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by prawks 13y ago
A few comments up from here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5613791
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by prawks 13y ago
"don't obsess" is much different than "don't consider". It's dangerous to prematurely over-optimize, as the OP says, but it's never a bad thing to think about optimization. Otherwise you'll end up with crap.
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by prawks 13y ago
Mind if I ask how you explained it to her (in what I'm guessing was a relatively short time)? It seems to me that most explanations of the bill are very biased one way or another, or don't mention enough detail to be worthwhile.
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by prawks 13y ago
I don't think it's that simple. Diablo was designed to be repetitive (at least it seemed to me, it's a hack-and-slash game), and the levels are quite frankly bland in comparison to Skyrim, not to mention it's played on third-person view-fro
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by prawks 13y ago
> I don't see that changing until there are just a lot more women posting and being posted about. A fair point for sure, I hadn't considered that.
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by prawks 13y ago
Thanks for the plug, imo.im looks really cool! Can't believe I didn't know about it before.
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by prawks 14y ago
I think based on sexual preference you probably have different ideas of what "sex appeal" means and what your reaction to X word is. That being said, titles are there to tell you what something is about, and to get you interested. This does
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by prawks 14y ago
Agreed, it was an amazing experience for me in 2011, and I'd love to go back but really cannot afford both the ticket and travel/lodging now. Apply and worry more about funding your travel once you get accepted.
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by prawks 14y ago
Are nighttime space-walks common? I'd imagine you'd want to schedule them when you have sunlight to avoid any unnecessary complications. I mean their schedule each day is jam packed, but I'd imagine it wouldn't be too much trouble to schedu
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by prawks 14y ago
Every service used by people can benefit from making their users happy to use it, and providing features that better enable the users' end goals. Regardless of how they generate revenue.
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by prawks 14y ago
I don't think the general public looks at it as much more than a publicity stunt by nerds, to be blunt. People in power view it as an act of cyber terrorism. I can't see how poking the DPRK will result in anything positive, especially given
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by prawks 14y ago
Same, I cannot believe they're cutting this. That game looked fantastic.
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by prawks 14y ago
My default zoom level in Chrome (nothing crazy, mind you) the 'e' character has no horizontal bar, the ''a' character is not connected, it's also quite jagged. It's funny how such simple things can be so jarring.
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by prawks 14y ago
In the universe where the author would likely get a dozen one-off responses mentioning his ignorance of privilege.
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by prawks 14y ago
Is the text of this post displaying poorly for anyone else? EDIT: Ah, zooming in a bit fixed it...
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by prawks 14y ago
From what I understand, higher oxygen levels were only linked to large invertebrates, not dinosaurs: Some paleontologists speculated that oxygen might be behind the evolution of huge dinosaurs, too, but the hypothesis has been totally unde
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by prawks 14y ago
I gladly pay for quality media at a fair price. Netflix, to me, is fairly priced. A cable subscription sure as hell is not. $15/month for a digital copy of the NYT? No thanks, the 99c/month for the first month I'd agree with. The NYT is a p
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by prawks 14y ago
I've never read the MacLeod hierarchy, but who wouldn't envision themselves as a "sociopath" on his scale? They sound ideal, cool, and nearly superhuman.
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by prawks 14y ago
How about one large dial with letters around it, press & hold, then swipe from one letter to the center to another. Tap the middle to change charsets. The thing is all about muscle memory. I can type much faster than the guy in the vide
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by prawks 14y ago
Like I mentioned, I know Java the language is active, but how much of that is server-side Java vs. Android (which I guess is a massive contributor).
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by prawks 14y ago
I think the OP was discussing more privilege in general, and using the stereotypical straight white male as an example. I agree with you that this is obviously a stereotype, but I don't think the OP used it as anything but just that. Your e
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by prawks 14y ago
I'm glad to hear otherwise! I have a few friends that are Java nuts, so I'm glad they're not as nutty as I thought!
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by prawks 14y ago
This makes me really want to introduce some Easter Eggs into our codebase...
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by prawks 14y ago
> you'll be able to get it past management and still enjoy some of the functional programming fun. I think a lot of technologies where the ability to convince management to use it is a feature are ones that don't get individual open-sou
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by prawks 14y ago
Exactly. If you're in a position where your social influence and reputation play a key role, you should willingly know that your behavior directly affects your ability to do your job. Typically in that situation you want to make safe decisi
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by prawks 14y ago
Could be a new declarative language.
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by prawks 14y ago
I like this explanation the best, primarily the first few sentences. Motivating yourself is really as unique as you are, and as stated, if you're not naturally gifted at it, it takes significant trial and error to work at. For me, my primar
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by prawks 14y ago
> Our models break down. This is a fundamental fact of how humans make models. They're never perfect the first time, and rarely (if ever?) are models every truly perfect. The most important hurdle for us as a species to overcome is the
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by prawks 14y ago
Does anyone know which American Apparel shirt these use? Specifically, the fabric? 100% cotton, or 50/50 poly/cotton blend?
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by prawks 14y ago
Agreed, it was rather fun when I remember playing it on my PC.

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