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Lycake

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    Comment #37926518

    Thank you. Not really surprising to see a lot of those request. A lot of the audience is coming from Louis at the moment. Seeing his ongoing fight for right to repair, I'd expect t…

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    Comment #37926454

    Some creators have already branched out and are posting some of their content to multiple platforms (maybe with different titles/thumbnails targeted for the specific platform). Tha…

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    Comment #37926413

    Can't install, only ever get "Problem parsing the package" with the universal and the specific apk. What is the minimum required Android version? I'm still on 9

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    Comment #24208739

    I can understand the store aspect (even though in a perfect world you could buy apps and games without DRM and having to log in), but why would you need an account because somethin…

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    Comment #24208708

    > Serious question: do you really think that someone who is enthusiastic about VR would refuse to get the best headset out there because they would have to create an account on som…

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    Comment #24208652

    > I feel forcing login to Facebook is going to kill oculus adoption I'm hoping you are right, but I feel like the average consumer is not so privacy aware and wouldn't mind using F…

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    Comment #24208613

    There are a lot of things that could cause you to not being able to enjoy the game, that you can't see in screenshots or videos. Issues with movement, room scale or motion sickness…

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    Comment #24132595

    I backed this game just after it's kickstarter campaign 7 (?) years ago. Mainly for the MMO aspect. The vision since has changed so much, I probably won't enjoy the MMO part. It lo…

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    Comment #24132519

    They made the mistake of advertising LTI (life time insurance) as an exclusive feature for early backers. They had some events with LTI afterwards, but it is always combined with a…

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    Comment #24132454

    Completely agree. I have played NMS on launch day. Played everything it had to offer. Even went through the grind and flew to the middle of the galaxy. Biggest disappointment in ga…

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    Comment #22233649

    This was 2014. You might think with newer technologies this isn't a problem anymore. He also made "Why Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Idea" last month: https://www.youtube.com/wa…

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    Comment #21223808

    This was also one of the first algorithms I had to implement in university. It's really great to teach about dynamic programming / recursion and how different approaches to a probl…

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    Comment #21223743

    > had no idea what "graupel" was funny. Here in Germany, "Graupel" is commonly used in normal weather reports. I didn't even know the word existed like that in english and didn't r…

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    Comment #21222844

    With "getting the hell out of here" do you mean humanity in general or you personally. If you personally: Do you really think public spacetravel will advance that much in our lifet…

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    Comment #21222825

    On a more serious note, I wonder what people thought about lightning in earlier ages. For one before the concept of "God" was a thing, and also what the first seriouse sciency idea…

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    Comment #21222810

    Thank you! The Abstract and especially the "Plain Language Summary" are written great. Sometimes even abstracts can be hard to understand if you are not experienced in the field, a…

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    Comment #21202178

    My bank here in Germany does exactly this. The message I get is something along the lines of "Here is your authorization code for transaction number XXX for 5€ to RECIPIENT issued …