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by JDGM 13y ago
All in one video here: http://youtu.be/7Wg7twPVuPg . Add your own Eno.
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185km by 9000km strip of the Earth's surface(earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
2 points by JDGM 13y ago|1 comments
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by JDGM 13y ago
"Simply put, this is wrong. There are not three kinds of laziness." This, especially, summarises my feelings about a vast number of HN submissions and articles on the internet in general of the form "The X kinds of Y" or "The 10 reasons Z"
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by JDGM 13y ago
Hysterical. I especially liked the way one or more of the VCs said "uh-huh", "right", or "yeah" every two seconds when Tesla was talking. Reminded me of Harry Shearer in Wayne's World 2. I didn't quite understand the ending though. "You hav
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by JDGM 13y ago
By "opposite"[1] I mean the muscle-relaxed version. How does such a thing even work as a hand "shake"? Btw I loved your original comment in both style and content, hence my riffing. One of those if-I-could-upvote-twice circumstances. [1]
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by JDGM 13y ago
That's good stuff, thanks. One thing I would say is that I've heard that no matter where one lives in London, the black snot goes away pretty quickly after moving there. I find that hard to believe (because: "why?") but so many people have
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by JDGM 13y ago
I like to use spacing here. There's a sweet spot between hug distance and handshake distance where you can often read which the other person wants to go for and likewise telegraph to them which one you have in mind. A barely perceptible mov
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by JDGM 13y ago
I think I'm basically with you on this, though when I receive a particularly brutal handshake a certain scene from Hot Shots[1] involuntarily leaps to mind and I tend to chuckle rather than read too much into the psyche of the shaker. What
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by JDGM 13y ago
Thanks so much for posting this. I was wondering why since the redesign my movement at Kings Cross was taking so much longer than the route my parents would take with me as a kid going to London for day trips to the Science Museum or zoo. I
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by JDGM 13y ago
Spot on. Absolutely spot on. I've been away from the UK for a while now, returned for 7 days about a year ago and on the way back to the airport on the underground at the end of an awesome week got a text from a friend telling me I look lik
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by JDGM 13y ago
My most effective strategy so far is patiently bouncing the stick higher and higher early on by landing it almost perfectly vertically with a force into the ground just before it hits, then using that big air on the rest of the course to sl
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Rebound - simple, addictive "stick" game(ludumdare.com)
1 points by JDGM 13y ago|1 comments
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by JDGM 13y ago
Sure! Actually the line on the ball had nothing to do with the Ikaruga element, it was purely to observe spin. I think we probably originally put it in so that when playtesting we could tell if spin was working properly but it stayed in bec
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by JDGM 13y ago
Am I right in thinking this version allows spin to be put on the ball by hitting it while the paddle is moving? It seems so, but it could just be my imagination. I love that, and always wince when trying for a particularly forceful amount o
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by JDGM 13y ago
Absolutely superb. And I'm doing an optical illusions special with my students this week too so this goldmine is perfectly timed. Thanks! My favourite are the colour ones. I stare and stare at them trying to isolate the bit that - for examp
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by JDGM 13y ago
Cheers!
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Ask HN: a question about seasonal topbar colors
2 points by JDGM 13y ago|2 comments
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by JDGM 13y ago
Ha, addictive! I wonder if it has a bias towards the IP of the player? I kept getting locations in my country, much more than it felt like I should be if it were totally random.
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by JDGM 13y ago
I'm certain that apples do not fall into the negative calorie category of celery, cress, etc. but it's still a possible answer to the "what model" question, so thanks. I guess that's what "Filligree" was going for...
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by JDGM 13y ago
Hahaha, "for p calories [in the food] and q dollars [cost of the food]" is supposed to be implied but I like your quip!
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by JDGM 13y ago
Erm...what? I don't understand. Calorie-per-dollar ratio = p/q for p calories and q dollars. What model are you using where p or q but not both is negative for the apples example but not the BigMac one?
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by JDGM 13y ago
Such personal questions about people whose work I respect come from a feeling that I might like to do similar, and an insight into their lifestyle and personality may enable that, or else persuade me that the sacrifices are too high for my
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by JDGM 13y ago
"a woolly Gladwell-style "thought piece" based on some flimsy anecdotal "data" and puffed through a lens of pure ego." I love this description. You've put into words something I've long felt about a particular, and pretty large, set of HN s
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NYC now recycles all rigid plastics(mikebloomberg.com)
2 points by JDGM 13y ago|0 comments
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by JDGM 13y ago
I may not agree with it totally, but I think it's good that someone said it!
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by JDGM 13y ago
Got it! Thanks.
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by JDGM 13y ago
"Between the "average karma" statistic (I used to care about that and avoid posting non-primaries; now I don't care) and reply-delays, HN penalizes nested discussions, and that's probably a good thing for most discussions but it does have d
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by JDGM 13y ago
I just set mine to 212121 and, rather topically, now I can't make out from the top right corner how much karma I have. I suppose that could be used to remind a person that they've got work to do instead of checking if anyone has upvoted the
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by JDGM 13y ago
Completely agreed. Tenuously on topic, if Hacker News had - shudder - badges, then today I would have earned something like "Lightweight: posted something of sufficient triviality to attract a joker".
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by JDGM 13y ago
I thought that sounded reasonable until I considered "You shouldn't be worrying about X or why Y. Just contribute Z and things will take care of themselves naturally". I agree with the X and Z parts for some values, but think I disagree wit

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