Top all-time · #15246
Ben Farrell
Personal blog · benfarrell.comprogrammingweb
Ben Farrell's personal blog at benfarrell.com covers programming and web. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post, which predicted Apple's 2013 purchase of PrimeSense and its effect on 3D sensor development. One commenter cites it as an earlier prediction that came true when Apple shut down OpenNI.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Creating digital hugs since the 20th century.
What Hacker News says?
It's just what Ben Farrell predicted: http://www.benfarrell.com/2013/11/28/primesense-purchased-by... . Apparently I have to buy something with a fruit symbol on it, to be able to develop for 3D sensors in the future...
Comment linking /2013/11/28/primesense-purchased-by-apple/
on “Apple is shutting down OpenNI”Submitted Motion Control Fun with Kinesis.io and Javascript as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted C++ and Node.js: An unholy combination as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is a “Front-End Developer”? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creative Node.js : The Presentation as a story · 1 points
HN discussion