Monthly Archives: October 2016

Is Sailo The Next Airbnb For Luxury Yacht Rentals?

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If you have a love for the water and put a premium on freedom and mobility, owning a yacht can be an alluring proposition. But lets face it. Boats regardless of size are generally not the best investments. With high operating and maintenance costs, slip fees, and depreciation, purchasing something that you may only use a few times a month (or a year) may not go over well with your financial planner.

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Finite Water, why this is a bad idea? (Obviously this is not a suggestion). via /r/Minecraft

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Finite Water, why this is a bad idea? (Obviously this is not a suggestion).

I would try to create a constructive discussion,that's it.

Finite water.

I know, It was suggested again and again, ad nauseam, but has always been rejected by Minecraft fans… but why?

Finite water is a realistic concept that would bring new mechanics in the world of Minecraft, such as the construction of dams, aqueducts, secondary channels for rivers, the strangest traps, new farming techniques and "dynamic terrains" (for example a normal cave could be suddenly flooded completely if you mine in the wrong place, players may choose to dry a lake to build in that area, the rain may have a more central role, affecting rivers and their stream power… and (finite water) probably would create many other possibilities).

But what brings you not to accept this idea?

Are you sure that would ruin the game?

Am I sure that Finite Water would not ruin the game? Well… honestly I don't know.

But I think that if it was added with some "considerations" (for example, keeping infinite the sea-water, localizable obiously via biomes, and keeping infinite the rivers source) would unlock, at least, may possibilities in terms of gameplay and construction.

I know that it would not require just 3 or 4 lines of code, and that Mojang should completely change rivers-generation-system and who knows what else. But apart from the technical difficulties, in your opinion as a player, not as a developer/modder, it would be a good or a bad idea?

Submitted October 07, 2016 at 11:53AM by Dovahrt
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Microsoft Azure Launches ‘Easy NXT’ Blockchain Nodes For Developers

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Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications through Microsoft’s global network of managed data centers, has officially brought the Nxt Blockchain to their platform. Now for the first time on Azure, developers worldwide will be able to start their own Nxt nodes easily.

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Is this Start-up The Next Airbnb For Luxury Yacht Rentals?

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If you have a love for the water and put a premium on freedom and mobility, owning a yacht can be an alluring proposition. But lets face it. Boats regardless of size are generally not the best investments. With high operating and maintenance costs, slip fees, and depreciation, purchasing something that you may only use a few times a month (or a year) may not go over well with your financial planner.

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Maintaining Brand Equity in Extended Supply Chains

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There are as many ways to approach corporate social responsibility as there are companies. But a key driver is almost always focusing on the issues that could be most injurious to that company’s brand equity. For large apparel and retail companies, the treatment of labor in sweat shops in third world countries is a critical issue. This article discusses a new crowd sourcing app that could help sweat shop workers.

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An Activist Investors Aims To Reshape Samsung

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Hedge fund Elliott Management is pushing for structure and governance changes at Samsung Electronics , sending a letter to the company on Wednesday. In many ways, Samsung is an ideal target for activist investors, given its complex holding structure, corporate governance, and low capital efficiency. Excluding cash, Samsung trades at

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