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The Neuroscience Behind Sensory Deprivation (2019)
Article URL: https://medium.com/@kestykel/the-neuroscience-behind-sensory-deprivation-a1926e48a788
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519938
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Dealing with Ageing, Diagnosing Intel
Article URL: https://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2024/09/dealing-with-aging-daignosing-intel.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519917
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FuriosaAI's RNGD at Hot Chips 2024: Accelerating AI with More Flexible Primitive
Viagra and other unlikely candidates lead hunt for new longevity drugs
Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/viagra-and-other-unlikely-candidates-lead-hunt-new-longevity-drugs
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519890
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Show HN: Gametje – A casual online gaming platform
Hi all, I’ve been working on this project for a while in my spare time. Today is the first day I am sharing it with a larger audience.
What is it? It is a set of online games (4 at the moment) which can be played in person with a central screen (like a TV) or remotely via video chat with screen sharing. In short, there is a host screen which shows most of the game’s activity. Players join via their own device like a phone/tablet/laptop and use that as a controller. It’s playable in 9 languages and doesn’t require any downloads. Most games revolve around being creative in some shape or form. None of the games require fast reflexes and can be played by just about anyone. The host screen can be a browser, a Chromecast) or an Amazon Fire Stick (Amazon app store: https://www.amazon.com/Gametje-GAMETJE/dp/B0D8T2TVBB/). One of my goals was to make it easy to get started with minimal downloads/setup.
Why did I create it? I've been a player of Jackbox games myself for 10+ years but I always found their support for other languages a bit lacking. I also found the fragmentation between app stores a bit frustrating and needing to buy a new pack each year. I own their games on PC and PS4 but I can’t share a “license” between them. I designed Gametje with these issues in mind. It is playable in multiple languages with more being added regularly (feel free to request one). You can play it from any device with a web browser. There is no need to install it via Steam or a game console. All games are available in one place with no “packs” to buy.
What’s up with the name? I have been living in the Netherlands for some years and part of my original motivation stems from wanting to give my friends here a game to play in their native language. It's way easier to be witty/funny in your mother tongue after all! Because of that, I wanted to incorporate something Dutch into the site's name. The suffix ‘tje’ is one of the diminutive endings in Dutch and is meant to soften a word or make it "smaller". Game + tje = Gametje, or a little game. I have been informed by native Dutch speakers that it should have been ‘Gamepje’ to be "correct" but I liked the way Gametje sounded better.
Where can I try it?
You can try it out as a guest without signing up in order to get a feel for the games. Clicking into each game gives a short explanation and a small example of the gameplay. After creating a game, you can join from another browser window or device. You can also add AI players if you want to try it out on your own or you can organize a game in the discord channel: https://discord.gg/pgvBcJDH with other Hacker News users (You just need to be able to share the host screen). If you sign up for an account, you can opt-in as an alpha tester and see the new games as they are developed (There is one hidden behind the alpha flag at the moment). It’ll also keep track of all your previous games and make sure not to duplicate content.
What am I looking for? I am interested in feedback about the whole concept and also the gameplay. Is it fun? What could be improved? UI design isn’t my forte so I’m aware the main site is a bit plain but the core functionality and gameplay are there.
Hopefully the provider I am using to host the backend will hold up. Happy to share the more technical details as well for those that are interested. Thanks!
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519878
Points: 1
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The Moses Trap and How to Avoid It (2019)
Article URL: https://bobmorris.biz/the-moses-trap-and-how-to-avoid-it
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519876
Points: 2
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Qubit Transistors Reach Error Correction Benchmark
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/qubit-transistor
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519867
Points: 2
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Launching a hat for programmers day lol
Article URL: https://wozniakwo-shop.fourthwall.com/products/hat
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519865
Points: 1
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RemoteTrove
Article URL: https://remotetrove.com/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519617
Points: 1
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SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew attempts first private spacewalk [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABQBEdOzrV0
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519567
Points: 2
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Boeing to launch space-based quantum demo in 2026
Article URL: https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/09/10/boeing-to-launch-space-based-quantum-demo-in-2026/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519528
Points: 2
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Polaris Dawn Spacewalk Currently Live
Article URL: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1834154037606056327
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519515
Points: 2
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NIST Draft Guidance Inherently Hostile to Open-Source AI Models
Article URL: https://techfreedom.org/nist-draft-guidance-inherently-hostile-to-open-source-ai-models/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519502
Points: 2
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GitHub Taught Me to Micromanage
Article URL: https://matthewrocklin.com/feedback.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519495
Points: 2
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Oracle to power AI data center with nuclear reactors
How Do We Fix It? (The Economy)
Article URL: https://wilsoniumite.com/2024/09/09/how-do-we-fix-it/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519485
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Ergo: Erlang-inspired event driven actor framework in Go
Article URL: https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519471
Points: 1
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Show HN: Build Your WSL Distro in Docker
Article URL: https://github.com/K0IN/docker-to-wsl
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519466
Points: 1
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Has Joe Rogan, Huberman, or Lex interviewed an orphan before?
Article URL: https://twitter.com/sirrele_/status/1834183282751348743
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519460
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Bombardier: Fast cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool written in Go
Article URL: https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41519459
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