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The limits of physics (Margaret Wertheim)(aeon.co)
1 points by robocaptain 11y ago|1 comments
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by robocaptain 11y ago
Had the privileged of taking one of his classes while at Syracuse. He referred to most of us in the class as mere "hackers", not worthy of being true "programmers" (yet). I have a feeling nowadays most people would prefe
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by robocaptain 11y ago
Regardless of how you feel about the sport itself, it is a great piece of writing. Keep posting more like it.
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by robocaptain 11y ago
Yup, got it. Was just wondering if there was a hosted example somewhere. But maybe I'm the only person who is that lazy? Either way, looks great so far. CoffeeScript is still my fave.
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by robocaptain 11y ago
Sounds interesting. Is there a demo somewhere so that we can see it in action?
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by robocaptain 11y ago
Thanks so much for writing this. Sounds cliche but, "I actually learned something!"
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by robocaptain 12y ago
This might be the best version of this song ever made.
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by robocaptain 12y ago
Also try thebrowser.com Mostly free, but if you subscribe you will get lots more (great) mostly long-form articles, and in cases where the article would normally be behind a paywall, they will do a special version for thebrowser's payi
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by robocaptain 12y ago
If any post needed a [Satire] tag, it's this one. Great read, and I almost didn't click on it because I am tired of reading about standing desks.
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by robocaptain 12y ago
It landed but the harpoon did not fire. I'm not sure what that means, but XKCD is live-drawing the event and has the Philae Lander's status as ???, so now I'm worried. http://xkcd.com/ http://xkcd1
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by robocaptain 12y ago
It sounds so natural that I immediately started thinking I had actually been saying it wrong all these years.
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by robocaptain 13y ago
How long until "I only have a landline" becomes the ultimate hipster creedo?
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by robocaptain 13y ago
Ugggg... why was this posted during the 7-Day Roguelike Competition week?? :)
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2014 Seven Day Roguelike Challenge(roguebasin.com)
106 points by robocaptain 13y ago|24 comments
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by robocaptain 13y ago
I'm confused, I am seeing all these comments about how it was wrong to out him and then a lot of stuff about governments and stuff. But isn't it just crazy that they actually found him? I thought that was a big deal? Last I checke
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by robocaptain 13y ago
All I can think of when I read Myrddin is an old set of PennMUSH code: Myrddin's BBS, Myrddin's MUSHcron. So awesome.
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by robocaptain 13y ago
This is why I always need a numpad as well!
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by robocaptain 13y ago
For those of us who are interested but don't quite remember every TNG episode episode, it was "Chain of Command" from season 6: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_Command_(Star_Trek:_Th...
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by robocaptain 13y ago
That is the most mind-blowing thing I have read all day.
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The Bitcoin Bubble and the Future of Currency(medium.com)
3 points by robocaptain 14y ago|0 comments
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by robocaptain 14y ago
Brogue has a dynamic legend for monsters and items. I've never seen one done so well for terrain. This game does a nice job of combining all useful information I need in one tiny spot. Well done! Aaaand... idea stolen! ;)
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by robocaptain 14y ago
Seconded! The library used in this game (rot.js) is the perfect platform for a 7DRL game as well. I've been using it quite extensively (via coffeescript) and it handles a lot of the hard stuff (FOV, lighting) very well, which frees one up t
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by robocaptain 14y ago
Last year's challenge was the best ever. Looking forward to 2013! Highly recommended.
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by robocaptain 14y ago
Just read this last night and was glad to see it already on HN. While I don't necessarily agree with everything in the article, it's important to get an extremely alternative view every now and then! Of course, the truth usually lies somewh
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by robocaptain 14y ago
I'm only upvoting for the choking analogy. That one is going into my permanent memory file.
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by robocaptain 14y ago
One way it reads very different to me is the way all of the sources are (in parenthesis) directly after the statements. I don't read a lot of campaign websites but I've not seen one that has so many direct sources for this many statements.
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by robocaptain 14y ago
Did the server explode? I am imagining smoldering tetris blocks all over the floor.
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by robocaptain 14y ago
But... the N... stands for Number! Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! Potentially relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/1108/
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by robocaptain 14y ago
From TFA -- Firefox 16 will be the first version to support incremental garbage collection. This is a major feature, over a year in the making, that makes Firefox smoother and less laggy. With incremental GC, Firefox responds more quickly t
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by robocaptain 14y ago
This is great to read.. I love the idea of "bonkers discussions", now I have that to look forward to in 3 years. :)

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