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“We learn from history that we do not learn from history” ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I know it's stupid, but the other alternative is calling it "HTML5&friends Game Engine", like the Mozilla guide suggests... Technically correct, but just as vague and now it sounds…

HTML 5 - the number in the name is important, this is a brand that represents a set of supported APIs and tags ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/web/Guide/HTML/HTML5 ). They …

Try http://fingerball.mobi/ , it should be very infuriating too :D Works best on a physically large touchscreen (small tablet and up).

It's a game engine that relies on HTML5 elements for rendering, audio and scripting. I don't find that misleading :)

No, "pure HTML5" has a specific meaning in the gamedev community - it's the combination of HTML5 elements like canvas, video and audio with JavaScript for the game logic, i.e. usin…

Hello, HN :) I recently got a tablet and wanted to use it for programming. There seem to be two options: get a hardware keyboard, which means using your tablet will be just as comf…

The interesting thing to note is that he has different results for people that come from Google - maybe people have different expectations about the website depending on whether th…

Buy a $3000 Mac computer so you can write software in a language that doesn't work anywhere else (and for a good reason)? Sure, where do I sign up :D

Also it spares you from having to write Java, or worse - Objective C. I went for HTML5 just because I could use a (relatively) sane language and not be forced in walled gardens in …

I like my fantasy about how things were back then better, thankyouverymuch. At least this way I can believe they didn't unleash the flood of pwnage on the world while knowing bette…

The guy in the second screenshot does not correspond to his picture in the passport... in fact, I think that's a spy.

C was designed way before security was a concern. If somebody exploited your program, you could just slap them because they'd be sitting at a terminal in the same room with you - n…

It's stealing when a company takes your hard-earned cash (not "copies", but "takes") and doesn't deliver a product you actually enjoy using.

General AI is not only possible, if you are to believe a TED talk it's already a solved problem. We already know how to make programs that determine their own goals and how to acco…

No, it's not. Drive is the desire to maximise future available options (e.g. to not get trapped). There is already software that decides what to do without a human telling it what …

I was amazed by the production value of a recent League of Legends tournament - I mean, look at the stage: http://i.imgur.com/pSpoBjWl.jpg This is the crowd - http://cdn0.sbnation.…

"privacy protections for U.S. persons exist across the entire process" Gee, thanks for letting me know that at least some people might get some degree of protection. I might be a p…

It's sad times we live in when creating culture is labeled "labor", "work" and so forth... About the "stealing" part - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/06/lady-gaga-jack-whit.…

The reason for piracy is simply bad salesmanship. Nobody would bother with torrents if there is a much easier and correctly priced alternative - when Steam started selling games in…

You are NEVER forced to steal bread. Don't want to participate in gathering seeds and wild fruits for free legally and choosing to steal bread, not ok, ever. I guess "essential" ha…

Or just sell and swap CDs like we did before the (broadband) Internet? This could be more lucrative as you're not giving out the source.

"Safety"? Who died from watching porn? There were news about a boy that masturbated to dehydration, but they didn't mention whether he used porn or his imagination, so I guess it p…

Or teach them to use their own heads and respect the fact that children are mostly just small adults? Nah, who has time for that... Besides we really like the idea that children ar…

Don't... don't do that. There are people insisting that you can't buy anything with Bitcoin, you're ruining it for them.