Contents of “Development and Deployment of Massively Multiplayer Games: from social games to...
Table of Contents of the upcoming book on various aspects of game development and deployment, from business requirements to bot fighting
Hasnain says:
Looking forward to the full book. This looks awesome
Posted on 2016-01-18T03:38:50+0000
How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers
Performance metrics in medicine and education are increasingly getting in the way of quality.
Hasnain says:
"TWO of our most vital industries, health care and education, have become increasingly subjected to metrics and measurements. Of course, we need to hold professionals accountable. But the focus on numbers has gone too far. We’re hitting the targets, but missing the point."
Posted on 2016-01-18T03:35:05+0000
ArcadeRS 1.0: The project
2015-07-04: Original article.2015-07-25: Changed library to rust-sdl2 0.6, no change to rust code.2015-10-17: Changed library to rust-sdl2 0.9; increased the...
How I Stumbled Upon The Internet’s Biggest Blind Spot
Let’s make software even better.
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Posted on 2016-01-17T06:35:01+0000
Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted
Iran has shipped most of its nuclear fuel out of the country, destroyed the innards of a plutonium-producing reactor and mothballed more than 12,000 centrifuges.
The tube at a standstill: why TfL stopped people walking up the escalators
It’s British lore: on escalators, you stand on the right. So why did TfL ask people to stop walking on the left? And could it help solve a looming congestion crisis?
The rise of Pakistan's 'burger' generation
How a homegrown burger joint pioneered a food revolution and decades later gave a young, politicised class its identity.
The other side of paradise
Glamorous tech startups can be brutal places for workers
Hasnain says:
"However, a career as a software developer or engineer comes with no guarantee of job satisfaction. A survey last year of 5,000 such workers at both tech and non-tech firms, by TINYPulse, a specialist in monitoring employee satisfaction, found that many of them feel alienated, trapped, underappreciated and otherwise discombobulated. Only 19% of tech employees said they were happy in their jobs and only 17% said they felt valued in their work. In many areas they were even more discontented than non-tech workers: 36% of techies felt they had a clear career path compared with 50% of workers in areas such as marketing and finance; 28% of techies said they understand their companies’ vision compared with 43% of non-techies; and 47% of techies said they had good relations with their work colleagues compared with 56% of non-techies."
Ouch.
Posted on 2016-01-16T07:51:43+0000
A big-shot venture capitalist says we need inequality. What do economists say?
New research suggests it's bad for the economy -- and reveals bad trends already at work.
Hasnain says:
"If there is middle ground between Graham and this body of research, it's the idea that policymakers shouldn't go after inequality with blunt instruments, like big tax hikes just for the sake of soaking the rich. Perhaps, instead, they should target rent-seeking, which economists agree is bad for everyone who isn't a rent seeker."
Posted on 2016-01-16T07:14:02+0000
Finland's basic income plan could change everything
Finland to test a basic income for adults FINLAND looks set to challenge the global economic orthodoxy in a way that could usher in the biggest step change in economic thought since the Industrial Revolution – it could signify the end of the link between hourly work and income, signalling the
Hasnain says:
"An answer to end poverty, to bring respect and dignity, hope, and a feeling of being valued, rather than pitied, by society, to our poorest communities. A solution that prepares us for the coming unemployment crises of the new automation wave, increases tax revenues, addresses inequality, raises wages and addresses growing health crises and their associated costs. Right now critics will say we can’t afford it, and yes, it needs a lot of work, but in ten years we may realise we can’t afford not to. Finland is going to test it, and it might change everything."
Posted on 2016-01-16T07:13:43+0000