mambodog

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   by mambodog 16y ago

   The current Apple TV contains the same cpu and graphics chip, and amount of memory as the iPad[1] Given that the iPad has decent games performance at 1024x768, I could see the Apple TV handling most iPad games at 720p, or running them at a
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   Not in Brisbane, but one of the other flooded towns: http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/979/168030177790121739415...
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   In other words, trying to boil down Minecraft in this fashion is pointless and silly.
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   Are you sure your sickness isn't being caused by an unnaturally small or high Field of View (FOV)? This is a common cause of motion sickness-like symptoms in gamers. Usually adjusting to a FOV of 90-100 degrees fixes this (depending on your
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   This is by the same guy as Never Said About Restaurant Websites: http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com/
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   Come on guys, keep this stuff on Reddit.
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   There are some improvements to Unicode handling 3.0 that clean things up a bit, which I'd appreciate after fighting with it recently.
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   Well, anyone working with the App Engine will be.
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   by mambodog 16y ago

   I feel the number of fingers used in a gesture maps well to the 'scope' of the gesture, that's how I have BetterTouchTool set up. I use two-finger gestures for things like scrolling and zooming (content-level), three finger gestures for thi
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    If anyone's interested, an engineer at Myspace who thought they were being laid off (but turned out not to be) is doing an IAmA on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/f09rk/iama_myspace_emp...
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    Also, if you haven't already seen it, JSnes (a NES emulator in JS): http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/ It's not as complete or as compatible as this one appears to be, but it's still pretty cool.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I've tried to use this in the not-so-distant past, but unfortunately it introduced all kinds of weird rendering bugs to the site. I hope others have better luck.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    However, while we're talking about fixing IE6, who wants to port WebKit to Javascript with me? I think you'd have better luck porting it to Alchemy[1] and running it through Flash. Even if users don't have the plugin (many will[2]) you co
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I guess this is one of those "in theory, theory and practice are the same, in practice, they are not" kind of things. I don't know of any triple-A game engine that works that way, and it's not for a lack of smart people working on it. I'm
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    Way more dynamic objects (vehicles, destructible environments) with a much larger playable area (more room for more objects). Usually objects further from the player are updated less frequently (to deal with the sheer volume of objects) but
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    To be fair, modern games throw around a lot more data every frame, games such as the Battlefield series[1] would not have been feasible without client-side prediction. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_(series)
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    Maybe the word legitimate should have been in there.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    Atomonontage still uses polygon-based rendering for some objects (the vehicle in that video is poly-based). I believe the appropriate expression is 'Horses for courses'.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    You're right, I didn't really consider this. I run a hackintosh myself, so the hardware thing wasn't really on my radar.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    While I wouldn't disagree that an OSX install can get slower over several years, I can't help but think what you want is a bit of a case of 'the grass is always greener'. There are plenty of lean linux distributions out there, but the reali
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I've given it a lot of thought, and I don't think Minecraft would be so easy to pick up and play if in weren't so 'blocky'. At least not without some really good design. The size of the blocks in Minecraft really lend themselves to being ab
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    If you're interested in what can be done with voxels with a more realistic aesthetic, have a look at the Atomontage engine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCZIBDt1uM
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    To be clear, I was disagreeing with the article, not the rationale for Haiku's existence.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I can't see what Haiku offers that modern OS X doesn't. Drag and Drop between applications? Got it. Combining soundcards to use in aggregate? Got it[1]. Object Oriented APIs? Had it since NeXTSTEP (and they're called 'Kits' as well). The on
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    Lorem Ipscream: 8 Flavours of Placeholder Text(loremipscream.com)

    8 points by mambodog 16y ago|0 comments
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I just wish I'd known of this comp a bit earlier, so I could have had a crack at it (before Christmas busyness).
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    That is how the names are represented to the DNS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name#T... I believe this is abstracted at the browser level.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I would imagine that the release of this software outside of Apple would imply as much.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    I guess people who do it are hoping to make some sales off someone else's app's established name. See also: all of the 'hints' and 'cheats' apps that pop up for every popular iOS game.
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    by mambodog 16y ago

    Well I felt that way about 'evidenced', but that's pretty widely used now, so look forward to resourcing your dog for years to come.