narfquat

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by narfquat 12y ago
I think it might be more reasonable to say that unkindness is repulsive.
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by narfquat 12y ago
>The guards are exactly who you want in case of an emergency. Many are former military that have honorably served our country. Nice that they could potentially provide an employment opportunity/avenue for returning service men/
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by narfquat 13y ago
Pretty cool. Something is wrong in the top left quadrant though, the graph tooltip becomes a little sluggish when it is anchored to the bottom right of the cursor. Might be related to array reversals, etc.
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Flappy Fraud? – Review Analysis on Flappy Bird(sensortower.com)
11 points by narfquat 13y ago|3 comments
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by narfquat 13y ago
Look at some of the comments for Satan. They all sound like they were created from the same prompt list and have the same tone/sentiment. Actually, the sheer number and proportion of reviews with the word Satan in it is ridiculously hi
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by narfquat 13y ago
So does that mean someday I will be able to call in a same-day airdrop of semi-uncommon product x that has been sitting in my amazon shopping cart or wishlist?
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by narfquat 13y ago
It might be visitors from those countries downloading the app via their respective carrier's app "storefront" while visiting a city where the services are offered/operating.
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by narfquat 13y ago
and the ruby equivalent: "416D65726963612043616E20436F646520".scan(/../).map { |x| x.hex.chr }.join => "America Can Code "
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by narfquat 13y ago
I think the linkage was appropriate. While reading the title I immediately thought about the way a housefly repeatedly rams itself into windows (while not seriously damaging itself) to try and find a way out. Granted, insects don't fly
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by narfquat 13y ago
Perhaps corporate espionage/sabotage? Or maybe to keep things relatively low-key around the site. Or perhaps the tech/approach is untested, and they want to do some preliminary tests/dry runs before putting their branding all
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by narfquat 13y ago
Seems pretty telling to me, with the patent and coffee shop cashier testimonial. I wonder how the hardware will hold up to the environmental harshnesses of the open water? Or even just sea spray...
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by narfquat 13y ago
Oh good, a military R&D lab aiming to develop brain implants... Is there an equivalent of a tin foil hat that is available for subdermal implantation? Kidding aside, military research has resulted in some of the most amazing stuff these
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by narfquat 13y ago
I think he is using 3D printing synonymously with on-site fabrication of components. Not quite the same, but similar.
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Show HN: App publishers ranked by estimated worth(sensortower.com)
16 points by narfquat 13y ago|5 comments
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by narfquat 13y ago
Does that look like a turtle shark to anyone else? Awesome.
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by narfquat 13y ago
I think you're on to something... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetab...
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by narfquat 13y ago
The firm added that the flight attained 7Gs of acceleration but was capable of carrying out manoeuvres at 9Gs - something that might cause physical problems for a pilot. Wow, I guess this means they can push the machines to th
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by narfquat 13y ago
Huh, I had never thought about birthdate giving students a leg up in terms of mental capability. I was in a gifted program in for elementary and middle school, and now that I think about it, in 8th grade, of the top 5 academically performin
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by narfquat 13y ago
Looks like the other bomb disintegrated on impact. From Wikipedia: The second bomb plunged into a muddy field at around 700 miles per hour (310 m/s) and disintegrated. The tail was discovered about 20 feet (6.1 m) below ground. Parts o
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by narfquat 13y ago
This has got to be one of the worst implementations of d3.js I have encountered in the wild...
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by narfquat 13y ago
If Battlefield 3 has taught me anything, someone is going to strap a brick of C4 to one soon enough.
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by narfquat 13y ago
To put that in perspective, here is a list of opening day top grossing movies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_openin... , and the previous video game record was $500 million, for Call of Duty: Blac
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by narfquat 13y ago
Poor Alaska, forever uncharted territory :(
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by narfquat 13y ago
Hmm, I wonder what other types of otherwise harmless food stuffs can become detrimental given the correct physiological conditions of the consumer? How do we even go about humanely testing that sort of thing?
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by narfquat 13y ago
Oh cool, Watsi is one of the charities that the funds are being shared with. Gaming for medicine!
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by narfquat 13y ago
Did I just watch a video of a series of pictures? Why not just have a 3-5 second motion video?
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by narfquat 13y ago
Isn't that how Godzilla and the Incredible Hulk got started?
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by narfquat 13y ago
Alright, show's over -- everything works again haha
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by narfquat 13y ago
even the art assets are named the same -- not to mention the html structure, etc.
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by narfquat 13y ago
*cue inception music But really, looks like this experiment could be totally derailed by closing your eyes, or by thinking of irrelevant topics. Still pretty neat though.

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