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Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. on Friday January 20, 2012 @08:13PM (#3492143)
There are very few, at least in the Western eye. Only two that come to mind are the latest Zelda, and Dark Souls.
Re:The anorexic startup: A fable of drugs, sex and C++ [pdf] on Friday January 13, 2012 @05:11AM (#3459940)
Real programmers clearly use Accela.
Re:Why Programmers don’t have a High Social Status? on Saturday December 31, 2011 @02:48AM (#3410440)
Yes, it doesn't help that a large factor of the appeal of programming is that we don't have to deal with the complex and irrational system of human interaction.
Re:Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011 on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @08:31AM (#3399690)
I'm surprised I'm not seeing more 1Q84 here.
I always wonder when password cracking tools will take this method into account, and iterate over a database of popular song lyrics, phrases, speeches, and such. I suspect this won't be feasible forever.
Re:Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @07:47PM (#3213679)
Some sort of XDCC mechanism will be compatible with all modern clients.
Although it's not /really/ homebrew, most of the use of a hacked system is for game mods. I know that the Super Smash Brothers. Brawl modding community is on fire with mod projects, but that's the most popular title by far.
Re:Putting "Search" into Google yields a surprising result on Thursday July 28, 2011 @06:17PM (#2819214)
Google is first on google.com.au