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Comment FM vs. in-car tape and CD (Score 1) 183

I believe the phrase you are too ignorant to quote is "coundn't care less"

In practice, "I could care less" means "...but barely".

what the hell does itunes have to do with wireless vs wired?

Before digital audio players, FM radio and AM radio were the only choices for hearing a decent variety of music in a vehicle. In-car tape and CD players didn't allow for the sort of shuffled multi-hour playlist characteristic of commercial music radio. Even a strict top 40 station plays more songs than will fit on a single CD. And it was difficult to become exposed to new music in the car until smartphones became common.

Comment Python recipe to resolve Google redirects (Score 1) 183

If you want the real URL, you need to click the link and copy the result out of the address bar.

That's sort of hard for PDFs in some browsers because when you click the link, the result never appears in the address bar. Instead, the "Open With Adobe/Foxit/Sumatra Reader or Save File" dialog box appears. I had to break out Python.

Comment Apps hidden behind the anti-feature curtain (Score 1) 182

F-Droid has a pretty good catalog nowadays. I've eliminated everything proprietary from my phone life

Look at [these games] for examples of commercial free software but not necessarily free culture.

Reliance on proprietary data appears to mean that the developer has to list anti-features. For example, an application distributed as free software that relies on non-free assets would need the NonFreeAdd anti-feature. The F-Droid client defaults to hiding all apps with anti-features. How many people set it to show apps with anti-features?

Comment Re:Kickstarter is region coded (Score 1) 182

Trick question! Despite knowing many games, I can't even think of one I'd consider notable from this year. AAA titles like Bioshock: Infinite in my opinion aren't even notable.

By notable, I was referring to a video game that "has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of" the game's developer or publisher. For example, a major online encyclopedia's article about BioShock Infinite cites over 200 sources. I was assuming that if I could find an open source game that had been covered by the news media, I could read the coverage and look for what went right.

You may wish to look at examples of other open source projects using kickstarter

The article "Crowdfunding Video Games" by JD Alois claims that a successful campaign starts by "Leveraging strong social network ties". So how would one go about getting those "strong social network ties" in the first place?

To be frank, I do not see how the subject of an opensource license or free game blocks you here.

The mentality I anticipate is "Why pledge now, if I can just download the game as free software later?"

It cost me £15 to register a limited company in the UK

Plus however much it costs to staff the UK mailing address and handle accounting for this UK limited company.

Comment Re:No shocker there (Score 1) 440

You claim mathematical eponyms have been abused. But the alternative might turn out clunkier. What should math teachers standardize on instead? I'll offer these:
  • Pythagoras: Hypotenuse theorem
  • Newton: Tangent zero method
  • L'Hopital: Ratio limit rule
  • Descartes: Rectangular coordinates
  • Euler: Natural logarithm base

Comment Kickstarter is region coded (Score 1) 182

Would you name some notable Free video games that were funded through Kickstarter, so that I and other developers who are first-time users of Kickstarter can understand how this tool was used successfully in the past and in this way figure out how best to use this tool? And what's the best way to approach establishing a US, UK, or Canadian subsidiary in order to qualify under KS's guidelines?

Comment Re:If not YouTube (Score 1) 182

As an alternative to YouTube, Vimeo happens not to be useful for me because it bans videos related to video games. As I understand its terms of use, a video uploaded by someone other than the game's developer is considered an upload of someone else's work, and a video uploaded by the developer is considered a commercial promotion of the depicted game.

Comment Pay to the order of (Score 1) 182

I'm not sure what I'm missing out on by having not installed Gapps.

If your bank makes its check/cheque deposit application for Android available only on Google Play Store, not on Amazon or direct APK download, you'll have to take the bus to the ATM to deposit a payment that you receive from a relative.

Comment iPod touch 4 (Score 2) 182

The iPhone 4 was discontinued October of 2011 and is slated to also get iOS 7 coming out later this year.

The fourth-generation iPod touch was discontinued a year later, in October 2012, and isn't getting iOS 7. This means that for example, someone who bought an iPod touch a year ago won't be able to use a game controller, as game controller support is new in iOS 7.

Comment Games on F-Droid (Score 2) 182

F-Droid has a pretty good catalog nowadays. I've eliminated everything proprietary from my phone life except for Google Maps and those pesky hardware drivers.

Has the community figured out a business model for funding development of a video game for distribution under a license for free software and free cultural works? Or do you just choose not to play video games more complex than Solitaire?

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