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Re:HN was down by jdoliner on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:40PM (#26469513)
It would be cool if zooming in / out on the T-Rex game caused it to switch your character to larger / smaller dinosaurs.
Re:HN was down by WalterSear on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:43PM (#26469555)
The Trex game really needs a meteor animation when the connection is re-established.
Re:HN was down by Gaelan on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:06PM (#26469838)
They even have the artwork! It's used when the game is disabled by ~~fun-hating sysadmins~~ enterprise policy.
Re:HN was down by denysvitali on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:55PM (#26469704)
Give this man a PM role at Google Chrome!
Re:HN was down by hanniabu on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:03PM (#26470453)
Only if he promises to discontinue the game in a year
Re:HN was down by marshmallow_12 on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:51PM (#26471953)
what can you possibly not like about the dinosaur game?? I love it and i like how chrome has debugged it over the years.
Re:HN was down by jkingsman on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:22PM (#26472138)
I believe this is a joke about Google's penchant for discontinuing beloved products -- https://killedbygoogle.com/
Re:HN was down by 42_ on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:41PM (#26472277)
So, the meteor hits the Trex, and its game over because you need to get back to work?
Re:HN was down by losvedir on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:52PM (#26469672)
what's the t-rex game?
Re:HN was down by sgrove on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:03PM (#26469802)
We have a version of it we adapted so that the t-rex has to jump over npm packages as they're being published in real-time!

https://www.onegraph.com/docs/subscriptions.html (it'll load in at the top of the page)

Re:HN was down by Barrin92 on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:54PM (#26469697)
minigame built into chrome you can play when you're offline, or alternatively go to chrome://dino
Re:HN was down by alisonatwork on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:17PM (#26469978)
Edge has one too at edge://surf
Re:HN was down by Shared404 on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:22PM (#26470034)
There's also an extracted version of it on Github for those of us who use Firefox.
Re:HN was down by 1f60c on Monday March 15, 2021 @06:00PM (#26469765)
You’re one of today’s lucky 10,000!
Re:HN was down by croddin on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:38PM (#26470830)
Don't know what today's lucky 10,000 is? You are also one of today's lucky 10,000! https://xkcd.com/1053/
Re:HN was down by neom on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:58PM (#26469741)
hit space bar when offline in chrome, ps: addictive.
Re:HN was down by nkozyra on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:53PM (#26469682)
Game you get when the network is unavailable in chrome