Paul_S

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721.
by Paul_S 12y ago
What if the cost of investigating, prosecuting and sentencing is 100x more than what the bike is worth (very conservative guess)?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I've read your answer about your methodology of gauging "programming aptitude" and I'm worried it might be susceptible to your judges' biases - it being purely subjective. I'll put more faith in your point numb
723.
by Paul_S 12y ago
Does a "simple algebra test" correlate with IQ? Does "programming aptitude" (whatever the hell that is meant to be) correlate with IQ? The headline would then follow. I know this is a socially unacceptable opinion but I
724.
by Paul_S 12y ago
I assume I'm considered an enemy of the sate by not having a social media presence. Unless HN counts but if it does it probably doesn't help that rating.
725.
by Paul_S 12y ago
Poetic justice also works in positive ways. It's nice to read something uplifting once in a while, though finding a Russian oligarch in such a story feels strange.
726.
by Paul_S 12y ago
They are an amazing company and they still party like it's 1999. Obscene source code is the least of their transgressions against good taste and reason. Google youtube for stainless christmas parties... and current codebase is just as
727.
by Paul_S 12y ago
I'm sure there's a 24 bit 96Khz rip from a pristine vinyl disc on what.
728.
by Paul_S 12y ago
Yes I have. And Rawstudio. And Raw Therapee. And while darktable is the fastest evolving one it's still not close enough. But I'm keeping tabs on it. Lightroom is slowing down and to be honest it's way past the diminishing re
729.
by Paul_S 12y ago
I run windows in a VM to run lightroom. Similar situation except my experience about stability is the exact opposite. > Again I wonder how things could have been if everyone was pulling as a coherent team instead of in different directio
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I'm sure you realise that you can lie about your kids' age on the Internet. I could understand if what you're after is a way to block chat or something like that but ticking a box is not a barrier to entry.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Way too long for a video (2 hours!), this should be an article. Disappointing, not really a new language - more like syntax sugar for C. It looks to me like he's not solving a problem here but just having a lot of fun creating his own
732.
by Paul_S 12y ago
I think you should read my second sentence in the original post again. Working hard does not guarantee success - we both agree on that one. I hope we can also agree that unless you do work hard you are unlikely to achieve success.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
You lose weight by eating less in the same way that you achieve success by working hard. One doesn't necessarily follow the other but unless you do it you can't possibly expect anything but more of the same.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I don't think these errors are part of the game: Error executing macro stopsound: [Exception... "An attempt was made to use an object that is not, or is no longer, usable" code: "11" nsresult: "0x8053000b (Inva
735.
by Paul_S 12y ago
Maybe it's time to get married?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Games solve the problem of people having too much money and being bored. You could solve that without computers. Or money.
737.
by Paul_S 12y ago
I use woof: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Websites are coming closer and closer to the parodies from sci-fi movies. They're not the equivalent of a newspaper anymore, they're closer to a through the door leaflet. Some websites used to have a link to a printable version, c
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Haskell for bragging rights.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Or you could help out at a charity. On one hand you imply that playing games is a waste of time compared to learning Chinese on the other hand you say you prefer your games shallow. You can spend the same amount of time playing a good game
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by Paul_S 12y ago
It's a similar argument to: I have very little time so I can't afford to read a good book and can only afford the instant gratification of twitter (or insert your favourite poison here). Also, I'm a grumpy old software engine
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by Paul_S 12y ago
This is my attempt to try and find a common characteristic among fps games I enjoy and trying to make it testable. A good game rewards skill and has little randomness to it. A bad game lets you feel awesome regardless of your skill which me
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by Paul_S 12y ago
I violently agree with the author. I have something to add specific to competitive FPSs (or any other multiplayer game with a player results table) like Quake and UT. It's my personal measure of whether an online FPS is any good and th
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by Paul_S 12y ago
The gentleman doth project too much.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
You need to add more famous programmers to your list for variety's sake.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Can't help but think "jesus, not another protocol I have to support". People bitch and moan about SIP but the goddamn thing works and is already extensible if you need your own unique features. Can't you build on that? I
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Quake Live modernizes Quake(quakelive.com)
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by Paul_S 12y ago
When I read it yesterday I genuinely thought it was an April fools joke. You couldn't make it up to be any more ridiculous.
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Where do you get the recommendations from? Where is the about page?
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by Paul_S 12y ago
Health benefits/risks aside, not drinking is a social handicap. I wonder if there's a knock-on effect of that on your life expectancy.

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