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tcdowney··on Paper Trails: Living and Dying with Fragmented Medical Records
Thank you for your insight, Cory. :full-moon-with-face:
tcdowney··on White and gold, or blue and black
Same happened to me, nearly 8 minutes ago as well!!
tcdowney··on Urbit: a personal cloud computer
It's as if it were inspired by all of the bad parts of a Dan Friedman text. :)
tcdowney··on Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at
Seriously?

While I don't think the name is great, who cares.

tcdowney··on In Almost Every European Country, Bikes Are Outselling New Cars
The thing with Bloomington is that it's very bike friendly compared to most cities of similar size and there is a substantial cyclist population considering half of the town consists of students that have nowhere to park their cars.

Your average noncollege town isn't like Bloomington.

tcdowney··on Trampolines in JavaScript
Looks like Friedman taught you well. :)
tcdowney··on Learning how to think
Sorry, bro.

Life is so hard right now.

tcdowney··on The CODE Keyboard
WASD is an established entity in the mechanical keyboard scene, so I'm sure they did most of the heavy lifting in regards to hardware.

I'm sure it will be a good keyboard (especially for enthusiasts looking to try out some Cherry MX clears).

tcdowney··on Rust on the Arduino Due
I'm more excited to see that the project is based off one for the STM32F4. I've got one of those lying around and I'm looking forward to trying this out. :)
tcdowney··on I wasted four years of my life – don't make the same mistake
I'm pretty sure biology falls within the S in STEM. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a pop-science book, surely you could have used a more literary example to represent "the arts."
tcdowney··on I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115
Heh the whole "Here's a tasty sandwich" bit reminds me of The Little Schemer and not in a good way.
tcdowney··on Why This Hacker Stood Up Against ‘Verbal Abuse’ in Linux Land
Is he actually nice or are you being sarcastic?
tcdowney··on Yahoo to kill off inactive IDs to free up ‘short, sweet’ usernames
Glad that I've never used a Yahoo email address to register for anything.
tcdowney··on Why the new Macbook charger is a serious downgrade
It does get to be an issue if your battery no longer holds a charge.
tcdowney··on Python-powered "real-world" interface pyMCU giveaway
This would be a whole lot cooler if the Python code was actually executed on the MCU itself. As it stands it needs to be tethered to a PC.
tcdowney··on BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
Check out sites like https://www.sparkfun.com/, http://www.newark.com/, or https://www.adafruit.com/ if you're looking to purchase modest amounts of sensors, displays, servos, etc. for hobby projects.
tcdowney··on Algorithms, Data Structures, and Design Patterns for Self-Taught Developers
Although it's not exactly math heavy, I think Steven Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual manages to bridge the gap between the "Programming Collective Intelligence" and something like Knuth's books.
tcdowney··on Mozilla Launches Firefox OS Simulator 3.0
Now if only their developer phones were easier to get a hold of.

I was totally ready to impulse buy a Keon last week, but I missed the initial rush on them.

tcdowney··on Introducing Photos of You
Wow this is some pretty cutting edge stuff.
tcdowney··on Show HN: Automatic weekly meal planner, also plans your leftovers
Wow, I was just thinking about swole.me the other day while I was mirin my gainz at the gym. Cool to see it become something more!
tcdowney··on Why SICP Matters
Not to mention the patronizing "Now go make yourself a baba ghanoush pita!" and "This space reserved for jelly stains."

Maybe the humor was just lost on me...

tcdowney··on I knew exactly how she felt
Thanks for this. I was sick the day they taught this notation in my PL class and I need to learn it before my final exam next week!!! :)
tcdowney··on Introducing Clochure: a better Clojure
They totally had me with this.

"So on the eve of April 1st we sat down in a brainstorm session with a team of PLT experts."

tcdowney··on Sorry Google, I’m switching to Microsoft
Jeez that first paragraph is cheesy.
tcdowney··on Starting and Sustaining
How long will the special launch pricing be available?
tcdowney··on Building something cool on your own? I want to interview you
Yeah, definitely change the grey on grey text.

I'm really diggin the cyan and purple/overall aesthetic though.

tcdowney··on Show HN: Tiled Text – a Different Approach to Editing Text
It's also about 100x more cryptic.
tcdowney··on Typeplate - A Typography Template
Very nice. I'm definitely weak on the typography front and this looks like something that I may actually use!
tcdowney··on [dead]
"Startup Slut" is a horrible term...
tcdowney··on The Serenity of a 5pm Bedtime
Be careful though, I've heard that some (especially cheaper) lights don't filter enough UV light and that they can damage your eyes.
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