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14 years ago
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on: Education Hacks: Schools kill creativity - Sir Ken Robinson
Ken Robinson has several talks regarding education on TED. I really love them and find them very inspiring. I listen to them regularly. If you never looked at it, I really recommend it. It opened my mind on a new type of education.
VinzO
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14 years ago
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on: Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice)
It seems the site is down :(
Any mirror link?
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Advanced programming languages
ADA is also good for that.
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Show HN: My 6 Weeks Project, MultiplayerChess.com
I tried with IE8
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Show HN: My 6 Weeks Project, MultiplayerChess.com
With Internet Explorer I see only an empty chessboard. Is it working only wiht Chrome/FF/Safari?
Just before anyone start a rant on decent browser, this is my office PC and I can't install anything else than IE :-(
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Against School - John Taylor Gatto
Did you mean that alternative schools have usually the same results as homeschooling or as standard schools?
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?
I guess some will say you have to add Quebec
VinzO
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15 years ago
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on: Do something positive - leave your job
They are much more than just ok. It is great to have kids.
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: Zelda-style maps of New York City based on Open Street Map
That remembers me the time when i played sim city on my C64 !
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: Learning C++ in 2010
I like that book too. I am reading it atm. But it might be difficult if you don't have already a programming experience. But for those like me who know C already it is great because it explains all the differences between C and C++ and helps you to fill the gap between both. You can download it for free at the link mentionned above. I find it much more helpfull to learn C++ than Bjarne Stroustrup's book which should be better used as a reference once you know the language.
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: Roger Federer as Religious Experience
Except that he beats Andy Roddick on that 2009 Wimbledon Final. It is in Roland Garros that he beats Soderling in final that year.
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?
How do you plan to make some income there?
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?
I am also thinking about moving to Thailand.
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: The challenges of Creating a Civilization Web Game
As an up to date example, I tried a yahoo card game this week-end (
http://games.yahoo.com/card-games), and I couldn't launch the game in FF without installing the latest JRE plugin. The game in question if you wanna try is "pyramids".
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: The Best Kids’ Books Ever -- Summer Break and IQ
Am I the only one who think that the Harry Potter books are not for children? I read them all and after the 4th the story becomes very dark. I really liked them, It has been years since I wasn't so eager to read the next chapter in a book, but I am not sure I would like to give this to my children. At least not very young.
VinzO
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16 years ago
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on: How to hack your brain - Part I: Sleep
VinzO
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17 years ago
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on: Trying to hack a good night's sleep
I have had troubles for years to get up in the morning. Here are some tips I use fix it. It has help me a bit to get up earlier.
- Reduce Caffein intake. the half life of caffein is 6h on average...
- Reduce sugar intake.
- Try to go to bed at a regular time.
- Eat more fruits and vegetables.
- No coffee or tea in the afternoon.
- try to respect sleep cycles.
Here are two links that give interesting informations about sleep :
www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
www.sleepwarrior.com
VinzO
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17 years ago
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on: Trying to hack a good night's sleep
Alcohol can help to fall asleep, but it is known to reduce the quality of sleep.
VinzO
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17 years ago
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on: How to Retire On $500 Per Month
My wife is Thai, and I manage to speak thai a bit. I took several months of thai lessons. I confirm what has been said before. There is no yes/no word in thai. Those examples on those sites are just bad translation for beginners.
For example the word "chai" that they give for "yes" is more close to "true" when you agree with what has been said.
"Chai" is just a particular answer that can be given to a particular question. You can't use it as a "yes" answer to all question.
VinzO
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17 years ago
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on: The Best Advice I have Received
So many typos. A spelling check wouldn't hurt.
