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abbabon

196 karma · joined April 9, 2014

Beer Master. Pizza Eater. Got no dime. I'll never be internet famous, but at least I can rhyme.
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abbabon··on DOOM CAPTCHA
This CAPTCHA requires some serious cheating (IDDQD / IDKFA) to solve.
abbabon··on WhoFundsWho: Instantly see who funds the organizations you are reading about
Thank you.
abbabon··on The Password Game
This has slowed down productivity in my and my friend's companies to a grinding halt. Thank you so much.
abbabon··on Unity merges with IronSource
I, for one, am happy for this merger / acquisition.

As a mobile games developer, I feel that Unity as a game engine has lost its way in the last few years, and the recent acquisitions reflect that. Instead of capitalizing on its merits and strengths - an easy-to-bootstrap multi-platform engine which is perfect for mobile development - Unity has opted to try and compete in the AAA/AAA-like market against Unreal. The recent announcments and the features actually being delivered from Unity support that strategic transition, and this leaves the engine in a state of constant conflict with itself.

Ask anyone who tried to integrate a 3rd party advertisment engine into their game and you'll understand why including a 'default' or an easy-to-bootstrap advertising and user-acquisition tool is a good move. This will hopefully streamline what is nowadays a less than ideal process. That is, if the merger will be capitalized upon instead of just serving the stock owners.

abbabon··on When you get locked out of your Google account, what do you do? (2021)
Soooooo the main take here is to not put all your eggs in Google One basket?
abbabon··on Playdate Software Development Kit is now available for free to all
> To add a bit of perspective, from someone who sells classic video games for a living: this console's main point isn't to be affordable or play high-end games. Its target market probably already owns an OLED Switch, a Vita, PSP, every DS model and 2 or 3 Game Boys (one of which is modded with an IPS display).

I feel personally attacked.

abbabon··on Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Am I the only one who thought TPP stood for Twitch Plays Pokémon ? :(
abbabon··on Skype Is Down. What Next?
This is slack's time to gloat and market themselves.

BTW there is an abundance of VoIP services these days, from Facebook calls to Whatsapp to Google Hangouts to Viber to Fring.

abbabon··on Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died [pdf]
Truly a sad day. Leave luck to heaven :'(
abbabon··on Fundraising While Female
I guess many of you already know but it's worth mentioning that the 2nd season of Startup Podcast is following datingring and their (quite amazing) journey: http://gimletmedia.com/show/startup/
abbabon··on Ask HN: Programmers Above 50, Is It Possible to Have a Career Past Your 50s?
Hi, I'm 26 but I've had my thoughts on the matter. Mainly panic. In my country one usually have to plan from he is 18 how to save the funds for his pension and I'm concerned about the past 50 mileage.

After reading about 50% of the comments here I feel such relief. Thank for all the commenters!

abbabon··on Human generated semi-random binary stream
coming up next - Twitch plays Semi-Random-Binary-Stream
abbabon··on Memo – The Anonymous Office Messenger (like secret, but for companies)
I totally agree, just like Secret and Yik Yak, some will use it for harm, some to unload tension, and some just for the lolz. Only the repercussions here might get you fired. Which is probably the reason this app was invented in the first place.

Also, that's part of why I shared it. I'm an agent of chaos.