DanBealeC

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by DanBealeC 15y ago
His newer books (Jennifer Morgue etc) are better stories; with some of the hell of modern office work.
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
I have no programming talent (nor money). So if anyone wants to create a "zero player" like game (see, for example, progress quest) but for simulation racing games it'd be awesome. Imagine the tinkering fun of Forza or Gran Turismo, but w
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
It was analogy / metaphor. All the superpowers == all the big companies (Google, Apple, Samsung, etc) routinely fling nukes == lots of patent litigation.
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
disturbing that so many HN readers install software without knowing what it does, or how it does it. Having sad that, the docs could be a bit more clear. For example, Spotify says quite clearly in sentence ii of para 14 of the end-user-agre
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
"I would have much less of a problem with rapid release if they'd stop changing major version numbers" They're going to stop having any version numbers.
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=PROLOG%2CLISP%2CF... poorly formed google ngram query is poorly formed.
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
Asus tried Linux on the EEE PC. They unfortunately tried an odd version called Xandros, with some modifications and a cut down IceWM theme. I'm not sure they enjoyed supporting it. This article says they've stopped pre-loading Linux: htt
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
Hey, the mouse "just works!". Out of the box! Linux is ready. It's always disappointing in articles like these not to see 200 corporate workers trying Libre Office (which would be fine for many many people).
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
Crunchbang isn't great. It breaks regularly; it's pretty big; and there are weird dependency problems. Compare it to distributions like Slitaz or Tiny Core, both of which really are small.
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
You don't remember all the cardboard keyboard overlays that used to ship with software?
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
I like this idea. How does multiplayer work with turn based games? Each player just has to wait for the other to finish?
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
Markov Chain toy - grab some text as input (a file or a text box); allow the user to select whether they want to operate on words or letters; allow the user to select what 'depth' they wish to use (two word groups, three word groups, etc.);
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
A zero-player game (see also Progress Quest) but instead of dungeon crawling try Car race simulation. A ZPG version of gran turismo or forza would be awesome. The player would start with some cash; they could either then let the ZPG run, o
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
In the UK: agricultural workers either get minimum wage or are exploited migrant workers getting illegally low wages and illegal working conditions. People who look after the elderly are "care assistants" not nurses they are unskilled work
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by DanBealeC 15y ago
A separate USB number pad with a good mouse and a compact keyboard? Or maybe an excellent trackpad and no mouse?