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Whey protein only works if you don't already have some kind of dietary restriction like lactose intolerance, which I do.

Mind you, I really enjoy eating my food and am not looking for a shortcut to "just get nutrients".

Yes because the rest of the competition is completely coming up with new games and characters all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(series)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Turismo_(series)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter

There's nothing wrong with using a franchise. The characters are memorable, and perhaps even people really like them. As long as they are putting the characters into new worlds/levels it's all that matters.

Yes, Nintendo is notorious for re-releasing their older games, but it's not like the other companies don't do the same thing either.

Just look at the re-release of Combat Evolved, or SquareEnixs constant re-release of their older Final Fantasy games (with cheesy 3D added to them)

Edit: Don't know how to use HN markdown or something.

> Anyone else notice that 'The Vagenda' has a lot of articles that are aimed at men being jerks?

I knew immediately by reading the domain that it was going to be a feminist leaning blog, and that's totally fine. Perhaps that's what their content is based on. Unfortunately there's lots of examples of men being jerks, so they have a massive grab bag to pull content from.

> If you don't like it leave

That's always the easy answer, and it's unrealistic and unfair. You don't know the conditions of the author. Maybe they have a boatload of debt or are in a situation where they need stability. Moving jobs is always a risk because there are things like probation periods. Even if you are good at what you do, a probation period is still scary, even more so if you have dependents.

> but my generation is kickass

Every generation thinks that. It's nothing new really.

Download zombie dice. It does pretty much that. Score tracking, die rolling, etc. And I'll tell you that it's hardly what you'd call fun (even though I'd say Zombie dice isn't that interesting).

This is precisely it.

Also if the author wanted he could simply add in some cheap d10s that each player could use to keep track of their current planet values.

I was at a presentation about the logistical aspects of production during PAX and 3D printing is almost illogical. The current machines aren't fast enough, and the quality isn't there compared to what you can get for an injection mould.

From what the panelists were saying, the closest thing to 3D printing could be useful for would be to use a high resolution printer to create a few masters from which you could create your moulds instead.

I'm pretty sure you can turn that on. Though I think it shows all whitespace characters unless he's changed some more recently.

The fact that these are "big deal" developers on some pretty important projects is the problem.

Also the fact that Mr. Haines is always promoting improving ones craft by writing code makes his comments even worse.

I feel that this comment on being a dick by jbrennan to be pretty decent:

"Next time you feel like mocking another developer for his or her lack of skills in a certain area, stop yourself. Talk to the person and explain to them why you think something they are doing is incorrect or how it could be done better. This way, you don’t come off as a jerk, and the other developer learns something new and improves. And I’d be surprised if you didn’t learn something from the experience, too."

How exactly would programming for themselves in a vacuum build any sort of positive confidence?

Open source builds up that portfolio everyone wants to see, and working on a project provides mentors to help give new developers guidance.

Free software never dies.

I was planning on using it as the mail reader for a very active mailing list I'm a member of. It doesn't open up threads correctly, so I'm stuck going backwards and opening each individual message.

The design is nice though.

There is a way to clear the app cache in the same manner as iOS. Simply uninstall the app and re-install it.

It's nice to not have to worry about these things though. It would be pretty awesome to one day see the US have a public health care.

I got the email. It's a disappointment, but such is life. I'm in no rush and now I'll get to enjoy the installation of CM 10 I installed last night a litte bit longer.

Won't this run the risk of causing out of control inflation?

One could say there's a lot of content on this site that isn't intellectually stimulating.

> Off-Topic: If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

I recall seeing a top voted article about a somewhat recently deceased CEO on the front page. I'd hardly consider that On-Topic according to that sentence.

Just like a real democracy, just because you don't agree with popular opinion doesn't invalidate it.

Is that because of the technical achievements that Carmack has done (Carmack's Reverse, Fast inverse sqrt, etc.)?

You still have to give it to Notch for showing that you can make an extremely entertaining game while not pushing any hardcore boundaries, such as graphics. Perhaps this will inspire more people to get into software development.

I believe that iBooks also count as a publisher minus all the 'good' things a publisher would give you. So I wouldn't say that publishers are going to become obsolete, I'd just say if iBooks really does pick up we'll have 1 publisher instead of several.

Doesn't sound good for authors or readers.

The one problem I have with eBooks is the lack of transferability that is inherent with print books. I've read a number of books I'd love to lend to my friends, but because I bought the kindle copy I cannot do that.

With a physical book the only hoop I have to jump through is meeting up with them and giving them the book. I've done this a number of times through university with textbooks and it saved me and several colleagues hundreds of dollars.

I think that since the only code that is directly linking to the library is your JS, that needs to be released according to the GPL. So if you don't minify everything, you are probably complying already. Otherwise you'd have to provide access to your unminified JS source.