Genuinely interested in this console generation for some reason, seemed to be so important for the transition to online, but then we saw another reversal right after. It’s mistakes like this that I think caused Sony to re-pivot. Thanks for sharing.
The current console generation seems like a step backwards to me honestly. I wasn't the biggest fan of the ps3/Xbox360 era, but those consoles(and the wii) were still what I think of as consoles. They used processors and architectures that were different from off the shelf PC's, there were actually some pretty great games that came out then, despite the sea of AAA push button to watch interactive cutscene games. Hell the ps3 even got my dad into online gaming with GTA5 and before that the last games he'd really gotten into or played were on the n64
This generation just seems meh to me. They don't really do anything a PC can't do, they might as well be off the shelf specially configured PC's with locked down firmware and software, the games are much the same as the last generation, nothing really all that innovative or interesting from what i've seen, they lack functionality the previous generations had.
Growing up, each new console generation kind of blew your mind compared to the previous one. The ps4/Xbox1 and even the switch to an extent(though I'd say that's the closest to what I feel like a game console should be) don't really seem like anything special compared to previous consoles.
Kanye West has also had eerily similar religious hallucinations. [0]
When I recounted the story to a friend who is a drug and alcohol recovery nurse, she snorted and said these kind of pink elephant episodes are common in recovering alcoholics. Although to play the spiritual devil's advocate, one could argue that mortifying the flesh has long been a mystical practice (accessing the etheric plane, if one believes in that modality).
Jung's Red Book [1], written and illustrated during a (debatable) psychotic break and only recently released from his archives in 2009, is also a fascinating attempt to integrate the spiritual with the scientific.
So today is the first day I can remember having heard about Philip K. Dick and also the day when I learn he has written the stories that became Blade Runner as well as The Adjustment Bureau.
And arguably influenced The Matrix, The Terminator, and The Truman Show as well. Virtually any modern film that questions reality has probably been directly or indirectly influenced by PKD.
I dunno about PKD. His books are often lifeless to me, and I have other reservations but about blade runner, I read the book (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) many years ago and IIRC there was virtually naff all in the films that related to the book.
So has anyone read the book and can say I misremeber, that the film and the book were at all similar? Honestly curious.
I watched the original again recently and it stood up rather well. The one thing that really dated it wasn't the curved CRTs which I can overlook but when Deckard had Rachael in his flat, and pushed her hard against a wall when she apparently wanted to leave. Such an action and attitude wouldn't be acceptable these days.
Of all the possible defenses of that scene (Deckard is a villain; Deckard literally does not consider her a person at this point in the story; Deckard is trying to break her association with being the rich niece of the inventor of replicants; others), this is the absolute worst.
Guess I’m just another in the mix here, I’ve been putting out job apps for some time and thought I had a promotion coming that was given to someone else for what appears to be political reasons as I’m more qualified. At least I have more motivation to move somewhere else I suppose because being passed on for someone I have helped grow daily is just the icing on the cake and shows how blind the company is to their ever growing list of internal issues.
I think I was just venting this morning more than anything, I have to assume my interview went worse than theirs or I’ll just end up incredibly bitter.
You should trust your judgement on this one, it already sounds like you’re leaning towards turning him away and just want confirmation. If he doesn’t fit your company culture why would you hire him? If he were a day to day employee, would you still hire him if he wasn’t a culture fit?
Since nobody has mentioned BigCommerce, I wanted to throw it out there. I'm not sure what your specific needs are, but you could use the free template or one of the paid templates.
Also currently 25, and working tech support at an eCommerce company. I wish I had done more coding earlier on, but I've also matured a lot more because of the path I chose. I also understand technology as a whole, and I'm not in college debt.
The position I'm in involves some basic coding, but it has the possibility for more involved work. I can understand the fulfillment you're speaking of, which is another reason I chose a different path. Life's a balance. There's no right answer to this, but I'm sure OP and ourselves will find our way.
