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pepsi_canon Low Level Bit Hacks You Must Know

You wouldn't happen to still have your code? This sounds like an interesting exercise. Maybe you could blog about your implementation and we can compare notes.

pepsi_canon Pistol Slut, a 2D shoot-em-up platformer in Javascript

What about making this multiplayer? A player starts this up and is placed immediately into a battle with another random player? Maybe a few NPCs in there for fun.

pepsi_canon Why rebel groups love the Toyota Hilux

I thought it was known as the Tacoma in North America?

pepsi_canon Ask HN: What do you think of the name GeekyTown?

Name for what?

pepsi_canon Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents

I've had a similar experience to yours. I grew up with an alcoholic and domestically violent father in a poverty stricken neighborhood. I was encouraged to go to college by a girlfriend of all things. I graduated in the lower half of my class and scored only a 900 on my SAT but despite this I finished my BS with a 3.55 overall GPA and a 4.0 in computer science. I'm currently working on my Master's degree.

I also feel like my intelligence is average but what helped me succeed is how much I enjoyed all my computer science courses.