32bitkid

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by 32bitkid 10y ago
I've used Calca[0] for a while now; and it computes pretty much anything I throw at it. And while its paradigm is nice for a lot of things (a markdown editor that can also do math), I would love a REPL-style interface to it, for quick
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
`git blame` and `git biscet`
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Drum Master (2012)(drummaster.digitalcave.ca)
1 points by 32bitkid 10y ago|0 comments
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
For those interested in the series, and classic sierra adventure games in general, be sure to check out AGDI's remake of qfg2 http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/qfg2/ They are a super talented bunch and its
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
The quest for glory I VGA remake was the first game I ever purchased with my own money as a teen; and it made a huge impact on me. (although I honestly think that qfg2 was the best game in the series). Though the mechanics have been explore
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
Amusing, albeit predictable, that a article about another species sharing the construct of empathy would elicit such a veceral demonstration of its absence. I wonder if we'll ever observe another species that enjoys sarcasm and irony a
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
i _really_ wish that "No Vote" was a valid/acceptable option, and there were ramifications if "No Vote" got the majority support. I just don't buy into the "you are obligated to vote" choir, or see an
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
I feel a similar conflict between nostalgia and pragmatism when I think about my experience with computer games. The constrast between the 1980s and the 2010s is pretty stark. I remember lusting over old infocom game "feelies", li
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
My father bought the first family computer, an IBM PCjr, when I was 4 or 5. Donkey.BAS made a huge impact on me, although its easy to overlook as a crap game these days. Sure, there were "better" games that I played on that system
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by 32bitkid 10y ago
The "squash and merge" trend with git bothers me, and perhaps I'm "doing it wrong" but it just doesn't capture what I need a commit history/git-blame for. Usually, I don't care what feature a line c
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
After years of teaching and mentoring, I love helping those "asking for help". See my stackoverflow profile if you want. However, also after years of teaching, I am very abrasive to those "demanding assistance". I find t
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
There are only three reasons why people answer questions on stackoverflow: 1. fake internet points 2. a genuine interest in the question/problem 3. get paid to do it I don't know anyone who sticks with stackoverflow very long if
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
> Ever go to a gym and ask someone how to do a basic lift only to be scoffed at? Ever been to a foreign country and have someone berate you for not understanding how to navigate through some strange process or not knowing how to speak th
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
I know it's fashionable to have a defeatist view of current american politics, but I honestly don't see how the current political climate in the United States is any more dysfunctional than the American political machinations of t
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
And I agree with most what you are saying; I think the worst teachers are, at best, not passionate about what they are teaching all the way to, at worst, have no understanding of what they are teaching and are just "teaching" from
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
No, I get it, but even in this thread there is a higher-than-expected amount of hand-wringing.
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
Hell, I can do _all_ my work as somebody else with "git config user.name" and "git config user.email". If that's really a genuine concern, then a) you are working with a big bag of dicks and b) there are _way_ worse
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
I used to be more involved in the educational space–I used to teach college-level classes and also participate/organize/mentor coding spaces for young adults–and I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with the way t
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Show HN: An experimental golang MPEG-2 decoder(github.com)
2 points by 32bitkid 11y ago|0 comments
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
because 1m = [28d,29d,30d,31d] depending on which month you are in. By adding 1d, pre or post, it can alter the definition of 1m.
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
Personally, I think there is a more subtle conceptual idea that it glosses over that makes the more explicit Java version more "clean". > D + 1m1d != D + 1d1m Mixing time units like days, months, years (where units are intransi
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
Give Farbfeld 30 years to evolve in the wild and it'll probably look pretty similar.
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
This reminds me tangentially of the Prince of Persia bootloader/disk format[0] used for the original Apple II release. Whenever I start to think I am clever or am feeling frustrated, I have a list of articles/code to read through
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Sound Blaster Series Hardware Programming Guide [pdf](pdos.csail.mit.edu)
28 points by 32bitkid 11y ago|4 comments
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
My first exposure to the Beale Ciphers was thanks to this animation short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMxtfMSPTM An aside about the short: > The film contains 16 hidden messages that hold clues to the characters&#x
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How to destroy an American family(specialreports.dailydot.com)
8 points by 32bitkid 11y ago|2 comments
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
Of course, the analogy falls down–like all analogies–at some point. However, there is a whole realm of industrial fabrication beyond what is available at a simple/hobby shop. To put it a different way: there are tools that I want to us
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
While I completely agree with the gist and point of the the article, the word "bullshittery" is a bit over-the-top. I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and in middle school and high school there was an abudance of shop classes; wo
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
Until I can have a conversation with a machine–like I would a person–then I feel like voice interfaces will languish in the uncanny valley of HCI. I notice the problem the most when listening to voice commands from a GPS; there are times wh
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by 32bitkid 11y ago
> Given the practice of ancient scribes to re-use parchment repeatedly, a rather unfortunate practice that has resulted in the loss of uncountable ancient texts... I wonder if future historians will look back on modern mutable storage de

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