adorton

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by adorton 10mo ago
It's a computer that runs Linux.
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by adorton 2y ago
The big one I noticed is 1984, which won't be out of copyright in the US for 20ish years.
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by adorton 3y ago
We need to hook this up to a boss key stat
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by adorton 3y ago
Took me an embarrassingly long time to understand what they meant by "Erasmus B Dragon".
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by adorton 3y ago
Yeah but if I'm doing research online I'm going to stick with sources I consider reliable, written by real people and not a text generator. So I'm not sure I understand the comparison you're trying to make.
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by adorton 3y ago
How do you know the information you're getting is factual?
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by adorton 4y ago
The company is supposed to negotiate with the union. That's the whole idea behind unions.
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by adorton 4y ago
This is great. I very recently looked into getting the Sims 2 and found this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UT0HX3cO4xLft2KozGypU_N7... Still working on getting it (or a similar release) working in a Wineski
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by adorton 4y ago
My elementary school playground had several giant tires. Not sure what that was all about but we found ways to make them fun.
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by adorton 4y ago
Reminds me of the Pocketmod, which to my surprise is still around: https://pocketmod.com/
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by adorton 5y ago
Fury Road makes pretty extensive use of CGI and digital compositing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3tdMDRQBc But it looks great so you don't really notice it.
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by adorton 5y ago
Here's a great one for Rust: https://bfnightly.bracketproductions.com/rustbook/chapter_0....
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by adorton 5y ago
YAML stands for "YAML Ain't Markup Language"
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by adorton 5y ago
Scope creep happens when you discover new requirements after defining a project scope and delivering an estimate. The type of analysis outlined in the article is helpful to define a sane and reasonable scope upfront, to hopefully avoid cree
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by adorton 6y ago
They boil them
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by adorton 8y ago
Yeah, mine drops after suspending. Sometimes it shows the device is disconnected and I need to re-pair it. Not sure if that is a problem with the system or my MX Ergo, but it never has problems on my Windows machine. Occasionally the who
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by adorton 8y ago
I have a pretty new one (9370 I think) and I love it. No coil whine, the build feels great, and I have no complaints about that keyboard or trackpad. My only real complaint so far is the bluetooth is flaky.
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by adorton 8y ago
Installing Make on Windows is easy. Works like a charm. choco install make
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by adorton 8y ago
A few months ago, my Chromebook was updated to support Android apps. YouTube Kids should be available on the Play store assuming your Chromebook is updated to support it.
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by adorton 11y ago
Is Dive into Python still maintained by anyone? That's what I used when I learned Python about 10 years ago.
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by adorton 11y ago
I wonder what this means for the metro Provo/Salt Lake Area. I live in between the two cities and would love to have access. Has Google expanded to the metro areas of other Google Fiber cities?
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by adorton 12y ago
There are also a couple of interesting articles about this. Here's one that I think was submitted to HN a few months ago: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/08/15/magazine/bad-p... Fascin
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by adorton 12y ago
"Jack, why are you wearing your EVA suit?" "It's after 6pm, Liz. What am I, a farmer?"
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by adorton 12y ago
This seems similar to Google Wallet, which has been around for a few years. How does Apple plan to make this a bigger success?
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by adorton 12y ago
These aliens obviously haven't visited the Meat Planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7K9SycELA
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by adorton 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_variation
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by adorton 12y ago
Gog may not have been able to negotiate a license to distribute the game for OSX.
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by adorton 12y ago
HBO Go has a much larger catalog than Comcast on demand. You can also stream in HD, even if you don't have Comcast HD.
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by adorton 12y ago
Microsoft is doing a big developer conference this week, and is announcing a lot of new stuff that HN finds interesting. When WWDC rolls around again, I'm sure there will be a ton of Apple stories on the front page.
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by adorton 13y ago
Are those the ones that needed special metal mousepads? Those were rad. My dad had one for drafting.

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