pingu | 8 years ago | on: Very old, very sophisticated tools found in India
Thanks for the heads up, i fixed the formatting.
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pingu | 8 years ago | on: Very old, very sophisticated tools found in India
There's something called a Conchoidal fracture, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchoidal_fracture ... the presence of which is technically diagnostic of material that's been artificially manipulated.
pingu | 12 years ago | on: Microsoft’s Hardware, Round 2: Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind me asking?
pingu | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: WebcamSwiper - a JS library that watches for hand swipes in the air
works on MacBook Pro and Chrome 22.0.1229.79.
pingu | 14 years ago | on: SICP taught in Python 3 - UC Berkeley online
The site seems to be down for me ...
It sounds really interesting and useful though, thank you (and your friends for working on it)
I'll keep an eye on it and check it out when it's up ...
pingu | 14 years ago | on: High IQ linked to drug use
What medication gave you the same benefits as weed, if you don't mind me asking?
My experiences very closely match yours, fwiw. I tried Ritalin but wasn't satisfied at all, and am 'back on' weed.
pingu | 15 years ago | on: The 80/20 Rule of Technical Founders
>20% (y(.2)(.2)(.2)(.2)(.2)) have prepared themselves enough to achieve some measure of success
What does this prep entail? What more needs to be done apart from having the motivation,starting and finishing building the damn thing?
pingu | 16 years ago | on: Dean Kamen's Robot Arm
I think I'm missing your point about "dignity".
As per your sentiment , we should all be doing whatever we can to restore dignity to those that need it.If you ask that of Kamen , you should certainly ask for it from yourself.
You are presumably reading this on a computer you own , and drive to work on a car you own. You can increase the dignity of a number of people by selling both and donating the proceeds to a worthwhile charity. ( I can think of few things more dignified , than say , for a starving kid in India to be able to go to bed with a full stomach for one night). And charities like giveindia.org make this very possible ...
And yet you haven't ... You might argue that there is no way you could do without either.
How is Kamen's "indulgence" in building a Segway any different? The starving people would be annoyed with you too,as you indulge yourself with luxuries like cars and computers , when they have to debase themselves just to feed themselves and their families.
(No offence intended. :) When I say "you" , I mean us )
pingu | 16 years ago | on: Confess HN: Share your Immoral Hacks, Codes or Tweaks
Could you explain what this does to those of us who're C/C++ challenged ? :)
pingu | 16 years ago | on: When to Stop Reading a Book
Maybe I'll release Mnemo and see if it works for other people.
Please do that ... It sounds pretty interesting.
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