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erkmene··on Ask HN: Going from CTO to Developer?
This is an exceptionally profound observation. IMO not having a strong ego helps and if it goes right, everyone benefits from this.
erkmene··on How the creator of Alone in the Dark came back to games
I have a small nitpick with the video you shared: unfortunately that one and most others on YouTube are “talkie” CD versions which replaced the amazing MIDI music with rather uninspired symphonized CD tracks. Here’s a different longplay with the MIDI soundtrack:

https://youtu.be/iSwYY2eoKhQ

erkmene··on Mythbusters: Wing Commander I Edition
Me too! I definitely remember seeing that thank you note. Mandela Effect comes to mind of course but the memory is so vivid it’s creepy.
erkmene··on Classic Sesame Street – Computer Trouble
I haven’t seen this before. There’s also a bit (relatively) updated version which I prefer: https://youtu.be/8d4RtvMQp10
erkmene··on Ask HN: Which programming games helped you become a better programmer?
It doesn’t seem to exactly fit your description but Python Challenge (http://www.pythonchallenge.com/) has been incredibly fun and rewarding for me back in the day.

It’s a series of riddles that are meant to be solved using the python language. It’s really old now but I’m hoping that some library specific riddles are still relevant. Apart from those few, most of them should be language agnostic as well.

I’ve always wanted to create a similar thing to replicate the experience in JS but never gotten around to it.

Edit: oh also completely agree with most of the recommendations here. Particularly with TIS-100, Factorio and Human Resource Machine.

erkmene··on Apple Cancels AirPower Product
Jabra Elite 65t does that and they are absolutely amazing.
erkmene··on Ask HN: Resources for learning advanced JavaScript and React
Most popular libraries these days either include their own typescript definitions, or the definitions are available vie @types (it is as easy as npm install --save-dev @types/library-name)

If on the off chance that no typings are available, you just write a simple namespace declaration (usually a one liner) and start using the library right away, albeit without smart code sensing / completion. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22842389/how-to-import-a...

erkmene··on Ask HN: Resources for learning advanced JavaScript and React
React-Redux complements React in some great ways. It has been my state storage of choice from the beginning. IMO, it would be better to start react with it rather than changing habits later. The go-to tutorial series is here: https://egghead.io/courses/getting-started-with-redux

And definitely use typescript if you value good code quality (and your sanity). The advanced type system and compile time type checking is really a boon to the JS ecosystem. https://www.typescriptlang.org

You'd like to get comfortable with the latest tools that compile, transpile and pack the code for you (you might be familiar with that already.) Here might be a good start: https://medium.com/@fay_jai/getting-started-with-reactjs-typ...

Have fun!

erkmene··on This Week in Compressive Sensing
It may be obvious for electric and electronics engineers, but thank you for introducing me to this concept. Through Wikipedia, I found some very interesting applications. 1-bit camera ( http://dsp.rice.edu/cscamera ) particularly.
erkmene··on High-Resolution Mandelbrot in Obfuscated Python
The fact that this is accomplished in a language where whitespace really matters impressed me the most.
erkmene··on As HN: Startup name — dot com or not dot com?
two incredibly useful tools that will make finding a good .com name less of a hassle:

http://www.wordoids.com

http://www.domize.com

be sure to double check wordoids' results, as it sometimes report taken domains as free.

good luck!

erkmene··on HexFiend - A fast and clever open source hex editor for Mac OS X
If you, like me, wonder about the Windows alternatives; Hexplorer ( http://artemis.wszib.edu.pl/~mdudek/ ) is a very nice and capable hex editor for Windows. The only downside is that it chokes on rather big files. Then again, I don't use it daily for my work, so I might be missing some big pros or cons.