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moistgorilla

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moistgorilla··on Oculus and the Rift are (probably) dead
"ponder over your character"

What?

moistgorilla··on New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, likely ships in July
The screen spans your entire field of view. You can still look around with your eyes only. The only problem is the low resolution.
moistgorilla··on New Oculus Rift dev kit goes on sale for $350 today, likely ships in July
you are rendering from two different angles. its not the same as taking one rendered frame and cutting it in half
moistgorilla··on How to debug small programs
Some people need this sort of explanation.
moistgorilla··on Why Programming is Difficult
Maybe for web development. For everything else... no.
moistgorilla··on Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
I will switch to windows if they make it as easy to develop on as it is on unix. Maybe have a fully supported unix commandline emulator?
moistgorilla··on Is Math a Young Man's Game? (2003)
He is referencing a quote by G.H. Harding "No mathematician should ever allow himself to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young man's game." Try reading the article before getting insulted.
moistgorilla··on Game Developers Are Trolling the Makers of Candy Crush With Other "Candy" Games
They aren't copies. This is like saying that every fps after quake is quake clone.
moistgorilla··on Sen. Rand Paul says he's suing over NSA policies
You aren't supposed to flag things because they go against your political agenda. You flag things for breaking the rules of HN. This is interesting news and judging by the number of votes it has it is interesting for most hackers which makes it proper news for this forum. People like you who flag things that go against their own agenda are the reason we can't have discussions about microsoft (these are flagged off the front page all of the time) or anything else the hive mind doesn't find correct. Basically, I am saying you are ruining this website.
moistgorilla··on Help me bring Black Girls Code to Brooklyn - I'm matching the first $5K
I read somewhere that using african american is also bad since there are many black people that don't identify as african and don't even have african heritage. I think black is much more inclusive.
moistgorilla··on CSS animated loading indicators
Nice job. Is it a problem with the state of webdev that the thing I was most impressed by was that your website didn't break my back button? Seriously, good work.
moistgorilla··on Oculus VR raises $75M
im pretty sure this is better for your eyes than a traditional monitor.
moistgorilla··on President Obama calls on every American to learn code
I think you are confusing things. Nobody wants the entire world to be CS experts. What most people are advocating is that an entry level CS course be given to all students. Just how we make them take Chemistry, Physics, literature.
moistgorilla··on From a Model S owner in Tennessee
This isn't a good argument seeing as how papers and pens can't die from asphyxiation.
moistgorilla··on Poll: How do you create the website for your startup or side project?
You asked him why he does it himself. He responded by saying that time and money are the issue.
moistgorilla··on Filesharing site revealed to be anti-piracy ‘honeypot’
I can't help but laugh. I always joke with my irc buds that we are chatting in a NSA honeypot. Maybe it's actually true? lol I think I'm actually disillusioned now. Just another example of why you should never put information you wouldn't want someone to know on the internet.
moistgorilla··on Please, keep paying $80 a month for cable so I can enjoy cheap TV
as opposed to 80 dollars a month for cable. What point are you trying to make?
moistgorilla··on Intel says get ready for $99 tablets, $299 Haswell notebooks, $349 hybrids
Plan on buying the Dell venue 8 pro the day it comes out.

-x86? check

-bay trail? check

-long battery? check

-stylus support? check

-high ppi? check

-under $300? check

Perfect notebook replacement. Not a laptop replacement but as a companion device it is perfect.

moistgorilla··on The Hacker News Generation (Afraid of Hard Work)
This is happening to me right now. I struggle to find amid ground from working too hard and staying up till 4 am and working too little. Can you spare some advice?
moistgorilla··on SteamOS
Valve has a lot of power. They can offer discounts and say that instead of taking 30% of every game purchased through steam we will only take 20% if it supports steam os. I'm sure developers would consider it when they can be making 10% more from every sale.
moistgorilla··on Microsoft’s Hardware, Round 2: Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
I don't think there is a laptop/convertible/tablet that you can buy with better specs for the price they are offering. Honestly, I think you are just uninformed.
moistgorilla··on Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on health and well-being
Being immortal and having a high quality of life for as long as we are alive are not mutually exclusive. In fact, don't we have longer lives and better quality of life than our ancestors already? This would just be taking it one step further. Also, having a population that never dies has many more benefits than consequences. The amount of knowledge and experience that will not be wasted because of death is extremely valuable. Also, who says people will be giving birth to children as often as they are currently doing when they don't fear dying. Already in most developed nations the rate of population growth is plateauing. Also, don't forget we have an entire universe at our fingertips. I'm sure when we have 200 year old aerospace engineers and physicists we will be able to get to colonize other planets much faster.
moistgorilla··on SkyMall's SkyFall
On delta I've been paying around 5 dollars for flight long wifi
moistgorilla··on Email exchange between Edward Snowden and former GOP Senator Gordon Humphrey
I don't understand how people don't see this....
moistgorilla··on The Internet Just Made Microsoft Kill a Car for a Faster Horse
Not how it's presented. How it functions.
moistgorilla··on Edward Snowden Q&A
It's a different situation. American's really like the idea of having the power to protect themselves. That's why when you throw the statistic that you will most likely never need the gun they don't care. This is because despite the odds being so low they are afraid of being that 1 or 2%.

However, American's really don't like the idea of an overly powerful government watching over your shoulder. The idea that the government is supposedly using gathering this information and that it doesn't even have a legitimate use case is unappealing to most.

moistgorilla··on Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech
Honestly, while it sucks that I can't take advantage of what will probably happen in the future (undergrad degrees in this format). I can't say i'm not proud to be going there after hearing about this. I'm happy that this will be an option for our future. Hopefully it's successful and affects all areas of study.
moistgorilla··on Announcing Online MS in Computer Science in Collaboration with Georgia Tech
As an undergraduate georgia tech cs student. I wish this was for undergrad degrees also. At least I will be able to get a cheap masters degree.
moistgorilla··on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking
What downsides?
moistgorilla··on Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking
The article covers this topic of confidence. It says that only 15 to 20% of the wage increase attractive people gain is because of confidence. The rest is due to bias from the person in charge of hiring.
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