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Re:Helping my students overcome command-line bullshittery on Friday October 10, 2014 @12:42PM (#8438698)
Using sage math now in a class and it's tops. Thank you for your work
Re:Notes on Discrete Mathematics [pdf] on Saturday February 15, 2014 @07:38PM (#7246152)
This is some basic intro discrete math. How is this being upvoted?
Re:Show HN: Plug, the best way to discover new music on Mac on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @06:57PM (#6686502)
FWIW hypem does not support SSL so you must turn off your https everywhere or make an exception in order to sign up for an account.
Re:Pixelmator 3.0 on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @01:41PM (#6600326)
What a fantastic application! I wish more companies operated like the Pixelmator Team
Re:Free private Github repos for students and edu people on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:50PM (#5761001)
Wow Github you just lost out on a new subscriber! I was eyeing the micro accounts and then found this HN link. Thanks for being awesome!!!
Re:Statistical Formulas For Programmers on Monday May 20, 2013 @10:58AM (#5737989)
This is an amazing resource thank you.

I wish I had this last semester during my statistics course.

Re:Flat UI colors on Sunday April 28, 2013 @10:35AM (#5621336)
general term: friendly dos
Re:Twitter Music App Goes Live Today on Thursday April 18, 2013 @08:28AM (#5570194)
Not live for me, what does everyone else find?
Re:Smart TVs are dumb on Monday April 08, 2013 @06:55PM (#5515254)
Reminds me of early 'smart' phones.
Third'd. Mine has been dead nuts reliable; no problems, no regret spending the most I have ever spent on a laptop.
Re:The Setup: Mike Fogus on Friday March 01, 2013 @10:47AM (#5304850)
Fantastic read fogus!

I love discovering gems thru reading The Setup

Re:Students to e-textbooks: no thanks on Sunday February 24, 2013 @09:14AM (#5274261)
Thank you for mentioning Paul's Online Notes, this will be invaluable for me this summer term as I am signed up for calc 2 but have had 10years away from maths.
Re:Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In? on Thursday February 14, 2013 @07:32PM (#5223650)
Quite the spread. This is interesting as many HN submissions aren't locale specific.
Re:Verizon Names Data-Draining and Battery-Killing Apps on Monday February 11, 2013 @03:44PM (#5203085)
You can lock the display and the voice directions still subsist. The battery drain is from the constant polling of GPS information in my experience though.
Re:Hacker News Karma Tracker on Sunday February 03, 2013 @08:04PM (#5161912)
Today I learn that I am not the worst karma gaining person from my registration month.
Re:Ask HN: Do I need College? on Friday January 04, 2013 @10:16PM (#5011337)
I think it is smart to continue on and get a BA. Your abilities and experience can only help you further on in your career. Enjoy the time you have while you are young and physically able to enjoy it.
I have been running this on my toro (Verizon Galaxy Nexus) AOKP rom'd phone. Unscientifically this seems to make a difference to render speed of most everything.
Re:Pen and Paper on Friday January 04, 2013 @12:03AM (#5006351)
I do as well. This past semester I switched to using Generals brand cedar point #333 2HB pencils and they are great quality I recommend trying them out.
Re:Ubuntu Product Launch Day Google+ Hangout on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @11:32AM (#4997448)
I think they (canonical) have hinted at Ubuntu with touch support. This could be interesting for some of the touch laptop hardware that has been coming out with W8.
Re:Getting better and finding happiness through cycling on Sunday December 30, 2012 @10:11PM (#4988200)
I caught the bug last year (2011) got a new bike in February this year and severely broke my leg in March (non cycling accident). Even with the bad leg I managed to lose a bunch of weight and feel great.

Thank your for sharing your story.

Re:An FBI Hostage Negotiator Buys A Car [audio] on Sunday December 30, 2012 @08:33PM (#4987900)
I have seen this method suggested in car dealer AMA threads. None of the sales guy (dealers) said this is a good idea and the effectiveness seemed largely dependent upon location.
Re:Netflix is Down on Monday December 24, 2012 @10:06PM (#4964941)
Doing normal things, but with family.
Re:Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market on Sunday December 23, 2012 @10:07PM (#4961686)
I have bought two windows 8 laptops in the past month and have returned both of them. Windows 8 works nicely, is quick and once you get over the hump of figuring out the unintuitive UI is mostly nice to use. The hardware simply was not up to the task of everyday use as a student. Trackpad, screen quality, keyboard, and battery life were the deal breakers for me.
Re:TL;DR — Faster News on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @01:35PM (#4815570)
I like it! Simple and I can actually see myself using this.
Re:Don't Worry About Your Productivity, Worry About You on Sunday October 21, 2012 @08:31PM (#4681336)
Cutting them out completely might be a little much. Limiting them is a great idea to be productive is a good idea though.
Re:The Magazine: For geeks like us. By Marco Arment on Thursday October 11, 2012 @11:10AM (#4641096)
The ipad1 has a larger screen which strains the gpu more than the 3gs does. (that is the paraphrased reasoning iirc)
Re:Tell HN: Login to unsubscribe is against Federal Law on Sunday September 09, 2012 @08:12PM (#4497595)
http://www.ls1gto.com breaks this rule.