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by fiblye 8y ago
>Minecraft had no marketing. Terraria had no marketing. Stardew Valley had no marketing. Nope, nope, and nope. Stardew Valley has a notable indie publisher. There was marketing on various internet communities (reddit, 4chan, etc) leading
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by fiblye 8y ago
>You have to look at really successful indie games, such as Terraria, Factorio, Mini Metro, Stardew Valley, Darkest Dungeon, Papers Please.. and there are many more. If you look at these games do you really think there is an alternative
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by fiblye 8y ago
It's viewed negatively because this is hacker news. The majority of people here oppose letting our world become even more of a surveillance state.
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That's the plan. Humanity's plans to eliminate specific animal populations through introduction of other species, disease, or similar means have always backfired.
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With the "may" being more said more questioning tone each day.
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And America doesn't protect an individual's right to privacy, unlike the EU and Japan which have strong legislation to protect individuals. And when it comes to protections from police, America is the absolute worst within what co
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My original reply to you is just as relevant. This isn't true.
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I really don't think sending kids off to learn a trade is going to change America's problem of violence. That's a deep-rooted American cultural problem and a big reason why I left (having been a victim of crime several times)
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Not even remotely true. America is ahead of some countries in some aspects and behind in several others.
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I went to a school in America at a school where fights happened at least weekly. I still took advantage of what I was offered.
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School's purpose is to introduce kids to things they otherwise wouldn't have a chance to learn. Coming from a poor, working class family, an apprenticeship-driven society like those of centuries ago would've resulted in me be
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The above poster said few, not zero. Google has killed off dozens upon dozens more officially launched projects.
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If Google hired reasonable smart engineers, they'd know that a 10 year old account with a stable history of regular emails isn't a spam account. Unfortunately, Google doesn't seem to have the best staff. Or even good staff.
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I've had this happen with gmail accounts randomly. Most of the time with computers I've been using for years on the same network. The worst occasion I've ever had was the one time I was traveling. I was getting by with only w
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by fiblye 8y ago
I honestly can't bear opening up any sort of social media sites other than HN because it's all absolutely full of people "joking" about how miserable mere existence is and how funny wanting to die is. There are many peop
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by fiblye 8y ago
I've been waiting 5 years for 20 years now. Not a day goes by without people saying China's on the verge of collapse.
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by fiblye 8y ago
When I was a kid, 10% was fairly normal. Last time I went to a restaurant in the US, I got scolded because I refused to tip when the waitress brought my food out cold and never once gave me a refill. I'm apparently "supposed"
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by fiblye 8y ago
A big factor in that is that a huge amount of Tokyo is purely towering office space. People commute in from up to and over 100km away since their transportation fees are covered and high speed trains are a feasible way to travel.
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What? I've never seen this in practice. Hong Kong is incredibly dense and full of high rise buildings (Kowloon has 110,000 people/square mile) and streets aren't exactly wide. Seoul packs in 42,000 people per square mile with
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And had Vietnamese used Chinese characters to this day, learning Chinese and vice versa would be easier for those with a full education. Not using hanzi makes learning language at the elementary level much easier, and many countries dropped
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by fiblye 8y ago
>One point you might have not considered is giving up the characters might open-up a whole new world of internationalization of Chinese which would have a status similar to English nowadays On the contrary, using Chinese characters makes
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by fiblye 8y ago
Germany's birth rate is 1.5. Japan's is 1.46. Saudi Arabia's is 2.71. Vietnam's is 1.96. Canada is 1.6. Making employment easier for women is clearly not related to birth rate. It seems to be inversely correlated with fi
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For me, visiting mainland China cemented my belief that the rest of the world was underdeveloped, but not for the same reasons as you. China is just going way beyond the rest of the world with their development, and outside of tiny slices o
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by fiblye 8y ago
I've been to parties where a few friends--the same people each time--would show up 2-3 hours late to a party and their house was only a 10 minute walk away. When I'd ask why they were late, it was the same reason each time. "
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To a huge number of people, we're tired of minimalism because it's been around for quite a long time and feels quite dated, and isn't as sleek or comfortable as it should be. This extends to the flat design movement. I hated
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by fiblye 8y ago
It's hard to describe, but I feel like I had a permanent "fog" in my brain. A lot of things just didn't click and I'd re-ask the same question countless times to confirm that I understood something. Then, one day, I
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by fiblye 8y ago
The Macbook Air wasn't in any way intended for developers, though. All the people I knew buying Airs (even first gen) were the frequent travelers and types of people who do loads of work involving email, text documents, and slideshows.
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>USA holds elections, but the system has been gamed enough to convince most people that their votes don't matter. This has been a concern for Americans since the dawn of the country. Things in the early 20th century were worse than
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The most normal, borderline tech-inept people I know were all torrenting stuff 15 years ago. People I know here in Asia were torrenting American music that they couldn't easily/cheaply find here, and Americans I know were pirating
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by fiblye 8y ago
Imagine two RC cars driving in opposite directions on a crumpled up, (virtually) infinitely large blanket with an uncountable number of ripples. The cars' top speeds are 10 MPH. On top of each car is an ant watching the other car. Both

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