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1. 931.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   To The Moon looks awesome. Mind giving a few reasons why you liked the game?
2. 932.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   This may interest you then, if you haven't already seen it: http://neo900.org/
3. 933.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   Wouldn't it be more efficient to focus on what's wrong with the code then, rather than whose fault it was?
4. 934.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   I've been meaning to properly check out TempleOS for myself. I'd also be interested in looking at the source code, written in his own dialect of C (Holy C).
5. 935.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   > As someone who grew up in an Asian family, those words are uttered nowhere near enough (never). Curious - what do you think it is about Asian families that prevents them from saying that they love each other?
6. 936.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   The recent Ashes 2013 cricket game was so bug-ridden it was taken off Steam after less than a week. It looks like all refunds were handled by the publisher though: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/12/02/ashes-crick
7. 937.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   > Things like the 9patch editor seem horribly misplaced (you probably don't want your devs to be editing those...) Um, what? I can think of plenty of times when I've needed to edit 9patches myself. Mind you, most of those tim
8. 938.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   This was submitted a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6865571 And apparently a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2480946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item
9. 939.▲
   by barbs 13y ago

   > We've heard this same claim so many times before. Could you please list some examples?
10. 940.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Or, maybe, it amuses and targets people who love an intellectual challenge? Or who love discovery and mystery? Think about it - you have an anonymous entity posting on an internet forum, leaving an elaborate string of clues involving multip
11. 941.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Brilliant. Reminds me of a similar site, though this one's more about demonstrating particular problems, rather than general concepts. http://www.cut-the-knot.org/
12. 942.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Would you want them arrested?
13. 943.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Related blog post: http://squid314.livejournal.com/260949.html By the way, very insightful discussion here!
14. 944.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Great ad. Here's something similar, by Coca-Cola: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_4vOUDImE . Not as emotional, but quite good.
15. 945.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    I'm anglo-Australian, and this definitely was very moving, even though it's not something I can relate to on a personal level.
16. 946.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    That's why I've held onto my Sony Xperia Pro for ages...
17. 947.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Is it weird that I read Hacker News for none of the reasons he lists? I'm rarely interested in reading about startups succeeding or failing, or new frameworks or languages, but I am interested in reading about cool things people have d
18. 948.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    I sat in the front row. I asked questions non-stop. I did all the homework. I did extra practice problems. I raised my hand to answer questions so much the instructor asked me to stop. Oh no, you're THAT person. https://t
19. 949.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    As gasull above mentioned, if he supplied a bitcoin address, we could send him some?
20. 950.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Now I'm curious as to the origin of "hipster"...
21. 951.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    To be honest, I think I prefer learning about how people have discovered and exploited the underlying mechanics of a game. I really enjoyed reading the Pac Man Dossier, for example: http://home.comcast.net/~jpittman2/pa
22. 952.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    If anyone's interested, I think the forum thread Cosmo mentions in the video is this one: https://forum.speeddemosarchive.com/post/ocarina_of_time__al...
23. 953.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    I find this is especially true when comparing to the mess that is Windows 8. Just finding the power button in that OS is a nightmare. It's also interesting to see that it was Ubuntu, presumably with the new Unity interface. It's n
24. 954.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    +1 to this idea. If it's simple enough, it shouldn't be a big deal to turn it into a mobile website.
25. 955.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    2. It looks like the pads are "pressable", so whilst they can react to touches, you can configure them to only react to presses. Not quite the same as buttons, but it might be good enough. You might be interested in looking at Tom
26. 956.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Agreed. Also, if people understand the reasoning behind moving from Windows XP, they will find linux more attractive, since updates are free and frequent for most distributions, and similar OS migrations are unlikely to happen again. This i
27. 957.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    I don't really understand what he's trying to say. He says: > Your passion may at first carry you further than your peers. But, overtime you’ll find those peers of yours that were willing to put in the hard work and stick to o
28. 958.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    It'd be nice, but I think gog.com is too anti-drm for this to happen. Not a bad thing I don't think.
29. 959.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    See, I don't think they'd have to release the source for gcc, since they're not releasing the gcc binary. My understanding is, under the GPL, if you distribute the binary, you need to distribute the source.
30. 960.▲
    by barbs 13y ago

    Sounds like he just needed some stress-relief, rather than video-games specifically...