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sodiumphosphate··on Rust: low-level programming without the segfaults
What fun is a slide show without a talk?
sodiumphosphate··on [dead]
Perhaps tangential, but is there any way to be certain whether the webcam light can be controlled by software?

I often wonder if my MBP camera is necessarily off just because the ominous little green light isn't shining.

sodiumphosphate··on Google is developing a Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android called Chromoting
I keep wishing that I could remotely control any of my devices from any other.
sodiumphosphate··on Ask HN: OSX Screen Capture Software
I recommend Screenflick if you need more options than Quicktime provides, along with Soundflower for capturing device audio output.

http://www.araelium.com/screenflick/

http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/

sodiumphosphate··on Poll: What is your primary programming language?
Boo. Syntax inspired by Python. Fast, easily extensible compiler. All the power of .NET / Mono.

(But shitty website, and lots of confused kids on the Unity3D forum.)

sodiumphosphate··on What is Microsoft smoking?
I think .NET is pretty amazing (to have emerged out of Redmond, at least).
sodiumphosphate··on These pictures are on the voyager spacecraft, meant to represent all of humanity
We are here. We are rich in resources, and an excellent source of protein.
sodiumphosphate··on Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years (2012)
I wonder what they taste like.
sodiumphosphate··on All The Cool Kids Use Ruby
"Tell me more about these bohemians."
sodiumphosphate··on Trends in modern programming language syntax
Right on. I would definitely constrain such a thing to a small subset of C++.
sodiumphosphate··on Trends in modern programming language syntax
I wish someone would write a CoffeeScript for C++.
sodiumphosphate··on Robot Finds Mysterious Spheres in Ancient Temple
Damn. Still no ancient aliens.
sodiumphosphate··on Why do people fall in love with products?
Alright, what's a clampork?
sodiumphosphate··on A robotic dragonfly with a wingspan of 63 cm
Festo is just fascinating. I feel like a child every time they produce a new video like this.
sodiumphosphate··on "Invisible Electrostatic Wall" at 3M adhesive tape plant (1996)
Doesn't it seem more plausible that someone just executed a prank with a sheet of plastic, and a myth grew up around it?
sodiumphosphate··on "Invisible Electrostatic Wall" at 3M adhesive tape plant (1996)
Oh yes, please.

edit: I submitted the request at http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/show-talk/ejec....

sodiumphosphate··on Loom: Native mobile game engine with live reload of code and assets
Here are my first impressions from a brief test drive.

http://luciangames.com/blog/2013/2/26/the-loom-game-engine

sodiumphosphate··on Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum with quadrocopters
And possibly remove your foot.
sodiumphosphate··on How To Make a Quick Buck
I've heard a teddybear works pretty well in a pinch.

For me, the epiphany usually hits when I finally break down and decide to ask for help. I realize my cognitive blind spot while composing a message for a forum post or email.

It's always good to step back and acquire a fresh perspective.

sodiumphosphate··on First impressions of Leap Motion
Nice idea, but for good results the leap API would need to be integrated into the application.

Now blender, on the other hand, is ripe for experimentation.

sodiumphosphate··on Netflix releases House of Cards
The show is excellent, IMHO. Delightfully wicked and intriguing.
sodiumphosphate··on Functional composition: from sine wave to Bach canon
Thanks. It turns out I enjoyed this very much, and though the syntax was a bit foreign it made a lot more sense than I expected.
sodiumphosphate··on Functional composition: from sine wave to Bach canon
Is this useful for someone with no knowledge of functional programming languages? I'm certainly interested in the topic.

I recently spent some time learning [ChucK](http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu), and used it to generate sound effects for my game. After several unsatisfactory crops with audacity and other tools (bfxr, etc), I found it to be a real pleasure to do the task with a text editor and terminal instead. I'm happy with the result, but I think I'd like to continue learning audio programming.

sodiumphosphate··on What makes red meat unhealthy?
Yet more reason to promote entomophagy.
sodiumphosphate··on C++11 and Boost - Succinct like Python
I keep wishing for this magical language to manifest, like a C++ compatible Boo. I only wish I were capable of building one myself.
sodiumphosphate··on The Perfect Bacon Cooking Method
I've recently taken to draping the strips over the rungs of the oven rack, and letting them drip into a foil-lined sheet pan.

I can't think of a better way. I strongly prefer to let the fat drip off.

sodiumphosphate··on Show HN: goodbre.ws, a fully open source recommendation engine for beer
+1
sodiumphosphate··on [dead]
Why would you package this up for convenient deployment? Don't be a jackass. Take it down.
sodiumphosphate··on Blit: a multitasking, windowed Unix GUI from 1982
Agreed. I wish there was a way to get rid of all the chrome in OSX.
sodiumphosphate··on Show HN: I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory
And 4: they also fade.

I've been wearing the same seven solid black polyester tees for the past year or so and I'm sold on them.

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