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morkfromork··on The rights to Ms. Pac-Man are caught up in a messy legal battle
I worked there. I made some of those.
morkfromork··on The rights to Ms. Pac-Man are caught up in a messy legal battle
Namco is probably spending more $ on lawyers than they are developing and maintaining Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man products.
morkfromork··on SNES Cartridges and Enhancement Chips
I had that game for the 32x. You could get the car airborne, lock the brakes and leave skidmarks in the air.
morkfromork··on ClickLock: Lock your Mac in just one click
The screensaver hot-corners lock-screen already exists.
morkfromork··on Culture Fit Interview Questions
Google should give people a chance to adapt to their work culture instead of rejecting them.
morkfromork··on Ask HN: How did you learn to touch type as a programmer?
I played typing games years ago. Those force you to focus on quickly & accurately hitting the correct key.
morkfromork··on Ethiopia beats its goal and plants over 350M trees in 12 hours
Where do you get 350 million trees or even 350 million seedlings?
morkfromork··on Dear Tech Workers, U.S. Service Members Need Your Help
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/10/21/preside...
morkfromork··on Disney World Needs to Fix Its Fading Theme Park
No future for theme parks once the experience can be replicated in VR.
morkfromork··on Where will ‘garage orphans’ charge electric cars?
I thought people like that would use the Tesla self-driving robotaxis. They won't need their own car.
morkfromork··on The worst sales promotion in history: Hoover's free flight fiasco
There was a US show called Fight Back! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Back!_with_David_Horowit...
morkfromork··on Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51
They should move Burning Man to Area 51.
morkfromork··on Ask HN: Help Me, I'm Lost
I like to make lists when I'm stuck. Make a list of the things you need to do to get to where you want to be. Break the list into smaller and smaller pieces. Keep breaking it down until the first thing is something you can easily do and check off the list.

If I have 100 things to do then I try to do the first 10 and then plan to take a break. Sometimes after the first 10 I'll just keep going and get a lot more done than I thought I could.

morkfromork··on Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple
It's a generic interview for a generic job at a generic company and then they ask you why you want to work there. What do you love about Generic Inc.?
morkfromork··on Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple
Nothing like having to spend most of a time-limited interview going over beginner coding and not touch on the actual skills required for the position.
morkfromork··on Seasteading
Reminds me of the movie Waterworld.
morkfromork··on Apple tried to buy Tesla for more than it’s currently worth in 2013, report says
Depends on how you define short, how many trips you take per day, terrain, weather and physical ability of the person to actually ride a bike.
morkfromork··on Apple tried to buy Tesla for more than it’s currently worth in 2013, report says
Pickup trucks are the top selling vehicles in the US. Hard to replace those with bicycles.
morkfromork··on Japanese Toaster Costs $270. It Only Makes One Slice at a Time
That would look great next to my Juicero.
morkfromork··on Why is Roundup still being sold at Homedepot and Lowes?
Why do people still buy & smoke cigarettes?
morkfromork··on Tesla is raising up to $1.5B through convertible note and share sale
Larry Ellison invested in TSLA. I would not want to see Oracle buy them.
morkfromork··on Game of Thrones cinematographer: it’s not me, it’s your TV settings
Same kind of artistes think light gray text on a white background is easier to read. Make things unusable for "artistic" reasons.
morkfromork··on Possible blood test for colon cancer
Theranos #2
morkfromork··on Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
The player downloaded the sim to a Universe Console, watched the big bang, eventually became bored and has moved on.
morkfromork··on Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
Maybe a past civilization created a simulation we are living in.
morkfromork··on How not to hire a software engineer
Lately I have done a few at home code challenges for companies. They usually take several hours. They are perfectly functional and use minimal code but, the only feedback I receive is: "we're not moving forward". They won't discuss anything with me. The only impression I get is that your company is terrible and I will never respond to your recruiters again.
morkfromork··on So you want your app/website to work in China
No, it does not have any registration or user accounts.
morkfromork··on So you want your app/website to work in China
I want the opposite. I want to block China and Russia and a few other countries that constantly try to hack my site.
morkfromork··on Ask HN: What do you think of the Google Stadia?
It looks like it would easily exceed my ISP data cap. Whatever I would save by not buying new game hardware would be spent on bandwidth.
morkfromork··on MGM Could Replace Many Employees with Robots
I stayed at one of their Vegas hotels 4 months ago. Their self check-in kiosks were unusable and I has to stand in line with other humans.
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