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   by pradn 13y ago

   Having a college degree is an important social signal in the eyes of most people. If you're only going to be in college for an another year, I'd say go finish the degree. Plus, the college experience isn't something you can r
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   by pradn 13y ago

   Which namespacing features are still young? Is it still possible to evade LXC as described in this post? http://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_413
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   by pradn 13y ago

   Still pretty good, considering most consoles are sold for heavy losses in their first few years.
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   by pradn 13y ago

   Haha! HN is extremely critical of Microsoft all the time. I suspect this article was posted in response to the post about Facebook's research publications, which was near the top earlier in the day.
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   by pradn 13y ago

   I'm curious about this paper: The use of Melodic Scales in Bollywood Music: An Empirical Study Cool that Microsoft does research into Bollywood music? http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=19
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   by pradn 13y ago

   It's a little ridiculous to assert that no one should rely on proprietary software. Are all the folks writing Windows applications or PlayStation games idiots? A cautious approach toward relying on an API that's not central to ano
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   by pradn 13y ago

   I was, too. I take it to class every day. I used to not take notes at all, but now I do because it's easy. I have all my lecture notes for the whole semester right there. A tablet at a Surface RT pricepoint with a Wacom digitizer will
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   by pradn 13y ago

   Businesses will stop needing software to make them more productive? When will this happen? Or are you saying that Microsoft's products will be overtaken by others?
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   by pradn 13y ago

   Echoing the other commenters: this is really great, but I'm a little weirded out because it's free. I'd like for them to be upfront about why it's free, since all the alternatives aren't.
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    by pradn 13y ago

    I stopped following the president because his feed would crowd everything else out. Same with CNN or the NYT. I just don't want them to crowd out the Bret Victors on my feed.
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    by pradn 13y ago

    I sketch the initial versions on paper. To present and distribute the chart, I recreate it in MS Visio. Pretty powerful tool.
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    by pradn 13y ago

    The problem of finding the maximum overhang has been recently solved. The resulting construction is more complex than the one described in this article. http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~pw/papers/maxover.pdf
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    by pradn 14y ago

    I'd build a programming system ala Bret Victor's vision.
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    by pradn 14y ago

    The University of Texas at Austin has had a similar class for a few semesters now. Glad to see the idea spreading. http://www.1semesterstartup.com/
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    by pradn 15y ago

    Congrats, team. You guys winning was quite predictable. -Prad
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    by pradn 15y ago

    I'd like to create a sprite-based 2D rpg, also heavily influenced by Dwarf Fortress, where terrain, cities, forests, rivers, people, monsters, quests, dialogue, groups, and stories are all generated procedurally. Push a button and an intere
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    by pradn 15y ago

    Funny enough, I've had a similar idea in my notes.txt for a few months. "microscholarships, crowdsourced, donorschoose for people" I suppose students would have a page about themselves and donors would pick students to support based on thei