mdanger

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by mdanger 14y ago
I believe it's a reference to the Ender's Game series ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enders_Game , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_the_Hegemon ), as lampooned here: http://xkcd.com/635/
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by mdanger 14y ago
I think the colors must mean something, but being colorblind doesn't help me. There doesn't seem to be an orange box, though?
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by mdanger 14y ago
I think there are single-character names for each socket type under that standard? That's what Google results seem to suggest, at least.
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by mdanger 14y ago
Thrilled to see this is back!
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Ask HN: ACM membership?
3 points by mdanger 14y ago|5 comments
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by mdanger 14y ago
Your second bullet point is something I've noticed for quite some time, but have struggled to put into words. I'd be interested to hear others' opinions about this.
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by mdanger 14y ago
I'm very surprised (and pleased!) to see my favorite YA author, John Bellairs, show up on here, although I am a little questioning of The Lord of the Rings for kids under 10 - it's been a long, long time since I read them, but I wonder if s
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by mdanger 14y ago
Nonapplicant: are the accepted not allowed to say that they've been accepted, or all they all too busy celebrating to post here?
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by mdanger 15y ago
Between this and http://www.ftlgame.com/ , it's nice to think that the scifi games I used to be only able to dream about are slowly becoming real.
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by mdanger 15y ago
When I initially read it, I had assumed that there was a comma missing and they had added "beginner languages, HTML and CSS".
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by mdanger 15y ago
I had always assumed that the home button was designed so that if an app locked up or something, there would be an immediately obvious way for users to get out without powering down the device. Does anyone know if this is the case?
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by mdanger 15y ago
Darn - I was hoping this meant that it was coming back. I think that one of my earliest non-game memories of the Internet is reading through the memepool archives.
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by mdanger 15y ago
Is there a good primer for someone who's curious about the differences between different databases? My work made the decision to use MS Access long, long ago, but I have no idea what that means vs. MySQL, MongoDB, etc. (other than the fact
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by mdanger 15y ago
The link to the 15-day trial seems to be dead?
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by mdanger 15y ago
This is awesome, but one question/suggestion: when a user is going through the "How to Use Flutter" tutorial, do the gestures work then, or only once the tutorial is closed? I kept trying to do it, but there wasn't a response until I closed
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by mdanger 15y ago
As a non-emacs user: can someone explain what jwz is talking about here?
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by mdanger 15y ago
I remember there being some discussion around the Humble Bundle brand getting "diluted" by the Frozenbyte bundle last time, and I have to wonder if that's becoming the case.
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by mdanger 15y ago
I'm not sure I understand - the submission title makes it seem like this is some kind of mandatory thing, but the article makes it sound like it's an optional service for Conde Nast subscribers?
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by mdanger 15y ago
Out of curiosity, what were the problems with The Number Devil? I remember reading it when I was younger and felt I had a good grasp on how things were presented.
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by mdanger 15y ago
Cringley's article from February: http://www.cringely.com/2011/02/why-leo-apotheker-will-be-fi...
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by mdanger 15y ago
A corporation; here, it's meant to refer to the Blackboard Learning System, which is Blackboard's course management software. Students can log in and view assignments, readings, etc. that faculty post. It's closed source and <opinion&#6