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dmauro··on Unreal Engine 4 is now available to everyone for free
Unfortunately that demo is outdated. They dropped a lot of that GI tech because it was never made performant for medium spec machines.
dmauro··on Keypress: A robust JavaScript library for capturing keyboard input
The first param of the constructor for the Listener is an element to be bound to so it will only listen for key events for that element.
dmauro··on Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input
That doesn't seem to be the case for me. OS 10.8/Chrome 29.
dmauro··on Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input
I have referred people to Mousetrap in the past that don't have need of some of the more advanced features that Keypress offers. I wrote Keypress because there was nothing to support some of the more complex, game-specific things I wanted to do with keyboard combos.
dmauro··on Keypress: A Javascript library for capturing input
Ha, fair point. I should get on that :)
dmauro··on Pixar's Chris Horne Sheds New Light on Monsters University
They're already on it. The Unreal 4 engine will use voxel cone tracing: http://www.unrealengine.com/files/misc/The_Technology_Behind...
dmauro··on Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000)
But as the author of the OP argues, Frodo may have become even better at resisting the ring as he made his way. The proximity to Sauron could have easily been the deciding factor rather than the hardships he faced which may have even strengthened him.
dmauro··on Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000)
If the eagles had flown Frodo to Mordor to destroy the ring, it would NOT have been destroyed as Gollum would not be there to bring a serendipitous end to the events. It seems reasonable to imagine that Gandalf suspected more about Gollum's ultimate role than he let on, or had some idea or hunch even that things needed to play out more organically.
dmauro··on Show HN: 6 months ago I quit my job to pursue indie dev. Here is our first game
Nice work! Very polished, good puzzles. The whooshing sound when going through the menu items in the main menu was a little annoying, but otherwise there wasn't a bit I didn't like.
dmauro··on Show HN: Node.js Hosting Platform with Integrated MongoDB
Great job on the presentation. It's immediately more impressive than your competitors. I'm looking forward to hearing some feedback from people that try it out.
dmauro··on Obama administration defends $222,000 file-sharing verdict
Strawman much?
dmauro··on Obama administration defends $222,000 file-sharing verdict
That quote from the solicitor general upset me enough that I decided I would go right ahead and petition the White House to address this issue. We've got this great democratic resource, so I figured I may as well use it.

Please sign and share: http://wh.gov/dZCl

dmauro··on Evasi0n iOS 6.x jailbreak
Is this a tether jailbreak or is it permanent?
dmauro··on This is How Wrong Kurzweil Is
People take him seriously because he has a good track record at making predictions.
dmauro··on Introducing Humble Indie Bundle 7 (with Legends of Grimrock and more)
Same here. Those sliders always make buying a Humble Bundle a fun and very personalized experience.
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
Hey, for anyone following this still, I did a quick write up on my blog: http://dmaurolizer.com/post/37853129177/get-creative-a-mobil...
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
I got it too :( It looks like Nodejitsu is working through some hiccups. If you get that error just click the extension icon again and it should work.
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
Would love to hear what error message you got in the body of that. Also, did you try immediately re-opening it? Do you mind sending an email to support@get-creative.us. Thank you!
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
Each day when a new challenge shows up, everyone gets a badge and notification. You'll have the badge on there until you actually open the extension, and when you complete a challenge you get a star on it so you can track any you missed.
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
Yeah I can definitely see this approach being aimed towards other creative endeavors, but the idea behind this is that it really is for anyone who is interested in just making things in their life. Most people contribute and create things in various facets in their lives, but then website x they become a "lurker" or a "curator". The goal here is to provide a fun outlet for that kind of creative energy regardless of your background.
dmauro··on Show HN: Get Creative, a website within a chrome extension
A fellow Mauro :)

Yes, the original fallback idea was to just have the extension icon and when you click on it opens a new tab, but I wanted to give it a shot in the popup html because it's a more streamlined experience for the user, and it helps keep the entire thing focused and simple. After trying it out I just really liked the whole experience so went with that.

dmauro··on MoMA Adds Video Games to Its Collection
So is it more difficult for them to get Japanese games in their collection? The lack of Japanese games, save for Katamari Damacy, is pretty striking. Seeing Passage on the list also got a groan out of me.
dmauro··on Minecraft augmented reality app announced for iOS
Word of warning, this definitely did NOT work as well as in the video for me. I can not get any models to lay flat on my hardwood floor, or anywhere for that matter. Pretty disappointing.
dmauro··on An Ode To W3Schools
Learning to append MDN to all my searches helped me out a lot. MDN is just a much better resource. And before I caught on I did assume a certain credibility and relationship between W3schools and W3C.
dmauro··on [dead]
Seems to be working fine. Did someone get a screenshot for those of us that missed what you're talking about?
dmauro··on Employees of kixeye accused of racist remarks fired
Kixeye is probably hiring now, sounds like you would do well there :/
dmauro··on 4 inches
I don't think he would be so quick to say it's worth the extra screen space if he weren't left-handed. Reaching the back button with only your right hand, even on the 3.5" screen is difficult. After switching to an iPhone 4s earlier this year I found that to be the major failing of the device: http://dmaurolizer.com/post/18478902007/ioss-major-flaw-reac...
dmauro··on Keypress: A JavaScript input capture library
Thanks :)

I made a note of some special case keys towards the bottom of the documentation. Some keys have flaky browser support (either keyup and/or keydown don't fire properly) so I call them out so they can be avoided and 'print' is one of them.

dmauro··on Keypress: A JavaScript input capture library
I haven't dug into Mousetrap, but I made Keypress because I needed/wanted the arbitrary modifiers and counting combos features which mousetrap does not have (and also Mousetrap hadn't been released yet when I started work on this). Keypress also gives you a lot of control with the explicit options like is_exclusive, prevent_default, prevent_repeat, and is_ordered. The prevent_default option for instance will prevent the default behavior on all keys that are part of a combo if it thinks you are working towards a combo (for instance, when pressing up + right, both keys events will have preventDefault applied).

As I mentioned, I didn't actually try using Mousetrap, but from looking at the documentation Keypress should have at least the same features and then some more very specific features that are probably only useful for games.

dmauro··on Divshot
This looks really exciting. This seems more like what I wanted easel.io to be. I had actually started working on a simple html/css in-browser editor to use for mocks that could be taken into production, but looks like this might be what I was looking for.
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