hy3lxs

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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Agreed, I thought it would be interesting to mention the tipping strategy that the for-profit entity Causes uses at the same time they are helping out nonprofits.
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
You have to plan from the beginning to abstract away the system-specific stuff. Java: I only wrap what I need with JNI and use C for the rest. Anybody would get burned out trying to cut-paste a huge Objective C program into Java. Debugging:
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
A counterexample is Causes on Facebook, a for-profit entity which utilizes social pressure to drive donations to nonprofits and has its own successful "tip" system. http://www.facebook.com/causes
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
This just underscores the importance of social networking within gaming, especially for the older demographic. You want to play with your friends that are online at the time, not with a bunch of strangers (who are younger, better, and more
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Go to any Wells Fargo branch. Ask a banker to pull up your account. Notice the little blue 'e' in the upper-right corner. That's over 6000 retail locations using ie6. To handle your money.
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Yes. http://praetorianprefect.com/archives/2009/11/youve-been-sho... "SHODAN (Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network) was the fictional artificial intelligence bad girl of the computer game System Shock who, once she was hacked and
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
I'm gripped with the sudden urge to replace all my fonts and icons with pixellated "led marquee" versions.
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Agreed; if you're truly horrible at typing, then you're probably not a good programmer. I did some pair programming with several of my interview candidates and here's what I saw. (1) There's something important you can tell about a person's
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
For pointers I think it's much more readable to use boolean NOT. if (ptr) { ptr->foo(); } else { die(); } or if (!ptr) { OhNoes(); } Also, you can extend the whole lhs-rvalue thing to for loops. Makes the
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
I'd have to say the absurdity of the whole thing is that calculators are allowed on math tests at all, thus fueling an entire market of crippleware calculators. (1) If you're trying to teach mathematical _concepts_ then make your problems c
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Another "leave it to the experts to handle the encryption details" effort is Google Keyczar: http://www.keyczar.org/ Here's some sample code in python: http://code.google.com/p/keyczar/wiki/SamplePythonUsage
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
How I solved my own carpal tunnel after too much quake^H^H^H^H^Hcoding. (1) Take some time off. If you can't do that, for your own sake take a break at least once an hour where you yawn/stretch and drink lots of water. This will help your b
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Summary: 1) iphone and john deere ads show you actual demonstrations of the product in everyday use cases 2) the palm pre ad "flow" shows you nothing useful about the phone but does show a huge mass of clearly asian humanoids in faux-shaoli
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Great read. My two favorite quotes: The Prisoner’s Dilemma is the obverse of Adam Smith’s theory of the invisible hand, in which the free market coördinates the behavior of self-seeking individuals to the benefit of all. Each businessman “i
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Youtube: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Insurance Institute For Highway Safety." :(
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
I would strongly disagree that 3D in UP can be dismissed as merely a "post-process like VHS." All future Pixar films are going to be in 3D, and Pixar does not make story / layout choices on a whim. Just because the movie is enjoyable in 2D
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
"With great power comes great responsibility." Without a good set of C++ best practices, the average C++ programmer probably writes crappier code, than, say, the median Python programmer. So it's not a stretch to wonder if the majority of t
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
This is like the DIV vs TABLES argument. It really doesn't matter. Use what's best for your target audience and application. If you're writing a game, use flash. If you're making a traditional website, use html+javascript. For everything el
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
I've worked with Corrinne in the past, and I for one do actually think she is awesome. She's one of those engineers that lives and breathes her work. We'd be eating lunch and then out of nowhere she'd exclaim things like, "HEY GUYS check ou
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Voxli uses gvim on Windows and Mac, without Cygwin. I switch to Visual Studio or Xcode for debugging and compiling, and it's never been a problem. There are also some clever plugins to open a pipe to Visual Studio so you can kick off a comp
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Some links closer to the point of origin: Pentacene on flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zurich/3839799374/ IBM Research Zurich (pix of lab) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_research_zurich/ Article in MIT Tech Review
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Eve is generally too hardcore to really grow beyond their niche market. You can experience 90% of WoW soloing or operating in small groups and it's impossible to commit a mistake that sets you back more than a few minutes. In Eve, it's poss
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
Jeremy, fyi the player you're using: http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf contains a flash stack overflow error in some effect event handling code that makes the page unviewable with the debug flash player installed.
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by hy3lxs 17y ago
In what way is Python torpedoed or permafrosted?