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climber_mac

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    Thanks for playing the game :) I'm Daniel, Diego's brother who also worked on this project. Your question is a bit broad, but I can tell you what it was like to work with emscripte…

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    Comment #25333268

    Most innovative ideas at first seem like bad ideas. Flipping conventional wisdom on its head takes a while. This talk by Dan Abramov helped me understand better how 'best practices…

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    Comment #25318458

    I'm not sure why this comment is getting downvoted. I have read a lot of Nassim Taleb and completely agree with your comment. He is a modern philosopher with really valuable insigh…

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    Comment #15758899

    Stunning images! It's amazing what you can do some with some simple linear algebra.

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    Comment #15269994

    This is awesome. How did you end up working on projects like this one? This kind of interactive one-off experiences are something I've been interested in for a long time.

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    Comment #14218856

    Hi there! I'm the creator of this little project. It's a Chrome extension to help you manage your tabs in Chrome. I'm sure some of you can relate to how awful it is having 50+ tabs…

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    Comment #14195289

    Hi there! I'm the author of this little project. Managing tabs in Chrome is a terrible pain for me - I always end up with a ton of open tabs that make using Chrome really awful. Th…

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    Comment #13490970

    I have actually been living in Canada for 4 years now. Everything is a very hairy mess; I was there in the summer of 2015 and remember thinking "Wow! Things can't get possibly wors…

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    Comment #13490899

    I'm from Venezuela, and happen to know a few people that are mining bitcoin down there. Electricity is incredibly cheap! You practically don't have to factor electricity costs in y…

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    Comment #12096829

    I was taught functional programming through SML in university two years ago. I have never had my brain twisted with so many interesting and clever concepts - it was one of the most…

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    Comment #12004722

    I spent some time in Seattle last summer. I was really impressed by the LEED certifications that a lot of the buildings in the downtown area have; most of them are certified gold -…

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    Comment #11766581

    I never came across that about Ed! That is extremely disappointing. Thanks for sharing it. I still admire his determination and dedication towards the animation industry, but I'll …

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    Comment #11762927

    I really recommend reading Creativity Inc. By Ed Catmull, one of the cofounders of Pixar. It's an incredible book full of insight on how Pixar fosters creativity to create hit afte…

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    Comment #11229655

    Creativity Inc., by Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar). A book on the structure and processes used at Pixar to sustain the creative process - It's one of the best books I've read on …

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    Comment #10106213

    I am also from Venezuela. He is not lying. He calculated his salary using the black market price of a dollar: 630 bolivares. He earns close to 7000 bolivares, which is minimum wage…

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    Comment #10106212

    I am also from Venezuela. He is not lying. He calculated his salary using the black market price of a dollar: 630 bolivares. He earns close to 7000 bolivares, which is minimum wage…

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    Comment #9228156

    Don Quixote is based on fictional characters. This is the grave of Cervantes, the writer of the novel.

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    Comment #8430537

    I have never bought bitcoin with the allowance. In case anyone is wondering, the government sells each Venezuelan $300 per year at the official exchange rate. This is the only amou…

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    Comment #8430382

    But what is there to sell? Every industry has received incredible shock from the economic situation, there are no dollars to import material goods from the outside so that they can…

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    Comment #8430178

    Tourists generally don't go to Venezuela because the country is extremely unsafe. The capital, Caracas, is ranked as the second city with the highest murder rate in the world [1]. …

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    Comment #8430067

    I am from Venezuela. In case you are wondering how terrible the Venezuelan economy is right now, think about this: Our biggest denomination bill (100 Bolivares) is not enough to bu…