been seeing them lately because... well as far as I can tell nobody's been doing it. Do remember that most scanlators localize manga in their free time. It wouldn't surprise me at all if most of them couldn't be bothered because they're just more busy these days. Hope that sheds some light on the situation.
LoliCreamPie wrote...
If I purchase a book that came out earlier, will it also earn a free month of fakku gold after this becomes a feature?that would be nice indeed, that way there's more motivation to purchase the older releases that came first, in addition to supporting the authors.
As of now they've decided against free gold with books. It's a bit unfortunate for us but I guess it would cut into revenues quite a bit. Really want to see what else Jacob has in store for us.
New event has been announced!
Return of the Dragon Princess
Yay getting rolled by dragons... again T_T
I wonder if I'll be able to get by without having to buy blessings. I spent my time leveling Dorania to cap and I got Aria to 50|23 because I'm enjoying her reduced cost (would Katie have been a better decision?). I guess I haven't got much done. Still another 5 days to prepare though. I hope I win big on Monday. Maybe I'll spend a few crystals farming for platinum armors.
Oh boy they're adding statuses in too. Prepare your buttholes!
https://twitter.com/nutakugames/status/591364289132421120
Return of the Dragon Princess
Yay getting rolled by dragons... again T_T
I wonder if I'll be able to get by without having to buy blessings. I spent my time leveling Dorania to cap and I got Aria to 50|23 because I'm enjoying her reduced cost (would Katie have been a better decision?). I guess I haven't got much done. Still another 5 days to prepare though. I hope I win big on Monday. Maybe I'll spend a few crystals farming for platinum armors.
Oh boy they're adding statuses in too. Prepare your buttholes!
https://twitter.com/nutakugames/status/591364289132421120
As fast as it can be done without leaving a significant impact on quality. Everyone makes mistakes, and the faster the job is the more likely mistakes will fly under the radar. If I notice a drop in quality then I'm inclined to wait for a better release.
If we're talking about officially localized work then quality takes the absolute highest priority. In this case it's best that the work does the author justice without sacrifice.
If we're talking about officially localized work then quality takes the absolute highest priority. In this case it's best that the work does the author justice without sacrifice.
I guess I didn't quite get into what the CS program actually entails with my previous post. CS is probably closer to math than it is programming. You don't really need it very often but you'll probably have to take at least up to Calculus II. You'd also have to do stuff in discrete math, logic, probability and some other stuff. If you get into any security topics e.g. encryption you'd have to learn modular arithmetic. All of this stuff is much easier than advanced math/physics but isn't exactly trivial either. But it can also be very boring. You have been warned!
This isn't to say that there isn't any programming. You should expect to do at least one non-trivial programming project every other class. I've built my own BitTorrent client for example (most schools don't have you do this). It all depends on which school you attend so talk to some people and get some info before jumping in.
CS isn't exactly easy but if you study and are motivated it's not really that challenging. Again most job postings for software will look for a CS degree.
This isn't to say that there isn't any programming. You should expect to do at least one non-trivial programming project every other class. I've built my own BitTorrent client for example (most schools don't have you do this). It all depends on which school you attend so talk to some people and get some info before jumping in.
CS isn't exactly easy but if you study and are motivated it's not really that challenging. Again most job postings for software will look for a CS degree.
Gravity cat wrote...
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I have been wondering.
Guessing the introduction of webms has something to do with HTML5, which I hear allows the use of video playback without a codec.
Google Search wrote...
Free and open video format designed to provide royalty-free high-quality video compression for use with HTML5 video. Sponsored by Google.Yes. There are actually a number of different media formats that browsers support but WebM seems to be the most widely supported of them.
OP if you're interested in programming professionally major in computer science or software engineering. CS is the industry standard. Just about anyone can learn to program, even if they're not cut out for it. Programming is not difficult. The difference between someone who learned how to program and a person who has studied CS is significant though. CS students learn about systematic problem solving as a whole rather than just finding a solution.
To elaborate, let's think about a simple problem: You want to sort a list of numbers in ascending order. Any programmer can think about about it for a bit and come up with a simple naive bubble sort algorithm. Or even better, they'll just say hey my programming language has a library that does this, I can just call that sorting method and I'm done! A computer scientist is still thinking though. He's looking at the data because he wants to know its "shape". He's looking at the sorting strategy because he thinks it can be done faster. He cares about minor things, like what should be done if two elements have the same value. If their order need not be preserved, he can use a different strategy than what he'd choose if they did. That might not sound interesting but here's the bottom line: what if your list of numbers is a billion values long? What does the naive programmer do to make it better? The computer scientist knows how to analyze the problem and make an appropriate optimization, in fact if he understood well enough he'll have designed an appropriate solution on his first try.
This is what CS is all about, learning about different problems and how to solve them. In fact programming is a fairly small part of what CS students learn. That might sound ludicrous but it's more or less true. But the key difference is understanding the problem. A good software developer needs to understand things like this because it really does matter. Going back to the above problem, sorting a billion numbers with bubble sort will take you months on your blazing fast 5GHz overclocked PC. The computer scientist's optimized solution will take a minute or two on a slower machine. I'm not even exaggerating. That kind of difference is huge and it's probably why CS is the industry standard.
As for Software Engineering, I'm honestly not sure about what they study. From what I've read they're more about learning industry practices, like how an actual software development team operates. It's not the same as CS but it might eliminate some need for training that a CS graduate might need to get up to speed. Just remember what I said about problem solving though. That's extremely important to being an efficient developer. Being efficient is almost the same as saving money and resources = more profit for your company.
To elaborate, let's think about a simple problem: You want to sort a list of numbers in ascending order. Any programmer can think about about it for a bit and come up with a simple naive bubble sort algorithm. Or even better, they'll just say hey my programming language has a library that does this, I can just call that sorting method and I'm done! A computer scientist is still thinking though. He's looking at the data because he wants to know its "shape". He's looking at the sorting strategy because he thinks it can be done faster. He cares about minor things, like what should be done if two elements have the same value. If their order need not be preserved, he can use a different strategy than what he'd choose if they did. That might not sound interesting but here's the bottom line: what if your list of numbers is a billion values long? What does the naive programmer do to make it better? The computer scientist knows how to analyze the problem and make an appropriate optimization, in fact if he understood well enough he'll have designed an appropriate solution on his first try.
This is what CS is all about, learning about different problems and how to solve them. In fact programming is a fairly small part of what CS students learn. That might sound ludicrous but it's more or less true. But the key difference is understanding the problem. A good software developer needs to understand things like this because it really does matter. Going back to the above problem, sorting a billion numbers with bubble sort will take you months on your blazing fast 5GHz overclocked PC. The computer scientist's optimized solution will take a minute or two on a slower machine. I'm not even exaggerating. That kind of difference is huge and it's probably why CS is the industry standard.
As for Software Engineering, I'm honestly not sure about what they study. From what I've read they're more about learning industry practices, like how an actual software development team operates. It's not the same as CS but it might eliminate some need for training that a CS graduate might need to get up to speed. Just remember what I said about problem solving though. That's extremely important to being an efficient developer. Being efficient is almost the same as saving money and resources = more profit for your company.
Hi Mischa! Congratulations on becoming an editor! I'm looking forward to enjoying the fruits of your labor :3
I don't think there is. I think most "regular" conversation for us happens in CTFG.
Really what does Facebook do that this forum doesn't (other than adding a centralized discussion board, which isn't always a positive and real time messaging, which isn't all that important)?
Also why should we chat elsewhere? I know Facebook might be more attractive or convenient for some people but having another centralized discussion platform only helps to divide the users. Keeping everyone here is good for FAKKU!.
Really what does Facebook do that this forum doesn't (other than adding a centralized discussion board, which isn't always a positive and real time messaging, which isn't all that important)?
Also why should we chat elsewhere? I know Facebook might be more attractive or convenient for some people but having another centralized discussion platform only helps to divide the users. Keeping everyone here is good for FAKKU!.
I was thinking about this recently, well not exactly. @trueyukinagato-3357829 brought up the fact that we don't really have any hard info about artists that's easily accessible. So I thought that it would good to incorporate user feedback, which would help provide exposure for artists who don't have a FAKKU! published book or aren't particularly well known.
Instead of a rating system you can allow users to "qualify" a particular work after reading it. There would be multiple options, such as "Erotic", "Cute", "Freaky", "Emotional", "Funny". You get the idea. There aren't any decidedly negative options by design, that way you can't just 1-star a work into oblivion. You can choose to abstain from voting and votes can be either single selection or multiple selection. This helps users get an idea of how many people enjoyed a particular work and how they felt about it. It also gives you a new way to query the database that's actually based on feedback. Additionally there could be a brand new artist page with aggregate data like most common tags and most common feedback qualities.
Of course this doesn't solve the problem of "stale" work still sitting at the top. But if they're timestamped you can just find a better way to rank them. It's also very limited in that you're restricted to giving feedback with only a few different options. Too many different qualities and users might not care to pick out the right one(s).
Anywho I wonder what the plans are...
Instead of a rating system you can allow users to "qualify" a particular work after reading it. There would be multiple options, such as "Erotic", "Cute", "Freaky", "Emotional", "Funny". You get the idea. There aren't any decidedly negative options by design, that way you can't just 1-star a work into oblivion. You can choose to abstain from voting and votes can be either single selection or multiple selection. This helps users get an idea of how many people enjoyed a particular work and how they felt about it. It also gives you a new way to query the database that's actually based on feedback. Additionally there could be a brand new artist page with aggregate data like most common tags and most common feedback qualities.
Of course this doesn't solve the problem of "stale" work still sitting at the top. But if they're timestamped you can just find a better way to rank them. It's also very limited in that you're restricted to giving feedback with only a few different options. Too many different qualities and users might not care to pick out the right one(s).
Anywho I wonder what the plans are...
neyapuckachinha wrote...
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How small are we talking? I'm genuinely curious, Ive never seen small built desktops.
Because you don't always have fret when you move for example, or you don't want to pay for airport fees to carry your desktop around etc. I found having a big latptop is the best compromise between performances and mobility.
Depends on how small you want to get. Obviously sacrifices must be made but there are still advantages over having a laptop.
http://redd.it/qjjga
http://redd.it/1j6f5l
http://redd.it/2x3bp5
http://redd.it/2d5m24
Again I think laptops are justified if you need to be working on the move. Otherwise you're paying more than you need to for parts that trade performance for lower power consumption. Also I have never ever, ever used a laptop that doesn't get uncomfortably hot and noisy. Frankly I think they're a thermal nightmare. You could say that small PCs also have heat concerns but it's not uncommon for laptops to put both CPU and graphics on the same heatsink and dissipate the heat energy with just a single fan. They have poor upgrade options. If something's broke you have to give up the whole computer to get it fixed. You usually have no idea who made the parts that are going into it.
I think that's all a huge pain.
neyapuckachinha wrote...
Kadushy wrote...
Cinia Pacifica wrote...
gitaaa wrote...
Should've just built a pcYa, except some people move around, and traveling means having a laptop.
Or a small PC build. If you need to actually work while on the bus or train then I can understand getting a laptop.
Dread151 wrote...
Can you explain what a webm is?It's an open video format. All it really means is that you can stick a webm file onto any webpage and contemporary browsers will play it. Most video streaming sites use Adobe's Flash Player to play media. Webm doesn't need that to play video. Your browser (assuming you use either Chrome or Firefox) will play the media directly.
Bottom line: You can post videos in FAKKU! forums now. They can have audio in them and it beats using gifs. You could already embed YouTube videos but those are subject to YouTube's rules. Your Webm vids can have tentacles, dicks, and what have you.
And for a minor clarification, FAKKU! isn't hosting the videos. You have to upload them elsewhere and link to it inside an img tag.
Depends on how far we get with AI and language. But yes, assuming we get there I'd be down.
Keep in mind, voice recognition has been terrible and continues to be terrible. AI is still nothing close to the real deal and teaching a computer to speak naturally still seems quite far off. Really there are countless technical problems that we haven't even begun to solve. How do you teach an android emotion? How do you make it process fear? Excitement? How do you make it care?
I don't think we'll see a decent android for at least another 30 years and even that's pretty optimistic.
Relevant article.
Keep in mind, voice recognition has been terrible and continues to be terrible. AI is still nothing close to the real deal and teaching a computer to speak naturally still seems quite far off. Really there are countless technical problems that we haven't even begun to solve. How do you teach an android emotion? How do you make it process fear? Excitement? How do you make it care?
I don't think we'll see a decent android for at least another 30 years and even that's pretty optimistic.
Relevant article.
