BrandonM

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by BrandonM 15y ago
I've added it to my calendar. I'll ping you at the end of July if there's nothing there at that point :).
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Please do. Bonus points if you include something about Vimpulse ( http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/vimpulse.el ) to entice vim users to give it a try.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
> Anything you can do on a netbook can be done faster and more accurately on a supercomputer. What about: - developing software while on a flight? - recording field data for an experiment? - using hibernate or sleep to save po
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by BrandonM 15y ago
All I have to say for the title is that I did my best to not make it linkbait-y.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
> ...sticky ringtone-festivals across town at $7 a pop. I only wish movies were $7. The local AMC is currently $8.50 ($11.50 for 3D), and that's in Columbus which is generally cheaper than most big cities.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
You're welcome. The thanks should go to haberman, though, who not only linked to the email but apparently also asked the questions that led to such a great explanation. Reading it really made me want to do some assembly programming.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
In the "BareMetal is a 64-bit OS for x86-64 based computers" comment thread ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2587640 ) haberman linked to this email ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2588170 ), and I thought it was interesting enou
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Thanks for the link. That email was informative enough that I thought it deserved its own submission: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2588696
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Author of LuaJIT explains why compilers can't beat hand-coded assembly(article.gmane.org)
323 points by BrandonM 15y ago|55 comments
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by BrandonM 15y ago
This is correct. One loophole is to have the displayed price be the +5% one, and then give a (possibly advertised) cash discount.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Your comment criticized mtogo for criticizing someone's comment. That is irony. Presumably, mtogo voted JeremyS down because his comment lacked substance. Because JeremyS is a new member, he then informed him of why he voted him down and wh
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I think you're mostly being downvoted for your second sentence: - It's ironically hypocritical in that you're implying mtogo shouldn't tell someone how to comment while simultaneously doing it yourself. - It's misplaced because mtogo's comm
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by BrandonM 15y ago
A lot of people can't resist the temptation to live at higher-and-higher means, so the quest for a "solid financial base" converges to the standard rat race. It's hard to realize that happiness is everywhere, even in abject poverty, when yo
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by BrandonM 15y ago
This is my favorite from the list of things that happened since DNF was announced: The two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, announced, designed, launched and successfully landed upon Mars where they have been
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by BrandonM 15y ago
> I can totally relate to how getting sales notifications in my inbox can make or break the day's mood. And from the article: > For me, most of the time it stems from seeing our daily sales numbers. Both of you seem to miss the
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by BrandonM 15y ago
What the author doesn't realize is that he, too, is being an asshole simply by dismissing all these people who have different opinions or a different moral compass from him. Calling someone a "gun nut" and trivializing the change from GPLv2
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I really like this idea. Now we need to find a well-known consumer advocacy group that can publicize such a standard and start getting some adoption. It would be really great to have various standards like this for companies to opt into.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
"This article is cheap shoes." I love this metaphor. Your comment perfectly summarized my feelings about the submission.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I'm renting a Ford Edge right now. After a few minutes, the radio will mute itself until you buckle your seatbelt. The car is configured to limit your speed to 80 MPH or under. Even though I drive with my seatbelt on under 80 MPH anyways, i
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Ohio Stadium[1] comfortably holds over 100,000 people in the bleachers alone. In 2003 nearby Lane Ave, two blocks north of the stadium, was closed to traffic on game days due to construction on a new bridge. That street easily held a half m
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I don't understand the motivation for this at all. Please explain.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Not just racial discrimination, but also discrimination based on one's manner of speaking, confidence, or charisma. Some people don't have English as a first language, undersell their abilities, or aren't comfortable on camera; does that me
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I hate the movement toward video vetting processes. It invites discrimination into an area where it otherwise wouldn't exist. Communication skills are important, but for freelance work most communication will be via email, with occasional p
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Thanks for that link... the context and information there is very good. As an aside: Holy crap! Reading that thread reminded me how high signal/noise used to be on HN. Quite sad.
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by BrandonM 15y ago
> A large part of its quality came from its obscurity. > It's becoming famous and its time to make a new one. You joined less than a month ago, and you have a karma average of 1.59. You do realize that you are part of the influx
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by BrandonM 15y ago
I'm not talking about "my idea" (I didn't even apply) or the value of ideas in general. I merely dispute the notion that a YC partner would hear an idea, forget it, and never make use of it again. I've seen it said several times over the la
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by BrandonM 15y ago
The problem arises when you put these two statements together. Sometimes we hear a key insight or have an interesting thought and seem to forget it instantly. In reality, it's often filed away somewhere in our heads, only to be refreshed la
568.
by BrandonM 15y ago
That's so much more verbose than using tables. What do you gain?
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by BrandonM 15y ago
Ahh... thanks for the clarification
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by BrandonM 15y ago
The author says on page 2 that TechCrunch randomly breaks embargoes with impunity. He blames this on the "newsmakers" for not carrying through with punishment.

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