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Re:Steam Controller on Friday September 27, 2013 @05:06PM (#6459573)
A laptop's touchpad isn't a handheld controller. Using your thumb would feel awkward.
Re:Show HN: Spotify for Independent Music on Monday September 02, 2013 @12:17AM (#6313426)
Good work so far. I just uploaded my band's album and hoping for the best :)
Me and my twin brother did stuff like this when we were kids! We thought of it as playing "video games" on paper.
Re:Using Voice to Code Faster than Keyboard on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @11:15PM (#6209759)
He mentions that in the video. The way Lisps are structured make it simpler for voice recognition.
Re:Ask HN: What would you tell your 16-year-old self? on Saturday August 03, 2013 @05:18PM (#6153442)
Don't listen to your parents. Get a job; the sooner you learn the value of a dollar, the better. Talk to girls. Go to paulgraham.com.
Re:Nightcode: An IDE for Clojure and Java on Saturday August 03, 2013 @01:30PM (#6152669)
This looks exciting. The Android integration is really attractive to me. I'll be sure to try this out soon. Thanks, gw!
Re:Do Things that Don't Scale on Sunday July 14, 2013 @06:52PM (#6042575)
It's like what he's writing seems so obvious, and the essay puts this seemingly obvious information out there for everyone to know.
Re:Introducing Android Studio on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @04:43PM (#5714737)
I've done one Android app for a college project using Eclipse a couple years ago. I've been wanting to get back into developing for the platform. Anyone have an opinion on a novice Android developer trying out an early access preview for this IDE?
The layout is nice and simple. My biggest complaints:

- can't add to playlists

- can't subscribe

- can't browse through a channel's playlists

Re:Show HN: Gallery of Open Source Ruby on Rails Apps on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @03:33PM (#5099394)
Great! I was just thinking about learning Ruby so this will be helpful when I wanna to check out real Ruby code.
Re:Open Source in a Closed Economy on Friday December 21, 2012 @02:29PM (#4954100)
Sooo... how does Chaos Collective make money on their open projects?
Re:Buy Nothing Day on Friday November 23, 2012 @04:32PM (#4823749)
Doesn't pg commenting on this thread validate it's relevance? I posted this because I wanted to see a hacker discussion of this topic.
Re:Buy Nothing Day on Friday November 23, 2012 @04:25PM (#4823730)
That's the spirit! A lot of people seem to be interpreting this as a one day thing. The campaign is using this day to start a revolution in changing the way we consume in the current economy. At least that's the goal. Less mass over-consumption and more stimulation of the local economy.
Re:Buy Nothing Day on Friday November 23, 2012 @04:08PM (#4823681)
You're right, but I think the main point of the campaign is to show that the way the world economy is growing is harmful to our planet.
Re:Buy Nothing Day on Friday November 23, 2012 @04:06PM (#4823670)
No capitalism and go environment is definitely the overarching theme in this campaign. And I do believe that the prevailing capitalism is damaging to our earth. But they also make a point in advocating the support of local business to stimulate the local economy.
Re:You Can Make Video Games on Thursday June 07, 2012 @12:09PM (#4079706)
I was just talking about this last night with my brother! He made a prototype for a puzzle game in PyGame. Since he has a full-time job now, I decided to continue it's development.
Re:The Most Dangerous Gamer on Saturday April 14, 2012 @10:50AM (#3840974)
Just a heads up for people who haven't played Braid (or you have played it but still want to dig deeper into the game's meaning), don't read Page 2 of the article. The author gives away too much! I've played the game and know that it's just his interpretation, but I still wish I haven't read it...
Re:Is C++ the Language of the Future? on Friday March 23, 2012 @12:23PM (#3745858)
If the JVM persists into the future, I see Clojure as a strong candidate.