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amichail
18,811karma·7,884submissions·February 20, 2007
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I'm an indie game developer.
My previous games include DropZap and DropZap 2 for iOS.
My latest game is DropZap World. Check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1072858930
https://bsky.app/profile/dropzapworld.bsky.social https://x.com/DropZapWorld https://www.threads.net/@dropzapworld
a.michail@me.com
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Did anyone try such a thing? For example, to vote/submit/comment, you might be required to solve an IQ test type problem first. These problems might be chosen at random from ones created by other memb…
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For the ESP Game, it might be the case that they replay one person's session. But for Phetch: "Emulating Seekers in a convincing manner is more difficult. If a real player enters useless
descriptions …
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Does it matter if the bot was constructed from prerecorded play or not? What if it was constructed from prerecorded play from multiple players? What if it combined prerecorded play with heuristics? It…
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From the paper: "Having pre-recorded game play is especially
useful when the game is still gaining popularity. When
there are few players, only a single person will usually be
playing the game at a ti…
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BTW, do you object to the use of bots in http://espgame.org? Did you even know that it uses bots sometimes?
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How did you know the profiles were fake? The idea is to make the bots convincing.
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I think applied justin.tv would be compelling. That is, people would broadcast their life for a specific purpose, such as finding a job, date, etc.
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Suppose you ask a team of developers to act individually to implement some system. Each member of the team would be able to see what everyone else is doing in real time. Each member can copy any code …
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It looks like this might be a new use for "we": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We I guess you need to decide whether such fibbing is acceptable in a web service. BTW, more serious forms of deception…
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See: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/012409.html I don't think users like name changes though. Is the name too long?
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Zion Heights JHS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Heights_Junior_High_School I also went to the same SS as these people: Earl Haig SS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Haig_Secondary_School
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Other famous people I knew from junior high: Randy Linden and Mark Vange. Anyone recognize them? As you might guess, I'm a bit jealous!
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I knew Jonathan from junior high. I must admit that his (initial) success with Friendster encouraged me to pursue a startup. So I ended up leaving academia to pursue a startup full-time.
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Can we apply this idea to other domains such as web search?
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Aspect-Oriented Design Pattern Implementations http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~jan/AODPs/ Aspect-Oriented Refactoring (check out the wormhole refactoring in part 2) http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/a…
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Part 2 is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZDwB4-DPXE
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You can see how this was done here: http://web.genarts.com/karl/evolved-virtual-creatures.html Karl has done lots of other cool stuff btw: http://web.genarts.com/karl/ …
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Would you broadcast your life for a chance at getting a job? From an employer's perspective, this would be an excellent opportunity to really know employee candidates. The employer will see what they …
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Well, apparently MS killed Java on the client: http://java.sys-con.com/read/37121.htm So yes, they could make life difficult for AJAX developers.
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Users would have more control over what appears on the front page and for how long. Also, old submissions would still have a chance to make it to the front page.