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Comment · 9 years ago

A subset of "Interactive Fiction".

The latest in language: http://inform7.com/

"Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It is a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed, guided by contemporary work in semantics and by the practical experience of some of the world's best-known writers of IF."

Comment · 9 years ago

"Inception like" gravity inside rooms - switching gravity between different walls to move puzzle elements around + taking advantage of wraparound to move between levels on the map (the "outside")

Puzzle gameplay demo: https://youtu.be/InqcFGj51y8?t=12s

Comment · 9 years ago

https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-d...

Lots of printing companies undermine privacy by including serial number tracking dots.

Comment · 9 years ago

Bug: (where do I report this?) Number A, Number B. A receives text. "B" is set as my default but I see A's message in my inbox. I reply. The reply is sent from "B".

Comment · 10 years ago

So if you don't update, then you can still hold them accountable? Do you know of people who are watching (maybe you didn't update?)

Comment · 10 years ago

So are you referring to American arrests? Because you make it sound like the Brazillians don't get arrested.

A reply comment says that truckers are using it - what's their legal status?

Comment · 10 years ago

I'm impressed with the abstractions! What are recommended "Learn Eve" tutorials?

Comment · 10 years ago

Connection refused (USA)

Comment · 10 years ago

In previous years I've seen a lot of AI tech for action-games -- not neccessiarly FPS but shooter in a flat world with obstacles. Eg. marking objects for cover, marking positions to defend from etc.

Doesn't quite apply to a mario style game

Comment · 10 years ago

humans have tried this -- 6 pooling to grandmasters: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-strategy/283755-grandmas...

Comment · 10 years ago

I thought units attacked instantneously, there was end-lag but no startup?

Comment · 10 years ago

Hi I want to point out that a while back "Barack Obama" created a github account.. press releases went out "Obama learns to code" ... but then the github account went down and was replaced by a similarly named one like presidentobama_bot or something like that. Sorry I don't remember the exact string but it was odd.

Comment · 10 years ago

Are those the only choices? Or could the nation undergo a transformation about how money & politics are entwined and rethink the presidential elections?

Comment · 10 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960 - by Bobby Fischer

Comment · 10 years ago

Kung Fu Chess was fantastic! If you're looking for a modern strategy game, Check out Arimma - designed to be difficult for computers, easy for humans