hoprocker

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by hoprocker 16y ago
FTR, all of the demos work flawlessly for me in FF3.0, OS X 10.5. I can't wait to play around with this thing. Tap-and-fling everywhere.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
I believe that the problem alluded to in this essay is not so much with the relationship between IQ tests and the value of abstract thinking, but rather the hegemony of such thinking in the modern world. Technical thinking is lauded in a so
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Mashable.com uses your Facebook friends' pictures in their "Mashable on Facebook" advertisement (main page, right-hand side). It definitely draws my attention like a lightning bolt to see people I recognize out of the blue on random website
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by hoprocker 16y ago
A good point that I'd be interested in hearing some advice about. It goes without saying that the OS on a phone is tailored to be small and compatible with the hardware present, but what about the UI? Anybody have experience hacking their m
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Then there's an opening to follow Google's website-innovation model here: don't do it first, do it better.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
I heartily agree. A good education isn't about learning things per se, it's about learning how to learn.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Fascinating! 'Tis healthy to remember that technology can sometimes be used for intriguingly creative but basically useless purposes, and not just for one week a year in the Nevadan desert.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Conversation with friend from Seattle: Him: "It's funny that San Franciscans say they live in the Northwest." Me: "Really? What do people in Seattle call the area San Francisco is in?" Him: "The tropics."
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by hoprocker 16y ago
This is pretty amazing insight for a freshman in college. I would love to have had your breadth of perception when I was 18. It doesn't sound like you are going to have any trouble analyzing whether to stay in college or to drop out and pur
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Some of the best addicts I know are writing their doctoral theses or doing post-grad work.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
We love to root for the underdog. Many examples are given in the comments to this post about college grads who founded successful companies (Intel, Bose, etc). There are arguments both for the enlightening and factory-product aspects of col
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by hoprocker 16y ago
Fascinating. Strikes me as somewhat a parallel to the Hippocratic Oath. Being that engineering often deals with taming huge forces (somebody here referred to a collapsing bridge), and also with the welfare of the public, the argument for a
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by hoprocker 16y ago
> I think Flash will still be king until someone creates an authoring tool that can allow artists to easily animate something like this. This is at least the second time I've seen the suggestion for an HTML5 authoring tool come up, some
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by hoprocker 16y ago
A-men. Plus, OS X makes swapping caps<->ctrl super easy, so do that on a MS4000 and you're two large steps nearer to healthier longer-lasting wrists.
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by hoprocker 16y ago
I know you said it "could make sense to prefer straight couples", but beware of implicit associations when thinking that something like this makes sense. We're much more exposed to examples of heterosexual couples raising children than homo
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by hoprocker 17y ago
It looks like Dell is going to be releasing a hardware keyboard w/ the upcoming Dell Smoke: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/dell-smoke-slaps-android-...
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by hoprocker 17y ago
How much of the $200 was the treadmill?
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by hoprocker 17y ago
You get the added benefit of endorphin-fueled contemplation of the project you're working on.