jamesbritt

13 ms·

91.
Ask HN: What changed with HN that it now uses page numbers?
2 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|4 comments
92.
The Onshoring Myth(project-syndicate.org)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
93.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
[1] Another example is the special breed of driver who stops the traffic flow on a major road (which has the right of way) to let someone on a minor cross road or parking lot exit onto the major road, thus inconveniencing everyone behind t
94.
Pixel pusher(pixlpa.com)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
95.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
Ah, OK. Fair point.
96.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
In the US there is common-law trademark protection http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/common.html It is not as strong as have a federally-registered trademark. But, as others have pointed out, the problem is in showing th
97.
That Awesome Time I Was Sued for Two Billion Dollars(vimeo.com)
5 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
98.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
I think that was posted to HN earlier and it seemed a bit underwhelming. If server-sharing is not of value to someone, what else is in this release? That page doesn't say very much. This seems to have more: https://owncloud
99.
Stop Erasing Women From Tech History(medium.com)
10 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|1 comments
100.
Man Kicked Off Flight After Tweeting About 'Rude' Gate Agent(mashable.com)
4 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|1 comments
101.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
Thank you, I will check out RFduino.
102.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
I'm a big fan of Teensy boards. They're like arduino, but smarter about things. The default libraries include assorted niceties (lie handling capsense) and the hardware, while arduino-compatible, has a few extras (like proper US
103.
World Processor(thebaffler.com)
2 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
104.
An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments(bookofbadarguments.com)
238 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|75 comments
105.
Why the Internet of Things Narrative Has to Change(thenextweb.com)
3 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
106.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4709551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5153895
107.
Survival and defeat in Silicon Valley slum(bostonglobe.com)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
108.
Content and Its Discontents(nytimes.com)
2 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
109.
What Does 'Poetic Computation' Look Like?(yahoo.com)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
110.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
Having my book available on Amazon didn't require me to change or avoid doing anything on an other outlet. As far as I can tell you can publish a Kindle version of a book on Amazon at whatever rice you like, and sell it elsewhere at an
111.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
they're tied to a specific DRM scheme; I have an ebook available through Amazon and opted to have no DRM. I'm pretty sure this is still up to the author/publisher. I just got an E-mail about Kindle Unlimited and it had a
112.
When I am knee-deep in project(twitter.com)
9 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
113.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
There's a discussion[0][1] going on about whether programming is math, and it got me thinking about how I so disliked math in grade school until I got into a class that taught a different kind of math. We played assorted "math&quo
114.
Games For Thinkers(gamesforthinkers.org)
3 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|1 comments
115.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
My SAT scores were similar; maybe lower math and higher verbal. I was always much better at writing than I was at math, and in retrospect I think being able to write well can help one program better. If people are thought to plan how to exp
116.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
Throughout early grade school I hated math. It was very much like the equally-hated gym class: Doing hard things because they were hard to do. Or so I thought; there seemed to be little effort to make either of these fun or relevant. Howev
117.
by jamesbritt 12y ago
The proper URL was posted 2 days ago; adding the fragment ID by-passes the HN dupe detection. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8038631
118.
Going Underground(guernicamag.com)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
119.
The Creativity Pill(theatlantic.com)
2 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments
120.
New York Proposes Regulations for Virtual Currency(abcnews.go.com)
1 points by jamesbritt 12y ago|0 comments

More ›