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by epaik 13y ago
A bit late to the party. Chronodrive: A Time-travel SHMUP(shootemup)! Play in your browser (HTML5): http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview...
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Show HN: A HTML5 game we made in 72 hours this weekend.(ekun.nukenine.com)
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by epaik 13y ago
Many indie developers spend years developing their game, yet charge ~10$. Games can be incredibly complex, you're underestimating the amount of effort it takes to write one. You're also assuming that he's selling his game on
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by epaik 14y ago
Especially if they use those terms to describe themself.
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by epaik 14y ago
One of my pet peeves is how data stream rates are always represented in bits per seconds. It's extremely deceptive to people who don't know the difference between a bit and a byte. We shouldn't measure storage in bytes, but internet speeds
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by epaik 14y ago
I think the the case here is that they applied for patents, rather than their patents having been accepted.
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by epaik 14y ago
Interesting! This reminds me of the new Playstation Vita's rear touch sensor. I think it's definitely a step in the right direction of preserving screen estate for what its primary function should be.
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by epaik 14y ago
From the article: If you decide to make a purchase through one of my links I may receive a commission from Amazon. There's a clear purpose of the OP, and suggesting healthy snacks isn't it.
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by epaik 14y ago
The first person I think of is the author of LoseThos, especially as he frequently posts on HN. I suppose it's been renamed to SparrowOS now though. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=losethos .
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by epaik 14y ago
It's surprising how many times I've seen tech companies use an 'i' with a signal symbol at its top.
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by epaik 14y ago
I understand where you're coming from, but my point wasn't "I don't want an iPad", but rather that I feel like these prizes specifically cheapen the feel of the jam, especially considering how big github is. I don't know, I guess I've never
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by epaik 14y ago
Oh man I'm psyched about this. I love game jams, and GitHub's event will surely draw people new to the concept. The more the merrier! I'm honestly a little turned off by the prize though. I'd rather there be no prize at all but instead some
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by epaik 14y ago
I couldn't agree with you more. It's really fun to hack a game together in Javascript. I tried out JS + HTML5 two Ludum Dares ago and managed to create something fun within 72 hours[1]. The biggest issue I had at the time was dealing with c
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by epaik 14y ago
On the other end of the spectrum, I thought the presentation was impressive. I have a typical broadband connection, and I thought it worked just fine. The loading time seemed instantaneous. I actually appreciate that modern websites are inc
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by epaik 14y ago
Not sure where to even begin. Reading the author's articles leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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by epaik 14y ago
That's very true. But for smaller parts or cosmetic parts 3D printers can already be used to print replacements, as evidenced in a recent HN post[1]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4589528
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by epaik 14y ago
I think the greatest use case isn't printing stand-alone objects, but rather replacement parts for existing products. Say, your laptop screen hinge breaks. Instead of ordering a new one from the manufacturer, you could print your own replac
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by epaik 14y ago
Despite being a pretty active participant in Ludum Dare, I've never pursued the October Challenge yet. Working on the last 10% of a game (the polish) is the hardest part of the development process; not only is it a lot of work, but at that
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by epaik 14y ago
It's easy to forget that social engineering is one of the oldest and easiest way for a hacker to get access to a system.
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by epaik 14y ago
From Carmack's post in the comments of the Kickstarter: The early prototype could not be worn with glasses. If you modify it to stand off far enough from the face to allow glasses, the fov will be reduced a lot. One reason it can be so lig
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by epaik 14y ago
This effect seems to happen commonly among news aggregating site communities. Digg used to be pretty cool when it was used largely by people excited about the start-up/tech enthusiasts. As it became more popular, the user-base seemed to dev
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by epaik 14y ago
Indeed, Andre's symptoms seem to match more of an onset of paranoid schizophrenia rather than depression. Unfortunately, it seems that genetics is a key factor of causing mental illness, rather than the time you spend on the computer. So ev
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by epaik 14y ago
Of course they're cheap for a reason. I was just a little bit interested in the technical details of what causes a display like this to fail. And yes, these monitors are dual-link dvi only.
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by epaik 14y ago
This is news to me. Sure, you could probably by A IPS LCD for 200 quid two years ago, but a 27" one?
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by epaik 14y ago
I've ordered one, but I'm more than a little concerned about the potential 30% failure rate that I read about in the previous thread. I'm a little bit curious though, as to WHY exactly these screen's failure rates are so high, or how they f
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by epaik 14y ago
It may be because I'm browsing on my phone, but I couldn't find a contact email anywhere.
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by epaik 14y ago
Definitely a good thing! :)
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by epaik 14y ago
You're right that there aren't many truly large-scale seamless MMOs out there, and I agree that this project would help servers scale their worlds. Sorry if my previous post came off as dismissive, as a game development enthusiast I was foc
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by epaik 14y ago
Looks pretty cool, although I don't know how useful this would be for games. Isn't the only real bottleneck for large-scale real-time MMOs the network bandwidth needed between the server and client? While this tech would improve the efficie
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by epaik 14y ago
I think he's referring to the 100 year anniversary of the initial commission.

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