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by fredleblanc 9y ago
To be fair, the Wii U had these — arguably better versions of all the sports — and that wasn't a large draw for that.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
That makes sense, and as the article points out, that's sort of the gambit that HBO's run. (And it's worth mentioning, is how we consume HBO. Let the shows have their run, and then binge all the shows in 1-2 months per year f
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I'd argue that the idea got into my head because that's how it's being marketed upon purchase. For Sling at least, "$25 gets you all of these channels, or $35-ish gets you these, or just do $40 for EVERYTHING!" The
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
This article has an interesting point buried deep down in the middle of it (that really isn't the point of the article), in that all of the new-ish things, like Sling or Vue or YouTube TV or otherwise look suspiciously like cable packa
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
While CSS Tricks certainly is a lot more thorough, I've always found the "throw stuff at the wall" ordering of content (a la Pinterest) to be confusing for things where I probably need to find something specific, or want to r
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
It only took 5 minutes to get through this game, but it was an infuriating 5 minutes nonetheless — a perfect analog of what it sounds like is happening at airports right now. This is some great art. Bravo!
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I'm in the USA, so my mileage varies. As it turns out, areas without decent cell signal — not even LTE, just a signal in general — is much more prevalent than I assumed. We just moved, only 15 minutes from where we lived, and we went f
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Nice to see The Networks by Gil Hova on this list. I've been working on developing a couple board games for a couple of years now, and at the start of that campaign, I ran into Gil Hova's Bad Medicine on Kickstarter. On a whim, I
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Oh man, The Shaggs are something else. And it just so happens that I live two towns from Fremont, NH, where they're from.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
The melody is all over the place, and the rhythm is hard to tap a foot to, but one thing is certain: it's absolutely convinced that Christmas trees get decorated with flowers. Lots and lots and lots of them.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I think it depends on what you're making through it. For board/card/tabletop games, it's quite possibly the most popular way to get initial funding to make your game. But a game is not a business, it's the start o
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I feel like I've saved a couple thousand dollars on machines not destroyed from being yanked across the room by accident. But for me, the worst bit of hardware Apple has ever made is the MagSafe-to-MagSafe 2 adapter. _That_ is where th
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I just recently switched to vim full time, maybe 4 months ago, after my existing IDE switched to a subscription model following two updates that made the software more and more buggy. I don't have definitive answers, just experiences:
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
If you're looking for something similar but more in the style of Zelda games, check out http://www.solarus-games.org/ — cross-platform, Lua-based, and has a lot of stuff baked in (either from the core set or the Zelda
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I just did exactly this myself. So many people say that you'll make so much more in the market, but 1% guaranteed feels so much better than maybe something more. And we got a new house in the end!
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I hate when I go back and things change. I went back for a reason! But I'm also of the school that wants View Source to view the source that was just downloaded, not re-download a new copy of the source.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Here seems to be the fruit of Robert Green's labor: http://www.typespec.co.uk/doves-type/
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
At the end, there was a slide about the Apple iPhone upgrade program for $32/mo. That's just about $1 a day.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Watch the video, it's great. This is truly art to me: the intersection of technology and cleverness in a fun, clean little package. I don't have the know how to do all of this, but I wish I could get my hands on one of these alrea
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Unlimited vacation isn't necessarily a scam, but I've rarely seen it work well. The one is exception is one of my current clients. In the four years I've been working with them, I've seen people come in late, leave early
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I love PHP. It feels like a complete toolbox to me, whereas other languages like Python or Ruby feel like I'm buying an entire Home Depot for every project. Sometimes you need the whole store. Most times I don't. I think the OP ha
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
"Modern PHP" being one of the trigger words in the OP. That said, in terms of timeline, PHP has gotten better as a whole since then.
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Man I loved Spy vs. Spy. Anyone remember the official board game? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1686/spy-vs-spy
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I really enjoy the original Apple Extended Keyboard II. I'll be honest that I haven't used an actual Model M, but it's got a wonderful feel and not so horribly loud that you'll disrupt the world. Unfortunately I've
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Fail to Pass Noncompete Reform(bostinno.streetwise.co)
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I haven't, is that Dawn of Wonder?
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I mean, he's even said it himself, the most recent Mistborn trilogy was not an attempt to further epic fantasy, but a different experiment all together. It's an exploration of different types of stories, but within a universe that
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
Ah, which two books did you read? I've read through Kingkiller. And, like the rest of the world, am eagerly awaiting The Doors of Stone. That's the last time I'm taken by an unfinished series. :) I love heists, so the first M
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I picked up the first Wheel of Time book and dug in. Wondering how many books there were I found myself on Amazon. To find out that someone else finished the series. What!? Who was this guy? What has he done? So I searched for that. Mistbor
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by fredleblanc 10y ago
I suppose this makes sense for the average person, as most people probably don't understand how to use emulators and what not. Oh well.

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