I haven’t really seen much of that. Just people pointing out that from the start the game has always said a PSN account was required to play online, but a bug meant that it wasn’t enforced.
Ultimately it’s all shit Sony is pulling as the bastard publishers.
It’s so rare to actually see a new battery tech exit the lab and enter production. Always seems like there’s 10,000 new up and coming breakthroughs in battery technology, but none ever leave the workbench....
Definitely. This technology has showing up in a YouTube channel I’ve been watching for a while. Just Have A Think on YouTube does a pretty excellent job of tracking these kinds of advancements.
He did a video on NA batteries 3 months back, which was a follow-up to a 202(2?) video.
What worked best for me was taking notes on some common algorithms and patterns. Dynamic programming is a really common domain of algorithms that you’ll find in coding questions, but you’ll need to know a bit of everything. Major graphing algorithms like Kruskals and Dijkstra’s, BFS/DFS and maybe the Bellman-Ford algorithm etc etc etc.
But most importantly as you take notes on what each of these concepts or algorithms are - write in your own words how to choose them from the list of possible solutions.
Here’s a sample of notes I wrote on backtracking algorithms:
The basic idea of backtracking is that you permute based on a given state, iterating it forward by 1 then removing afterwards to check the next state. It is faster than using a hash table because you’re not constantly creating objects.
For example, when trying to do combinatorial sums:
[1, 2, 4] goal 7
You have the following correct answers: [[1,1,1,1,1,1,1], [1,1,1,1,1,2], [1,1,1,2,2], [1,1,1,4], [1,2,2,2], [1,2,4]]
You can quickly see a repeating pattern of values, which is a clear sign of backtracking being an efficient solution.
The point of all of this is to get it into your head how to choose which algorithm, then you work on the speed with leetcode practice. So my regimen when I was searching for a job was to take an hour a day to study an old concept or learn a new one and then run some leetcode questions. This worked much better than unguided random grinding.
The other issue with coding questions is defining the parameters and other communications skills. That’s a bit trickier - but ultimately Programming is a collaborative field. The stereotype of the aloof genius programmer who doesn’t talk to anyone is noxious: those kinds of people destroy programming teams. The best programmers are collaborative and have good communication skills. They know when to ask questions and when to interpret ambiguity on their own.
That’s the harder part to get if you don’t have it (it took me more than a decade) but it makes a massive difference in the results.
You can’t fix a problem that you’re being forced to create by your owners.
Sony owns¹ them. Sony says “force PSN log in” and Arrowhead either does what they’re told or gets replaced.
it has been pointed out that Sony doesn’t literally own them. They’re the publisher and choose if the game ever sees the light of day but since that’s legally distinct from ownership: Sony doesn’t own Arrowhead, they just have their balls in a vice grip and a gun to the CEO’s head. Totally different.
I'd rather be an unknown fish in my own pond
Apropos “it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond”
He is a ghost (lemmy.basedcount.com)
STEAM starting to issue refunds for players over the 2h playtime limit due to PSN on Helldivers 2 (twitter.com)
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9832fe65-84fa-4f55-9a1e-e8ac068339fe.png
Help is on its way (lemmy.ml)
mstdn.social/
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production (newatlas.com)
It’s so rare to actually see a new battery tech exit the lab and enter production. Always seems like there’s 10,000 new up and coming breakthroughs in battery technology, but none ever leave the workbench....
Sovcit argues with a cop, doesn't go well for sovcit. (lemmy.world)
List of countries that cannot make a PSN account, following the Helldivers 2 controversy. (programming.dev)
The censored one is probably Niger...
How do I pass a coding test?
Seriously, been working as a software developer for 9 years now and never passed a single coding test....
[Humble Store] Slay the Spire ($6.24 / 75% off) (www.humblebundle.com)
Steam Key...
Helldivers 2 CEO Apologizes For PSN Account Requirement (insider-gaming.com)
What's a candy that's practically crack for you?
Gas and propane stoves linked to 50,000 cases of childhood asthma, study finds | Stanford researchers measured real-world exposures to nitrogen dioxide from gas stoves in home kitchens across the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Teen pizza delivery driver shot at multiple times after parking in the wrong driveway (www.nbcnews.com)
Interview with the victim....
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (www.seattletimes.com)
"Boogeyman narrative": Columbia professors call out Eric Adams over "outside agitators" trope (www.salon.com)