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Untold Riches: The Intricate Platforming of Tomb Raidergamasutra.com
What game design gems lurk in the unexplored nooks and crannies of the original 1996 Tomb Raider ? With the franchise now rebooted, designer Hamish Todd takes a close look at the series' first game, and the possibilities its constrained platforming al... -
Slot machines perfected addictive gaming. Now, tech wants their trickstheverge.com
You can play a slot machine in Las Vegas before you’ve even reached baggage claim: there are tiny slots parlors in every terminal of McCarran International Airport. Once you pick up your rental... -
Most children are happy no matter what, but materialism catches up eventuallyqz.com
From Nepal to Norway, a large survey of kids aged 10 to 12 say that they are largely satisfied with their lives. -
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The street that might win the Turner prize: how Assemble are transforming Toxteththeguardian.com
It’s not quite a pickled calf – but the rebirth of a troubled Toxteth community might be art. The story of the street and the young architects succeeding where every official plan has failed has caught the art world’s attention -
Training for Discontentmedium.com
The Doublespeak of Parenting and the Double Blade of Ambition in Silicon Valley -
The Return of the Past to Literary Studiesjhiblog.org
by guest contributor Michael Duffy Today’s literary scholars have it easier returning to the history of their discipline. In the past, we just told the discipline to move forward without looking ba... -
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Roman Mars Explains the Genius of the Chicago Flagchicagomag.com
The host of “99% Invisible” wants to save your city flag, based on the principles of our city flag. -
Modern C++ as a Better Compilermoderncpp.com
Last week I made the case that Standard C++ offers both productivity and performance and showed how C++ can be just as concise and elegant as C# and indeed more so. But I didn’t really address perf... -
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Silicon Valley Is Letting Go of Its Techie Island Fantasies | WIREDwired.com
Silicon Valley once dreamed of self-made micronations where entrepreneurs could flourish. But building a government, it turns out, isn't as easy as starting a company. -
Implementing a Programming Language in C - Part 1 - bread-man’s blogbread-man.github.io
Introduction You can find the GitHub repository for this project here. All the source code will be updated as we go on with the project, so feel free … -
Caterpillars Sign Their Own Death Warrantsnews.sciencemag.org
While chomping on tobacco leaves, they help the plant send out an SOS -
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‘Elon Musk,’ by Ashlee Vancenytimes.com
After a series of tech ventures, Elon Musk has turned to electric cars and space travel. - 54.214.249.161
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Episode 624: I, Waiternpr.org
We go out for pizza and meet the latest group of workers getting replaced by machines: servers. -
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pfSense Digest » The importance of strong and fast cryptographyblog.pfsense.org
Home of the pfSense project, free Open Source FreeBSD based firewall, router, unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, Linux