novaleaf

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1081.
Kickstarter: remaking old-school games(arstechnica.com)
2 points by novaleaf 14y ago|2 comments
1082.
by novaleaf 14y ago
the tl;dr; pay attention to ux!
1083.
by novaleaf 14y ago
coding lame, childish "examples" are great to get people interested in learning to code. they provide immediate gratification in terms that non-developers find humorous. which is a great way to spark interest.
1084.
by novaleaf 14y ago
honestly, you are most likely for this subsidy because you are getting benefit from it, plus knowledge that other large companies get similar subsidies. I'm all for this kind of subsidy too, as I'd say there's a significant public good for
1085.
Kansas City subsidises Google Fiber(arstechnica.com)
70 points by novaleaf 14y ago|33 comments
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by novaleaf 14y ago
i think it's very cool how the cross-espionage helped spawn a best of both worlds. that, and all space travel is the direct result of ensuring M.A.D.
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The History of Dream Chaser(arstechnica.com)
26 points by novaleaf 14y ago|1 comments
1088.
by novaleaf 14y ago
so, any of you iOS guys find your device? it'd be interesting to know what apps you have in common (if any)
1089.
Stealthy Silk Road flying high on tor and bitcoins(marketplace.org)
1 points by novaleaf 14y ago|0 comments
1090.
by novaleaf 14y ago
though this is posted on a gamedev blog, it's not only for game developers.
1091.
Viewing the world through Google Hangout phone rates(google.com)
2 points by novaleaf 14y ago|0 comments
1092.
by novaleaf 14y ago
ironically, the last time this site was updated was about 2 months ago....
1093.
by novaleaf 14y ago
what about meta entry(s) in the robots.txt, specifying if additional things like business.txt exist (and where)
1094.
by novaleaf 14y ago
while I personally dislike Apple, I think the poster would have kept me more interested if he took a more neutral stance. overt hostile rebuttals made this a "TLDR" for me
1095.
Super PAC App tells you when political ads lie(superpacapp.org)
1 points by novaleaf 14y ago|0 comments
1096.
by novaleaf 14y ago
to me, design patterns are how a team designs on the general way of doing a certain activity, and avoid doing it wrong. maybe unneeded if you are solo, and I agree that "you should know why the best practice is best" but I strongly feel the
1097.
by novaleaf 14y ago
i think it's nice to see some javascript design patterns!
1098.
by novaleaf 14y ago
i don't get it. how is this different from Swype? or is Swype not available on iOS?
1099.
by novaleaf 14y ago
video, or other content doesn't help prevent scamming. It just pulls a few more heart strings, in the eyes of the viewers (thus "more sincere"). Additionally, what about people who don't have access to video, or do a poor production job? I
1100.
by novaleaf 14y ago
though Digg is now considered "old news" I very much appreciate the technical information provided by this blog. I think all technical leaders (of startups) would get value reading this.
1101.
by novaleaf 14y ago
maybe all these portable entertainment devices will be the doom of GDP growth. Lower complaints means longer waits (less efficiency) and everyone's happy because it lets them get that final star on level X.
1102.
by novaleaf 14y ago
my own subjective data: in my childhood, a day seems to go pretty slow, probably because of just "messing around" tends to get boring. However I never felt the years as passing at a different rate than they do now (in my mid 30's). I'm the
1103.
by novaleaf 14y ago
I'm new here, so maybe I'm a bit of the "bad new crowd" OP is talking about, but seriously, this guy doesn't seem to have a leg to stand on. His last (current?) venture 11kclub http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4323459 1) asks for your
1104.
by novaleaf 14y ago
Not linking to original sources. Is this poor journalism, or market strategy? (see @jorleif's post here for the links)