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itsathrowaway··on Nintendo Always Avoids Catastrophe. This Time Might Be Different
Nintendo decided to make a shift in their target market, for better or for worse, when they came out with the Wii. They wanted to go after so called "casual" gamers. The Wii was a great success, however the Wii was more of novelty than a gaming console. For most of the "casual" gamers that novelty has worn off, or they are satisfied with the Wii and have no desire to move on to a "next gen" system. Also, it is very difficult to keep coming out with "casual" games, how many tennis, bowling, baseball games can you make? Once you start going into RPG games, first person shooters, etc. you just broke away from the "casual" player. Gamers grew up and matured, Nintendo however did not, Nintendo has always been marketed as "kid/family friendly".
itsathrowaway··on Ask HN: How does your business share important information?
Digital signs
itsathrowaway··on Blockbuster: Losing the plot
What is the UK definition?
itsathrowaway··on Tim Cook Speaks Up
Great point. Just ask a Romani (Gypsy) if they think other citizens in the Czech Republic discriminate against them.
itsathrowaway··on Shellshock in the Wild
The same way we "roll" down windows in our cars.
itsathrowaway··on Ask HN: Fastest Web Framework? Rails, Django, Node.js, ASP.NET, PHP on HHVM
>If you're going to hire someone to do it, asking them what their preference is might be better than saying, "We're going to use x."

YES! This. I wouldn't worry so much about which framework is the "best". They are all good. I would say it is more important to find a programer(s) that you "click" with.

itsathrowaway··on Ask HN: Fastest Web Framework? Rails, Django, Node.js, ASP.NET, PHP on HHVM
This is good advice. All the frameworks are good.