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This is the first 2048 variant that I'm able to beat. yay me... .__.


I wasn't able to win with this one, but you might want to give the logarithmic flappy 2048 a try. It's the only one I'm able to do absurdly well on: http://logarithmic-flappy-2048.ajf.me/


the 3d one I found to be the easiest: http://joppi.github.io/2048-3D/

but 4d is terribly hard: http://huonw.github.io/2048-4D/

edit: I did a 3d victory in the 18 minutes in editing the comment. You can generally just push higher numbers into a corner, and pick either the left or the right side to consistently fold to and you'll get it mostly without thinking.


I find 4D much, much easier to control and visualize than 3D. Maybe if 3D was somehow presented in three dimensions I'd have an easier time of it, but the 4D one was easier to grok.

That probably says something about how humans relate to interfaces that map higher dimensions to 2D planes, or maybe it's just the way the 4D layout maps to the screen.


ignore the "3d" idea. Just look at the rules of the game and play by that.

I'm sure some people can maintain clear mental models of higher order dimensions and seamlessly translate the grids on the screen in some hyperspace in the mind.

But I, my friend, have no chance of that. The more I ignore that notion, the easier it becomes.


I've beaten 4D. It does take substantially more concentration than the original though, which I can play and win mostly on autopilot by now...


5d is a lot of fun and easier than 4d: http://cesarkawakami.github.io/2048-5D/


(45 minutes later)

all lies.


In which cases are such keyboards necessary?

I use a $3 one (which I bought to replace the one I used for over a decade) and I've never had such issues. I use this keyboard for coding and gaming, not just for common tasks which require low performance.


I use a Model M and sometimes encounter ghosting. Some types of gaming are worse than others. For example, while playing RTS or MOBA I do not encounter ghosting while playing FPS I encounter it on a regular basis.

This is because in RTS and MOBA while you might be rapidly hitting your keys you should be hitting them in succession, not simultaneously! In the FPS on the other hand you might be trying to walk forward and right while crouching and reloading, which requires four keys to do. This would cause problems for my keyboard.

Programming is more like the RTS than the FPS in this respect. You may be hitting a lot of keys, but the combinations are more likely to involve modifiers such as CTRL, ALT, or shift rather than a combination of letters.


Makes sense. I barely play FPSs anymore, but I can imagine the scenarios that you describe, and after testing the keyboard on that site, it's clear that my actions would fail on such scenarios.

So, I take it that anti-ghosting measures are primarily meant for gaming keyboards.


Seriously?

This is like the fourth time that someone posts this to HN in the past 24 hours. And just as those, this will get deleted.

Please stop.


This again?

Wasn't a similarly missleading article posted and removed from HN last night?


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I've always wondered what kind of stuff goes through the minds of people who "like" such articles.


Just assume that "like" means they're expressing interest, sort of like a public bookmark.

The "like" model is a bit of an awkward fit for sad stories, granted.


Yes. Pretty much this.

The Mexican government is fine with everyone hating them, as long as people limit themselves to clicking the "like" button on facebook, or ranting about something, but as soon as there's the risk of people actually doing something, they start moving.


Looks cute, but we already use Telegram.


The magic ball says:

- It will be abused by ads, and annoying "CLICK HERE AND SUBSCRIBE TO MY SHITTY BLOG!" messages.

- If it ever gains popularity, all major pop-up/ad-block/no-script applications will add a couple lines to remove it.


I like how they use a huge picture of a snake for the article, even when Python isn't named after the animal, but Monty Python.

More on topic: Even when Python is one of my favorite languages, this article is plain horrible. Biased, and without any sort of point to compare it to.

Python is great for many tasks, but it's just retarded to pretend that it's the best tool to go for everything.


If the snake motif is good enough for the official Python website, it's probably good enough for this article.


The concept is great, although I wasn't able to find a single genre playlist with tracks known to me (and I like to think that I know my music), which was kind of a turndown, since the point of a radio is to trust that once you pick a station, it will play things that you like, and in this case I found myself constantly alt-tabbing to type "next".

But that's an issue with the music and not with the page itself, which I enjoy.


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