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cduser··on There's a map for that
I think that's what their move is. Having raised $100 million, they are in a spot where they can aim big.
cduser··on Space Invaders 404
Even Google doesn't follow it: http://www.google.com/alsfkj
cduser··on Haskell.org is down
So?
cduser··on Show HN: Get a summary of your Steam account apps – price, install size, etc.
COD MW3 and COD MW3-Multiplayer are listed as separate games with $59.99 for each. The total takes that into account.
cduser··on Newell reveals major PC flaw, the future business of games, and fear of Apple
I did not watch the video, just read the article.

What is the "major PC flaw"? The input methods that did not evolve? Kinect says hello! Apart from that, many gamers use controllers on PCs.

cduser··on GNOME project picks JavaScript as "first class" dev language
Mobile apps are on the rise. Native apps are not.
cduser··on Hello Haskell, Goodbye Scala
I learned F# as this guy learned Scala. I too dived into Haskell after a while and learnt a lot of new things.

Having learned some great functional tips, I came back to my regular C#/Ruby and applying LINQ and Ruby's blocks seemed more natural to me. However, monads, monoids, functors still don't matter when you switch over.

I've used Yesod to write a small app. A typical form in Yesod (for model binding) has this signature:

newPostForm :: Html -> MForm Blog Blog (FormResult (Text,Text,Text), Widget)

Even after learning Yesod for a while, I wasn't able to completely reason with that signature. Why bother with all the name of the application, sub site, formresult, widget when all you want is just three simple form fields? Rails gives it to you in params[:form]. It's just too easy in Rails with a lot of gems lying around for every task you decide to do. And when you're stuck, you're just a google away from getting your answer.

So my question is: after learning Haskell, do you intend to stick to it? Did I make a wise decision in ditching Haskell?

cduser··on Can filming one second of every day change your life? [video]
This girl takes a photo daily: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgxxxKwlra8
cduser··on Valve boss says living room Steam PCs coming with Linux support
> ~70% of the revenue from steam games goes to the developers

So, when Black Ops II made a billion dollars (http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/12/05/news-black-ops-2-grosse...), steam made ~430 million? That's huge!

cduser··on Under the hood of Windows 8, or why desktop users should upgrade from Windows 7
Search in Start Menu was there since Windows Vista. After getting accustomed to that, the Start Menu of XP looked too awful!
cduser··on 52 Hertz: The Loneliest Whale in the World
That doesn't sound like a very good song
cduser··on Gallery of free HTML snippets for Twitter Bootstrap
This is great, but why am I not able to add snippets?
cduser··on Plugins you should put in your vimrc
Yeah, all I need is a vimrc when I have vundle. I sync it using Dropbox and run BundleInstall on any of my new computers and I'm good to go with all the plugins.
cduser··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (September 2012)
Why don't people from India or other countries post here?

Sorry for being off-topic but most of the companies here are from the USA.

cduser··on GIT is the new FTP
http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/05/4-ways-to-build-yo...

http://lifehacker.com/5821145/how-to-set-up-a-file+syncing-d...

cduser··on GIT is the new FTP
For non-technical users, dropbox (self hosted) is a good replacement for FTP, IMO