PetitPrince

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   by PetitPrince 13y ago

   Disclaimer: I'm a longtime Tetrisconcept.net member and thus a Tetris nerd. As pointed by Scaevolus, this isn't exploiting the PRNG per se but rather the algorithm that distribute the piece, or in the Tetris jargon "the randomizer" (also "r
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   by PetitPrince 13y ago

   Obligatory XKCD reference: http://xkcd.com/482/
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   by PetitPrince 13y ago

   Isn't that (loosing yourself in the grand scheme of things) the whole point of the animation ? A bit like Power of Ten [1] and Scale of the Universe [2] but with time instead of space. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 [2]
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   The Future of Mozilla: Fast Second Follow(azarask.in)

   7 points by PetitPrince 14y ago|0 comments
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   DIY Lytro / refocusable image(dof.chaoscollective.org)

   2 points by PetitPrince 14y ago|0 comments
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   by PetitPrince 14y ago

   While there's certainly not mainstream, there are still some quality game (already published or upcoming) that are of "forgotten" genres: - XCOM: Enemy Unknown - turn-based strategy - Star Citizen - space sim lead by Chros Robert (of the Wi
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   by PetitPrince 14y ago

   While not a point and click, Psychonauts is widely considered to be a worthy successor of the golden age Lucasarts craziness. Let's have a look at the synopsys: a runaway circus boy goes to a summer camp for psychics lead by a international
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   by PetitPrince 14y ago

   Being big doesn't necessarily means being right, and big companies have sometime good reasons not to follow good practices. Case in point: it took a while to those same companies to switch from table layout to CSS based layout [1][2]. [1]
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   by PetitPrince 14y ago

   I'm no designer nor typographer and got a 16. I felt that most of the time the Helvetica variant was heavier (as in, more bold) most of the time. I had no idea of the different R and of the right angled stroke.
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    by PetitPrince 14y ago

    For a more advanced version of Tetris in HTML5, I suggest you take a look at Francesco Cottone's rendition of it at http://www.kesiev.com/akihabara/ (it's called T-Spin). It makes a pretty darn good at emulating the game mechanics of the
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    by PetitPrince 14y ago

    The Tetris Company has an aggressive stance towards protecting their trademark. You don't dare publish anything that remotely sounds like Tetris (anything ending in -tris, in fact [1]). Games that bear the name Tetris must adhere to stringe
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    by PetitPrince 14y ago

    For reference, here's a list of what is reproached about W3Schools: http://w3fools.com .
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    by PetitPrince 14y ago

    They (I'm swiss, so I wasn't affected that much by the transition) had a double display (prices in french francs/ deutschmark / lira) for quite some time before and after the introduction of the actual currency (coins and banknotes). It's n