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A bit late to the party. Chronodrive: A Time-travel SHMUP(shootemup)! Play in your browser (HTML5): http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-27/?action=preview...

Many indie developers spend years developing their game, yet charge ~10$. Games can be incredibly complex, you're underestimating the amount of effort it takes to write one. You're…

Especially if they use those terms to describe themself.

One of my pet peeves is how data stream rates are always represented in bits per seconds. It's extremely deceptive to people who don't know the difference between a bit and a byte.…

I think the the case here is that they applied for patents, rather than their patents having been accepted.

Interesting! This reminds me of the new Playstation Vita's rear touch sensor. I think it's definitely a step in the right direction of preserving screen estate for what its primary…

From the article: If you decide to make a purchase through one of my links I may receive a commission from Amazon. There's a clear purpose of the OP, and suggesting healthy snacks …

The first person I think of is the author of LoseThos, especially as he frequently posts on HN. I suppose it's been renamed to SparrowOS now though. http://news.ycombinator.com/use…

It's surprising how many times I've seen tech companies use an 'i' with a signal symbol at its top.

I understand where you're coming from, but my point wasn't "I don't want an iPad", but rather that I feel like these prizes specifically cheapen the feel of the jam, especially con…

Oh man I'm psyched about this. I love game jams, and GitHub's event will surely draw people new to the concept. The more the merrier! I'm honestly a little turned off by the prize …

I couldn't agree with you more. It's really fun to hack a game together in Javascript. I tried out JS + HTML5 two Ludum Dares ago and managed to create something fun within 72 hour…

On the other end of the spectrum, I thought the presentation was impressive. I have a typical broadband connection, and I thought it worked just fine. The loading time seemed insta…

Not sure where to even begin. Reading the author's articles leave a bad taste in my mouth.

That's very true. But for smaller parts or cosmetic parts 3D printers can already be used to print replacements, as evidenced in a recent HN post[1]. [1] http://news.ycombinator.co…

I think the greatest use case isn't printing stand-alone objects, but rather replacement parts for existing products. Say, your laptop screen hinge breaks. Instead of ordering a ne…

Despite being a pretty active participant in Ludum Dare, I've never pursued the October Challenge yet. Working on the last 10% of a game (the polish) is the hardest part of the dev…

It's easy to forget that social engineering is one of the oldest and easiest way for a hacker to get access to a system.

From Carmack's post in the comments of the Kickstarter: The early prototype could not be worn with glasses. If you modify it to stand off far enough from the face to allow glasses,…

This effect seems to happen commonly among news aggregating site communities. Digg used to be pretty cool when it was used largely by people excited about the start-up/tech enthusi…

Indeed, Andre's symptoms seem to match more of an onset of paranoid schizophrenia rather than depression. Unfortunately, it seems that genetics is a key factor of causing mental il…

Of course they're cheap for a reason. I was just a little bit interested in the technical details of what causes a display like this to fail. And yes, these monitors are dual-link …

This is news to me. Sure, you could probably by A IPS LCD for 200 quid two years ago, but a 27" one?

I've ordered one, but I'm more than a little concerned about the potential 30% failure rate that I read about in the previous thread. I'm a little bit curious though, as to WHY exa…