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by 3dGrabber 3mo ago
> user fatigue Citation needed. What is user fatigue? Can it be empirically measured? Fatigued by what? Too much color? Lack of shape? Too much contrast? Lack of contrast? When is the last time you were "fatigued" by icons? W
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by 3dGrabber 1y ago
> I'll die right there with you on that hill. count me in. May I throw in BeOs' icons [1] for good measure? [1]: https://mastodon.social/@allenu/111581402975463677
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by 3dGrabber 2y ago
Thank you! From your descriptions, it seems likely that the same system was used in the earlier games.
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by 3dGrabber 2y ago
Awesome! Back in the day, I reverse engineered the level format of v2. I Understood the graphics and physics attributes, but never how the waypoint system worked. (in multiplayer, if you take too big of a shortcut you’ll be penalized by bei
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by 3dGrabber 2y ago
Modelica comes to mind. https://media.springernature.com/lw685/springer-static/image... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modelica
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by 3dGrabber 2y ago
There exists an interesting connection between Boost Converters and Hydraulic Rams [1]. A Hydraulic Ram is device that can pump water from a stream to a higher location by harnessing the kinetic energy of the stream, no other power sourc
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Demagogue(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by 3dGrabber 3y ago|2 comments
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
It’s a pun. Undefined (program) state(s). Also, there are some NAN’s hidden in the palmtrees.
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
> Taking into account how much nesting is involved in writing HTML which is another one of its flaws.
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
^^^ Apples to oranges: <DoStuff args={...}><DoMoreStuff args={...}> <DoEvenMoreStuff args={...}/> </DoMoreStuff> </DoStuff> vs DoStuff(DoMoreStuff(DoEvenMoreStuff())) Both of th
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
... and imposes a build step, for no good reason.
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
Please no The {...} syntax is a non-standard extension to XML/HTML I think MS came first up with back in the day for XAML (WPF). It's a hack to "fix" a shortcoming of the base language. It does not compose, i.e. : <Do
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
If you know JS (or any other C family language), the syntax is not new. It's about getting rid of a flawed syntax. But it'll probably never happen because people are used to it and oblivious to change. Unless of course if one of t
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
Why would you insist to write the function name both before AND after the call? <DoStuff> args </DoStuff> vs DoStuff(args)
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
People complaining about lack of JSX, HTML angle-brackets: I don't get it. XML gets all the hate for being overly verbose (and for good reason [1]) however with HTML syntax, which is almost the same, everybody seems to be just fine.
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
> Time travel and the regional undo Jetbrains’ IDEs have both of them and more. The feature is called “Local History”. [1] You can see the history of an file, a selected region of text, or even your entire project. It can undo file dele
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by 3dGrabber 3y ago
The End Game is to make Windows “Cloud Only” [1] Then they will have the users by their balls. Charge money for every click. Insert ads where they see fit. Dynamically adjust prices to squeeze the max amount of money. Time for quarte
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Virus, the Beauty of the Beast(viruspatterns.com)
1 points by 3dGrabber 3y ago|0 comments
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by 3dGrabber 4y ago
> I even tried using them in an app, but they upscale very poorly Someone made the effort and ported them to .svg [1] Donationware [1]: https://codefisher.org/pastel-svg/
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by 3dGrabber 4y ago
It’s like the whole web has come to the conclusion that icons have to be monochrome and boring. Why? What is this group-think? Why do other styles of icons “look dated”? I have nothing against the “metro” or “modern” (by m$) style per se. L
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by 3dGrabber 4y ago
> If junk starts coming in, that address is blocked, and I stop doing business with that company (if I haven't already). AND CALL them, if possible: “I’ve received marketing emails from your company recently, how is this possible, I
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by 3dGrabber 6y ago
Recently had to register to get a substantial "discount" on an expensive item. Gave them wrong data, of course.
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by 3dGrabber 7y ago
Here is a 2h podcast with Ulmann explaining analog computers in great detail: https://omegataupodcast.net/159-analog-computers/ The museum is located in his private home. He will personally show and explain the compute
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by 3dGrabber 8y ago
try &pws=0 on google.
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by 3dGrabber 9y ago
This video does a good job explaining how airline pricing works nowadays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qfeoqErtY Basically, from the info they get, (destination, departure date, return date, etc.) they try to guess
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Show HN: Hide or show comments in your code with the click of a button(marketplace.visualstudio.com)
3 points by 3dGrabber 9y ago|0 comments
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by 3dGrabber 10y ago
While the tags are strongly typed, their attributes are apparently not (anonymous types). Why?
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by 3dGrabber 15y ago
Very accessible, yet complete book on parsing