srogers
Re:Ideas I would like to build / see built
on Saturday April 10, 2010 @09:41PM (#1256142)
On a related note, there's a new sub-reddit called SomebodyMakeThis. (a sub-reddit being a user created subsection of the link aggregator Reddit)
Re:Jon Stewart: ChatRoulette
on Friday March 05, 2010 @01:58PM (#1170150)
Probably the same way I watch Guardian football highlights.
Ask HN: Is emotional intelligence just the latest buzzword?
Lately, I've been seeing "emotional intelligence" cited here and there as a critical link between intelligence and success. I grabbed a copy of "Emotional Intelligence 2.0" by Bradberry and Greaves to form my own opinion.Most of the things I read seem like common sense; the main benefit for me has been it focused me more directly on trying to improve myself, much like visiting a therapist.So...
Re:Linked List Patent
on Wednesday March 03, 2010 @06:04PM (#1165503)
I like to think this was a joint effort between the patent office and "inventor" to undermine the legitimacy of software patents.
Re:Hello Fedora, Goodbye Ubuntu
on Saturday January 16, 2010 @09:56PM (#1057933)
ATI recently released a Linux version of their Catalyst Control Center. I had a fairly smooth experience on Lenny Debian with the ATI Radeon X1550.
Re:Ask HN:Review my science fiction story.
on Monday November 16, 2009 @02:11PM (#945045)
As far as technical details in fiction are concerned, I think they can enhance a story when they are described in a way that lets non-technical users image a system that at least has roughly the right inputs and outputs. I find that Charles Stross does this very well, particularly in Accelerando, Atrocity Archives, and Jennifer Morgue.
From Atrocity Archives: "he'll have to enlist GCHQ and a scanning tunneling microscope to find it under all the 0xDEADBEEF spammed across the hard disk platters."
Even without fully knowing about these concepts, you still get a rich picture of of a hard-drive wipe (hopefully the reader is savvy enough not to imagine anything too bovine).
What this pretty much boils down to is the popular fiction writing mantra "show, don't tell".