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by pachydermic 11y ago
You're pretty much exactly describing HAM radio. Well you need to pass a test to transmit, but still...
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by pachydermic 11y ago
> Browsers are supposed to browse, that is all they are supposed to do. Try telling that to people who want them to do more. No one wants to download and install your desktop app - it's too much work and people are too concerned abo
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Eh I'm not sure about that. I think the real problem is that it was clunky and made people mess with something that they had no interest in using. It was a weirdly forcing move which reminded everyone how much power Google wields in th
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Does anyone know of any way to quickly find a steady(ish) state for the force layout? I have a complicated system with around 500 nodes and way more directed connections and the performance of rendering that system on our modest computers
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by pachydermic 11y ago
I don't think it's trying to be unbiased. The article is about how they came to their conclusion to use React, so of course it's biased! It's just their opinion. Could you write such a comparison and have it actually be
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by pachydermic 11y ago
I noticed the same thing. A few ideas: * Those spots are the furthest possible distance from the equator (in angular terms), so they should be the most expensive places to put something in orbit (either you launch from a northerly/sout
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by pachydermic 11y ago
This seems really well made, guys. Way to go!
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Good thing computer prices are so ruthlessly deflationary! It just doesn't really make sense to worry about this kind of stuff from a practical point of view. Sure, maybe it'll be a pain for historians and conservationists. But
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Anatomy of an Asteroid: The evolution of my first game project(amnesicpachyderm.net)
1 points by pachydermic 11y ago|0 comments
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Finished my first game: Asteroids(amnesicpachyderm.net)
1 points by pachydermic 11y ago|0 comments
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by pachydermic 11y ago
It doesn't really bother me that much that someone else could sell your Instagram photos. What bothers me is that someone else would buy them, when they're available for free on the internet.
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Everyone's world is generated from the same random seed (so everyone's galaxy is identical) and you'll be able to see who discovered certain places first. However, there is no simultaneous multiplayer. You won't see othe
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Tons of games are repetitive. All that free to play stuff. MMOs. Old arcade games. Tons of games have super tight "gameplay loops". Super meat boy - try, die, repeat right away until you win. Over and over and over again. Every le
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Dude whatever to all the negative comments. This is pretty awesome. Even though the game is simple and has been done before this is a super super well polished implementation with enough unique twists on the idea to make it fresh. You'
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Anatomy of an Asteroid: The evolution of my first game project(amnesicpachyderm.net)
1 points by pachydermic 11y ago|0 comments
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Brilliant - great concept and good execution. Awesome job duder.
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by pachydermic 11y ago
Outstanding work - now I have to fight the temptation to go haywire with this and try putting it everywhere... Looks great, though!
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by pachydermic 12y ago
I had to write my own router, but the event system [1] allows you to catch left-clicks or touch events and let you decide how to handle them and the lifecycle functions [2] allow you to update history/URL params to reflect the state of
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by pachydermic 12y ago
Look at all the people making and selling hats for TF2 or gun skins or whatever. Valve already started the idea of creating value from its software users - creating an entire economy. People get the tools and game for free and only have to
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by pachydermic 12y ago
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=30&year1=1995&y... $30k in 1995 is around $45k now adjusted for inflation. One important factor to remember is that the cost of education has risen a lot (even in re
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by pachydermic 12y ago
I use Crouton [1] on my cheapo chromebook and it works pretty OK for lots of tasks. I mainly just watch youtube on that thing, so this solution works since I only occasionally want to hop on Linux to get some stuff done. [1] https:/&#
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by pachydermic 12y ago
The Economist did a special report on the "third wave" of the information age/information revolution. It focuses more on the economic impacts (big surprise there!) but was very interesting and worth a read - I hope you can ge
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by pachydermic 12y ago
Then OpenTable an automatic reservation service, Yelp an automatic review service, Amazon Prime adds an automatic gifting service and finally a way to produce children just by sending in some sample DNA. Perfect efficiency!
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by pachydermic 12y ago
I think the claim was that arrays were too slow on Firefox and that's why it's Chrome only right now. Take that for what you will, but I think that was their claim.
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by pachydermic 12y ago
I think the problem for a business like MS is that, like you said, most of their revenue comes from enterprise. They already dominate that market. It's not enough to tread water - they have to grow! How can they really grow in a market
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by pachydermic 12y ago
This is definitely something I'd want a lawyer's opinion on. The language is both dense and intimidating, but I can't really understand legalese.
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by pachydermic 12y ago
I dunno. If it's able to do what you want automatically that's amazing. If I can just plug the printer in and have it work that's amazing. If I can turn the wireless on my laptop on and it works that's amazing. And so on
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by pachydermic 12y ago
"Recession" means that GDP is shrinking, not growing. That's the definition of that word: noun: recession; plural noun: recessions 1. a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduc
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by pachydermic 12y ago
Sound idea - thanks!
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by pachydermic 12y ago
Awesome. I just happened to be thinking of how to do this... I think you just saved me a lot of time and effort. I'd like to have zooming for my graphs. Any ideas about adding that? If I can manage it/get to it on my own I'll

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