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This is pretty cute. It'd be interesting to have slightly more "collaborative" mechanics in the next version. Maybe rather than directly attacking the boss, damage boosts can get s…

This is cool, but I wish I didn't have to get past "infinite" scrolling to check the license of the icons in the footer (it's CC0). "free" is a bit ambiguous.

It might do, but I suspect that it couldn't be studied so well because it's hard to account for arbitrary infections. Part of the article talks about how testing and confirmation o…

There's a "thanks" section at the end of the README which links to it, from what I can see.

I like this approach to thinking about abstractions. It's easy to forget /why/ you are abstracting something, and this gives some perspective and structure to it.

I make this game engine/framework, which lets you code your games in the Wren scripting language, while allowing you to bring and build your own tools. It's like Love2D, but for Wr…

The episode of House in question is, in fact, its pilot :) Very good show. Not sure how often they handled parasites, interestingly.

https://infinitelimit.net I started it fairly recently (linking it here will probably cause the server to melt) Just my space to talk about whatever I'm thinking/working on. Curren…

The source of GPL software can be sold, it just has to be available to users of the software.

I've had bad experiences with the hardware maintenance of Google devices. Things break down and Google don't provide good ways to repair them if the device is older than a couple y…

What I read of the developer's blog suggests that it does. In addition to the resolution of various vulnerabilities, web standards are constantly changing and updating, and curl ha…

I can't point at data, but there's plenty of articles and reports, including this from the EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/visa-and-mastercard-ar...

Not that relevant, this happens to a lot of sex-work oriented platforms. Payment processors often discriminate or demand heavy censorship/arbitrary rules from these platforms.

That's actually why Qualified Immunity was originally introduced: To prevent courts filling up with potentially spurious cases raised by defendants of other cases or participants o…

You're right, but it isn't a helpful comment for the discussion at hand. The story in that article, and many like it, are symptoms of a larger problem, but it's not because of publ…

The actual phrase for describing the NHS is meant to be "Free at the point of use", but people are likely shortening for convenience. People are paying for it, but not in a tangibl…

* It (usually) doesn't have to be perfect the first time. Programming is an interative process and your first attempt is going to have bugs, or make faulty assumptions about the pr…

The thing a lot of folks seem to miss is that it isn't just D&D using the OGL, there are non-D&D games (such as Fate, Fudge. Etc) which license themselves using the OGL.

Imp and Skizz are fantastic, as are the whole hermit crew. Wasn't expecting to see them get a mention on HN but it's refreshing.

I acquired a D620 at the start of the year to use as a semi-regular hobby machine. I love how user-servicable it is. Pretty easy to take apart and fairly modular design. I swapped …

If I am working that day, I buy a box of doughnuts to share with my colleagues. Sometimes I treat myself to a nice meal. Reduced responsibilities for the day, just to make it light…

If you don't mind taking a risk on a physical card game (and you have an extra player), you could try out Netrunner (you can print-and-play the excellent starter set from here: htt…