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>And used instruments cost hundreds, not thousands. A guitar, sure. I tried getting an used string piano and couldn't find one...used...for less than five grand. Used violins and o…

HN is great for news, but man it sometimes feels like I am browsing LinkedIn when I go to the comments. The cult of techno optimism and progress at all costs is strong here. It is …

Tone deaf responses like this are a big reason why resentment is building towards Silicon Valley.

Yes, a good Guitar will cost you more than 300 USD. But in 20 years you will still have that guitar. Buy an ipad mini for 500 USD: you might be able to replicate the sound, but you…

Have you ever listened to the difference between a piano and a digital keyboard? The difference is night and day. Digital tech can only imitate the sound of a string piano, but it …

Im not a skeptical agnostic materialist, but those objects were far from being cheap. Those instruments cost thousands of dollars each. The arcade cabinet as well(there aren't exac…

Good, if Stanley was going to bully them into not publishing I am glad it got published eventually. I like Stanley Kubrick's films but every time I read about him he comes off as a…

Wrote this article to explore where a lot of the creatives behind Deus Ex went, and what some of their lesser known works might have been

Im saying that it is better for beginners to start with a modern engine than try to make something for an older console. Newbies will see a course like this, think "oh I loved the …

Agreed. Godot, Unity, Unreal, etc. all are better options for beginners. Gamemaker Studio even lets you program for free...you have to pay to make an executable though. If someone …

Things like this terrify me. I am only 28 so its not like I'm much older than the college kids they mention in these articles. But still, its like...is this actually a thing that I…

I love this channel. Part of what has gotten me into retro technology

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty. - Frank Herbert

If you want the source code, just get it off the website https://www.supertux.org/download.html

classic game

This has nothing to do with hacking, friend. This is about taxie drivers in the 1960s

The ol' hug of death. Or perhaps a C&D? edit It loaded. Definitely hug of death

That explains my confusion quite a bit. Thanks for letting me know!

Porn is about to get so much weirder

I thought this was already at full release lol. Never knew what features Cosmic was supposed to add on top of Gnome