mihaifm | 4 years ago | on: Stride Game Engine
Thanks, subscribed to their subreddit. Never had the time to jump into Garry's Mod but might give this one a try when it comes out.
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mihaifm | 4 years ago | on: Stride Game Engine
Modding is a totally underrated thing right now, but I feel it might become big in the future. Someone just needs to come up with a solution to both keep mods free and incentivize mod authors.
The way I see it, the big boys create games that acts as platforms and users freely create content of their own using these platforms. Bethesda/Microsoft might be in a good position to achieve this, they have good modding communities around their other games, really interested what their next title brings to the table, hope they don't blow it up like the last time they tried to monetize mods.
You also have something like Roblox, where the concepts of game development and modding kinda blend together, so it's definitely a trend to keep an eye on in the future.
mihaifm | 4 years ago | on: Show HN: Influence, a Go-inspired 1-minute board game
Set the AI to None for both players in the settings, that should do it.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: My simple GitHub project went viral
People star these lists because it's a way of bookmarking them for later reference. If I had only 5$ to spare I'd rather donate them to one of the authors of the actual projects.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: German man loses 400k GBP about $500k in Twitter Bitcoin scam
> 10 Bitcoin were transferred and then cashed out anonymously a few days later.
Genuinely interested how the coins were cashed out anonymously. Pretty much all exchanges require KYC these days, and Bitcoin addresses can be tracked and blacklisted if the right processes are put in place, in theory at least.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster
If you're looking to practice the h,j,k,l keys in a fun way, simply play Nethack or other roguelikes that support these movement keys. In 2-3 hours you'll be flying around the map and you won't even know how you're doing it.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Just Wanted to Say Thanks
It always bothered me that Github uses “Issues” for the name of the discussion board, as if encountering problems is the only reason to engage in conversation with the author.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Google users locked out after 15 years' use
Not necessarily. Static IP and PTR records improve the "credibility" factor, but it's not required. I'm running mine on the dynamic IP provided by the ISP, without PTR. Despite the warnings I get from the mail scanning tools, I can send mail to Gmail, Yahoo and the other major providers.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
"not your keys not your coin" has been advocated for years on any discussion board, unfortunately it's falling on death ears. Typical users just like the convenience of centralized exchanges and "attractive" offers like this one.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
> Am I correct in that the definition of "freezing" here is private company refuses to do business with marked cash?
Yea that's correct. They track the coins as they flow from one address to another. It can be increasingly difficult once the funds are divided, but entirely possible with automation. It's worth noting that this is not possible with some privacy focused cryptocurrencies like Monero.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Static blog generator in about 1 KLOC
Adding my own in here, 668 lines: https://github.com/mihaifm/smolpress
Static generator + CMS (extremely lightweight), management interface and markdown editing.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: The Purpose of Technology
Maybe I’m missing something, but how can immortality, even a theoretical one be achieved? Say you find a way to cure all diseases and reverse aging, you can still be killed or die in an accident. Say you find a way to transfer your consciousness to a machine (ignoring all philosophical implications). That machine can still be shut down and destroyed. All you get is just a longer life, which still ends at some point. And given the fact that it’s not time that actually matters, but the perception of time, one might still view their life as being short.
I find the article a bit naive, this question lies deep in the realm of philoshopy. What if technology and life merge at some point? It’s not hard to imagine that technology and life might become indistinguishable in the far future.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: University of Utah pays $457k to ransomware gang
All the tiny pieces could be traced in an automated way. It’s probably the lack of regulation that lets exchanges get away with not implementing better anti-laundering mechanisms.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base
You're actually implying that you can't trust any computer with the code you are telling it to execute. This is an exaggeration IMO. Sure you can have backdoors and hacks, but with what probability?
On the other hand, users need to put their trust in humans, not computers.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Small mail server best current practices
Try https://github.com/tomav/docker-mailserver
It’s pretty good, I use it for my own server. It still requires some config, but better than running all the services from scratch.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Data structures and algorithms I actually used while working at tech companies
I implemented a bloom filter for the KeePass plugin [1] I wrote, using the data from HIBP. It was pretty fun and there were some challenges that you won't typically encounter in online guides.
Still, that was a hobby project, I've never had to implement anything similar at my regular job.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Why does a new Rails app need 106 MB of JavaScript?
Great fan of Rails but man, that’s a lot of bloat. Last time I used Rails it only came with jQuery. Live-reloading was an exotic thing, quite difficult to setup. Now it seems to be enabled by default, explaining some of the stuff in there.
mihaifm | 5 years ago | on: Neil Armstrong's reply to a Moon landing skeptic
They don't have to lie. You can have 90% of those 400k people do legit work, but still fake the landing. Maybe they built the rocket but encountered some technical bottleneck and had to fake the landing. Not a skeptic myself, but the argument that 400k people needed to keep a secret is pretty weak.
mihaifm | 6 years ago | on: Moving Away from Gmail
You only need a public IP, not necessarily static. My ISP offers public IPs via pppoe and dynamic DNS. I was able to install my mail server with docker-mailserver [1] without much effort. There are some quirks, but it's worth trying out.
mihaifm | 6 years ago | on: A history of roguelike games
It can certainly be completed without spoilers, but it requires a bit of trial and error. I managed to ascend after 2-3 months of intense play...and a lot of dying. I think part of the joy of playing nethack is discovering how things work, so highly recommend not to read any spoilers. The best way to learn the mechanics is to install the game locally and play in explore mode. The game offers a lot of alternate ways to do stuff (because of conducts), but if you don't care about conducts characters tend to become a bit too powerful towards the end game. It's all a matter of surviving the early game, where you don't have resistances, skills etc. and where most people give up.