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homonculus··on Ultimate Tic Tac Toe
The opponent can't choose the center square because you've already filled them all in the initial phase of the gambit.
homonculus··on James while John had had had ... had had had a better effect on the teacher
Only if the previous two sentences contain "had written."
homonculus··on 16×16 Pixel Art Tutorial
Here's a very good pixel art tutorial that I found either on HN or on reddit a while ago: http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/
homonculus··on When Bad Theories Happen to Good Scientists
Your comment doesn't have much depth; would you care to explain why you think the article is bad?
homonculus··on Your Facebook password should be none of your boss' business
What if you created an account after being hired, or had plausible deniability to that effect? Would you be obligated to inform your employer whenever you manage other social media accounts?

The implications of this are terrifying. I'm glad that organizations like the ACLU are on this, because if corporations can set a precedent for this sort of privacy invasion, we're screwed to the nth degree.

homonculus··on Clever bike lock scales light posts
Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought he was saying the other person would use his remote to steal your bike.
homonculus··on Speed Camera Lottery Decreases Speeding by 22% in Fun Experiment
Are you less free because of trash cans?
homonculus··on Speed Camera Lottery Decreases Speeding by 22% in Fun Experiment
What's the issue here? Enforcement is only a problem if the laws being enforced are restrictive. If they make it illegal to be a Jew, then we have a problem with the cameras. If they're only using it to do what police officers already do (monitor traffic violations) then the only difference is that police have more resources to deal with more important crimes.
homonculus··on Clever bike lock scales light posts
> What happens if another guy with one of these locks comes along and parks his park on the same post as yours?

Presumably, if these were mass-produced, each device would have a rare or unique signal similar to car remotes.

> Also as far as I can tell this lock relies on the poles/posts being of a certain diameter

I thought of that too. There are standard light pole sizes, but they might be different in different countries. I wonder if it would work s well on wooden posts.

homonculus··on Teaching My Daughter To Code
I'm 15 and using PHP. It is very satisfying to use, especially after the depression and boredom of school.

I wish I had started younger, the way some of these other kids did.

homonculus··on Prof Gives Lecture to Prove He Knows Students Cheated; Over 200 Students Confess
"He mentioned being able to supply the dean with a list of people with 95% confidence that everyone who cheated was on the list, with no apparent concern for any false positives."

Right after that, he said that he couldn't be sure everyone on the list had cheated. He is saying that he thinks every cheater is on the list, but not everyone on the list is a cheater.

homonculus··on Should I require username at login?
There would be a username, it just wouldn't be a part of the login process. I'm inclined to go with a better system instead of what people are expecting, but that's probably bad policy if I want users :) . A randomly generated password might solve the duplicates problem, but I guess I'll just stick to the standard format. Thanks for the feedback.
homonculus··on Should I require username at login?
I see now that it is a terrible idea. Thank you.