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Comment Word choice: "mostly" (Score 1) 32

The updates that have been released since Jungle Inferno have not mostly been to address the bots. There was an update to disable some in-game communication features for new accounts and then three or four other updates with things about the bots (not allowing name changes, changes to the votekick system, etc.). The updates have "mostly" been adding new cosmetic items and temporary themed maps from the workshop. That being said I think there has been a useful bit of info figured out about the bots that they could use as inspiration for an update: how the bots identify each other. They basically report that they've gained an invalid achievement to the server and the server announces it to all of the players. When the other clients see the message and see that the achievement is invalid it they just don't do anything with it but the bot scripts detect it and then they know who not to attack. That seems like something that could be handled as part of a major update. I'm sure they have a bunch of other server-side data to use as well.

Comment Another option (Score 1) 391

What about removing the headphone jack and adding a second USB port? That way people could listen on headphones (or a car without bluetooth) and charge at the same time. You could have an adapter permanently attached to old headphones or other audio cables rather than having to carry it around with your phone. You could walk around plugged into headphones and an external battery at the same time.

Comment Lateral move maybe? (Score 2) 485

I only used it for a few hours last night but here's what I got so far: I disabled a bunch of the data collection things during the installation (I think I left usage stats or something like that...I like to give something back). The color schemes aren't that great. The start menu/search has been easy enough to adjust to. the UAC stuff messed up a few of my programs that didn't have permission to write to their own directories in Program Files. I don't use media center so I don't care about that. I heard that people had graphics problems with NVidia cards so I tried some games out. I think the drivers for this version of Windows actually enabled some new AA options for games. TF2 looked smoother. Dota 2 was where I had problems. I have DSR enabled on that and it couldn't properly translate my mouse movements. The cursor showed up in the right place but the game thought I could only access the top left quarter of the screen with my mouse. I couldn't get to the exit button. I turned DSR off and it was fine until I closed the game. It hung for a while but eventually closed. The install also didn't copy over my Realtek equalizer settings but that was a quick fix. I did an update after clicking around a bit and then restarted. The startup time seemed slow. I'm expecting a lot of updates but so far I think it's pretty OK for free. It looks different and that might scare people but you get used to it quickly enough. I'm not too jammed about anything except that little graphics problem.

Comment Similar for housing? (Score 1) 176

I wonder if they could do a similar study for housing. Older houses probably use more energy for climate control and they would need more things replaced. Though there was probably an increase in cohabitation (couples, people moving in with parents, getting roommates to save on rent) which might offset anything else.

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