awongh

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by awongh 16y ago
You, and it seems most others here are suggesting that you learn C by doing some systems programming; I was thinking of dabbling in C, but maybe starting out by doing something with AVR/arduino or something like that.... Is the C your write
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by awongh 16y ago
since I had to look it up, maybe others don't know: K&R refers to: The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131103628/thedinosau...
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by awongh 16y ago
This article seems to be leading to the conclusion that basic healthcare helps eliminate the sort of diseases that contribute to a lower IQ population. These are probably people who lack very basic healthcare and sanitation... I think tha
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by awongh 16y ago
another reason to support universal health care: a smarter public
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by awongh 16y ago
am I the only one that hates this design?
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by awongh 16y ago
I wonder if this applies to people who have nervous energy and move around when at their desks... I've read about studies that correlate your amount of nervous energy (tapping your toes, etc.) to your likelyhood of being obese. Maybe they'r
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by awongh 16y ago
I think everyone knows that you don't sue random torrenters on the internet hoping to make a profit. This was really part of a huge marketing campaign, where your audience reads in all the big papers that some college student is being sued
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by awongh 16y ago
However, would you like to go to a university that is just a glorified forum that is taught by people that might no the subjects, but not necessarily a professor? Isn't that kinda how it is now? At least the part about your teachers being
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by awongh 16y ago
actually, AFAIK, all the studies I've seen about english say that when you read, what you're looking at is the shape and pattern of the word, not it's representation as a string of symbols pasted together. (this is why you can read things t
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by awongh 16y ago
I've started to have dreams about refactoring code... where to encapsulate imperative parts into functions, what functions to make into objects....
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by awongh 16y ago
alright, well, some people may find really annoying orange funny. In general though I see more of this type of irreverent content on youtube than anything else... -where the point of the thing is to make non-sensical jokes... I can throw in
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by awongh 16y ago
I don't think that model of viewing is that compelling- first of all because the channels are all kind of narrowly themed, second of all, it really is mostly junk... first page for most subscribed and most viewed channels? mostannoyingorang
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by awongh 16y ago
I feel like the the passive viewing experience is one area that's really been lacking for web video.... this is a pretty good start. If any youtube product guys are listening i'd like to see some 'curated' (sponsored?) channels.... that wou
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by awongh 16y ago
love this. what amazing images. he mentions that he had some problems originally with condensation on the lens, I wish he would say how he solved this and generally said more about the process....
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by awongh 16y ago
Yeah, some things I've read have linked psycopathy with an inablity to feel empathy, and what makes someone a killer is also having poor impulse control. I feel like to a certain extent that lack of empathy would help your career quite a bi
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by awongh 16y ago
what's unconscionability?
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by awongh 16y ago
I can't wait to see the live data feed that comes out of this.
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by awongh 16y ago
Looks pretty cool. The other thing you might think about is the fact that some people set up their (outside) bikes in a stationary trainer as a way to use them inside. This doesn't seem compatible with that sort of thing, but it seems like
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by awongh 16y ago
I didn't read the previous thread as against programming per se- he mentions working in a cafe, which is a pretty good example of a job that requires rote repetitive tasks and very little thinking... In my opinion the wonderful thing about
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by awongh 16y ago
Did you try editing your xorg.conf to turn the trackpad off? Or maybe you were talking about a gui solution. I'm about to install 10.04 on my new thinkpad t500. Can't wait!
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by awongh 17y ago
of course you need to keep this file in a secure place as well, because if you don't need keys, then anyone in possession of the file can brute force the password, right? (this assumes that the password you've chosen isn't random w/ non-alp
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by awongh 17y ago
this looks like it has some really nice organizing features, but it looks very proprietary... and it doesn't seem like there's any data portability, which I would think might be important for data like this....
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by awongh 17y ago
sounds ok, does the -c mean that I don't need to make any keys, like if I look at the file on another computer?
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Ask HN: where to keep passwords
2 points by awongh 17y ago|11 comments
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by awongh 17y ago
yes, Pynchon is a true paraniod genius. a nice look at the singularity from a literary-historical context....
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by awongh 17y ago
This is a bit of a tangent to your question, but I've been thinking about this a bit too. I've been depressed lately as well, and this ted talk [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRlrBl-7Yg ] was really interesting. It has nothing to do wi
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by awongh 17y ago
I think the ultimate time saver for cooking good tasting food with little effort is a crock pot. Anything that cooks food over low heat over a long period of time. This method always seems to produce food that has that special "something" w
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by awongh 17y ago
also, unlike nyc, it's rare to find those people in sf who will move your car across the street for 10 minutes once a week while the street-sweepers come. that's how I get all my parking tickets. average of at least 1 per month......