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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   People on other OSes wish they could use this tool. That's not complaining, that's actually a praise. On the other hand, the website doesn't mention target platform, which is very irritating. That small piece of info is vital
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   Not quite. Like Simulink, it's a general computing platform. It is often used to process real-time measurements (for custom laboratory instrumentation), to construct industrial automation system; but you can also build rich GUI applica
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   He makes the point that SF area technologists should prioritize fixing the city problems over space technology. You may disagree (I do), but it's not sufficient reason for dismissing the whole article (which is insightful IMO).
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   Previously on HN there was a MasterPassword[1] app that solves the issues changing passwords, too short site names as well as doing computation in head. [1] http://masterpasswordapp.com/
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   Even though most people will use RPi as headless server or connect it to TV, it is good to have a decent "default" display option that works out of the box. The display looks very elegant in provided photos. It should be a great c
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   I looked into Genesis but it's hard to get a feel of what the final product will look like from screenshots. Do you perhaps have some mock-ups? For me UI is more important than feature-set; the interface that doesn't get in my way
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   Nice looking demos, very easy on eyes. The "triangle.oppositeSide" is already half way to a puzzle game.
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   I believe metaballs[1] were used. Very impressive application of concept. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaballs
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   by veli_joza 11y ago

   I have zero experience with agents, can someone explain how different this language is from Erlang? Aside from syntax, obviously. The concept of agent capabilities composition reminds me of entity-component-system paradigm, except that ther
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    I think JS is perfect choice for first language. Sure, there are many rough edges and dark corners. On the other hand, it's fun, it's safe to experiment (because it's sandboxed), very easy to deploy and show friends, and it&#
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    I really don't care about this, why should we expect MS to support their 20 years old software? Back in '95 internet was not that common so it was nice to have such time wasters built into the OS. On the other hand, including Mine
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    There's no "8-bit pixel resolution". The 8-bit means there's only 2^8 = 256 colors in single image. Depending on console, those 256 colors were either pre-selected or you could define your own colors (even modify them in
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    There's a quite obvious need for a more elegant graph description syntax than DOT language. Preferably something simpler and easily remembered. I think this script is a step in the right direction, but obviously it only scratches the s
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    Another TV adaptation worth mentioning is SyFy's miniseries "Frank Herbert's Dune" and "Frank Herbert's Children of Dune". They are much more faithful to books than Lynch's movie and better show the e
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    There's also another fantastic game inspired by Dune, an older turn-based strategy game called Emperor of the Fading Suns. The game's religion system, power struggle between noble houses, along with mix of tribal themes and space
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    The first book is black-and-white affair, the rise of an underdog hero. It takes few more sequels to paint a much bigger picture warning about dangers of religion fundamentalism and about placing burden of leadership on single person. In th
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    People familiar with unit testing and test driven development will feel at home with this kind of puzzle. That doesn't mean that they will be less biased in social/political decisions, it just means that this test will fail to pro
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    A fantastic read, reminded me of Bill Bryson style of writing.
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    System Shock 2 did not use the same engine - they licensed Looking Glass Studios' engine used in Thief: The Dark Project. There's a great post mortem for this game here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature&
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    Did you try Foxit reader? They actually have a Linux build that is not as feature-full as other releases, but still better than any native Linux PDF reader.
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    by veli_joza 11y ago

    This looks great and polished. I have just one usability problem - with all panes having the same color and no visible border, it is very difficult resize them. Especially bottom panes (find, console) which have some confusing extra space o
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    by veli_joza 13y ago

    There's link in article: http://strlen.com/java-style-classes-in-c You write all the code for your classes inside header files and include them inside another class in main.cpp. That way you get around "declare be