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by devmonk 16y ago
I always thought a cracker (beyond the food and ethnic slur definitions) was someone who removed copy protection from software. So, in WarGames, David would have been considered a hacker, but the guys you see in the splash screens of shared
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Tell HN: Overcoming burnout when brainstorming a startup
1 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'm not disagreeing that Google TV doesn't need some work, but if you look at the other articles by the author, you can see a distinct pro-Apple theme: http://ptech.allthingsd.com/ - Google TV: No Need to Tune In Just Yet - Samsung’s Gala
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by devmonk 16y ago
Check this out, too. A little more expensive, but a clear, led lit a2600 USB joystick is awesome: http://www.reflexaudio.com/products_joystick.htm
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by devmonk 16y ago
During the great depression when people had to live with much less, they learned to save. Saving became part of the culture by necessity. Credit was offered by merchants and stores, but not to the extent it is used now. Then gamification of
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by devmonk 16y ago
Comments here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1914900
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by devmonk 16y ago
doesn't work the same. l.m.u. just creates a meaningless hash string, whereas l.f.u. will put the youtube video title into the url, so that people may know what they are clicking on.
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by devmonk 16y ago
get a new domain and remove the profanity, and you might develop a larger community and possibly (although somewhat unlikely) get some funding. otherwise, you will attract customers that like to shock people who will use it once to shock a
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by devmonk 16y ago
The scary thing to me about removing the complexity of interface and usage from computers by making them into PS3/Wii/iOS environments is that the everyday developer can't easily write something for those platforms/OS's without significant
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by devmonk 16y ago
Sale on Atari 800 Series and Commodore C64 Series joysticks Nov 18th, 2010 one day only at $16.99 USD. Only 250 were made of these and only 50 of each will be available for the sale. Have a few of these at home and they work well with Stell
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The Joystick Store(thejoystickstore.com)
1 points by devmonk 16y ago|2 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
I've heard that VCs and angels still don't have enough good startups to invest in. I don't think they are over-invested.
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Ask HN: Recruiter blacklist/ratings?
5 points by devmonk 16y ago|3 comments
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Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh(chromeos.hexxeh.net)
3 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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Google CEO explains why Chrome OS is different than Android(afterdawn.com)
1 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
His desk is a frickin mess: http://allaboutstevejobs.com/pics/life/2004-2006/08-dianawal...
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by devmonk 16y ago
I'm the source. It's a personal "study" of my own behavior and IQ. My wife stays up to the same time, sleeps late, and has not shown the same decrease in IQ. But, here are a few mentions of study results on lack of sleep causing lower IQ an
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by devmonk 16y ago
I believe this was a flawed conclusion. Some people stay up late and wake up with the light, lowering the amount of time that they sleep, which in turn lowers their IQ.
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US military builds a mini-Skynet (tgdaily.com)
1 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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500 Megahertz of Spectrum for Wireless Broadband: Plan and Timetable(ntia.doc.gov)
1 points by devmonk 16y ago|0 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
The last part looks a little scary: "If we flood the market with dollars faster than China can buy them relative to its own currency, this strategy will fail, and eventually China will be forced to liquidate its dollar reserves. This will h
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by devmonk 16y ago
More about MeeGo: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/lp/page/meego - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/node/5888
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AMD joins Intel and Nokia on MeeGo efforts(blogs.amd.com)
3 points by devmonk 16y ago|1 comments
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Two 13-year-old Entrepreneurs' Dreams Quashed by Town Councilman(lohud.com)
5 points by devmonk 16y ago|1 comments
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by devmonk 16y ago
If the loans don't start flowing again, we are looking at deflation. But, if the dollar tanks in worth, couldn't that cause inflation? The cost of most of our goods and services in the U.S. are based on goods and services overseas which w
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by devmonk 16y ago
Let's make small, incremental changes within our current tax structure to fix our problems in a reasonable manner. What would you propose that would eliminate most of our debt in a reasonable manner that congress and the people would back
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by devmonk 16y ago
"when you have an unknown outcome it's always better to act than it is to not act." B.S. Unthoughtful reactionary leadership can be some of the worst.
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by devmonk 16y ago
Related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1907174
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by devmonk 16y ago
Related: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1907318
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by devmonk 16y ago
Wonder if there is any significance to 9C5A203A.

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