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markx2··on About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit
My guess is inertia.

The movement of the ship was not stop/start or spinleft/spinright.

A stick (left/right) or spinner (Tempest!) you expect instant results. The inertia of Asteroids would not have worked that way. The game needed more judgement, built on experience, of when to press and when to release.

markx2··on Why Magician David Blaine Fasts for Days Before His Shows
https://archive.ph/6YSsQ
markx2··on Show HN: Web Dead Drop
"Enter the coordinates of a dead drop to check if it's hot (has stashed message)"

I entered ///limit.broom.flip as the co-ords.

It said it was empty.

So I wrote "This is a secret message!"

>Message stashed at ///limit.broom.flip >Your dead drop is hot.

In another browser, private window I went to https://www.dpolakovic.space/dead-drop and again entered ///limit.broom.flip

I see "This is a secret message! and a button to "Burn message"

How is this better than OneTimeSecret?

markx2··on Why the Right Way to Fly a Rhino Is Upside Down
Flying through space though it may be better to stand atop a giant turtle?

Interesting article and I would guess that the faster transit time does not harm their eyes? Putting more pressure there for a time could be harmful?

markx2··on Driving Upside Down in McMurtry Spéirling Electric Hypercar [video]
IIRC in the late 80's it was said that a F1 car could create so much downforce that it could travel upside down.

This video shows something, something in very controlled conditions. It is impressive.

I am sure many here will have played Sonic the Hedgehog with it's looping and corkscrewing tracks. The latter would bring challenges.

Are we yet at the Men in Black tunnel congestion solution? And if we are, wow to how the road markings work.

markx2··on Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?
I see - thank you uMatrix - that you use plausible.io

I block all such tracking, so thanks for allowing me to play without that tracking.

I do realise that such blocking affects your stats so if you could devise a way to track without using an external service that would be great.

markx2··on Notational Velocity
The download link is a 404.

NV was my app for storing lots of notes when I did Support. Then nvultra came long which was even better, but that too seems to have died.

That's a shame as they were very good.

https://nvultra.com

markx2··on Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
Exclude every search engine?
markx2··on Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
> all on your profile, not for public engagement farming.

The spammers, the SEO farmers, the porn merchants won't care.

A link is a link.

I've been tackling spam for 15+ years and you will get hit. I wish it were not the case, but it is. Expect it.

markx2··on Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
Please be prepared for the onslaught of spam, SEO, porn that is most definitely going to happen.

I wish you luck.

markx2··on Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone?
My day to day for that chip is for PINs.

I know my bank account PIN, and it's linked through Apple Pay. My other cards - credit x2, building society I have no clue. Those PINs are stored and given I'm never out without my phone I always have access to the numbers.

I was constantly stopped and quizzed by the TSA to the point I would wipe my macbook and phone before travelling. Using the NFC chips that had all the details I needed made sense.

markx2··on Silent Hill F Has Been Refused Classification in Australia
"A listing on the classifications website simply says that it has been refused classification by the IARC Global Rating Tool with no further information provided."
markx2··on Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone?
If you want very well hidden, get a writable NFC chip implanted.

You write the data to it, delete the phone app which did that write, and once you are through, re-install the phone app and read your data.

Last time I went through the TSA scatter scanners and wand waving theatre the 3 implants I had were not detected.

markx2··on Ask HN: I bought a website, how do I edit it?
You don't need files, you need a username and a password.

Then try going to https://your-domain/cpanel to see if they use that.

Or use an FTP client to connect.

markx2··on Ask HN: Is anyone still using Dreamweaver?
I probably tried to use a pirated version of Dreamweaver.

But I loved HomeSite.

https://nick.typepad.com/blog/2009/06/homesite-discontinued....

markx2··on Every .gov Domain
Having served on a parish council there can certainly be a technology challenge for some.

There are services which will do the work - https://cuttlefish.com/local-councils/ - https://www.parishcouncil.net - are two of many. These have their drawbacks, may not provide exportable data so locking the council in. Some will allow direct access, some require that any new content be sent to them and they upload it.

Some councils will own their domain name, some will not. Then there is the email issue and many will use a gmail / hotmail address.

Cost, especially these days, is also a factor.

I don't see it as a bad thing to have so much variety though.

markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
Unless the hat has a hard edge which sits right on top of the piercing you should be fine.
markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
Yes!

I have worn various and my current are Airpods 2 Pro.

The daith is discreet, does not get in the way of anything.

markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
I got a new puppy - Dogue de Bordeaux - some months ago and she was/is on a raw food diet, so I had to get that delivered frozen.

Couple of deliveries in and I got chatting to the guy bringing the food. He mentioned he had headaches constantly. I told him about the daith.

Days later he messaged me - he'd got a daith after we talked and today, for the first time in 10+ years he woke in no pain, no need to take codeine.

Just go to a proper piercing place, not some "Claire's" type place.

markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
Right ear because the pain was on the right side of my head.
markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
That I do not know.

It's worth trying but the positioning would be tricky.

All I know is as I have posted - the daith piercing stopped the pain.

markx2··on Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope
I was around 13 when I had my first migraine. A solid block of pain on the right side of my head. That occasional migraine became more frequent over the years. I had a headache 24/7 in one specific place in my head.

In my early 30's, after blood tests, food elimination, x-rays and finally an MRI I was told that I had Chronic Daily Migraines.

Most days were 6-7/10 pain. Those days that were 10/10 I perfected the art of lying down and breathing in such a way that I barely moved. Noise / light were never an issue, the pain got worse when I moved.

Then I got a daith piercing.

I had read that a daith could help.

I got the daith ~14 years ago and I have not had any sort of headache since. Both my daughters who had migraines got a daith and they too have no headaches.

I get the sample size is not useful, but if you have migraines, go into your local proper piercing studio and ask for a daith - they will almost certainly reply "On which side of your head is the pain?"

markx2··on Is Elon Musk Poised to Profit from New Layoffs at the FAA?
Does anyone seriously believe that Musk is doing this for the benefit for anyone but himself?

The answer to the post question is "Of course he f* is, that's why he is doing it"

Oh ... and people will die.

markx2··on How Your Thinking Changes at 60
60? I'm 60 but I got the big picture at 40.

Life events change you.

markx2··on Apple lashes out at iPhone porn app maker and the EU rules allowing its download
It did a 'test' yesterday with a mass ban then an un-ban.

I'll bet it does happen after they have evaluated their 'test'.

markx2··on Reddit is mass purging NSFW subs
My guess is that this 'bug' was deliberate and set to judge reactions.

It'll be back.

markx2··on Reddit is mass purging NSFW subs
'banned due to being unmoderated' is a blatant lie.

I noticed a couple of subs earlier that I read had been banned with this false message.

markx2··on Tapestry by Iconfactory
The initial install lets me add two in-built choices

USGS Earthquakes being one, and that fills every slot.

I am unable to add any feeds I choose. I don't want a lot, maybe 3, just to see the UI and options I then have.

This feels pre-alpha.

Edit:

I have many RSS feeds (ty NetNewsWire). I have Bluesky, I have Mastodon, I have podcasts I follow ........ and Tapestry tempts me how?

markx2··on Ask HN: I just turned on noprocrast. What are you doing for mental health?
Read widely.

Daily I check The Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Mail (got to know what they are burning at), NYT, WaPo, Register, Private Eye, Skimfeed, Brutalist, The Times, Intercept, Spectator, Unherd, BBC and others in reddit and of course here.

I do this because one viewpoint is never enough but I hope that many angles helps.

markx2··on Motion sickness accessibility in video games
Add a nose?

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2015/Q1/vir...

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