robotico | 12 years ago | on: Half of Americans approve of NSA program
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robotico | 12 years ago | on: Half of Americans approve of NSA program
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Python-powered "real-world" interface pyMCU giveaway
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Building a Foundation For Life Without a Job
robotico | 13 years ago | on: The Game of Books now has Reader Cards. Earn XP and level up by reading books.
I like the whole genre-specific experience thing, maybe it could be used with an actual game that you would play when you're not reading? Maybe that would somewhat defeat the point...
robotico | 13 years ago | on: US Math Achievement: How Bad Is It?
As such I got a "D" one 9 weeks in algebra 2, but later graduated as an engineer with over a 3.0. I think I just had to 1. work harder and 2. learn how I had to understand stuff, not just memorize.
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Don't Use Black For Links
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Attention, Authors: I Tripled My Royalties, and You Can Too
Edit: Good article actually...
robotico | 13 years ago | on: How to make a stop-motion video in Ubuntu Linux
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Billboards Are Like Facebook
Admittedly, I do have a fake account for my website that's updated automatically if anyone actually cares.
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Copyright Industry Madness Takes 6 Years To Catch Up With The Worst Satire Of It
That being said, after trying to watch some football on the internet today and being told I need a cable subscription, it seems like the more people try to prevent piracy, or in this case just legally not paying subscription fees, the more it pushes people towards it. Or worse yet (for medial companies), people decide that it's not worth the effort or even pirating it, and decide to just do something else, as I did. Sure, some people would be encouraged to buy cable, but some it certainly just hardens their resolve not to pay for the crap they put on TV.
I like sports, but I'm not paying for 90% Honey Boo Boo and America's Top Model to watch the 10% football and other worthwhile content that they have on!
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Do you guys hear music when you mouse click?
robotico | 13 years ago | on: HN I am buying a website. Show me what you have.
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is a minor in computer science worth?
Anyway, in my job at least it would probably be quite helpful, especially understanding some of the networking side of things. I'm not sure I even considered it if it was even offered as a minor at my school.
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Live Map Poll: Who will be the 45th President of The United States?
robotico | 13 years ago | on: New startup looking for opinions
robotico | 13 years ago | on: The change in America's debt by presidential term
robotico | 13 years ago | on: New startup looking for opinions
robotico | 13 years ago | on: Do you want to raise a prodigy
That being said, I'm sure raising any kid has it's specific challenges and rewards. Probably good we're not allowed to choose!
robotico | 13 years ago | on: A little hexapod robot that I made
"Sensor array" would be a bit of a stretch in this case, but it has two switches near the battery that I hit with my finger at the beginning. Hitting this causes it to back up and turn left. Hitting the right sensor would back up and turn right. I meant to put some sort of "whiskers" on them, but never really got them to stay on the switches like I wanted. In theory if it bumped into something, it could correct it's path and keep walking.