illinx

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The Problem with Teens Isn't Smartphones–It's Their Families(grimoiremanor.substack.com)
69 points by illinx 1y ago|63 comments
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by illinx 2y ago
Silicon Valley
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Sam Kriss's Review of Walter Isaacson's 'Elon Musk'(thepointmag.com)
9 points by illinx 3y ago|0 comments
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by illinx 3y ago
Does anyone know of any studies that look at rates of cigarette smoking, or activation of indoor smoking bans with respect to the data on mental illness? Most of the west banned indoor smoking around 2006-2008, roughly around when smartphon
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by illinx 3y ago
The guy who programmed MC Kids did a writeup on the game's engineering that serves as a wonderful introduction to programming for the NES. https://games.greggman.com/game/programming_m_c__kids/
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by illinx 5y ago
What are the chances they set their world origin in San Francisco?
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by illinx 5y ago
Why aren't CVS, who have more downtown SF locations than Walgreens, facing similar pressures?
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CO2 Emissions on the Web(dannyvankooten.com)
3 points by illinx 6y ago|0 comments
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by illinx 7y ago
I know this stop and have always appreciated your sign. Thank you +1!
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Gears: A Look Inside the Final Fantasy VII Game Engine [pdf](q-gears.sourceforge.net)
3 points by illinx 8y ago|0 comments
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by illinx 10y ago
Longterm yes, but the cd drives on these things die decades before the roms and processing hardware. He had mentioned in the video that he was surprised that the solid state laser died so soon but I was under the impression that it's a
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by illinx 11y ago
Not involved in the startup scene at all, but isn't "uber for laundry" a punchline at this point? What are cleanly doing (or what aren't they doing) that dozens of failed startups didn't do? This isn't snark, Y
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by illinx 11y ago
It's disappointing that this needs to be said out loud, but I really suggest people complaining about the piece read til the end. It's fairly clearly divided into two sections. The first is a straightforward critical review of Car
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by illinx 14y ago
Just curious, did you play ME on console? It's vastly, vastly improved w mouse aiming.
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by illinx 14y ago
Slightly off-topic, but does anyone know anything about the 3D printing tech used by http://www.shapeways.com/ ? Limited materials are the one thing holding me back from picking up a desktop 3D printer, so I'd like to learn more about the
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by illinx 14y ago
"It wants money from those users, and all things being equal, those users want to keep their money. So their goals are actually diametrically opposed." By this standard, aren't the goals of every party in a transaction where money changes h
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by illinx 14y ago
I got the impression it was 95% tuition plus books/assorted costs up to $2000 per year.