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by babuskov 12y ago
Wow. I remember the first time I read it, I made a list of Herbert's gems from Dune books: http://abrick.sourceforge.net/dune.points.html Warning, ugly 1999's HTML and design :) It's amazing that this page is
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by babuskov 12y ago
I found that I like the politics more than the sci-fi part of it. I believe the politics made the series that good. Just like in Game of Thrones, where politics is more important than the fantastic creatures or magic.
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by babuskov 12y ago
Better explanation with examples how to invoke the error message: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paamayim_Nekudotayim#PHP
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PHP expects T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by babuskov 12y ago|1 comments
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by babuskov 12y ago
I got so tired of testing all the flashlight apps. Some had ads, other required too many permissions. In the end I wrote my own, in a couple of hours. It's ad free, and doesn't require anything: https://play.google.com&
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Ask HN: Which license for an open-source sci-fi book?
1 points by babuskov 12y ago|0 comments
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by babuskov 12y ago
The problem I have with "show don't tell" is that sometimes you have a somewhat irrelevant fact, which is not important to the whole story or character development, but you need to state it to explain why the character took s
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by babuskov 12y ago
They specialize in breaking security, not making it stronger. Same reason no thief would bother to install top-notch security system for his house.
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by babuskov 12y ago
AFAIK they are changing the way 3rd party applications are integrated with FB, using a special set of user IDs for each app, and other privacy related changes which will limit the amount of user information apps get. It's a completely
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by babuskov 12y ago
There are ways to use multiple colors: http://www.pixelambacht.nl/2014/multicolor-icons/
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by babuskov 12y ago
I can confirm this, at least for games. For the last game I made, I had to have all assets in 4 sizes, which makes it look nice in all resolutions ranging from 800x450 to Nexus10 2560x1600. I maintain the aspect ratio and have background th
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by babuskov 12y ago
I completely forgot that you can add "site:xyz" to the google search. Thanks.
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by babuskov 12y ago
What's the license? The SHOW TERMS button does not work (using Firefox on Linux).
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Ask HN: How to access full URL of a dead post?
1 points by babuskov 12y ago|5 comments
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by babuskov 12y ago
I found CodeIgniter to be really useful for a self-taught, spaghetti-style PHP programmer. It is the only framework that most such programmers can grasp by themselves using tutorials and docs available online. Any other framework, and they
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by babuskov 12y ago
To be honest, if you are indie developer and you don't have very aggressive IAP like Clash of Clans or Throne Rush, there is no money from people that buy apps. I've seen cool indie games like TripleTown having trouble monetizing.
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by babuskov 12y ago
I agree. Learn CodeIgniter first because it is easy. Once you create a couple of projects with CI, switch to Laravel (or Yii framework). CI is really good to get a grasp on MVC way of thinking, and learning Laravel later will make you appre
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by babuskov 12y ago
Some people are using devices that are hard to upgrade and are stuck with older versions. According to Google Play stats, I have about 11% of players using Android 2.3 for my game. I use 2.3.3 as the lowest supported version, since most imp
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by babuskov 12y ago
Flax looks cool. Why Android 4.0 requirement? BTW, I did a shmup for Android last year and decided to remove the spaceship altogether because I found it a little bit awkward to move it with a finger: http://bigosaur.com/blog
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by babuskov 12y ago
A few years ago I tried different PHP frameworks. CakePHP seemed too strict with database schema, Zend seemed too complicated. I built large applications with CodeIgniter, it's ok but lacks features. Kohana docs and support did not pro
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by babuskov 12y ago
I wonder what "hours(51)" means?
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by babuskov 12y ago
I'd agree with you only if you'd agree with me that: There can never be enough RAM. ;)
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by babuskov 12y ago
About a year ago a friend and I tried to build a social network for some niche and forums were one of the functions. It is pure LAMP code, written in Yii framework. Since the project failed, I'm trying to get all the rights to publish
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by babuskov 12y ago
As with all other stuff: it depends. Using it for logins is really questionable. But if you are, for example, building a game for Facebook, it gives you many advantages, so occasional downtime is not really the biggest issue. Let's che
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by babuskov 12y ago
I tried MapsWithMe, but those are only maps, no navigation. If you use Android, check out OsmAnd. It uses the same OSM maps, has navigation (with voice pack too) and it's free for up to 8 countries IIRC. I have been using it for about
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by babuskov 12y ago
We had an interesting policy in the company where I worked before and I use it for my own projects: only one line is ever allowed - explaining WHAT was changed. - to explain HOW it works: comment in the code, so whoever comes to change the
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by babuskov 12y ago
I prefer to keep such comments in the code, not in the commit message. It is highly unlikely that anyone coming to do some changes to that part of the code would go and read a year-old commit message that he isn't even aware exists.
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by babuskov 12y ago
Wow, the blind-spot test on that Wikipedia page just blew my mind. There were situations in traffic when I was driving a car and simply did not see cyclists or pedestrians coming. At the time I was aware that one of my eyes were obstructed
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by babuskov 12y ago
Looks like a good way for Apple to lock the developers to their platform. In past glory days people used to make games for iOS first and consider porting to Android much later. These days developers think cross-platform from the start, esp.
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by babuskov 12y ago
They are probably counting each regional Google server as a separate "site" because it has a different hostname (different tld). There are easily 100 of those, esp. if YouTube counts as well.

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