News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

whateversclever

Re:The Cult of Hideo Kojima on Thursday December 12, 2019 @09:54AM (#21772283)
What about Miyamoto? or to a lesser extent Suda51? There's also John Carmack/Romero, Gabe Newell - maybe the trick is being associated with a long string of successful and unique games with a common thread between them.
Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:52PM (#21073250)
Sure it's relevant. In the context of Free Speech, we're talking about freedom from persecution by the state.

In the US, you can say whatever you like and you will not be prosecuted or jailed. That is simply not true in most other countries.

Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:58PM (#21072668)
That right there is not an example of violence, despite any assertions to the contrary. There is a clear distinction between statements and actions.
Re:Looking Back at the Snowden Revelations on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:54PM (#21072620)
Anyone absolutely can "Yell fire in a theater" in the US, this canard has an interesting history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_the...

You can also go on the radio and accuse your boss of whatever you like in the US as well. You might get sued by your boss in civil court, but the police will not come after you.

You can also deny the Holocaust, that the earth is round, that people have landed on the moon, or anything else. An unfortunate side effect of freedom is that other people will be allowed to say things that you dislike.

Re:The U.S. Forgot What Antitrust Is For on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @11:29AM (#20941180)
I think grocery stores are evidence to the contrary
Re:San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @11:20AM (#19615537)
The United States began its War on Poverty in 1964, prior to the War on Drugs. It's been running for more than 50 years https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2014/03/19/the-wa...
mea culpa, you're right.
It looks to me that the relevant part of that video is at 2:06, where he mentions a news camera filming. That section is much darker than the earlier footage, but the camera is waving around making it difficult to get a clear idea.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2018) on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:11PM (#16495749)
Probably worth checking out the previous iterations/discussions of this post before wasting time with these folks https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=bengarney
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2018) on Thursday February 01, 2018 @09:55PM (#16288026)
Beware of these folks. When I interviewed (when they posted a remote job here before) they told me after wasting a bunch of time that they aren't actually looking for remote devs. It's not clear why they keep posting remote listings here.

They also seem not to be called "Game Closure" anymore. They changed to "Weeby" and then "BlackStorm". Previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14485509

I'm really curious what they are up to.

Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite CS paper? on Thursday August 24, 2017 @01:34PM (#15092169)
I was hoping your title wasn't a typo
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017) on Friday June 02, 2017 @04:16PM (#14472967)
This exact same blurb was posted last month, but when I spoke to them, they claimed that the "REMOTE" tag was "accidental". This is not a remote position, not sure why they keep adding that tag to their hiring posts.