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Re:Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @12:19AM (#9136240)
Unfortunately that demo is outdated. They dropped a lot of that GI tech because it was never made performant for medium spec machines.
The first param of the constructor for the Listener is an element to be bound to so it will only listen for key events for that element.
Re:Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:05PM (#6470760)
That doesn't seem to be the case for me. OS 10.8/Chrome 29.
Re:Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:02PM (#6470736)
I have referred people to Mousetrap in the past that don't have need of some of the more advanced features that Keypress offers. I wrote Keypress because there was nothing to support some of the more complex, game-specific things I wanted to do with keyboard combos.
Re:Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:00PM (#6470713)
Ha, fair point. I should get on that :)
They're already on it. The Unreal 4 engine will use voxel cone tracing: http://www.unrealengine.com/files/misc/The_Technology_Behind...
Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) on Thursday March 07, 2013 @12:49PM (#5338996)
But as the author of the OP argues, Frodo may have become even better at resisting the ring as he made his way. The proximity to Sauron could have easily been the deciding factor rather than the hardships he faced which may have even strengthened him.
Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) on Thursday March 07, 2013 @11:37AM (#5338536)
If the eagles had flown Frodo to Mordor to destroy the ring, it would NOT have been destroyed as Gollum would not be there to bring a serendipitous end to the events. It seems reasonable to imagine that Gandalf suspected more about Gollum's ultimate role than he let on, or had some idea or hunch even that things needed to play out more organically.
Nice work! Very polished, good puzzles. The whooshing sound when going through the menu items in the main menu was a little annoying, but otherwise there wasn't a bit I didn't like.
Great job on the presentation. It's immediately more impressive than your competitors. I'm looking forward to hearing some feedback from people that try it out.
Re: Obama administration defends $222,000 file-sharing verdict on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @10:54AM (#5213670)
Strawman much?
Re: Obama administration defends $222,000 file-sharing verdict on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @11:42PM (#5211429)
That quote from the solicitor general upset me enough that I decided I would go right ahead and petition the White House to address this issue. We've got this great democratic resource, so I figured I may as well use it.

Please sign and share: http://wh.gov/dZCl

Re:Evasi0n iOS 6.x jailbreak on Monday February 04, 2013 @12:40PM (#5165640)
Is this a tether jailbreak or is it permanent?
Re:This is How Wrong Kurzweil Is on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @12:09PM (#5098144)
People take him seriously because he has a good track record at making predictions.
Same here. Those sliders always make buying a Humble Bundle a fun and very personalized experience.
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Thursday December 13, 2012 @04:01PM (#4918060)
Hey, for anyone following this still, I did a quick write up on my blog: http://dmaurolizer.com/post/37853129177/get-creative-a-mobil...
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @05:13PM (#4912759)
I got it too :( It looks like Nodejitsu is working through some hiccups. If you get that error just click the extension icon again and it should work.
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @04:30PM (#4912577)
Would love to hear what error message you got in the body of that. Also, did you try immediately re-opening it? Do you mind sending an email to [email protected]. Thank you!
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @04:20PM (#4912526)
Each day when a new challenge shows up, everyone gets a badge and notification. You'll have the badge on there until you actually open the extension, and when you complete a challenge you get a star on it so you can track any you missed.
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @04:03PM (#4912442)
Yeah I can definitely see this approach being aimed towards other creative endeavors, but the idea behind this is that it really is for anyone who is interested in just making things in their life. Most people contribute and create things in various facets in their lives, but then website x they become a "lurker" or a "curator". The goal here is to provide a fun outlet for that kind of creative energy regardless of your background.
Re:Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @03:35PM (#4912297)
A fellow Mauro :)

Yes, the original fallback idea was to just have the extension icon and when you click on it opens a new tab, but I wanted to give it a shot in the popup html because it's a more streamlined experience for the user, and it helps keep the entire thing focused and simple. After trying it out I just really liked the whole experience so went with that.

Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension

I just launched a new project aimed at helping people to do something fun and creative every day by giving them daily challenges. The goal is to promote habitual creativity by reducing the barrier to content creation and reminding users to keep at it. Everyone can see everyone else's creations and give them some encouragement with a like.When designing Get Creative, I wanted something with a...

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Re:MoMA Adds Video Games to Its Collection on Friday November 30, 2012 @09:08AM (#4853265)
So is it more difficult for them to get Japanese games in their collection? The lack of Japanese games, save for Katamari Damacy, is pretty striking. Seeing Passage on the list also got a groan out of me.
Re:Minecraft augmented reality app announced for iOS on Monday November 26, 2012 @09:56AM (#4832161)
Word of warning, this definitely did NOT work as well as in the video for me. I can not get any models to lay flat on my hardwood floor, or anywhere for that matter. Pretty disappointing.
Re:An Ode To W3Schools on Monday November 19, 2012 @12:56AM (#4803130)
Learning to append MDN to all my searches helped me out a lot. MDN is just a much better resource. And before I caught on I did assume a certain credibility and relationship between W3schools and W3C.
Re:Facebook Blank on Thursday November 08, 2012 @02:02PM (#4759278)
Seems to be working fine. Did someone get a screenshot for those of us that missed what you're talking about?
Re:Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired on Friday October 05, 2012 @05:59PM (#4618864)
Kixeye is probably hiring now, sounds like you would do well there :/
Re:4 inches on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @03:23PM (#4609191)
I don't think he would be so quick to say it's worth the extra screen space if he weren't left-handed. Reaching the back button with only your right hand, even on the 3.5" screen is difficult. After switching to an iPhone 4s earlier this year I found that to be the major failing of the device: http://dmaurolizer.com/post/18478902007/ioss-major-flaw-reac...
Re:Keypress: A JavaScript input capture library on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:50AM (#4585787)
Thanks :)

I made a note of some special case keys towards the bottom of the documentation. Some keys have flaky browser support (either keyup and/or keydown don't fire properly) so I call them out so they can be avoided and 'print' is one of them.

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