Paris, Syria & Migration discussed at EU Foreign Affairs Council
"A political solution is the only possible way to defeat Da'esh (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq", she said. The process has started in Vienna and the international community is working on three things in parallel; starting a political process; working on a ceasefire (except against terrorist groups); and humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people.
http://eeas.europa.eu/top_stories/2015/151116_mogherini_foreign_affairs_council_en.htm
Monday, November 16, 2015
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Events in Paris
Events of this Friday 13 (November 2015) were clearly linked to the french implication in Syria, we can't just move on and try to shake off the shock and sorrow. let's not forget it. https://youtu.be/n_oKrN6JVwk?t=14s …
Translation of the testimony goes "One of the attacker simply said "you're gonna pay for what you do to Syrians now".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/assad-says-paris-attacks-result-from-frances-aiding-rebels-in-syria/2015/11/14/287f7576-8adc-11e5-bd91-d385b244482f_story.html
And we're surprised of revenge ? It isn't pretty and it's not how you solve problems but it's been the reason attacks like this happened on our planet. But is there a remedy to the crave for vengeance? Will we ever turn pages without having innocent's blood spilled?
We clearly have a long way to go, but in the short term one can only promote values of peaceful coexistence. #PeaceOnEarth
Saturday, November 14, 2015
#PeaceOnEarth
It is our responsibility to teach everyone how to belong to earth and not religions & nations delimited by borders drawn through war and economy. All this nonsense about praying and showing off french colors is just another factor into the hate escalator. let us change our cultures and mentalities now to promote values of peaceful coexistence. #PeaceOnEarth
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Dota 2 reborn
Valve officially switched the main Dota 2 client to the source 2 / reborn engine
Today we are rolling out a preload of the Reborn Update to all players that have not previously downloaded it. The Reborn Update will be coming to the main client for all Dota 2 players in the next day or two.
blog.dota2.com
This update brings great improvements to the interface and game engine but does it at a cost.
Nowadays a game like Dota 2 is like football in term of competitive & casual scene .. just picture having all the stadiums on earth rebuilt with new materials, it's likely some events get disrupted at least for a little while. And whether you're part of the professional scene, playing casually with your town's team or friends at the small stadium or even just spectating, you will be affected.
Valve has kept on maintaining the source 1 engine for a few months, mostly for the competitive scene, while source 2 was already in "beta", hopefully making the transition as smooth as possible ... Yesterday the Source 1 engine files were finally removed, meaning the end of it's effective life.
By not really releasing Dota 2 (it's still in beta!) Valve is mostly saying what model they chose.
Continuous delivery isn't something new to the software environment and it's definitely the best model to support a multiplayer Action RTS that strives for balance, game-play and User Interface perfection. We could argue it's even something we use in sports like football that is materialized by organisations like FIFA who contributes (sometimes questionably) to maintaining a coherent system.
Today we are rolling out a preload of the Reborn Update to all players that have not previously downloaded it. The Reborn Update will be coming to the main client for all Dota 2 players in the next day or two.
blog.dota2.com
This update brings great improvements to the interface and game engine but does it at a cost.
Nowadays a game like Dota 2 is like football in term of competitive & casual scene .. just picture having all the stadiums on earth rebuilt with new materials, it's likely some events get disrupted at least for a little while. And whether you're part of the professional scene, playing casually with your town's team or friends at the small stadium or even just spectating, you will be affected.
Valve has kept on maintaining the source 1 engine for a few months, mostly for the competitive scene, while source 2 was already in "beta", hopefully making the transition as smooth as possible ... Yesterday the Source 1 engine files were finally removed, meaning the end of it's effective life.
By not really releasing Dota 2 (it's still in beta!) Valve is mostly saying what model they chose.
Continuous delivery isn't something new to the software environment and it's definitely the best model to support a multiplayer Action RTS that strives for balance, game-play and User Interface perfection. We could argue it's even something we use in sports like football that is materialized by organisations like FIFA who contributes (sometimes questionably) to maintaining a coherent system.
For now outside a few crashes and bugs the loss is toward replays, if you bought a tournament ticket and expected to watch the replays later you'll find out source 2 can't open source 1 replays .. hopefully this will get addressed. I'm not a materialist and i'm sure we will be fine without all those replays but it's certainly a loss. Yet another loss of raw content. We could talk about content, copyright, patents and world heritage but it probably deserves it's own post.
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