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mistagiggles

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    Comment #42284701

    There is also this: https://github.com/lucasg/Dependencies Similar project for replacing the old dependency walker tool

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    Comment #15138854

    Another alternative is parsec: https://parsec.tv/ Comes with an amazon AMI to quickly get started on AWS. The team behind it strive for low-latency, and has support for controllers…

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    Comment #12613045

    Something similar does exist: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html It detects places in songs where the sound is similar, and can jump between these places in the track to …

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    Comment #11570968

    Alternatively, you can now rent a blockbuster film using money you have made while playing games. Trading cards, skin drops, crates/cases etc can all be acquired without putting mo…

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    Comment #11080167

    "When groups of figures are spelled out, the chance of an error in transmission is reduced to a minimum." I guess its easier for the receiving operator to detect the error in "One …

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    Comment #10621483

    "A marking pen was also included to help make personal indicators on the map if needed." It's disappointing that modern technology no longer supports being annotated with a marker …

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    Comment #10593943

    I think this could be abused horribly, the campaign and payment information appearing inline with facebook content may make a fraudulent page appear far more legitimate than they a…

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    Comment #10317160

    Maybe this is the limit of the amount of data that can be hidden/interleaved into the cartridge image

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    Comment #10296643

    Rectangle, not possible to make a square. (Count the area and try and find integer width & height that fits)

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    Comment #9764568

    GUI-based editors/viewers should be your next goal if your want to capture non-programmer users. People who don't program are far less likely to be comfortable poking around in tex…

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    Comment #9575420

    Similar concept but for youtube: http://www.petittube.com/

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    Comment #8965129

    Does this mean the phone needs to be a smartphone with WhatsApp installed? Or can a brickphone be used with this sim in order to communicate on WhatsApp?

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    Comment #8698992

    From the comments on the article: http://imgur.com/a/BfcK4 Some more tests of the algorithm with less impressive results (though still good looking)

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    Comment #8557332

    Slightly off topic, but I really like their icons on their front page. Very reminiscent of the vault boy icons in the newer fallout games.

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    Comment #8372216

    (slightly) Related: http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020583/Animation-Bootcamp-An-I... Really impressive animation generation using just a handful of keyframes and clever use of inter…

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    Comment #8172592

    It's all in the game

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    Comment #8147859

    I kind of agree with the article, I did the Edinburgh course on Compiling Techniques and I remember the first coursework being using antler and convert something like tinyc to AST …

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    Comment #7852583

    I'm more interesting in the fact that he is showing Halo 2 running on (what I'm guessing) is the microsoft surface. It seems like a strange choice to choose a game that is almost 1…

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    Comment #7772851

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reporting Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Circular_reporting...

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    Comment #7772836

    The article links to a wikipedia article about the circular reporting phenomenon, and I'm pleased to see that someone has added "vicious aardvark" as another name for circular repo…

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    Comment #7546683

    Very interesting, but this raises a point in my mind. If a colonisation trip takes several generations to reach its destination, would the human rights of the descendants of the or…

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    Comment #7480336

    There is a (First person, 3D) game, Antichamber, that has some elements of this. The room/corridor around you can change by looking, such as: Walk up to dead end. Turn around. Corr…

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    Comment #7442537

    Article says it is accurate within 1 foot, which really isn't accurate enough if you are generating floor plans for rooms.