dinofacedude
Re:Build an 8-bit computer from scratch
on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:29AM (#21904615)
I did Nand2Tetris for my computer architecture class. Learned a lot! Definitely recommended. It actually got me into assembly programming as a hobby
Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?
on Sunday December 29, 2019 @02:22AM (#21904588)
Dune and Lord of the Rings. Both have such detail to their worlds that is rarely done well in other works. On top of the world building, I enjoyed the internal struggles that both Paul and Frodo had to go through to become better people and achieve their goals
Re:Spotify Becomes Latest Tech Company to Hit Pause on Political Ads
on Sunday December 29, 2019 @12:55AM (#21904280)
Can't blame them. If I owned a software company I wouldn't touch politics with a mile long pole.
Re:The Golden Flute IV: The Flute of Immortality
on Sunday December 29, 2019 @12:51AM (#21904253)
Damn. Thats actually kind of amazing
Re:Linux: The Greatest OS That (N)Ever Was
on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:38PM (#20816396)
This is a super old article I thought I would share. Interesting to see old opinions
Linux: The Greatest OS That (N)Ever Was
Re:Die With Me – A chat app you can only use when you have less than 5...
on Sunday August 18, 2019 @03:27PM (#20732277)
I kind of miss when Twitter only allowed 140 characters. Tweets took a little more thought to put together. Now, twitter is basically Reddit 2.0
Re:Can we survive technology? (1955) [pdf]
on Saturday August 17, 2019 @04:15PM (#20726063)
You see it a lot in academic databases
Re:Why GNU/Linux Viruses Are Fairly Uncommon
on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:54PM (#20682694)
Ah, XKCD. Truly a blessing to the modern world!
Re:The Horror of Microsoft Teams
on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:43PM (#20682643)
I am going to have to use Microsoft Teams next semester at my college for project management class. Not looking forward to it. Especially since there is no Linux version, and Linux is the only OS I enjoy using.
Re:‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says 8chan’s Creator
on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:12AM (#20611453)
Jeez, internet history is a rabbit hole.
Re:‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says 8chan’s Creator
on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:11AM (#20611450)
That and Voat. Voat is almost as bad in a lot of ways
Re:‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says 8chan’s Creator
on Monday August 05, 2019 @01:09AM (#20611439)
>So literally everyone so much as reading 8chan/pol is on a watchlist, right?
Well, crap. When I heard the news I decided to pay 8chan a visit (never really been there before) to see how they took the news(not surprisingly, not well). I really hope I am not on a list because of this.
Re:Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time
on Saturday July 27, 2019 @11:49AM (#20542545)
This exactly. I lived in Lumberton near Beaumont for a few years and the paper mill made most of the town stink at the time. I moved to Mount Pleasant for another few years and the entire town's industry centers around the pilgrim's pride chicken factory. The entire town, coincidentally, smells like raw chicken.
Re:Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time
on Saturday July 27, 2019 @11:45AM (#20542521)
As a Texan, this makes me proud
Re:Chris Hughes, a Facebook Founder, Is Working With the Government to...
on Saturday July 27, 2019 @11:44AM (#20542515)
Google News is not a proper competitor to FB though. No one I know uses it at all
Re:Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees
on Saturday July 27, 2019 @01:49AM (#20540597)
I have always wondered about that...when I was little I noticed that tree stumps would sometimes end up greying out and wither away when my dad cut them, and sometimes wouldn't. This explains everything!
Re:Facebook Research Warned of ‘Tipping Point’ Threat to Core App
on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:17PM (#20532082)
That is exactly what made me leave FB in the first place. 90 percent of it was the sheer amount of videos and articles posted over content friends shared. If I wanted news I would have come to Ycombinator or Reddit. I miss seeing what my old friends are up to, but I wouldn't have seen their updates anyway
Re:Chris Hughes, a Facebook Founder, Is Working With the Government to...
on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:07PM (#20532036)
Its mostly the sheer influence that FB has. Google has a ton of sway itself, but outside of Youtube, most people mostly spend their time on the internet with Facebook. As seen with Cambridge Analytica, a lot of info on people's beliefs and party affiliations is known by facebook, so FB can actually influence a persons votes. Google has that power as well, but to a much lesser extent.