Jonny 290 posted:

you can do that now with existing operational ham radio satellites, a surplus police walkie-talkie and a few feet of wire to make an antenna

obviously dont do this, there are like 5 voice satellites in orbit at the moment and theyre all slammed to the wall busy 100% of the time

pram posted:

picture of qirex posting on app.net

quote:

Hey everyone in Kickstarter Land,

I'm a fledgling entertainment artist / art student and lover of free culture.

I intend to create a set of at least THIRTY freely licensed Fantasy Portraits crafted in a painterly style, to be used in games and media by anyone! All of the portraits will be released dually under both the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license and GPL 3.0. These portraits will be created using solely Free/Libre software (GIMP Primarily) and are being crafted specifically for the FLARE project (formerly OSARE), a Free/Libre computer game currently being developed with inspiration from games like Diablo and Heroes of Might and Magic. But because of the license I am choosing, they will likely be used in a great many free/libre media projects, from other video and computer games of different varieties, to print board games and rpgs, to modules and adventure scenarios or for use in other media.

Now this is where you come in. I need to raise money to continue my education next semester with the fine people at Concept Art Academy in Pasadena, and I want to complete this portrait set during my holiday break. The above image is a self portrait I made in the style I intend to use for this collection, and major supporters of the project will have their likeness used in fantasy portraits that will be featured in the fantasy computer game FLARE mentioned above! Here's a copy of the image as it will appear in game dialogs:



Above, I mentioned I would paint at least thirty portraits because it is possible I could reach my funding goals with fewer than thirty supporters, and in that case I would do additional portraits to reach my goal of thirty, but if I have more supporters than thirty than I will do as many as there are people who want them!

So I'll keep this somewhat short and sweet. The holidays are coming up, FLARE is shaping up into a game with amazing potential and support of this project will get you a painted portrait of yourself as a fantasy hero, you will have your likeness featured in a video game and you will be allowing me to continue my art education so I can make more freely licensed art and games in the future! It's a win win win win.

Null Pointer posted:

its kinda funny how your name has 'lean' in it but your startup doesnt.

theflyingexecutive posted:

Yeah just got my sweet rear end deck of cards from the only kickstarter I've ever supported

Sagebrush posted:

quote:

Code Hero: a game that teaches you how to make games! Your Code Ray shoots Javascript in Unity 3D. Hack the planet: Become a code hero!

7,459 backers
$170,954 pledged of $100,000 goal

Dustin Deckard posted:

about 19 hours ago
To anyone keeping an eye on this space - a modest number of Code Hero backers have reached out to me, sharing information and requesting to be kept "in the loop" with any of our collective findings. You should know, right off the bat, that based on what we've found (and been told) - Alex Peake seems to have run out of money after spending it recklessly, and doesn't plan on continuing with this project. There are well over 1000 backers out there who pledged for physical rewards. And, tragically, 6 backers who pledged at the $1k level who thought their money would be well spent on an educational tool for schools.
As I've said before - I'm sort of desperate to be proven wrong about all of this. An update on the status and future of Code Hero would be more than welcome. But, should that update never come, all backers should feel free to email me at:
codeheroclassaction@gmail.com
Please provide only whatever details or information you are comfortable sharing. This may include your pledge level, pledge amount, if you have attempted to contact Alex or Primer Labs, if you've requested a refund, etc.
Please note that this is an early attempt at organizing backers of Code Hero into a group where we can better communicate. No legal papers have been filed at this time.

craisins posted:

please say you're using NoSQL too

0xB16B00B5 posted:

fyi im not trying to shaggar but youre a retard if you use anything except for c# in an enterprise setting

flyboi posted:

ruby sucks so much poo poo

LastInLine posted:

one its not for sale or resale so its technically valueless

two it's to a person and not a company so depending on the item it can be a personal purchase and therefore duty free (this would qualify)

they should have valued it at $100 though since (again depending on hts classification) shipments up to $250 are exempt from duty regardless

WorkingPeer posted:

you won't be able to install new watchfaces or firmware updates until Apple gives Pebble the stamp of approval. The Android app will be available in Google Play as planned tomorrow.

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkzF56tGYSg

Al! posted:

id trust a crackhead over almost any other politician, at least you know where his motives lie

WorkingPeer posted:

on the subject of mexican food: london is barely catching up with most mid-sized american cities, but jfc at least we have a nice variety of real british-grown chillies and our guac doesn't have loving mayo(!!!!!!) in it!

Nomnom Cookie posted:

hows the cuban food. i expect its rly good

Nomnom Cookie posted:

can mods probate each other? if so mod everyone with more than 10 posts in yospos

Al! posted:

like who outside of teenagers is impressed with the ability to open bottles at any time with your keychain

qntm posted:

"agile"