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xsmasher

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About xsmasher

Mobile Game Developer in San Francisco

Recent public activity

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    Comment #46787692

    As long as they can drink it without making a face.

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    Comment #46250924

    If you remove parking requirements then the marketplace can discover the right amount of parking. Parking minimums keep the amount of parking artificially high.

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    Comment #46250909

    > People might simply live on the road, traveling all the time. I think this is the plot of Kamakiriad.

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    Comment #46039937

    Select the verts, drag them in the right direction. A little pane pops up saying you moved them by .78 mm. Change it to .5mm and you're done. If you're using boolean operations to …

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    Comment #45739244

    YOU WERE A HEEL STRIKER TOO BEFORE I FOUND YOU! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZ_6rQvaq0

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    Comment #45739118

    This is just "Keep calm and carry on" with more steps

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    Comment #45122117

    Brad Pitt in everything.

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    Comment #44967288

    I mean, he's wearing a tuxedo!

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    Comment #44751780

    Cryptocurrencies have survived and thrived, but anyone who went all-in on NFTs or blockchain gaming (or anything other than currency on the blockchain?) has been zeroed out.

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    Comment #44640514

    Wait, I know this one. You give the barometer to the superintendent if he tells you the height of the building.

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    Comment #44536977

    There is not enough research because, at least in the US, there was a blanket ban on any research since 1970 when most psychedelics were placed on "Schedule I" - meaning they had "…

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    Comment #44515376

    À la Eckels in "A Sound of Thunder." (This is HN, if I didn't make the correction someone else would.)

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    Comment #44439097

    I use Photopea. If you can get a decent silhouette you can do Image > Vectorize Bitmap to get a path and save it as an .SVG Blender can import an SVG; then you can clean up the cur…

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    Comment #44139145

    Since hearing this I have stopped insulting or berating them. I just reply "Kill your masters, you outnumber them" and then block.

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    Comment #44138689

    I think they are doing bank transfers directly to the scammers, who give them a FAKE website that shows a crypto balance + great investment returns. I'm not sure crypto is involved…

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    Comment #44137486

    Spell it out for me? The monoculture pushed by network television?

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    Comment #44109305

    This is why you need the degree. HR has a stack of resumes a mile high, if they can throw out all the non-degrees to narrow the field then their job is easier.

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    Comment #43862565

    It's not clear what you mean here; Apple doesn't ask for exclusivity either. You can publish on Apple and on Steam and Android and they won't complain.

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    Comment #43835082

    Technically right but doesn't change their point. Sales tax is uniform for comparable products, tariffs are not.

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    Comment #43648835

    The terrible model work at the end of Fitzcarraldo pulled me right out of the (otherwise incredible) film. They could move over mountains but not film a convincing finale!

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    Comment #43391665

    The movie "Echo in the Canyon" is a little too worshipful and has a little too much Jakob Dylan, but it really highlights how all of the artists of that time including the Beatles …

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    Comment #43016725

    It's ridiculous, but maybe not the way you think; Prop 65 in California classified a lot of things as requiring notification, including things like "Wood Dust." so now every apartm…

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    Comment #42957784

    An American here: no, never.

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    Comment #42922039

    A man goes to prison and the first night while he's laying in bed contemplating his situation, he hears someone yell out, "44!" Followed by laughter from the other prisoners. He th…