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mgc8

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About mgc8

Seasoned tech somehow-still-optimist with a diverse background, from C programming to server administration, and from Web development to cybersecurity. Now finally came full circle to my first love: game design and development. Occasionally posting on my digital abode at

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    Comment #48546226

    Glad to hear it, enjoy!

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    Show HN: 0-0.io – Multiplayer browser football with server-authoritative physics

    Hi everyone, dev here. I made a real-time minimalistic football game (in the lineage of HaxBall) in time for the championship, and thought to turn it into an actual multiplayer gam…

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    Comment #48521345

    Is there any indication of what compute resources this will actually require (in its various incarnations)? Does it incorporate any of the optimisations pioneered by Google (such a…

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    Comment #48508615

    This is pretty cool as a prototype, nice job! I'd say it needs some progression (one-on one to one-on-multiple, think 1xL against 2xS, etc.), as well as some more map variation (ch…

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    Comment #48492969

    Ah, the xterm "read title" bug, I seem to remember that was fixed some while ago, wasn't it? But yes, that is true, it's possible to exploit anything with enough determination; it …

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    Comment #48487034

    Maybe not a vulnerability per se , but definitely conducing to ones, as others have noted. However, those completions are quite unfortunate to say the least, thus one would hope Je…

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    Comment #48487003

    Well, technically it's not the curl itself that is the problem, but the "| " coming afterwards that does the damage. So, if the process is somehow broken up into 1) curl ; 2) analy…

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    Comment #48486876

    This is seriously cool, and as a bonus reminds me to brush up on my C knowledge to finally submit an IOCCC entry...