VonGuard

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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   Oakland and East Bay folks interested in participating can come to the MADE http://www.themade.org this afternoon, around 4 or 5, when the Ludum Dare will be starting. We'll be hosting open hours for game jammers all weeken
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   This is highly interesting, considering RJ Mical works at Google now.
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   Appropriate, seeing as how Kent State is in Ohio, too. Clearly, they learned their lessons in Ohio: shoot students first, ask questions later.
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   Do they really have to pay if they're running their own root name servers?
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   Yeah, wtf ever happened to .aero!? I see the occasional .info, but wasn't there also supposed to be a .museum? Hurrah for someone actually doing something with TLDs.
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   I actually narrow the definition to include a broad set of these games. Here are the qualities I use to define it: 2 Teams of a set number of players on each side (5 on 5, 3v3, 10v10) A commitment by the players to play a full round of the
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   This is really where eSports will come into its own, in these (I prefer to call them MOBAs) games. Just like in professional sports, the players here will need a union.
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   Bum soup is made from technically free ingredients: Hot water, ketchup packets, saltines.
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   by VonGuard 13y ago

   b is awesome. White Wolf books used to use "she" everywhere, too. Write a script to change it every month.
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Think this is what happened with the ECAT the DoD bought?
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Different thing entirely. Woot just sells stuff itself. Groupon and the ilk recruit businesses, and charge them to offer coupons online, then don't pay the businesses their end for like 5 months. Woot just sells stuff. Sadly, though, s
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    I think you've got a few options. Route 1 is to spread it by hand, post it on 4chan /v/ or on Neogaf and ask for advice there, as you did here. Second option is to buy actual ads on those same sites, Facebook, Twitter. But th
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Hey, this is really terrific! Extremely impressive, especially the fact it's so small (code size). This expresses a real retro sensibility that most "retro" style games miss: pixel art shouldn't take up megabytes of spac
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    I miss mine. Keys were so clicky and loud! Soothing, like a typewriter. And, because the key covers pop off, you could make your keyboard 31337: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vonguard/134656386/
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    What makes Java developers more productive?(sdtimes.com)

    1 points by VonGuard 13y ago|0 comments
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    Pivotal puts an enterprise PaaS in new offering(sdtimes.com)

    1 points by VonGuard 13y ago|0 comments
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Splunky is great, Derek Yu rules, but it's also a very hardcore game, as well...
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    If you're a sucker for balance, you cannot get better than Desktop Dungeon, which just launched on Steam. That game is balanced down to the last digit. I have won DD before with a single health point remaining, 0 magic points, and all
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Uhm.... Diabetes can be a life-long disease. Way to discount people for being irresponsible. Clearly people who eat too many sweets don't deserve health care in your eyes.
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    This comes from a very concerted effort by highly placed folks in the US (Koch Brothers, health care companies). Essentially, they create fear and confusion around the new laws through Fox News and dial-in radio, and American idiots eat it
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Your fears are no larger than those of a drug addict on the street, not sure what exactly is in the little baggies they buy. Frankly, I think online is safer, as the guy you're buying from online has a reputation system, and is less li
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Thanks. Frankly, we're a fairly stable non-profit, so if you've got a non-profit, or are working on a game, I'm happy to offer co-working space in our facilities in Oakland. Drop me a line if you're into it. alex@themade
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    Hey another Non-profit here: http://www.themade.org Haven't received either acceptance or rejection letter. Maybe I screwed up the application?
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    Archive.org: Play Castle Wolfenstein in your browser(archive.org)

    46 points by VonGuard 13y ago|11 comments
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    >There's plenty bad with the DMCA and how companies use and abuse it to be against it, but it can also be used for good. yeah, we protested back in the day because the DMCA made it illegal to decrypt DVD's with DeCSS, which, to
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    I'd also like to add that you can just call them up and ask about stuff. Try that at a regular law firm. A few years back I was threatened with a cease and desist because commenters on my site were talking about someone. I called the E
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    Tsar Bomba: Largest weapon ever used.(en.wikipedia.org)

    7 points by VonGuard 13y ago|8 comments
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    Doug Cutting: Why Hadoop is still No. 1 (sdtimes.com)

    1 points by VonGuard 13y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: What bits of the shutdown government can we replace with software?

    13 points by VonGuard 13y ago|2 comments
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    by VonGuard 13y ago

    As a long time resident of Oakland, I'd like to relate some awesome things about Oakland, none of which the author touched on. Well, I guess the diversity and "Real-ness" count. Oakland is a hell of a lot cheaper to live in.