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by chrisBob 12y ago
I do a fair amount of programming, but I am a Mech Engineer not a CS guy, so the other day I had to admit that I didn't really know how a floating point numbers work. The wikipedia was too detailed and confusing, so I put together this
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Show HN: Float Explorer (iPad app to learn about floating point numbers)(itunes.apple.com)
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by chrisBob 12y ago
This especially worries me for a site where the contact page doesn't list any names or addresses. A site with no address that only wants BitCoin screams scam to me.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I recently went through something similar with a family member I didn't want to get into a business relationship with (half sister). In my case the requirements were much simpler, but also much more vague, and detailed questions were m
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by chrisBob 12y ago
>I have lived in China. > USA is very rich but also terribly poor. Living in the USA you see poorer people than anywhere else in a western society. And poverty is rising enormously. This is a very interesting perspective; did you ever
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Basically that one, but I feel like there was more of an intro to it. I will have to pay attention next time it comes on to be sure.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
And once you get started, the marginal cost is almost nothing but time if you can do the full thing. I am a hobby iOS developer, and it is the appearance that suffers the most on my low-end products. If you can do your own artwork then you
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by chrisBob 12y ago
With no advertising a decent game like Ocean Commotion is worth about $20/year, not counting the $99 developer fee. If you include the developer fee then it is worth about -$79. So far I am buying the wrong lottery tickets.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I started mostly with "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X". I wanted to learn objective-C, but I hadn't convinced myself that an iPad was worth the investment yet. From there I worked on my first iOS game with a combination of St
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by chrisBob 12y ago
My understanding is that ebola is not contagious until you show symptoms, but then it becomes very contagious. In this case bodily fluids even includes sweat which makes infection from casual contact much more likely than most other disease
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by chrisBob 12y ago
>We're approaching the "deadly valley" - automatic driving that's almost good enough that the driver can stop paying attention. Infiniti has a commercial out now that I see frequently while streaming TV that shows som
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Is there a good reason to use pastebin for these type of posts instead of just putting all of the info in the HN post? The only thing I can think of is that it avoids being grouped into the ask section which I think has some disadvantages
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Anyone who likes this notation should look into Labview. It is a visual language where you draw the network the data will follow, and is in use in a lot of university labs. There are even companies that sell equipment programmed this way. P
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Since we are nitpicking, I would say that water bottles are good for hiking camping and working outdoors, I would not recommend buying bottled water to carry on a walk.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
My oldest iOS device is an iPad2, and I upgraded everything but that. The 4th generation iPad was fine, but it sounds like I made a good call holding off on the iPad2.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I knew someone would mention that, and I almost put a note about it in my post. I think all that does is disconnect the data pins, so it wouldn't be too useful when you are attaching a flash drive to your computer.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Perhaps its time for me to create a KickStarter account.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I have been thinking about creating an active "USB Condom" for a while, and this might be the right time to work on it. It would be pretty straight forward to make a device that sits between a PC and a USB device and monitors the
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by chrisBob 12y ago
The only way I could see an hourly service working is at a coffee shop, library, or airport. Airport service would be almost perfect if I just wanted to pick one up for a 1-2 day trip.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I think this is a very interesting service because I usually buy laptops, but I only actually use it as a laptop 10 days a year while traveling. If the cost on the order of $10-20/day I would consider buying an iMac, and renting the la
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by chrisBob 12y ago
>So I started a side project. I got to work on it only after my school work was done and my job was done. Sometimes that meant staying up a few extra hours. Side projects are a great way to get yourself out of a rut, and give you somethi
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I don't know anything about the internal process, but I can't imaging that they have many people look at each app. Its actually impressive to me that they are paying an employee good money to test free apps. You probably won'
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Those were my first three guesses. Perhaps I should have just left it open ended.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Why "her"? Is this because you are sexist and trying to degrade Apple, because you consider Apple to be a god, or are you pushing for better women's rights by using feminine pronouns by default? I really am curious.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Does anyone know what happens to the money involved in an action like this? Does he keep the sales from before the app was pulled?
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Apple isn't a single infallible guy. I am sure that reviewer got reprimanded, and told to escalate anything that ground breaking in the future.
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I put together what I think is a decent game on the iPad a little while back[1]. In 2014 I think it made me about a buck[2]. Putting something up in the App Store can be a good source of passive income, but don't recommend it if you a
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I completely disagree. This is a case where the size plays a significant role in how it would be bent in real life. Strongest for its thickness isn't worth much. My cheek pressing in the center of a phone while I sit on a soft couch lo
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by chrisBob 12y ago
Sorry guys, You did the test backwards . Correct me if I am wrong, but I think most people place the phone with the screen in, so that it would bend toward the screen not away from it. The results could be significantly different in that d
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by chrisBob 12y ago
I am hopeful that this will lead to a decline in skinny jeans, and I will be back in style.

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