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by keenerd 16y ago
Everything becomes more convenient and cheaper with time (barring cataclysm). And just because something is a "large object" does not mean there is a huge amount of precision work involved. I'll give another example. A telescope is big.
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by keenerd 16y ago
Ex-engine mechanic here. I do not think the DIY car community exists or will ever gain traction. For one, I don't understand how anyone could build a car in their garage. Two, I don't understand how people could afford mandatory tools li
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by keenerd 16y ago
Ex-plugboard operator here. I do not think the DIY computer community exists or will ever gain traction. For one, I don't understand how one could build a computer in their garage. Two, I don't understand how people could afford mandator
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by keenerd 16y ago
What is the difference between the medical profession and the legal services profession? It is just as pricey to become a lawyer. Yet even lawyers have the concept of "pro bono".
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by keenerd 17y ago
Combinations is also in +3.0. Otherwise a valid concern. (Been burned by that one myself.) I can't find the source, but there might be some confusion between map/filter/reduce and itertools. Guido does not like map/filter/reduce and want
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by keenerd 17y ago
I've seen moderately serious folk play. They will recognize multiple sets simultaneously and either go for the one closest to them or the one with three cards tightly clustered. And they move fast! Watching them play is like watching a m
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by keenerd 17y ago
Peter, we need to talk. http://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html "combinations()" is a built in. No need to re-implement it. Also, nested [... for ... for ... for] is silly. Just use "product()", documented on the same page. [''.j
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by keenerd 17y ago
> hand-formed room-set silicone My cheap knockoff version: Two part epoxy cut with sawdust. Not so good at high temperatures, but much stronger.
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by keenerd 17y ago
> Since both have huge speed impacts, most people writing graphics libraries don't like to do them. Python Image Library does gamma correct rescale by default. I did not realize this until I wrote my own implementation. I thought it w
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by keenerd 17y ago
http://code.google.com/p/clamz/ perhaps?
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by keenerd 17y ago
A responsible citizen would not google the following: "SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION" site:.gov filetype:pdf Less than 2000 such PDFs. A very determined and very irresponsible citizen could have already mirrored all of them.
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by keenerd 17y ago
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Blender... > Blender does not allow the windows to overlap, as they may in other programs. This is why Blender's interface is known as a non-overlapping window interface. Download B
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by keenerd 17y ago
It is still not nearly as pretty nor as user friendly as the mouse based tiling window manager that is built into Blender. The difference between bluetile and Blender is a bit like the difference between win3.1 and osx. They are so many y
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by keenerd 17y ago
Sounds like you want any Palm or Windows CE device made in the last decade. I am not kidding, you described 90% of what I do on the 2003 PDA I picked up for $15. (The remaining 10% is gmail, skype, and an NES emulator.) Did I mention it
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The Rational Street Performer Protocol(logarithmic.net)
1 points by keenerd 17y ago|0 comments
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by keenerd 17y ago
False and false. My family lives in the heart of amish country, and the local boards are a bunch of power tripping bureaucrats. They will ruthlessly shut down little old ladies who try to sell jelly. Zoning is a huge issue, as it is a town
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by keenerd 17y ago
You could try looking at existing generative music schemes. This one is classic[al]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikalisches_Würfelspiel
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by keenerd 17y ago
Better yet, just use Tig. http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/
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by keenerd 17y ago
One huge issue: zoning. How many people per house? Unless it is zoned for apartments, you are going to have a rough time. Many places have rules against N unrelated people living in the same building. I think in my township it is 2, or s
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by keenerd 17y ago
Glad you like it. But I am an electrical engineer, not a lawyer. So... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=GNU+Free+Documentation+License&l=1
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by keenerd 17y ago
Table with licenses: http://textbookrevolution.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&#3... So yes and no, depending on the book.
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by keenerd 17y ago
Incidentally, I already had eight of these books in my reading list. Of those eight, I have read three cover to cover. They were really good. One percent is not a sufficient sample size, but I have high hopes for the remaining 361 titles
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Textbook Revolution: 364 modern free texts(textbookrevolution.org)
53 points by keenerd 17y ago|16 comments
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by keenerd 17y ago
Was I the only one who really hoped it was a long lost episode of the absolutely brilliant PBS children's mathematical series? That show needs to be around these days.
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by keenerd 17y ago
Oh. It dropped my original comment. This is a little something I whipped up last night. Wrapping it for the web took longer than the actual algo. Anyway, the algo is the questionable part. I think most glitches are fixed. For example
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by keenerd 17y ago
Advertise much? I've been lurking HN since it was founded and never even heard of this. Shame I won't be in town that night. Would have loved to attend, and will try to make it to future events.
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by keenerd 17y ago
Thank you to whomever submitted http://codoba.net/subpixel/d7310672eaf7b31ad711df9b83510c00.... I think you might have found a bug.
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Subpixel Favicon Generator(codoba.net)
5 points by keenerd 17y ago|3 comments
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The Subpixel Favicon Generator(codoba.net)
2 points by keenerd 17y ago|0 comments
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by keenerd 17y ago
Wow. I ignore HN (and my traffic logs) for a day and look what I miss. Glad you guys like it!

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