mrbrandonking

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by mrbrandonking 7y ago
Look at the picture: American pool table in the foreground, pocketless carom billiards table in the background. My aim was to explain the author’s terminology for those who’ve never seen a table without pockets.
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by mrbrandonking 7y ago
“... Michelson would run ten or twelve billiards with a touch so delicate that the three balls could always be covered by a hat.” Michelson was playing billiards on a table without pockets. I agree that Michelson wasn’t playing 3-cushion be
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by mrbrandonking 7y ago
Whenever the author refers to “billiards,” he’s talking about a game played on a pocketless table with three balls. He says “Pool” whenever he’s referring to pocket billiards, the game that most people are familiar with.
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VCs Say the Darndest Things (2011)(robertvbinder.com)
3 points by mrbrandonking 11y ago|0 comments
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
The best introduction to TDD that I've seen is Jon Reid's video tutorial here... http://qualitycoding.org/objective-c-tdd/ Even though he's demonstrating TDD with Objective-C, I've recommended this
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
ReSharper is an add-on component for Visual Studio that is (IMO) the best refactoring tool available for any IDE. ReSharper includes an NUnit-based test runner, too. JetBrains is the company that makes ReSharper. I also use AppCode (their
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
Your second point about American TV networks and pool is also true. Commentary is usually provided by some vacuous talking head who's never played pool before, gets excited about simple shots yet remains oblivious to the subtleties th
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
Good observation. I wondered the same thing when someone else commented that most people are uninterested in watching pool on TV. Yet snooker is a big hit on TV in the UK, as you point-out. I think that, historically, snooker became pop
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
I think "What societal change explains this?" is a very HN-worthy topic. In fact, that was my first guess as to why a straight pool article was submitted to HN. But the straight pool heydey wasn't in the 1970's... If yo
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
Sang Lee (Korean-American 3-cushion legend) opened a world-class billiards facility in Flushing, NY, called Carom Cafe. Heated billiard tables, the works. Sang Lee has since passed-away, but I just checked and the place is still open. Pr
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
You're right, it was Irving Crane who won that match. Good catch! I got mixed-up because Joe Balsis also had some famous 150-and-out runs - including one against Crane in their very next match!
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I'll go ahead and throw these out there, too, so everybody can see comparable "masterpieces" in other billiard games... Ronnie O'Sullivan with a 147-break at snooker... http:/&
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
It seems like straight pool provided a more accurate means of distinguishing skill levels between players. Dallas West (straight pool pro from 70's) once said that he knew he had arrived as a pro when, as a teenager, he finally ran 10
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
Snooker balls are smaller than regular pool balls. There's also a difference between snooker equipment manufacturer in the U.S. and what's used in the United Kingdom and the rest of the world. American snooker uses 2 1/8&
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
Simple answer: Declining attention spans. For those who've never seen straight pool (AKA 14.1) played, here's a link to video of an all-time classic match: Joe Balsis running 150-and-out to beat Irving Crane in 1966. http:&#x2F
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
There's a start-up scene starting to grow around Northwest Arkansas somewhat. Innovate Arkansas and the ARK Challenge are a local source of seed funding. NWA TechFest http://nwatechfest.com and Little Rock TechFest http:&
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
The Tulsa TechFest is in your hometown - http://techfests.com/Tulsa/2014/default.aspx . It was actually the first of the TechFests, and draws over 1,000 people. I've attended both Dallas and Houston TechFests
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by mrbrandonking 12y ago
There's a story on "The Daily WTF" that's almost certainly about Epic Systems. Epic apparently uses an obfuscated 60's-era language called MUMPS. See http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A_Case_of_t
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by mrbrandonking 13y ago
I'm leasing a server from MacStadium that's used for iOS continuous integration. I could also see MacStadium being useful for someone learning iOS development who isn't ready to splurge on a new Mac.
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by mrbrandonking 14y ago
Check out Ray Wenderlich's iOS tutorials at http://www.raywenderlich.com/store/ios-5-by-tutorials .
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by mrbrandonking 15y ago
I was expecting something about the Cocoa Touch UIKit.
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Scars(blog.asmartbear.com)
4 points by mrbrandonking 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrbrandonking 15y ago
You're absolutely right. "Simple to use, simple to build" is another thought in people’s minds. They don't realize it's actually harder to build something that's simple to use.
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Alexander Graham Bell recordings played from 1880s(news.yahoo.com)
1 points by mrbrandonking 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrbrandonking 15y ago
What do you think of the OP's plan for developing his own implementation of the idea?
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Should I pursue someone who stole my idea?(answers.onstartups.com)
5 points by mrbrandonking 15y ago|4 comments
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What is an angel investor?(answers.onstartups.com)
1 points by mrbrandonking 15y ago|0 comments
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Overbudget and unable to complete software contract(answers.onstartups.com)
2 points by mrbrandonking 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrbrandonking 15y ago
An old freelancer's rule-of-thumb for calculating hourly rates is to take your desired salary and divide by 1000. So, a freelancer would need to bill at roughly $70/hour to make the equivalent of $70,000 in a year. This rule-of-thumb is fa
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by mrbrandonking 15y ago
I've wished many times for ReSharper-like refactoring in Xcode. Now JetBrains (the ReSharper people) have announced CIDR, an Objective-C IDE. Apparently CIDR is still at an early stage (pre-beta even) and doesn't yet support debugging on a

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