Arjuna

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by Arjuna 13y ago
"[...] Ctrl+Alt+Del because it was impossible to press with just one hand." At first I thought, "Well, not impossible, really..." , because you can "play the chord" with your right hand: Pointer (Ctrl) + Thu
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"This is why I love HN." Thank you... same here! I'm just very interested in the game industry (and a lot of other fields). I tend to R&R (Read and Research) a lot! -- Edit: Valve Corporation patents, for those interest
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I believe that you will find this interesting... https://www.google.com/patents/US8241126 Video game controller having user swappable control components Original Assignee: Valve Corporation Abstract: A game controlle
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"Man, people really need to listen to the actual quote instead of repeating BS. Gabe said ONE GUY had made just over $500k OVER THREE YEARS." The source that I read (the quote, below, from Gabe) indicates people , which is of cou
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I know it's a tough gig. I'm working on an iOS game, and it is quite a challenge (but fun, nonetheless!) Gabe has mentioned that there are customers that are making $500,000 a year via content p
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This piece from Gabe's talk [1] is interesting: "But the one entity we wouldn't ever want to compete with is our own users, right? They have already out-stripped us spectacularly. You can't compete with them once you giv
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by Arjuna 13y ago
By my estimation, you have two primary options, but I wanted to first ask you to consider: Is there any possibility that you could (even if slowly, at first) move toward where you want to be in the current job? The reason I ask is, if they
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Hello there... Struggling is no piece of cake, especially when it comes to work. Work is obviously a large part of our lives, and we all want to contribute to our maximum potential, working on projects that have meaning and impact, while ho
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The "Best" link is for recent (for some value of "recent"), top-rated submissions. For all-time, top-rated submissions: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=+&sort... I wrot
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Hi fellow gear-heads... very cool engine graphics! On a related note, I wanted to add that, if you are not familiar with dual-clutch transmissions [1], they are pretty interesting. One example (many manufacturers offer this type of transmis
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I'm sorry to hear that you are struggling. Hopefully the following will help you. As with many things in life, it is vital to break problems down into their component parts, so that you can fully understand and appreciate the nature of
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This is an excellent read entitled, The Cheapening of the Comics . It was a speech given in 1989 by Bill Watterson. In it, he discusses his thoughts on merchandising, the business aspects and details of licensing, etc. http://we
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Congratulations on the fact that your work is getting recognized, and good luck on the presentation! You might find this helpful: Public speaking for introverts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6198997 Note patio11&#x
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Focusing on gaming in my response here... I think the next "Big Thing" is that we are going to start moving more and more toward Augmented Reality (AR) [1] and Virtual Reality (VR) [2]. Thoughts: 1. Look for gaming to start headin
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Here are a few resources that might be helpful: Ask HN: Has anyone here self-published a book? Any advice? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6052075 APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur - How to Publish a Book by Guy
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by Arjuna 13y ago
Previous discussion: Forced Exposure https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6242569 Groklaw legal site shuts over fears of NSA email snooping https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6243081
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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4423031 Here is the link to the transcribed portion of the talk (starting at 00h:30m:02s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-iVFxgFWk&t=1802
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The official advice is: "Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time. An ideal use would be a commuter who uses her notebook on the train, then plugs it in at the office to charge. This keeps the battery juic
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"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit, and you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'OK, this is the limit.' As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you s
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You are not alone; in my experience, many people, at some point in their lives, have experienced what you have described. I humbly submit that the most important step in navigating and understanding these feelings is to identify the root ca
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"Here Carmack is basically criticizing NASA for not taking enough risks [...]" I understand your point, but I think it's important to take this in the context of what type of risk is being discussed (i.e., payload-only). &
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Thank you. I re-listened... it sounds like he is saying, "series production". I've corrected.
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From the keynote: "But I was disappointed that it didn't turn out better. And I have, you know, a few theories on why it worked out that way. You know, the point that I try to avoid, is a hubristic point, is that I wasn't as
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In my personal experience, motivation is secondary (but closely related) to passion . Generally, when one has an issue with motivation, then he or she may not have discovered his or her true passion in life. You have to find your passio
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"This is only true for local hidden variables. It is possible to explain this with hidden variables in broader sense. Which you could also call hidden connections." Can you explain further? The reason I ask is that, it would app
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"Thus continuing my inability to understand [...]" You will enjoy this beautiful lecture given by Dr. Feynman entitled, "Probability and Uncertainty - The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature." [1] In this lecture, he des
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Peter van der Linden wrote this short side-bar about Alan Kay in one of his "Just Java" books: "Teach yourself OOP the hard way - Alan Kay, an OO expert [...] began studying the topic in the early 1970s. He was leafing throu
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by Arjuna 13y ago
I was born and grew up in WV. As many of you know, it is a poor state. We grew up on powdered milk. Most of my ancestors either went into chemical production (a local term from where I grew up is the "Chemical Valley", although mo
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"Today in the US, if you call 911 about an emergency medical condition, they will often send a fire engine along with an ambulance [...]" This is SOP (Standard Operating Procedure). 1. Imagine a scenario where an ambulance arriv
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Masters of Doom is an awesome read. If you are into gaming, graphics or the history of id Software... order it today. Here are some excerpts from the book that I particularly enjoyed: "On a cold winter day, Carmack laced up his shoe

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