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Re:Show HN: Arrow Hero on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @11:58AM (#9812790)
It'd certainly play very well if it works well. Looks like it's based directly on the Ouendan series (Elite Beat Agents) for the Nintendo DS where the games are played with a stylus.

I didn't know about osu! but I love Elite Beat Agents so I will definitely be checking this out!

Re:Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode d... on Thursday October 02, 2014 @11:33AM (#8401121)
I played with an old Asteroids Deluxe machine just last weekend! They have one at Barcade in Manhatten on West 24th.

The vector display sits face up in the bottom of the cabinet, and the game is reflected on a one-way mirror set up in front of a backdrop. Those super-bright vector graphics are even more impressive when they look like they're floating!

Re:Show HN: HearthSim, an AI and game simulator for Hearthstone Heroes... on Friday July 11, 2014 @10:25AM (#8020251)
While this is true in the general case, The Coin is an extra card added to your hand at the beginning of the game and is never a part of your deck. It is purely beneficial.
Re:A most bizarre and mysterious cocoon on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:37PM (#6323235)
Another interesting cocoon, linked to from the comments: http://blog.perunature.com/2013/06/the-incredible-urodid-mot...

Instead of hiding, the caterpillar builds an open-air net-like structure which hangs by a thread from the bottom of a leaf. The video hypothesizes that the structure both protects the pupa from ants and allows rain to flow through it (both of which seem like critical features in the Amazonian rainforest).

Also, it looks really cool.

Re:Microsoft Is Removing Xbox One DRM on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @05:52PM (#5908599)
That FAQ is from last month. The update from today specifically states:

> After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.

http://news.xbox.com/2013/06/update

Re:Gangnam Style Becomes World’s Most Watched Video With 1 Billion Vie... on Saturday November 24, 2012 @02:01PM (#4826096)
Except PSY himself rejects that explanation: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/120oqd/i_am_south_kore...
Re:Amazon.com criticising new iPad on homepage on Monday October 29, 2012 @09:26AM (#4712118)
No longer the case. They started renting/selling 1080p content with (or perhaps before) the release of the 1080p Apple TV.
Re:Ruby 2.0.0 feature freeze on Thursday October 25, 2012 @01:22AM (#4696488)
The title at the time of jfaucett's comment was just "Ruby 2.0.0".
Re:Pie charts in your favicon on Friday August 03, 2012 @06:19PM (#4336476)
In case anyone else hasn't seen this: http://favris.info/
Re:Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars on Thursday August 02, 2012 @01:23PM (#4329844)
Our team needs leaders. Nobody said they had to work alone.
Re:Pay To “Highlight” Your Facebook Status Updates To More Friends on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:34AM (#3957860)
This is exactly how okcupid's premium membership operates. You can always anonymously visit profiles, but unless you're a paid member, it'll no longer show you your visitors. Paying the premium lets you "stalk" others while still seeing who is visiting you.
Re:Stallman: Facebook is Mass Surveillance on Monday January 23, 2012 @10:21AM (#3500606)
I think the point is that the simple presence of a Like button tells Facebook that you've been there. You don't have to click it, you just have to load it. HN comment history is active participation.
Re:Wozniak praising Android over iPhone limitations on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @05:11PM (#3476728)
Not entirely true. You can jailbreak the iPad 2 using http://jailbreak.me/ if you're running iOS 4.3.3. iOS 5 is still unavailable, and I wouldn't expect it to be available until the corresponding iPhone 4S jailbreak is out.
Re:Dan Benjamin of 5by5 talks about his equipment, business [audio] on Thursday December 29, 2011 @01:48PM (#3404766)
Yeah, it takes a while to get to the interesting stuff; he was also interacting with the chat room during the show. There's good information in the FAQ portion of the show as well, like his reasoning behind NOT doing double-ended recording (anymore).
Re:Dan Benjamin of 5by5 talks about his equipment, business [audio] on Thursday December 29, 2011 @09:57AM (#3403806)
Dan Benjamin, creator of 5by5 and host of various shows on the network, talks about his home studio's past and current equipment, and then answers questions from the chat room. If you're at all interested in producing podcasts, or in what it takes to host a successful podcast network, this is worth a listen.
Re:Spotify launches in the US on Thursday July 14, 2011 @11:36AM (#2763492)
eEp6Lq23VwW98wTu used. Thanks!

Since I didn't see an obvious way from the front page, the place to sign up for a free account if you have an invite code is: https://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/overview/

Re:IPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for h... on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @01:39AM (#2436042)
Johnny Lee's version was definitely cool, but it was more of a clever hack. It took advantage of the fact that the Wiimote is basically a very cheap IR camera, which normally tracks the IR light coming from the sensor bar. By using the Wiimote as a stationary camera, and wearing infrared LEDs on his face (attached to safety goggles, iirc) he could track the position of user's head. I'd imagine the Wii hardware would definitely be up to that task, as it is basically just the inverse of what it does already.

Also, if you really want to be impressed with the iPad's rendering capabilities, check out Infinity Blade. That will blow your mind.

Re:IPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for h... on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:22PM (#2435364)
I agree, there is. Stereoscopic 3D isn't an end-all solution, however, and this isn't just ordinary "old style 3D", either. Head-tracking 3D is still a pretty novel technique, adding the illusion that you can look around an environment just by moving. I imagine that combining the two you could create a pretty immersive experience, although I can also admit there might be some difficulties doing so.
Re:IPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for h... on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:06PM (#2435303)
3D on a screen is always an illusion of some sort. The 3DS is just a different illusion (albeit a more technically involved one, for sure). It's not any more "3D" than this. Perspective not changing when your head moves is one of the things that breaks a 3D illusion; with this, you don't have that problem.
Re:IPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for h... on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:03PM (#2435293)
I'm pretty sure that the 3DS isn't doing any head tracking. If you move your head much at all the 3D effect breaks; you have to be looking practically dead at it.
Re:IPad 2 gets glasses-free 3D display using front-facing camera for h... on Monday April 11, 2011 @08:53PM (#2435254)
http://kotaku.com/#!5541044/looksleys-line-up-micro+review-b...

Looks like it did come out in the US, although from the review it looks like we might not have heard about it because the effect just didn't work well enough.

Maybe this implementation will deliver? It looks fairly promising, and the effect looks like it might be more pronounced on the (compared to the DSi) large screen of the iPad. Of course, I'd like to pass judgement on it personally, so here's hoping for a demo we can hold in our hands soon.

Re:23andMe Genetic Testing Kit Free with a Year Long Membership of $108 on Sunday April 10, 2011 @11:01PM (#2431198)
This.

I don't even like going to Web MD, in fear of exaggerating a condition or, even worse, synthesizing symptoms. I can't imagine knowing several years ahead of time that I have a high chance of developing this or that unpreventable disease. I'd probably end up seeing "signs" long before they ever presented themselves or perhaps even worsen my condition through the anxiety.

Re:Mockup previews of Appleseed 1.0, feedback appreciated. on Sunday April 10, 2011 @10:55PM (#2431178)
As a final note, the Appleseed logo in the top left is going to cause some undesirable behavior if left like that.

I also thought this was kind of strange. It looks alright in the mockups, but I can't think of a behavior for that logo that would deal well when you shrink the view horizontally. The design seems to suggest that the left margin will remain empty space, as trying to slide it to the left would cause the profile picture to overlap the logo entirely.

Neither leaving the blank space nor covering up the logo seems ideal to me.

Re:Mono for Android released with Visual Studio 2010 integration on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @03:30PM (#2416564)
I think the point here is that the developers themselves aren't generally the ones that are choosing to use XP: they're stuck on the platform that the IT department supports. Getting upgrades can be challenging, especially in a large corporate environment.
Re:That’s it, we’re quitting on Saturday March 26, 2011 @09:55PM (#2373871)
I can't verify this at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that you can assign the right and middle click actions on a three button mouse to do Cmd- and ctrl- clicks, so this is a nonissue for those of us with a standard mouse.

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