byron_fast

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by byron_fast 7y ago
It's not prepostorous. It's what it's like to be Canada - the smart upstart, in this respect - when you challenge the incumbent. Look to tech history for many similar examples.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
By expressing an opinion that is unpopular, my "karma" takes a hit. This is how Hacker News works, like Y Combinator: be popular, or STFU. Understandable in many respects for those who have maintained forums, but still unfortun
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by byron_fast 7y ago
It's not a conspiracy. Just business as usual where tech is concerned. The USA didn't want to see this tech fall into enemy hands; it was easier and cheaper to see it killed and hire the engineers as they came available. Acquih
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Yeah, maybe. But like in tech, it's easier to acquire or destroy a competitor than catch up.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
The obvious, that it was "too expensive" like Israel's Lavi program: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/avro-iarro... But there was the idea that the CIA didn't trust Canada to n
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Even fewer Canadians understand why the U.S. didn't trust Canada with such an able aircraft. It's destruction was, sadly, the right choice.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Pretty sure my life would have turned out differently if I'd seen some Lisp listings in Rainbow. I do recall William Barden Jr. making fun of parentheses once.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Maybe, but I don't see that publishers could push Valve around too much these days. You're right everyone wants new sales - but they've learned to be okay with offering 90% off at some point, and smaller discounts along the w
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by byron_fast 7y ago
I've always wanted to re-sell my Steam games. I assume Valve has a real business reason why they haven't allowed this, since when sharing your games locally they are better than anyone. Clearly they don't have the big compa
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Yeah they gave up on that which is too bad. I recall being able to upload an image, refining the output with a browser applet and getting a grayscale version of the image. All the parts were packed in neat little baggies like it was a re
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by byron_fast 7y ago
There's always something rare, but they have consciously undermined collectability by re-printing things and banning cards from tournament play.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Where "flavor" means "subset of". But good on them.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
This is a great idea. Supposedly the LEGO factory is set up to produce anything - let me order some nostalgia set from 1983! Like how the Magic: The Gathering people have undermined "rare" cards by just printing so many they can
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Having watched many vids of food photographers, if I'm Pizza Hut or similar, this seems cost-effective. We already know the product doesn't match the ad.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Please don't tell anyone. WASM can be better, but they need to not think it's Lisp.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Surely this is a top gaming achievement of all time.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Is this really any different than the exhaustive investigation of automata by Stephen Wolfram?
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Not mentioned: It was apparently possible to complete the game in a "pacifist run". Every fight could be avoided with exceptional attention to the fiddly details that the article rightly criticizes. I managed to get as far as th
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by byron_fast 7y ago
The first game I played for 12 hours straight without noticing what happened. The only real flaw was the crystite strategy that had a "runaway win" nature. Played this for years before I realized that you get points for making yo
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Forcing HTTPS apparently doesn't help people who could benefit from privacy. You don't really need privacy to learn to code.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Lucky, or an earlier version with shorter talons.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
I stayed at a bed & breakfast and they gave me free cheesecake after uninstalling Bonzi for them. I just wanted to browse the web faster! Didn't take much to uninstall malware back then. I probably added years to the useful life
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Read the point of view of a fighter pilot who was there: https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Philosophical-Fighter-Pilot-...
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by byron_fast 7y ago
It is virtue signalling. As someone who has spent thousands of dollars on Lego, if I see "Biodegradable!" splash on the box I'm going to think twice. I painted my Lego, played with it in water, and I could still give it to m
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by byron_fast 7y ago
I doubt their customers care. They should make things their customers care about.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
I mean killed in the market, not bought and shut down.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
What has Google killed other than Altavista?
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Yes. Exactly the difference between templated, frameworked software and software that is great.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
Well that proves the rule. I don't even see the dinosaurs there anymore.
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by byron_fast 7y ago
I love it, but having tried to build the same thing myself in the past I realized a horrible truth: you can't make comics, even ones that strictly informative, without being able to draw. If you look at "Understanding Comics&quot

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