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midnightsine

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    Comment #5563204

    Are you sure? Is the universe described by an equation s=t*v, v=10 untrue unless we compute it? Does moving electrons on a CPU die suddenly give it meaning? Do scraps of graphite l…

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    Comment #5517600

    Cashing out 100 000 BTC would crash the market down to 0 - right now the MtGox has exactly 105 708 BTC in the order book. Cashing out 100 000 USD however is a different story. It a…

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    Comment #5392809

    I think the debate stems mostly from the imperfections of our spoken language. What is a human? Is it any biological organism that is genetically identifiable as homo sapiens? Is i…

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    Comment #5348725

    Heightmap based 3d would be very simple to add via something like f(x, y) -> x, y, heightmap(x, y). The city building genre is essentially "2.5D", as the gameplay itself is purely …

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    Comment #5348663

    You know, I've actually spent the hours leading up to the SimCity launch coding a simple clone. Here's a link http://www.browserpolis.com/ , you need a webgl enabled browser though…

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    Comment #5231887

    $ nc -l 8888 > file $ cat file | nc host.example.com 8888 I don't think a dedicated utility is required. Edit: Sorry about my comment coming off as a bit hostile, I did not intend …