amichail

Tues Feb 20, 2007 12:33am PST

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about

I'm an indie game developer.

My previous games include DropZap and DropZap 2 for iOS.

My latest game is DropZap World. Check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1072858930

https://bsky.app/profile/dropzapworld.bsky.social https://x.com/DropZapWorld https://www.threads.net/@dropzapworld

a.michail@me.com

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Thurs Mar 19, 2026 11:40pm PST

Back to the Pet (Again and Again) [video]

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Tues Mar 17, 2026 3:28pm PST

Toronto considers micro-shelter communities to tackle homelessness

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Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:29pm PST

TeXmacs 2.1.5 has been released

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Thurs Mar 12, 2026 2:03pm PST

Show HN: PluriSnake, a new kind of snake puzzle game [iOS/iPadOS/macOS]

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Wed Mar 11, 2026 9:07pm PST

I just released PluriSnake, a new kind of snake puzzle game. [macOS/iOS/iPadOS]

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Mon Mar 9, 2026 7:41pm PST

Neuroscientists have pinpointed a potential biological signature for psychopathy

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Wed Mar 4, 2026 3:51pm PST

Air Quality in Toronto

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Mon Mar 2, 2026 1:09am PST

Quarkdown: Markdown with Superpowers

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Sun Mar 1, 2026 12:45am PST

One-Line C64 Basic Dice Program: Default RAM Initialization [video]

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Thurs Feb 26, 2026 7:35pm PST

Mogan vs. GNU TeXmacs

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Wed Feb 25, 2026 10:22pm PST

The Jolly Writer

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Thurs Feb 19, 2026 10:25pm PST

A relationship between the Collatz conjecture and the Fibonacci numbers

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Wed Feb 18, 2026 12:33am PST

Safe VSP

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Tues Feb 17, 2026 10:46pm PST

The Future of VSP Scrolling on the C64

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Tues Feb 17, 2026 1:22pm PST

Ask HN: What do you think of this new kind of snake puzzle game?

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Fri Feb 13, 2026 2:05pm PST

Bali's thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom

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Fri Feb 13, 2026 5:53am PST

First Vibecoded AI Operating System

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Thurs Feb 12, 2026 10:55pm PST

Anthropic Found Why ChatGPT Goes Insane [video]

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Tues Feb 10, 2026 8:08pm PST

Why elite chess ratings get stuck: A new model treats draws as data

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Sun Feb 8, 2026 9:43pm PST

Associations between infants' head growth patterns and risk of autism

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Sat Feb 7, 2026 9:34pm PST

Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

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Sat Feb 7, 2026 1:28pm PST

Ask HN: Is the CoCo 3 the best 8 bit computer ever made?

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Sat Feb 7, 2026 1:13am PST

How the Tandy Color Computer Works [video]

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Fri Feb 6, 2026 7:00am PST

First Proof

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Thurs Feb 5, 2026 8:15pm PST

Ask HN: Why not have a news channel that views the world as deterministic?

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Thurs Feb 5, 2026 8:05pm PST

Ask HN: Does a CS degree increase or decrease job satisfaction as a programmer?

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Thurs Feb 5, 2026 4:53pm PST

Researchers tested AI against 100k humans on creativity

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Wed Feb 4, 2026 7:19pm PST

LLMs Can't Jump [pdf]

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Mon Feb 2, 2026 2:29pm PST

Ask HN: Can you beat my score of 862,294 points in today's PluriSnake puzzle?

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Mon Feb 2, 2026 2:09pm PST

Ask HN: Why not have a subreddit where all voting is done by a single AI?

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Sun Feb 1, 2026 9:37pm PST

MRI scans show exercise can make the brain look younger

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Sun Feb 1, 2026 2:43pm PST

Giant Virus Discovered in Japanese Pond May Hint at Multicellular Life's Origins

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Thurs Jan 29, 2026 2:59pm PST

Ask HN: Why not make English computational, just like LaTeX, to ensure lock-in?

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Wed Jan 28, 2026 10:28pm PST

How a Superhero Costume Made Strangers Kinder

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Tues Jan 27, 2026 4:05pm PST

Ask HN: What do you think of this "Aliens of the Gaps" movie idea?

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Mon Jan 26, 2026 3:41pm PST

Ask HN: How can I make PluriSnake, a daily puzzle game, easier to understand?

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Fri Jan 23, 2026 9:36pm PST

Ask HN: Why don't winter gloves have mechanical fingers?

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Thurs Jan 22, 2026 10:00pm PST

The new biologists treating LLMs like aliens

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Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:02pm PST

The problem with pretending quantum mechanics makes sense – Sean Carroll [video]

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Mon Jan 19, 2026 8:45pm PST

Ask HN: Why not have cemeteries for lines of descent?

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Mon Jan 19, 2026 3:56pm PST

Ask HN: Do many people know that Grand Theft Auto is Commodore's biggest legacy?

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Sat Jan 17, 2026 11:37pm PST

MIT Researchers Destroy the Context Window Limit [video]

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Fri Jan 16, 2026 9:25pm PST

Polar Vortex Breakdown May Trigger Weeks of Extreme Cold

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Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:37pm PST

Ask HN: Make cemeteries in cities less offensive by using virtual headstones?

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Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:18pm PST

Ask HN: Could AI prevent the decline of social media by highlighting usernames?

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Sun Jan 11, 2026 8:10pm PST

PluriSnake gameplay [Sun Jan 11, 2026 puzzle] – Beta available [video]

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Thurs Jan 8, 2026 4:11pm PST

Ask HN: Why don't math/physics teachers protect people from COVID brain damage?

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Thurs Jan 8, 2026 5:37am PST

Covid-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain

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Wed Jan 7, 2026 2:48pm PST

Ask HN: Is CS the exact opposite of hobby programming (in terms of motivation)?

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 8:40pm PST

PluriSnake: A new kind of snake puzzle game. [TestFlight beta]

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 2:53pm PST

Ask HN: What do you think of PluriSnake, a new kind of snake puzzle game? [beta]

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Tues Jan 6, 2026 1:16am PST

Ask HN: Do people splurge when they are unhappy in a high paying job?

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Sat Jan 3, 2026 8:02pm PST

Why Canada's micro-condos are losing their appeal

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Fri Jan 2, 2026 1:58pm PST

Toronto poised to fund first city-sanctioned tiny home community

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 4:16pm PST

Breaking Rust – Walk My Walk [AI Generated Song] [video]

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Thurs Jan 1, 2026 11:01am PST

Can a Commodore 1541 disk drive be used as a general purpose computer? [video]

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Tues Dec 30, 2025 9:33pm PST

Review: Commodore 64 Ultimate

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Tues Dec 30, 2025 3:45pm PST

Groundbreaking study reveals the impact of genetics on IQ scores over time

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Tues Dec 30, 2025 2:26pm PST

Ask HN: Could identical twins better optimize career discovery?

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Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:01pm PST

Ask HN: What if an entire city banned home cooking?

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Mon Dec 29, 2025 9:40pm PST

Cold War bomb shelter in Nova Scotia being converted to high-end doomsday condos

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 10:23pm PST

Researchers discover molecular difference in autistic brains

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:45pm PST

AI's Models of the World, and Ours – Theoretically Speaking [Jon Kleinberg] [video]

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Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:37pm PST

Ask HN: Will AI-based 4K restoration of old content put Tubi TV out of business?

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Sat Dec 27, 2025 8:30pm PST

Cat Ownership Linked to Increased Risk of Schizophrenia, Research Suggests

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Sat Dec 27, 2025 8:28pm PST

'Off switch' discovery could help clear our brains of a common parasite

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Fri Dec 26, 2025 3:37pm PST

Archivara Math Research Agent became 1st AI to solve an Erdős problem on its own

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