galaktor

not to disagree with what you're trying to say, but "it could be worse" isn't a good argument on it's own.

video: https://youtu.be/ypQpWIQ7lFQ

3d display details: http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/3DDisplay/

I like to think that, like with any other technique, with experience comes the ability to decide when not to apply it. Any old tutorial will show you an example of when it works, but only with experience will you learn when it might not.

fwiw, Spine is made using libgdx [1], which is open source. The various stretch-goal animation runtimes are also available [2] on Github.

AFAIK the team behind both libgdx and Spine are quite good at giving back to the community. After libgdx they quit their day jobs and went full-time as Esoteric Software [3] and did an excellent job following through with Spine's two kickstarters.

I think this is very relevant to HN not only because of the guys' open source contributions but also their entrepreneurial history (success?).

[1] https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx [2] https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-runtimes [3] http://esotericsoftware.com/

(I'm not affiliated with ES but was a backer of Spine and am a user of libgdx)

The 'gogs' project [1] is decent and could use some support.

[1] https://gogs.io/

(not affiliated with gogs, just started toying with it recently)

Similar to mailing lists, IRC might be less mainstream but is still heavily used in niches, i.e. for development and support of open source projects. The simplicity of the protocol makes it easy to use for automation (bots), i.e. CI servers or similar. I've also seen networks dedicated to file sharing.

Nice. I'm currently seeking out a lean kanban-like board to self-host. It could be just me, but this seems to be closed-source and as such ranks a good way below libre alternatives like kanboard [1]. Interop with other systems is also a big deal for me, and the option to extend it myself if need be seems impossible with a closed system.

Are there plans to release the source code, or is there a documented API somewhere?

[1] http://kanboard.net/

This blog post describes the tool a bit more:

http://nickapedia.com/2015/12/02/what-if-collecting-data-cen...

PS @orchestrate your comment appears as [dead]

Same here. During the week at work, I drink water and/or tea or coffee with the occasional blob of coconut oil during the day (not technically fasting). I work out in the mornings and have a plentiful meal around 18:00 in the evening.

On weekends I tend to eat a big breakfast and small dinner instead.

I prefer to eat at home in a relaxing environment, where I can enjoy the food. Eating at work just isn't something I can enjoy.

This has been working for me for well over a year. YMMV, of course.

Thanks. The sources and at least some downloads seem to be hosted on GitHub as well:

https://github.com/sasq64/chipmachine/releases

I fist came across this on Engadget [1], but preferred to link to the paper.

[1]: http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/18/scientists-build-atom-sca...

Thanks for the response.

I asked a genuine question, and given that I a) rarely use FB and b) don't put their buttons on websites in my line of work, was curious about FBs guidelines. Will delete the questions since it seems to be catching me lots of bad karma.

I have noticed the same, and find myself using the !g feature in DDG a lot for searches... I suspect this could be related to Google knowing that you tend to search for code (i.e. Ruby) a lot, thus bumping related results to the top. Since DDG avoids storing context for users (from what I gather), I wonder if they'll ever be able to deliver the same quality of results as Google do.

There is a course [1] where you learn from basic circuits design through writing a programming language until you use that language to write tetris. It is called nand2tetris. I can only assume the author will describe that course or its contents.

A friend of mine took the course, said it was great.

[1 ]http://www.nand2tetris.org

Once again realized: Archive.org is amazing. Please donate.

(not affiliated with it, just a fan)

https://archive.org/donate/

I too have been finding it hard to find a single reliable and up-to-date source for learning windows drivers. There's a plethora of info online, but lots is out of date and/or scattered and redundant. Even decent paid training is hard to find, at least in my part of the world.

There's a book, but it's old [1]

There's samples, which are fresh [2]

There's a multi part series on Code Project, but it's old (yet much of it still applies conceptually; samples not so much) Part 1 of 6: [3]

If anybody has a good one-stop-shop and updated source of learning I'd very much appreciate it (I'd love a nicely written book on the matter that's not older than, say, 3 years old)

[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Drivers-Foundation-Develope... [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-driver-samples [3]: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/9504/Driver-Development-...

google cache should do the trick if it's down

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WqysSpS...

Strange. I lived there for nearly 20 years and must say they have pretty much perfected the craft of dubbing movies. I personally still prefer some "alternative voices" over the originals, i.e. for Homer Simpson (sounds more like the fool that he is) or Arnold Schwarzenegger (who's English destroys any fourth wall the moment he opens his mouth).

This is great. I use it for prototyping app ideas, and it works good so far. Only thing I've found to miss for my particular prototype is a "wait" function, but there's ways to build a little procedure for that.

(Also I submitted AppInventor to HN a while ago [1], but it didn't get any attention. Bad timing maybe? Either way, I think it's excellent in it's simplicity)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7715679

I'm a bit stumped as to why I'm getting down-votes for this. Judging by the discussion that followed I am not wrong in pointing out the creepiness here. Also I never said I won't read it, only that I feel as if I'm crossing a strange line by doing so (difficult does not mean I won't do it. in fact it usually will mean the opposite for me)

I said I found it difficult, not that I wouldn't read on :-)

I must say that I find it difficult to read beyond the first sentence which says "I adore weapons. Of every sort." This honestly creeps me out a bit.

This little story is great. It's anecdotes like this (and on the linked URL) that I would have liked to see in that Jobs movie. Paint a very interesting picture of Jobs, with fresh perspectives.

I am glad the author discovered how far modern GNU/Linux based distros have come, and that they are, indeed, very suitable for the majority of "casual user" use cases (email/web/videos/basic office).

I don't think that it's very surprising today, though - as often pointed out, every Android user is technically using Linux for all of the above (and more). It already is mainstream. On the desktop, not, obviously. But it could, if people had enough incentive to make the transition.

edit: typos

by which you also miss out on most of the things that make a smartphone worth buying in the first place...

I think GIMP has had a single-window photoshop-esque UI built in since 2.8

I run Arch Linux for ARM on my Pis (headless via WiFi and ssh). What benefit might I get from using FreeBSD? I'm genuinely curious as I'm not very familiar with BSD/Unix (although I am comfortable with Linux)

surprising that this went unnoticed

I found this amusing: "This is a BGI innovation: replacing expensive machines with people."

Probably because it seems contrary to the common (western?) opinion that workers might eventually be replaced by "cheaper" machines.

(fwiw I'm aware that it's not that simple, but from my experience many people think machines are always cheaper than human workers)

To be honest, putting it on pastebin took me less time than writing a cynical response would have taken me.