wrt54g

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by wrt54g 13y ago
I'm not a fan of the introvert-worship on HN and related sites- I see it used as a crutch, an excuse, a softer form of the typical claim to having Asperger's to explain how you can't talk to people. Not saying Asperger's
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by wrt54g 13y ago
Ok, so lots of people bid on projects without fully understanding the requirements, some people understand but want to solve it as an engineering rather than a math problem, and others get it. Where's the hilarity in this or OP? HN Sunday n
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by wrt54g 14y ago
Since the algorithm can only detect the relative swirled amounts of a set of the same images, a solution could be to, rather than using a set of the same image, use a set of different images swirled different amounts (or with some other tra
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by wrt54g 14y ago
I actually use my Google email address to log into my Windows account too - they know we don't want yet another email address to manage.
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by wrt54g 14y ago
I see him as part of the first wave of the new pop-electronic which I think will be only more popular through this decade. It's certainly not typical traditional electronic music, so no, you aren't missing anything.
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by wrt54g 14y ago
I'm starting at Microsoft out of college in July and this worries me. Could I ask which product you were on?
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by wrt54g 15y ago
Posts like this always depress me. I spend all my time in class or working, and for no use - my last 8 months of work were removed last week due to a bureaucratic decision - not the first time, so I can't argue that my life has any purpose.
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by wrt54g 16y ago
We're going to start pushing the ACM ICPC competition more, also Topcoder, Spoj, etc. I hadn't heard of codercharts.com, thanks for that. We aren't quite sure how to get people involved in this area though, since freshmen and sophomores are
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by wrt54g 16y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Good point that I can't expect this to happen overnight.
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by wrt54g 16y ago
Starting small and expanding- that's a good thought. I should probably focus on that rather than attacking the entire undergrad email list. Thanks.
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How can I foster a "hacker culture" at my university?
17 points by wrt54g 16y ago|12 comments