Androsynth

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by Androsynth 14y ago
This is true for a small % of the people. But if those people move over to cocaine or kidnapping or human trafficking, they will at least be in a smaller market. Their sociopathic tendencies will effect less people.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
or...they could go to a big time lobbying firm and have the media do all that, but in a legal and more effective fashion. They may not be sophisticated enough to do something that simple, but it would be far more effective to pay experts to
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by Androsynth 14y ago
You could also sit in a steel fold-up chair while you program and probably get about the same amount done over the course of a day. Dvorak layout is like the Herman Miller office chair of layouts. (or maybe colemak is, but its not qwerty) A
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by Androsynth 14y ago
About two months ago I was thinking that the bubble, of which everyones been talking about for the past years, might finally pop soon. I thought I might short some major tech companies and make some money off of it. I had two indicators tha
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by Androsynth 14y ago
> Addiction's downside is that gains are subjected to the law of diminishing returns. 100% nailed it. They stopped being able to develop hits that could keep up with the diminishing returns they were seeing on their old games. I always
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Thats why I made the 'get off my lawn' comment, because I know I was coming off as a bit of a crank :) In response to evan_'s comment, I give an explanation that describes in a bit more detail why I feel gamification is bad in general. So t
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by Androsynth 14y ago
A game can be fun; it can be deep and complex...or it can be like farmville. The problem is that companies are moving in droves towards Farmville type products because addiction is more profitable. I would like this community, as the vangua
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by Androsynth 14y ago
It fills up your progress bar as you perform their actions. That is the definition of gamification.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
well obviously. But I want others to see gamification for what it really is. The decision to use gamification in your products is similar to the decision to add fiberglass to cigarettes in the mid 20th century. Executives at tobacco compani
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by Androsynth 14y ago
When I used to live in SF, I would always go on walks and explore the city. I found that it would take several visits before I could fully remember the details of a new route or area, but once I knew that place I would move onto a new area.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
In strategy games, there is a fog over areas where you have no vision (ie places you dont have any units that can see exactly what is happening at that moment). This introduces uncertainty and allows for more strategy based on positioning a
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by Androsynth 14y ago
There is a decent discussion that could be had regarding how capitalism should deal with negative externalities. However your equating of 'Traditional Capitalism' with 20th century American Capitalism mars everything you said.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
When I first got into catch up, I used the list at wikipedia of joint hugo and nebula award winners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_joint_winners_of_the_Hu...
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Not sure if anyone will ever see this... It is not a traditional module I will agree. However I see it as a hybrid class/interface/module and in this role, it works very well and allows you a tremendous amount of flexibility due to the dyna
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Law of diminishing returns?
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by Androsynth 14y ago
The singleton pattern he presents is pretty common and pretty powerful. It is a self-invoking module. It allows you to use the module pattern (very solid js pattern) and probably has less code than your method. Also, javascript has closures
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Module pattern. It is easily one of Javascripts greatest strengths.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Intermediate JS devs need online resources too. Imo, an in-depth explanation of inheritance and the module pattern would be the best possible resources for people at that level of the learning curve. In other words, just read Doug Crockford
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by Androsynth 14y ago
In JS, a singleton is a reference to a module. It is used to ensure you invoke the module only once. Global variables are irrelevant since your global namespace most likely resembles a tree structure. edit: you may be right about the comman
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Unfortunately this is true. One of the defining moments in US history is when George Washington chose to resign his post as general of the continental army rather than use it to crown himself emperor. The big question is would it have worke
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by Androsynth 14y ago
I figured it was to the parent of the comment you linked to: you will be the wrecked shell of the person you once were
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Slot machines are a much better analogy imo. Mindlessly pulling/tapping and getting rewarded at steady intervals. You continue to shove in your money so you can continue to get rewards. Arcade games on the other hand were still fun and chal
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by Androsynth 14y ago
But arcade games did dominate game design for about 15 years. It wasnt until the late 90's that console developers realized that they didnt have to design games the way they had been doing since 1980. Just look at Super Mario Brothers, it
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by Androsynth 14y ago
logout is not idempotent. If you send a log-out request, the system will log you out. All subsequent attempts will do nothing. Therefore the results are different for different states and it is not idempotent.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
They originally invested in the webview interface. In light of that investment, doesnt that mean its a good idea? No, of course not. What they invest in is irrelevant. Only results matter. Just look at Mootothemax's comment further down the
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by Androsynth 14y ago
This HN meme that all companies should be like Apple is getting a bit ridiculous. FB has always been an efficient engineering organizing that pushes out features constantly. They don't derive their value from their UI nor have they ever. Th
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by Androsynth 14y ago
Its not ragging when its constructive with a thoughtful argument.
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by Androsynth 14y ago
The OP paid an extra $150 to take a class that guarantees A's. The alternative was to pay an extra $0 and have to actually earn his A. He got greedy and bought his A. The system is broken, but to give in to a corrupt professor's bribe in or
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by Androsynth 14y ago
TF2 is the least odious f2p game in general. Nothing forces you to buy the keys. But the numbers show that simple psychology causes a lot of people to open them just to see whats inside. F2P in general is based on the notion that 'if you gi
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by Androsynth 14y ago
I think there will a bigger backlash than even your examples in the near future. It will be similar to app.net, people will realize that paying is better than not-paying.

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