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by hoodoof 10y ago
God I hate being nickle and dimed. It should include everything needed - two controllers and a power supply FFS.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
Is there anything published that shows the true history of Apple's intentions for developer support and on the iPhoine and when in time?
633.
by hoodoof 10y ago
Yes, the original commenter was taking issue on the literal point of whether or not there was an SDK on day one as stated in the top level comment, not with the (somewhat obvious) broader point that Apple enthusiastically embraced third par
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by hoodoof 10y ago
OK not literally day one but developer support for iPhone was obviously a key early priority, as opposed to Microsoft and Nintendo which seem(ed) unconvinced that anyone except appointed developers should be allowed to write code for their
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by hoodoof 10y ago
The PoGo game must be giving Nintendo believers a big morale boost.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
It's a strange thing that these companies seem only to open their platforms to development in a tardy and reluctant manner, Microsoft being a case in point - "developers, developers, developers" was the cheerleading chant fro
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by hoodoof 10y ago
New programming languages need really compelling, upfront "why this new language" arguments. I love the idea of new languages but there's plenty of good ones out there so there has to be a super good argument in my face expla
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Ask HN: Presumably you are now cloning Pokemon Go “with a twist”?
2 points by hoodoof 10y ago|2 comments
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by hoodoof 10y ago
It's an obvious progression. Make most podcast episodes free, for access to all episodes, pay a subscription fee to the podcaster. As Apple is dragged its feet in this area it is no surprise that Amazon is doing the obvious. It'll
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by hoodoof 10y ago
The question is, if you have a company worth selling and you are a single owner and founder, is there any way to build the perception of high value, similar to the valuation perceptions created for venture backed startups?
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Game developer Barbie(shop.mattel.com)
3 points by hoodoof 10y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Imagine it's 1993 – what would you put in an MVP web browser?
3 points by hoodoof 10y ago|2 comments
643.
by hoodoof 10y ago
Unless I'm super motivated to read the page, I usually slam it closed the moment I am hit with one of these "join our email list" prompts.
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Marketers: Email prompts are trendy but dangerous(venturebeat.com)
1 points by hoodoof 10y ago|1 comments
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by hoodoof 10y ago
To be truly lazy you must get it right the first time, and write the minimum possible code.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
I thought this might be a modern MMO for the C64.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
This comment really deeply gets to the heart of the issue. Programmer X thinks "I'll abbreviate because MAN IT IS SO OBVIOUS what the abbreviation is, what sort of idiot would think anything else?". You have nothing to lose b
648.
by hoodoof 10y ago
let thisIsCertainlyAnApproachThatIAdvocate = true
649.
by hoodoof 10y ago
Retreat. Clear the area. Protect the citizens. Tear gas? It's curious that some people see the only way to respond to conflict is to meet it with force.
650.
by hoodoof 10y ago
Or indeed from a policeman standing by a car window. The method is not so important. They key thing is that the police are permitted to deal death swiftly whereever they feel the slightest or the largest degree of threat. He was a "bad
651.
by hoodoof 10y ago
It appears that if the alleged crime is sufficiently serious then a preemptive execution is seen as justified.
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Ask HN: $95,000 .cloud domain names – has the world gone crazy?
2 points by hoodoof 10y ago|1 comments
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by hoodoof 10y ago
Kinda feels like civil war between the police and the citizens.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
The final piece to the JavaScript puzzle is ES7's async and await. Whilst this is awesome news, if it included async and await then the circle would be complete.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
This is a "Dear Abby" column - it's fiction.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
I have my priorities right - I spend my time writing code. During the early stages of the company email does not get my attention, despite the fact that I know how to set it all up and configure it. To me this is wise use of time. It would
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by hoodoof 10y ago
I embrace frameworks. Short term learning pain, manyfold medium to long term gain. It might be hard to learn to drive an 18 wheeler but better than building it yourself.
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by hoodoof 10y ago
Alot of it is trying to make something work but not fully understanding how the framework I am programming works, and as my understanding grows of the framework I keep pulling apart and modifying my code. Eventually I get the code to behave
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Ask HN: Do you have to write lots of complex code before you can simplify it?
5 points by hoodoof 10y ago|11 comments
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by hoodoof 10y ago
OK so what can be done to prevent this being an issue on my machine?

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