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by horsehead 14y ago
A Max Payne parallel universe!! I would make myself into a zombie character. With super fast running and the ability to bite people. in any case, it sounds like this could actually be a little more fun. I give it a 50/50 chance of working
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by horsehead 14y ago
Thanks. (to all the commenters under this thread). I was thinking about vim just a bit ago (I hear emacs pinky is a real bitch). Maybe I'll put eclipse on my ubuntu too and check it out (dunno if it has support for python or not. I tried ID
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by horsehead 14y ago
I take it from reading this and other posts that cutting my programming teeth by learning to code in gedit and the command line, sans dev tools, is a good approach then?
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by horsehead 14y ago
Yeah, I think it's a variation of the Chekov quote (I pulled it from the chekov's gun's wiki. That was the quote that stuck out to me the most from my classes in Uni).
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by horsehead 14y ago
When writing for publication, I enjoy pondering this quote: "If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be
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by horsehead 14y ago
It seems the community was largely expressing agreement with the poster, though. From past experiences with online communities, if you want to keep the community around [let alone high-quality], you listen to feedback from its members.
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by horsehead 14y ago
Or at least an explanation of what was changed and why. it would give a little more transparency to the site. And the same goes for link deletion, etc. It would be nice to know why such and such comment or submission was shelved (though som
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by horsehead 14y ago
What he's really talking about is chord progression (while he doesn't really say that, it's essentially the description of his first few paragraphs). Most university-level music classes discuss common chord progressions. As he notes, the I,
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by horsehead 14y ago
I would disagree, and say that proficiency in any given career is necessary, rather than just "being smart and sociable." And a valuable employee is a valuable employee. If they have ability, whether latent or developed, they have ability.
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by horsehead 14y ago
Agreed. I think this incident has been blown way out of proportion. I am disappointed it has received so much attention ... the news article doesn't even give voice or opportunity to comment to anyone other than the complainer in the story.
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1 in 3 Facebook users spending less time on the site(asia.cnet.com)
2 points by horsehead 14y ago|1 comments
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by horsehead 14y ago
Where in the hell in that article is there any attempt to get the border agents' side of the story? For all we know, this is entirely fabricated. While it very well may be true, this is shoddy journalism at its finest. Take this sentence,
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by horsehead 14y ago
Ah that is very sad. I read Fahrenheit 451 in high school and absolutely loved it. One of my very favorite books. He will be missed. I suppose now would be a good time to expand my single-item Ray Bradbury collection.
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by horsehead 14y ago
Cool. Thanks!! I'm a little nervous about using a whiteboard to code on =\ never really done it before. i just start hammering stuff out in gedit lol. Thanks everyone for all the wonderful tips!
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by horsehead 14y ago
Thanks! Maybe bring my laptop in case I need to do coding or something?
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Ask HN: Any tips for a dude going on a first-ever programming interview?
13 points by horsehead 14y ago|20 comments
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by horsehead 14y ago
I know i'm not really adding anything to this discussion by posting this, but I just want to say this thread here is an excellent analysis. If I could sum up the plight of newspapers in a few paragraphs, i would pick this and its few parent
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by horsehead 14y ago
As a reporter! These are all VERY real considerations, and very very VERY common. i wrote stories that contributed to a few local elected officials getting the boot. I've had people threaten legal action on my stories too. There are lots of
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by horsehead 14y ago
So I live in western Virginia .... I'm thinking this occasion merits a viewing of Apollo 13 and a trip to the national space museum. I sincerely hope we can expand our reach into space soon. And hopefully the commercial space industry will
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by horsehead 14y ago
Just to be clear, I don't think they're going to go under as a company (edit: financially). By "collapse," I mean they're going to lose their relevance. The overvaluing of their IPO (and I feel their stock is still overvalued) is just one s
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by horsehead 14y ago
I seriously think Facebook is going to collapse soon. It's so overhyped it's not even funny -- just look to their stocks to see a prime example. So many people are just itching to get away from it now that it can't last long. We'll see, of
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by horsehead 14y ago
will it have beaming capabilities? That's all i care for.
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by horsehead 14y ago
I can't help but feel Facebook is on the way out. Probably not any time soon. But there is just a huge movement of people waiting for a good reason to leave. Perhaps the debacle that was the company's IPO will start the chain reaction that
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by horsehead 14y ago
This is so exciting! I hope it succeeds. How cool would it be to put a man on mars in a few decades? Captain's log, star date 1312.4
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by horsehead 14y ago
It sounds like a case of activist journalism, or a reporter got duped into thinking some injustice was carried out by TED. The power of media at play, folks. Maybe i'll have to go back and actually watch the speech now. Funny, though, how t
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by horsehead 14y ago
Plus their mobile platform straight up sucks. It takes ages for mine to load (on iphone 3gs) on wifi or 3g. Even then, some of its capabilities are hobbled. I was trying to do something the other day (i dont remember what), but was very fru
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by horsehead 14y ago
I'm not sure if i'm social networked out or not. I'm desperately ready to leave facebook because of the privacy dangers it poses (I got burned by that once pretty bad). I also thought G+ would be a good alternative. I might try something li
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by horsehead 14y ago
When the government taxes the rich to spread it to the poor, it is taking.
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by horsehead 14y ago
So is the fact that you have a home as a child. I don't see that your argument holds water. The fact that you live where you live is pure genetics as well. Why don't you ship your money to starving ethiopians? If you're going to argue that,
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by horsehead 14y ago
I hate the term "the 1%" it's just a bunch of malarkey. Whether you got your money through savvy investing or hard work, it doesn't matter. What you earn, you should KEEP. I detest handouts, especially when someone tries to give them to me.

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