shurcooL

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1. 721.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   Interesting. It seems feasible that the cute graphics and memorable name play a role.
2. 722.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   Actually, the game mechanic is deceptively different. It looks and feels like those previous helicopter games where you hold to accelerate up. But it's very different, in that, you top to give the bird a sudden impulse. This is much ha
3. 723.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   I agree. This is why all my personal source code is open, and why I think all the copyrights and what not potentially do the human race more of a disservice than they help.
4. 724.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   I'm pretty sure it's quite possible and easy to create an email address, be it from gmail or another email provider. That email address will be valid and accessible as long as you have internet access. You can travel, use Wi-Fi or
5. 725.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   What is a "phone"? Is it a device with a rotary dial? Or is a device capable of making voice/video calls. A cellular iPad mini, IMO, is simply a mobile iOS device with a 7.9" screen. It can make/receive calls simila
6. 726.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   This is true. Though getting an iMessage from john.doe@gmail.com who isn't in your contacts isn't as uninformative as getting an iMessage from +1-234-567-8900.
7. 727.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   My iOS knows because it runs on an data-only device (iPad mini with cellular).
8. 728.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   I should've added *for best/cleanest experience. Sure, you can use proprietary hardware (iPhone) and try to make it run different software, but your luck getting around their protection systems may vary (and it may or may not be i
9. 729.▲
   by shurcooL 13y ago

   You're talking about invisible implementation details. My iMessage/FaceTime are set to use an email as the only ID. No one else knows or uses my data-only phone number. Just like they don't know or use my IMEI number.
10. 730.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    The reason iMessage works well is because it's integrated tightly into the OS. So for an open-source alternative to be competitive, it would have to run on... an open mobile OS, which would in turn require open hardware.
11. 731.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Yes, this is a good idea. But it's an extension of "stop relying so much on a non-free, proprietary 9-digit number as your id only to be at the mercy of your phone carrier". Personally, I use a data-only plan and feel much be
12. 732.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    There is a solution, but it won't work: 1. Release games for "pay what you want, whenever, as many times as you want". 2. Educate people that if they don't pay voluntarily for things they want to support/see more of
13. 733.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    How does it work? Does it use eye tracking, or mouse movement, or what?
14. 734.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    So why not break up a large library into smaller useful pieces. Why can't we import only what we need.
15. 735.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Thanks!
16. 736.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    I completely agree but I think there's a nice explanation for this. It is _absolutely_ fine to violate DRY and repeat work of others for _learning_ purposes. However, if you're already past that stage and want to create code/
17. 737.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Interesting. I'm curious, can you share your monitor(s) setup (i.e., size, resolution, DPI scaling if any, OS, etc.) and the type of work you do please?
18. 738.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    I just tried to test out its technical aspects, here's what I found: > I like it, but noticing a few problems so far. Can’t tab while writing markdown. No live preview for markdown (may or may not be a problem). No confirmation of s
19. 739.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Or the ability to have consistent tab settings that match your preference. https://github.com/isaacs/github/issues/57
20. 740.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Oh, absolutely, I love everything else about the change. It makes the conversation and commits/etc. much easier to follow.
21. 741.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    It might be for me. It may not be. It is _definitely_ for me to try and find out. I've been wanting a very simple, minimalistic platform to blog. I _thought_ the reason I've abandoned my wordpress blog is because I dislike how com
22. 742.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Am I the only one who dislikes that they made all the fonts slightly larger? I'm working on a 1080p monitor atm and I really don't want more screen real estate taken up with no benefit.
23. 743.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Can't you turn off emails but still have GitHub notifications on the website?
24. 744.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Thanks for fixing that. :)
25. 745.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    This is neat; I want[1] something similar for Go types as well. For example, say I'm looking at godoc for http://godoc.org/go/build#Package and I see all these descriptive comments for the fields: type Packa
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    by shurcooL 13y ago

    It frustrates me more than it should when these high profile articles make mistakes about basic Mac hardware facts. >.< > Recall that Apple made the discrete GPU-less 13.3” Retina MacBook Pro thinner last year, but not the 15.4” mo
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    by shurcooL 13y ago

    > I know this has been beaten to death You don't say. 1. http://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2011/12/esmereldas-imagina... 2. https://github.com/kr/godep 3. http://golang.org
28. 748.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    Very nice detailed write-up, thanks! Chrome subsampling goes a long way to explain the issues I was seeing with the Seiki 4k TV at http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1040546819#post1040546... .
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    by shurcooL 13y ago

    I give some money to people doing awesome work on open source that I want to support via Gittip [1]; does that count as charity? [1] https://www.gittip.com/shurcooL/
30. 750.▲
    by shurcooL 13y ago

    I'm guessing for legacy reasons. They've been using gifs for a long time. If this was the first time they needed an animated video, perhaps they'd jump to video tag.