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I'd say that if you have some programming experience, about half an hour would be reasonable to implement and understand each tutorial - but there's a lot more to be had squeezing …

For anyone who did it last year, please take a look again - there's a whole load of new expert challenges and extra effect tutorials to try.

Highly recommended! I found Tiny Code Christmas last year. It was easier for me to get into than other code advent series, and introduced me to active participation in the demoscen…

The Fitbit Ionic looked like it could be a spiritual successor [I'd presumed - without evidence - that that was where the Pebble team ended up]. It doesn't yet look open enough (or…

I adore my original Pebble and Pebble Time Steel. I'm curious to see whether Rebble [1] can pull together a new ecosystem. I was under the impression Eric and the original Pebble t…

Same thing happened with the first Pebble Time Steel I bought. I took it back to the shop and swapped it. This one's been perfect for years, so I put it down to a batch problem.

FWIW the business is based in Kenya.

> Why do console manufacturers put so much effort into preventing unvetted code from running on their hardware? Piracy is the most enduring reason. Second, regular players should e…

It's just how Hacker News works - people like older articles to be tagged by year. It's to make it easier to spot things that they may have already read, or that may be interesting…

Thanks! I've had a few people trying to submit the classic six word story over the years.

130 Story - a daily microfiction challenge. https://www.130story.com/ I started this as a Twitter game a few years ago; it felt like a compact idea with a good hook. Earlier this y…

Twitter Lite appears to omit Promoted Tweets (for me, for now), which is a bonus for experience.

The lack of regard for privacy is reflected in their beta signup page [1], which asks for age and phone number, and submits over HTTP connection. [1] http://huggingface.co/

> Active Pebble watches will work normally for now. Functionality or service quality may be reduced down the road. We don’t expect to release regular software updates or new Pebble…