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They made it as far as prototyping those devices, before the NES was released. http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_AVS

I read a quote of Drew's a while back that stuck with me. Just googled and found it: "When Dropbox was getting off the ground in 2007, there were hundreds of small storage companie…

Infamous Dropbox comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

The author doesn't trash Ultima IV, there's a section (pg 24-25) where a group of students attempt to play the game and get stuck. None of them thought to read the materials that c…

I believe Tillerson wanted to stay in Paris so the United States would be involved in the program and shape it's direction. I'd say that's quite a bit different than voluntarily ta…

> Here's one of many Matt Levine pieces that explained the Yahoo/Alibaba situation, although it's now dated I hadn't been following Yahoo that closely, but was vaguely curious abou…

This worked for me too

That's awesome. It does make me wonder though, do the people working in the call centers realize that they're scamming people or do they think it's a legitimate business?

Me too, thanks for mentioning that

The one time I don't check the comments before reading the story...

I had my iMac serviced last year. I made an appointment online. After waiting 5 mins at the store, they checked me in and did some diagnostics. I was in and out in 15 mins

Light guns aren't super great on modern TVs: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5128407

Launches Nov 11. This should be some nice competition for those knock offs you see at the mall around Christmas time.

It's a neat toy, but I wouldn't say it's awesome yet

Sure thing. It took about two weeks to arrive after I received the shipping notification

I backed the KS at the PocketCHIP level. My PocketCHIP arrived Monday, FWIW.

Wow, quite an interesting story. I vaguely remember this device being on the market, but I had always thought it was made by the same Tiger that made those little LCD handheld game…

I wasn't aware of that thread or that subreddit! Thanks for the link

Just got home from work and bought it. It definitely seems like the kind of game I could sink a ton of time into, so I agree, great value

Wow, I really want to play this. I enjoyed the Kelfigs games on Xbox, but was disappointed that they were so limited.

There was another post he wrote about Peace a few days ago: >I don’t feel good making one and being the arbiter of what’s blocked. He doesn't have a problem with ad blocking, but d…

In case the author of this letter sees this comment: the articles I've seen spell his name "Ahmed." It's spelled "Amed" a few times in the letter

They've posted a response on their blog: "We announced a new subscription licensing model and JetBrains Toolbox yesterday. We want you to rest assured that we are listening. Your c…

Do you mind sharing which carrier you have now? I've been looking at switching to one of the lower cost carriers, but haven't seen one that supports the iPhone.