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Localizing Papers, Please

baxter — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:42:48 +0000

Article URL: http://dukope.tumblr.com/post/83177288060/localizing-papers-please-papers-please-was

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8128371

Points: 198

# Comments: 58

New comment by baxter in "2.7 million total image views after Reddit content experiment."

baxter — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:10:40 +0000

I'm not sure if my brain is failing me but... "I calculated a less than 0.001% chance of posts (content) making the front page of Reddit. That is a 1/1000 chance."

Surely 1% is a 1 in 100 chance, 0.1% is a 1 in 1,000 chance, 0.001% would be 1 in 100,000 chance. Have I made a critical error here?

2D Boids in Coffeescript and HTML5 Canvas

baxter — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:53:23 +0000

Article URL: http://paulboxley.com/blog/2012/05/boids

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3954882

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by baxter in "Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996"

baxter — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:44:47 +0000

As someone who was 13 years old in 1996, I take exception to this. It looks like it was made by an 11 year old in 1996.

Children's science questions 'stump many parents'

baxter — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:59:43 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16612100

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3483967

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by baxter in "Fly the Airplane"

baxter — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:06:58 +0000

The OP links to the Popular Mechanics article in the first paragraph. I don't think it was intended as a replacement for the Popular Mechanics article, but as an addition to it.

New comment by baxter in "Raspberry Pi demos $25 PC running 1080p video, promises CD-quality audio"

baxter — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:34:59 +0000

AFAICT they are a registered charity with the goal of promoting computer science education, so I suspect large profit margins matter less than if they were a business.

New comment by baxter in "New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer"

baxter — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:57:33 +0000

I would be surprised if his current keyboard had LCD keys.

New comment by baxter in "Try the A* pathfinding algorithm with HTML5 canvas"

baxter — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:15:36 +0000

That's an excellent point! Perhaps I will put something together anyway. Thanks for this :)

New comment by baxter in "Try the A* pathfinding algorithm with HTML5 canvas"

baxter — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:46:50 +0000

It's so strange, I was just playing with pathfinding algorithms in CoffeeScript this weekend and thought about putting something like this together, but you have beaten me to it :) Really nice work.

New comment by baxter in "AeroFS - File Sync Without Servers"

baxter — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:25:02 +0000

Since up votes are hidden now, just want to make it clear that I +1 this.

New comment by baxter in "NASA finds DNA components in meteorites, says they originated in space"

baxter — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:03:17 +0000

The original NASA article: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorit...

New comment by baxter in "Visual Website Optimizer new interface + new features + 10,000 accounts"

baxter — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:46:16 +0000

I wondered this when she said "WYSIWYG". There are a few points where the tone of her voice suggests she is either at the start or the end of a sentence, but in fact she isn't.

New comment by baxter in "Own Your Identity"

baxter — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:59:53 +0000

I hadn't heard of namecoin until you mentioned it. It looks interesting.

But shouldn't it be called bitname?

New comment by baxter in "The tale from a phone pishing attempt"

baxter — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:19:27 +0000

I think you mean phishing, not pishing. :)

New comment by baxter in "All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model to Theaters"

baxter — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:14:51 +0000

Many cinema chains in the UK have offers like this. My girlfriend has a cinema card that costs her £15 a month and allows her to see any film she likes (although she has to pay about £1.50 extra to see 3D films). This is an offer that's been available for at least 8 or 9 years. Tickets for 2D films in the UK typically cost around £7.50 (higher in London).

Granted this cinema card is only useable in cinemas belonging to the same chain.

Do any US cinema chains offer similar services?