ilitirit

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   by ilitirit 13y ago

   Classic Reddit "review" of the game's predecessor: Demon’s Souls is a game that will make you into a man. A scrawny fourteen-year-old, after two hours with this game, will be grooming his muttonchops and ready to ship off on
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   by ilitirit 13y ago

   Why would one choose this: var int_item = $(Int, 5); over this: int int_item = 5; What am I missing?
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   by ilitirit 13y ago

   RE: Linus There are/were other people in similar positions who did not act in that way to their peers. If people that thought that treating others with respect, or remaining emotionally neutral toward them was something worth mentioni
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   Ask HN: Is this a bad interview question for an intern?

   2 points by ilitirit 13y ago|4 comments
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   by ilitirit 13y ago

   In Windows, moving the mouse about can actually prevent certain processes from hanging. eg. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168702
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   by ilitirit 13y ago

   How could they not see that this was fake/manipulated?
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   by ilitirit 14y ago

   I had to work on implementing fairly well-known advertiser's banned-words list into our system recently. Their system is incredibly stupid. For example, they'll ban the word "Dimethltryptamine", but "Dimethyltryptamine" (the correct spell
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   by ilitirit 14y ago

   I think the easiest mathematical example would probably be something along the lines of: "I've managed to solve for X, Y and Z!" "So did I, but I don't believe you. Prove it to me." "The sum of all the digits in X, Y and Z is 143"
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   by ilitirit 14y ago

   I think the most environmentally friendly option is to just avoid buying a new car.
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    He might not actually be a time traveller. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    Except that you can't save your game... Still, it's a useful mod for people who have unstable connections. You can also mod the UI to link a rarely button used button to "Sync", so that you save at will.
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    Reminds me of when they first demoed CFC's on the program "Beyond 2000". Turns out that stuff ate the Ozone Layer. Makes you wonder about the unintended negative side-effects about new discoveries.
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    > a.c: A C reverse-engineered implementation of what used to be highly optimized x86 assembly. It works but is a monstruous pain in the ass to read :( Was this manually reverse-engineered or was a tool used?
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    This one made me giggle: > ctsecuritiesfraud@ic.fbi.gov - fraudadmin
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    I still use Winamp 2.97. Anything beyond that I wouldn't really classify as good software. I think Justin Frankel was learning C++ at the time and tried to bite off a bit more than he could chew. This was just what I read off their own
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    This happened to a lot of people when they started out using IRC. I remember chatting with someone using mIRC and the started opening and closing my CD-ROM. I got duped into running a Sub7 client script or something.
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    What are the drawbacks of forcing companies to reveal their password schemes?

    3 points by ilitirit 14y ago|0 comments
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    Semi-related note: On its own, the title is ambiguous. http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/deceptively.html I'm also not sure why "deceptively fast" is in quotes because it's not contained in the linked post.
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    by ilitirit 14y ago

    This quite an old article. > From the September 2009 issue; published online October 6, 2009
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    Reminds me of Kulula Airlines vs FIFA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTmlderyH0A
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    > The question now, though, is how memories are actually encoded — can we programmatically create new memories and thus learn entire subjects by inserting a laser into our brain? That's a pretty scary area of technology. I hope that as
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    I remember working on the application that was used for administering the SAT-3/WASC cable. At the time I was excited because I knew it meant South Africa would be getting faster internet pretty soon after that. 5 years later I was still
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    A lot of what is happening now in Africa is because of trade with China and Chinese immigrants (textile, construction, manufacturing... even farming). I'm not sure what the long term impact is going to be but I am cautiously optimistic for
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    I suppose it depends on your mother tongue. KoffieSkrip is nie eintlik 'n Afrikaanse Javaskrip nie. Afrikaans has a few quirks and oddities that would make it seem strange to English speakers. For example, the Afrikaans sentence above me
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    Pay off your debt.
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    1. Take 1 as a divisor 2. Choosing a suitable dividend 3. Calculate quotient 4. Instant interesting observation!
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    I've got several legitimate Windows licenses. I tried to install it on my dad's computer but I had to leave before the installation completed. I returned a few days later to activate it but somehow a virus managed to infect it. I removed
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    I think that people's tolerance for simple metaphors is related to their level of curiosity. I'm pretty sure that many people would be satisfied with a "rubber band" explanation even though it doesn't fit. The more curious person though w
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    My previous comment the last time this was posted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2725892 Anyone have any more info?
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    by ilitirit 15y ago

    I'm from Cape Town. Some parts of it might be like SF, but maybe not so much in the startup sense.