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bazookaBen

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bazookaBen··on Ask HN: It's 2012, what database solution do you now pick for a Web 2.0 site?
Appengine + BigTable, bam. And I can move on to building the business (or finding one)
bazookaBen··on Why HTML5 is the best platform for rapid game development
write about HTML5 game distribution, i'd love to hear input on this.
bazookaBen··on Kindergarten Teacher Earns $700,000 by Selling Lesson Plans Online
happened to me as well. teacher deliberately underperforms in school, hoping for us to take the bait and come to his private tuition classes. at one point he had over 200 students each paying fifty bucks per month for lessons.
bazookaBen··on The 10k Bootstrap Challenge
if the business doesn't require a lot of physical interaction , try moving to a lower cost country. Your runway will increase two/four fold.
bazookaBen··on HN MEETUP: Buenos Aires
i'm in but this post is 7 days old!
bazookaBen··on Show HN: Sink or Ship - ship your project in time, or else...
i just pledged my upcoming game project

try this addon feature : create a "gallery" of to-be released projects (don't need to reveal title/details due to secrecy). Possible candidate:

"@ashtonkutcher just pledged a secret project, $5000 to charity if he fails by 10th May. Watch progress here"

bazookaBen··on Tell HN: Steal my ideas #2
#2 *might spoil the market for YC applications. I'd assume the consultants would be YC Alumni, who will essentially charge money for proof-reading future applications. It boils down to paying money to increase the odds of being accepted. Sounds very college-like to me.
bazookaBen··on How We Built and Launched PairMixer
thoughts on promoting via Pinterest? They've got the female userbase, and there's tons of creative ways to design the hook.
bazookaBen··on Why Germany should copy Silicon Valley's culture rather than their startups
the german startups are all formed within large companies, and fall under "R&D". The intrapreneurs get their job security (as researchers, or incubator members). And if their ideas get to market, they get royalties/spun off into a seperate division.
bazookaBen··on Facebook's S-1 Filing
one click purchase with fb credits is live!
bazookaBen··on I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
get lots of exercise too! hit the gym at least 3 times a week, one hour per session.
bazookaBen··on Ask HN: Which podcasts do you listen to?
Adam Carolla (http://www.adamcarolla.com). I grew up with comedy, and it helps a lot whenever i'm commuting/treadmilling
bazookaBen··on Stratolaunch Systems: Paul Allen launches commercial space project
i did a thesis on air-launched systems.

Can't save that much on the orbital velocities. The main takeaway is the capability to launch on-demand, from different locations. In which case it suddenly becomes a logistical challenge : i.e how do i prep the system to launch X rockets with short turnaround.

Bear in mind that the payload is limited by what the carrier aircraft can hold. Either use an existing plane and retrofit like what Orbital does , or build an entirely new plane.

There's a bunch of heavily funded startups trying to launch small payloads into orbit, which is always interesting to watch.

bazookaBen··on Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
from Buenos Aires!
bazookaBen··on Ask HN: What's a hacker to do in Buenos Aires?
meet another hacker! email/skype me
bazookaBen··on Going Fullscreen with Canvas
if you're on Chrome 15+, you can use fullscreen in my HTML5 game. http://chrome.private-joe.com

fullscreen button is bottom right, when the level loads.

bazookaBen··on Ask HN: I want to start developing mobile apps.Any tips?
try using Appcelerator Titanium. Code in Javascript, deploy on iOS + Android. They have enough tutorials on the site for free.

are you into apps or games?

bazookaBen··on Playtomic Brings Mobile Analytics to Android, Heatmaps For Unity
this is awesome news! Have been using them on my browser games, will definitely use them for mobile.
bazookaBen··on Show HN: made this HTML5 game
Mark Zuckerberg's! He's just always building the product, ignoring the noise around him.
bazookaBen··on Show HN: made this HTML5 game
Tips: To avoid logging in, just click "X" when presented with the login window.

Logging in via OpenID means you keep your scores,weapons,badges.

Playing through the mission mode is the easiest way to get more weapons. Other way is to collect enough coins to buy them.

Quickie Mode let's you start fragging immediately

bazookaBen··on Ask HN: What podcasts do you listen to weekly?
Adam Carolla, Keith and the Girl. Nothing to do with tech, but they make my day :D
bazookaBen··on Learn How to make Angry Birds
Coming from a HTML5 community, I can say that our games have evolved pretty quicky (audio + visual). We're getting closer to Flash in terms of performance, tools and support.
bazookaBen··on Isogenic HTML 5 Game Engine Released
i'm sure you can modify the code to not use facebook. it's just javascript after all
bazookaBen··on Ask HN: Career change advice, should I learn to code
i'd start with http://www.codecademy.com/ , to try to feel the waters with JS before going into Python
bazookaBen··on Isogenic HTML 5 Game Engine Released
hold you horses everyone, we need to see the value in this.

1. it's a html5 game engine that helps you build isometric style games

2. the mobile version isn't working atm, but it'll be soon. Have talked to the guys abt this

3. they provide pretty much an end to end solution (writing the first line of code to server hosting )

4. with a single code base you can deploy to multiple platforms. Sure, the performance varies a bit now, but it's only going to get better.

bazookaBen··on Apply - Start-Up Chile – Applications live now
how important are letters of recommendations in the process? there's an blank field there.
bazookaBen··on Startup School 2011 Industry Meetups
c'mon people, sign up! There're 700+ peeps attending, we should find some sort of way to pre-organize stuff a bit :D
bazookaBen··on Startup School 2011 Industry Meetups
hi, can't add details, spreadsheet seems locked
bazookaBen··on Hacker events in SF around Startup School time?
just went to events.hackerdojo.com, they don't seem to have anything. emailed them to ask, i think more emails will help build the case
bazookaBen··on I want to learn HTML5, what's the best way to go about this?
try making a canvas game from scratch. Or start with a html5 game engine, dissect and hack it.
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