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epaga
9,390karma·952submissions·March 25, 2011
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Java developer / team leader at inetsoftware.de by day
iOS developer by night
https://silentshark.app - Tactical map-based WW2 submarine simulator for iOS, Android, Mac, PC, Linux, Web
https://smoothtrack.app - VR-style head tracking app (iOS + Android) for PC sim games. Replaces the need for a $150+ TrackIR system.
https://mindscopeapp.com - Text canvas outliner, thought organizer (macOS, iOS)
http://appstore.com/johngoering - other apps
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Another similar site is beeminder - pretty cool concept! There is more than enough room for similar sites.
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Dupe, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29645972
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Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29024740
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That was my first real computer as a kid, where I learned basic programming (GFA BASIC!), played my first games. It was such a great machine. I also love his self-made program with a little map of the…
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Appears to be a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28536048
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Wow, I remember this happening! That is truly funny to me that it was because of a security researcher accidentally triggering this massive bug. Great write up, and kudos to apple for not suing him bu…
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FWIW one data point - we had begun beforehand but especially when COVID started, the small company I work at moved nearly all our company communication into Discord. We tried out Slack and other alter…
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It's frustrating (though not at all surprising) to see Apple continue to be so tone-deaf. They clearly think "If only we could make people understand how it works, they wouldn't be so u…
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A few years ago, my iPad suddenly developed a crack in the glass all on its own. It was just sitting there on the table, I heard a quiet "crack" sound, and there it was: a small crack all ac…
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Pretty bold to lead the article with “I‘ve never quite understood.“ I think the article would have been way better if the author would have taken the time to at least understand a bit why cryptocurren…
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Not at all. I don't feel entitled to anything. Here's where I think the misunderstanding is, and maybe I should have made this point in my original comment: I do think there can absolutely b…
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"Not even"? This is a huge requirement for most cases. A small GPL library for, say, some statistics calculation, would mean an entire product's source code would need to be released if…
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GPL makes "them" (especially small one-off libraries) useless because even the smallest part can not be used without therefore needing to "contribute back" the ENTIRE app. (edited …
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I'm still bummed out that for years, GPL was the "standard" go-to open source license. So many projects became useless for any commercial projects whatsoever. GPL advocates say it'…
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This is incredibly impressive, especially the ability to immediately download the snippet as an mp4. How has this not been immediately shut down due to copyright?
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My teenage son is currently 223rd in the world in Super Mario Bros with a sub-5 personal best. He's explained just bits and pieces of the SMB speedrun subculture to me (frame rules, etc.) and it&…
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https://smoothtrack.app - AR-based 3D head tracker for sim games. Replaces the need for expensive headsets like TrackIR.