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by offsky 10mo ago
Clearly reciprocity is a good part of social interaction. So it’s not necessarily a dark pattern. But it can be if games use it as a mechanism to get you hooked. Maybe by punishment or guilt, or by encouraging extra in app purchases so you
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by offsky 10mo ago
It’s meant to look like an old NES game controller.
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by offsky 10mo ago
It’s always shocking to see one of my sites pop up on HN. For context around my motivation to make the site. I was really addicted to a certain mobile game to the point that it was affecting my work and family life. I stumbled upon an arti
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Binary Sudoku Puzzle – Foxtrot Comic(foxtrot.com)
7 points by offsky 10mo ago|0 comments
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by offsky 1y ago
The thing I don't understand is how unethical stuff like this comes to be built. Take the example where nurses with debt get lower wages because they are desperate. Some manager had to come up with this idea and then get various peopl
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by offsky 1y ago
I became interested in complicated watches several years ago and knew I could never afford one, so I made a website with simulated watch dials. Just for fun and education. It was also a great way for me to learn svg animations. https:&#x
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by offsky 2y ago
I tried adding deep zoom to mine, https://www.zazow.com but it became way too slow. Arbitrary precision math is just orders of magnitude slower, at least in the way that I understand it. I am not a mathematician.
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by offsky 2y ago
Is there a way to turn Apple special photos into cross view images?
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by offsky 2y ago
It would be cool if Apple made something like this for public events with a way to browse local events. I acknowledge that moderation of spam would be an issue.
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by offsky 2y ago
I would love to see a lava lamp simulator with this type of quality. I’ve tried before to make one but alas I don’t have the math.
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Ask HN: Which tech-stack requires the least knowledge and complexity?
2 points by offsky 2y ago|5 comments
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by offsky 2y ago
If I lose access to my Apple account (via hacking, being banned or otherwise), do I also lose access to all my saved password? Thats what I want to know.
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by offsky 2y ago
I wonder what the annual maintenance, utilities, taxes and other upkeep would be on that.
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by offsky 2y ago
This is surprising to me too because I saw 3 different Cybertrucks on the road yesterday. I guess I live in a hot zone.
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by offsky 2y ago
Here is a migraine headache therapy that works on the same principle. https://www.gammacore.com/ It’s really difficult to get prescription and insurance to line up and then they mail you a RFID card that you scan to “refill
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by offsky 2y ago
Why is sales tax being applied now? Is there some new tax law or is Kagi offering a new benefit that requires taxation?
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by offsky 3y ago
My brother laser worked great for years. Then I decided to save money and get generic toner. A week later my brother printer bricked itself. It won’t even turn on. Probably a coincidence, but still makes me angry.
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by offsky 3y ago
If HN suddenly dies there will be 1000 former HN users who will create a clone in a weekend.
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by offsky 3y ago
I did this exercise last year called “8760 Hours” which is a series of prompts to help refine your values and goals for the year. I then reviewed my answers at the beginning of each month to make sure I hadn’t strayed off target. It was ver
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by offsky 3y ago
I was recently at a museum and I had two choices to buy a ticket. Buy a paper ticket from a real person or use a self-service kiosk which emails me a ticket for a $5 electronic delivery fee. Why?? I am always baffled by fees for electronic
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by offsky 3y ago
This is exactly what I thought. Or maybe 1 farm will split itself into two separate corporate entities and employees will work 35h for each one and nothing changes.
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by offsky 3y ago
https://www.darkpattern.games/ My site to track games with dark patterns and those without.
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Ask HN: Is Flutter/Dart safe from the Google chopping block?
3 points by offsky 3y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Insurance suggestions for SaaS side project?
2 points by offsky 3y ago|0 comments
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by offsky 3y ago
I recently joined forces with some web dev/designer friends to start a team for hire. Collectively we have a ton of experience building and shipping websites of all kinds. We are looking for clients who need help building early stage
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by offsky 3y ago
I recently joined forces with some web dev/designer friends to start a team for hire. Collectively we have a ton of experience building and shipping websites of all kinds. We are looking for clients who need help building early stage S
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by offsky 3y ago
That gives a new meaning to "parental control". I like it!
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by offsky 3y ago
Can someone please explain the picture at the top of the article?
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by offsky 3y ago
I would easily pay $50/m for a version of google without ads. Take my money please and return the search results to a sane place.
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by offsky 3y ago
It’s a travesty that the word palindrome is not itself a palindrome.

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