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Orothrim

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    Comment #37496961

    I really like Defold, have used it for a number of small games I've developed for a side hustle.

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    Comment #37416543

    I've been thinking about making an app in the style of Tamagotchi, but where you do the habits you want to learn to 'feed' the Tamagotchi.

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    Comment #36893934

    You think most companies are comparable to Google, one of the worlds most profitable companies? The large large majority of jobs aren't mostly doing nothing and almost no businesse…

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    Comment #36893872

    They are designed to be addictive yes, but that doesn't make the user non-complicit. It's easy to stop using these products, especially if you have other interests in your life.

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    Comment #34369567

    They are unreliable and unpredictable for the scales considered in the energy market.

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    Comment #34336832

    As would I!

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    Comment #33798749

    Could you have paper cards that have a barcode or qr code that are "activated" when placed into the console and then represented by your 2-3 E-Ink cards? Then the paper cards could…

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    Comment #33730114

    Reminder: solid radioactive waste is many times more safe than pumping waste into the air we all breathe. Fossil fuels kill many people per year by their waste and radioactive wast…

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    Comment #33729661

    I recommend looking into base vs peak loading for the energy grid. Nuclear is good as base load power, batteries are good for peak loading and renewables are good for charging batt…

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    Comment #33328847

    Grow up, these climate changes will happen, the companies can make the appropriate changes now (early), or they can hold off and be forced to comply or die by governments.

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    Comment #33328828

    If the company kills people in the process of generating as much profit as possible, it should be stopped. You are saying it should be stopped by the 'rules' which clearly means th…

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    Comment #33175171

    You can't see any downside of double blind? There are many systems we use which provide anonymity, and they always result in some form of abuse. Such as phone numbers (scam calls),…

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    Comment #33094691

    How is this not acceptable? The person cheated, chess.com said they would keep it confidential, circumstances changed. They didn't swear on their mother's graves.

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    Comment #33094655

    He specifically said "I never cheated in paid-tournament games" and "I never cheated whilst streaming". Chess.com presents pretty clear evidence that's untrue.

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    Comment #33094467

    Good design skills have zero correlation with good data analysis skills.

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    Comment #33094407

    Due to the need for real-time input that's just not true.

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    Comment #33020714

    We aren't inventing more and more complex ways of forcing that reality to still exist. That reality does still exist, it's close to not existing, maybe only another 300-400 years, …

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    Comment #32863900

    Why do I have to wear a seatbelt when I drive safely?

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    Comment #32410488

    The issue with this article is how the author is approaching all of these discussions. There is no attempt to see the other person's perspective, or evaluate how the author should …

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    Comment #32355003

    Have you considered any of the raspberry pi power button options that exist? Something with a reasonable size capacitor and a signal pin to let the Pi know to shutdown when it's lo…

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    Comment #32263043

    I don't believe so, I believe that the size and gravity of the sun have a gravitational effect on space an result in a focusing of light at 500+AU distance from the sun. Hence the …