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by omg_ketchup 1y ago
The link has a typo. It should point to: https://help.typepad.com/shutdown-faq.html
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by omg_ketchup 2y ago
I just started to fill out a job application from the HN "Who's Hiring" thread, and it required a Loom video of me describing why I'd be a good fit for that specific position. The fuck? Abandoned the application process
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by omg_ketchup 3y ago
I think this is great at what it does. The only issue I have with it is the fact that if a targeted element is offscreen, it snaps to it instead of scrolls to it. Otherwise very, very slick.
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
RIP Flash
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
I miss being able to cast things to my Fire Stick. Like a lot.
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
Library of Congress?
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
Sure, but why wouldn't they get paid based on streams of their copyrighted materials, or some other payment scheme? I mean, hey, it was good enough for video stores in the 90's, right? The equivalent of* Wolf of Wall Street sat on
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
That's pretty nitpicky. The DVD-burning is a hack to get around the lock-in, not their actual problem.
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by omg_ketchup 7y ago
I really don't understand why everyone doesn't just offer all the movies all the time. These availability windows on shit is ridiculous. You wonder how pirates stay in business, it's because of availability windows and that r
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Seems like a lot of angry people in that thread, but I'm not sure what they expected?
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Competitors offering you free stuff in public might be the future though. "Sky Media sucks? Move to Virgin Media and we'll give you 6 months free if you tweet that you did." I could see that being a more effective strategy.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
You mean... make software for the people who use it, not the people who make it?
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Sure, menus and networking. Maybe loot distribution, level generation, etc. Not so much actual gameplay though. That does constantly get tweaked.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
That was Abyss, not Siege, right? They were so ahead of their time with pretty much everything. Abyss was cool and all, but do you remember Santa's Slay?
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Flash.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
I'm not even talking about the consumption side of Flash. I'm just talking about the tooling for creating Flash content. Did you ever use Flash? It was incredible. Draw right there on the canvas with basically Illustrator-esque to
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
> the mission is to sell a widget, deliver a service or provide information But why? What about a site about art? What about a site about me? What if I don't want you to get "information" about me, but to see the world thr
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
For a website that's about UX, the actual UX of trying to read each of their articles is actually infuriating. I don't want to scroll. Why isn't the definition next to the name?
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
I'm actually gonna have to go ahead and blame the demise of Flash for the current lack of interesting web design. I know there were technical reasons to get rid of it. Security. Mobile. Proprietary. etc. Whatever. Some flash sites were
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
I'm sure they mean "What's a bad work situation you were in, and how did you deal with it"
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
> At Dynamicland computing is social like cooking is social. It’s also physical like cooking is physical. You’re not seated in front of a single-person screen, but walking around an open space, using a range of tools. Ya lost me. I hate
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
You were pursuing a passion project. You were getting to a point in your life where it might not be feasible to pursue it, and you'd regret it if you didn't, so you know what? You went for it. Anybody who doesn't respect that
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Middle class is really defined on what you can get for your money, not a raw dollar amount. Quality of life and all that.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
So construction signs now need a QR code on them to provide guidance. Companies that work on the road like that are presumably regulated somehow, right?
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
It spells out Yellow, if you read the highlighted characters in order.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
MS charges for their product, which means the users are not the product. Agreed.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
I'm curious if "stop working" is an appropriate measure of the potential downsides. Especially in a place like HN where work on side-projects that could become real businesses are encouraged.
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by omg_ketchup 8y ago
Starship Troopers was an A+ movie masquerading as a B movie.
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by omg_ketchup 9y ago
Still playing Ultima Online, ~20 years later.
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by omg_ketchup 9y ago
Welcome to marketing?

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