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by Kuiper 10y ago
"Write about Dragons" is a video recording of one of the writing classes titled "Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy" that Brandon Sanderson teaches at BYU. He teaches the class every year, and frequently updates it wit
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by Kuiper 10y ago
> The downside is for most of school they're bored out of their mind, and this can develop bad habits for when school eventually catches up to their abilities. This is something that I noticed as a significant problem when living i
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by Kuiper 10y ago
Gabe Newell's phrasing makes it sound like Valve is basically offering a cash advance to some developers (similar to trade publishing, where authors get an advance check which they must then "earn out" before they can receive
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by Kuiper 10y ago
It seems worth mentioning that for all of the advances we have made in medical science, and all of the reduction we have seen in violent crime, for perhaps the first time in history we are actually seeing lifespans in the United States actu
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Why Does the FBI Keep Arresting Asian-American Scientists?(news.vice.com)
11 points by Kuiper 11y ago|3 comments
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I've found Colemak to be a nice alternative that avoids may of the Dvorak pitfalls you mentioned. The z, x, c, v, and w keys are in the same position they are in QWERTY layout, meaning that the common shortcuts for functions like cut,
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I feel like the author defeats his own central thesis in his conclusion: It didn’t used to be like this. Using an OS used to be hard work. When things went wrong you had to dive in and get dirty to fix things. You learned about file system
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by Kuiper 13y ago
maybe it shouldn't have been "techno dad to the rescue", but rather "dad spending a moment with his kids showing them how to setup a raspberry pi/their xbox/etc.". More than this, I think that in part it
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I attended a California high school in the 00's and most of the courses I took were prescribed; each year we got to take one "elective" course. Some students use these elective courses to take additional levels of courses th
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by Kuiper 13y ago
The biggest problem with buying 4chan traffic is that it's not easily targeted towards any specific type of person. I see plenty of opportunities for targeted advertising on 4chan. Obviously, it's hard to have targeted advertis
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I think that #220 is currently the only story in the database tagged as "fantasy". Some of the genres (such as 'alt history' and 'western') have no tagged stories. I presume that this is due to the service
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by Kuiper 13y ago
Lending games to friends seems to be a feature that Steam is at least experimenting with, based on the latest Steam beta update: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=595606 Could be related to a ruling by the E
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I think that improved design has made it possible for many modern games to ramp up difficulty. One of the reasons that Super Meat Boy gets away with its fiendish difficulty is the incredible fidelity of control that the game offers. When
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by Kuiper 13y ago
>people might think they can eat Soylent and nothing else. Isn't that the intent? Rob Rhinehart (creator) lived for a period of one month eating Soylent and nothing else. My understanding is that Soylent is intended to be a meal re
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by Kuiper 13y ago
Do normal glasses have a camera attached? If you're talking about prescription lenses, the answer to your question is yes. Glass is designed to be modular, and Glass is intended to accommodate those who wear conventional glasses for visi
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by Kuiper 13y ago
I've heard stories of some American professional environments borrowing Japanese-style bowing during the 1980's, when Japanese business was revered by some in corporate America. Then the 1990's happened, and now it doesn't seem like there's
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by Kuiper 13y ago
>while singing along at concerts certainly has its time and place, actually listening to the artist singing is better. Depends on the venue and the artist. There are some artists that I like to see live because they're good at creati
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Sivers offers something of a response in the article: >The guy that stole $9000 from me? My fault. I should have verified his claims. which could also take the form of: >My domestic partner abuses me physically? My fault. I
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Looking at some of the reviews, it sounds like this hardware has its limitations, namely that it does a poor job of blocking out sounds in the frequency of human voices, which is the main thing that jhandl seems to be looking for.
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by Kuiper 14y ago
But ebooks don't represent a minority of book sales. On the contrary, Amazon sells more ebooks than print books (both hardbacks and paperbacks combined). http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19148146
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by Kuiper 14y ago
One phenomena I've observed in some modern video arcades is the advent of homebrew or "faux" cabinets. An official Street Fighter 4 cabinet costs around $10,000. However, because the most recent home console version of SF4 is identical to
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by Kuiper 14y ago
The Final Fantasy III remake for DS felt lazy and suffered from lots of poor design choices. As an example, the remake changed the availability of certain classes, but did not change vendors' inventory, so you would run into situations whe
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Amazon Affiliate links are like pitching Amway when you have friends over for dinner Actually, seems more like pitching my favorite book or movie to friends when they're over for dinner--which I do already. If I have a blog where I discu
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How do you make a person like you? Make them do favors for you.(youarenotsosmart.com)
2 points by Kuiper 14y ago|0 comments
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How Imitation Spurs Innovation(marginalrevolution.com)
16 points by Kuiper 14y ago|1 comments
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by Kuiper 14y ago
The Art of War is a work that I often hear recommended, but I seldom see endorsements for specific translations. Can anyone who is familiar with the work remark on which translations are considered best? Bonus points for versions availabl
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Competition in a space is often a sign that there's something valuable there. The company that this really brings to mind is DuckDuckGo. They're competing for the search market with Google and Microsoft--two of the biggest competitors yo
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Bitcoin properties are almost the same as precious metals, making it much more money-like than a fiat currency. Actually, Bitcoin lacks one of the most key attributes of precious metals: precious metals have inherent value. Even if gold
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by Kuiper 14y ago
During my lunch break, I write an email to a friend with an interest in whatever project I am working on. This email briefly conveys what I am going to work on that evening, along with a promise to show them what I’ve completed the followi
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by Kuiper 14y ago
When you browse all Kickstarter projects rather than simply checking the most popular presentations from each category, it quickly becomes apparent that a lot of the projects have very little effort invested in them and lack the backing of

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