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by popmatrix 3y ago
The Atlantic spoke about how intentional Mr. Roger's communication was on his show which is an interesting read: (google cache) https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lXyHza...
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by popmatrix 3y ago
The author seems to misunderstand the new pricing model (as did many others; this is Unity's fault) [1] The $0.20 is not retroactive, nor do you need to hope your users see 10 and impressions to cover a cost to the game developer -- yo
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by popmatrix 3y ago
Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230821144922/https://fortune.c...
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GenZ Google software engineer earning six figures who says he works 1 hour a day(fortune.com)
19 points by popmatrix 3y ago|5 comments
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by popmatrix 4y ago
Thank you, that was a great read.
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by popmatrix 4y ago
I don't believe the intention was padding the size, given the main shipping format was disks rather than downloads, but perhaps you're thinking of this? https://kotaku.com/when-south-park-got-an-ea-sports-game-pul.
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by popmatrix 4y ago
Very neat to see this isn't just a re-implementation but provides some modernization by providing extra menus, and persistent storage. Great work. Helps make me feel a little less bad to download multiple MBs for what would otherwise b
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by popmatrix 5y ago
Direct link to comic [PDF]: https://f.hubspotusercontent40.net/hubfs/2173091/Savvies%20C...
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TekSavvy: The Comic Book – Canadian ISP Shines Light on State of Telecom(teksavvy.com)
3 points by popmatrix 5y ago|2 comments
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by popmatrix 7y ago
RICO is very hard to prove[1] and usually not applicable outside of what most people would undoubtedly agree is organized crime (i.e.a mafia family) [1] https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-r
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by popmatrix 8y ago
Along the same lines in theme with crafting potions for sale, you may find Alchemists [1] enjoyable as it's a game of deduction however you can still press-your-luck once you've reduced possible solutions into a tolerable risk. Th
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by popmatrix 8y ago
It would be great to signify a browser window as my main window where new tabs are opened rather than using the last focused. Alternatively, I would take a way of blacklisting a window from letting new tabs be opened. As more and more apps
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Tesla likely to face SEC investigation following Musk tweets(cnbc.com)
21 points by popmatrix 8y ago|1 comments
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Opener Unveils First USA and Canada-Qualified Personal Electric VTOL Aircraft(opener.aero)
5 points by popmatrix 8y ago|1 comments
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by popmatrix 8y ago
It should be noted that relying on static initialization as suggested in the article, while at times useful, can open a new set of problems until initialization order is well-defined (it's out of scope for the article, so I imagine the
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by popmatrix 9y ago
~0u is also a safe equivalent if there is unwarranted fear around wrapping.
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by popmatrix 9y ago
I agree with the clarification of the Miranda for youths who may not fully understand it as it is recited today. From the article, "We put kids in jail and that could ruin their life, so we need to be really careful about when and how
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EASTL's PS4 codepaths are now available(github.com)
2 points by popmatrix 10y ago|0 comments
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by popmatrix 10y ago
Correct. The Galapagos have many of these trees and all are marked on paths. The article did not mention it, but the poison severity of the tree varies quite a bit with season. Once the fruit has all fallen, the milky irritant on the tree h
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by popmatrix 10y ago
It's quite hard to take anything objective from this article. Unless I missed it, I don't see any link to the source material and there is no mention of what the specifics of the test were, or the sample (aside from the sample siz
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by popmatrix 15y ago
What's the difference if it's EA, Ubisoft, Apple etc... Nothing is preventing a holiday price drop for bitongo which could be outweighed by the author's projected increased holiday sales. Further, a good app will rise above shovelware appr