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    673 points bluebirdfirewin | 11 comments | 06 Feb 25 07:58 UTC | HN request time: 1.394s | source | bottom
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    lifefeed ◴[06 Feb 25 14:47 UTC] No.42962861[source]▶
    I had the Dungeon Notebook. It was fun. I played it until I got bored, which was quick, then gave it away.

    The ability to "give away" these little games are part of the fun. I'd like to see a game like this where "giving it away" is part of the game. Something you can pass around a school or a con. Like an analog version of Chain World, which was a mini-Minecraft-on-a-USB-stick that you were supposed to pass on. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_World )

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    1. mhb ◴[06 Feb 25 15:14 UTC] No.42963122[source]▶
    Wait until you hear about PaperBooks. They're like a Kindle download except, once you finish reading one, you can give it to anyone else to read. And BookNotes are completely portable - anything you write in it stays with the PaperBook and can be read by any other person.
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    2. benbristow ◴[06 Feb 25 15:19 UTC] No.42963175[source]▶
    You're going to be blown away when you hear about DRM free eBooks and LibGen...
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    3. tutuca ◴[06 Feb 25 15:25 UTC] No.42963242[source]▶
    I believe he was being sarcastic and talking about old fashioned, actual paper books.
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    4. benbristow ◴[06 Feb 25 15:29 UTC] No.42963280{3}[source]▶
    Nothing gets past you!
    5. cafeinux ◴[06 Feb 25 15:45 UTC] No.42963450{3}[source]▶
    Reminds me when in school I had to do a presentation about ways to defend against malware. I showed a few software examples (among other things) and ended with "the most powerful anti-malware ever, compatible with every other anti-malware, adds a strong security layer to them, protects your passwords, prevents you from opening spam, from clicking unknown links, from replying to phishing, almost impossible to uninstall by a hacker, and lots of other powerful features: Common Sense™".

    One of the other students came to me after class and said "hey, that last software seems really promising, but I never heard about it. What was it again?"

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    6. rchaud ◴[06 Feb 25 16:32 UTC] No.42964004[source]▶
    This reminds me of a scene in Parks and Recreation where a local fashionista in a small town is pitching the latest evolution of almond milk and oat milk....beef milk.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMIW2tBpnDI

    7. SpaceNoodled ◴[06 Feb 25 18:25 UTC] No.42965035{4}[source]▶
    You should have asked them how they managed to uninstall it.
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    8. patcon ◴[06 Feb 25 20:46 UTC] No.42966324{5}[source]▶
    As the sort of absent-minded human who (no matter how much I learn) will always have a deep-seated irrational fear of being "that student", I must say: sick burn
    9. beretguy ◴[07 Feb 25 19:24 UTC] No.42976450[source]▶
    You can give away Kindles too.
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    10. mhb ◴[07 Feb 25 20:29 UTC] No.42977119[source]▶
    Yes. But that would be more like giving someone a bookshelf.
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    11. muddi900 ◴[09 Feb 25 19:29 UTC] No.42993017{3}[source]▶
    A bookshelf where all the books disappear unless you also give the person all your household purchase history.