sareon · HackerTrans

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This is a great idea but I don't think it's unique. I remember a similar app that was on the iPhone when those apps first came out. I remember looking at it but it had a cost to download it so I never did use it. I just can't remember what it was called.

sareon

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This reminds me of a PyCon talk from this year in analyzing rap lyrics with some basic NLP techniques

http://pyvideo.org/video/2658/analyzing-rap-lyrics-with-pyth...

The author was trying to see if rappers are considered more hateful towards women by their usage of "bitch per song". The results are quite interesting.

sareon

13 lat temudiscuss

Yes and it's run separately from the rest of Canada's monopoly. Look at the fine print on the prizes in the Ontario McDonald's monopoly which clearly states that it excludes Quebec. Source: I live in Quebec.

sareon

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Quebec? I don't see it happening. It has been like that for as long as I can remember. They can't even enter McDonald's contests like Monopoly. They have their own separate contests.

sareon

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Predicted TSA response: Removal of all electronics on board.

sareon

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Great, now an excuse for the TSA to not allow us to have electronics on board.

sareon

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I hurt my back rowing in 2009 in the L5-S1 area. Many physios diagnosed it as different things and many of them tried different treatments. None of them worked and it hurt for three years. I tried lots of different core exercises, some physios tried manual and manipulative therapy (which helped for a bit) but after a few months of sessions of dry needling my back hasn't bothered me with that injury in over a year.

I would much recommend dry needling, it's not the same thing as acupuncture.

sareon

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What's a standup? I didn't see it defined in either post.

sareon

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See I look at this and absolutely amazed. I wish I could make something like this but I have no idea of how to event start.

I tried making a Settlers game in Python/PyGame and so far all I have been able to do is generate the board: https://gist.github.com/sareon/5268205 - I've been told I am not properly discretizing the difference between the drawing of the game and the logic of the game which is going to hinder the development of the game.

I have a BSc and an MSc in CS - focusing on NLP and Machine Learning, so I have an idea how to program, just not how to program games like the Minecraft clone or my own Settlers game. I've tried looking for tutorials and resources online and I've followed the InventWithPython which showed me how to make a simple game similar to how I started making my own. Clearly it was inefficient for a larger game.

What are some good resources out there that can help me learn how to make games such as the Minecraft clone or even how to make my own settlers game actually be a useable game?

sareon

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I saw this link and I immediately thought of ShareLatex. I love that site and I use it for all my graduate work. So much easier than working with LaTeX on my own machine. You guys rock and it is by far the best LaTeX editor I've see online.

sareon

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Looks impressive, but I got to say this. I am horrible at chess and couldn't find the move to checkmate white. I would probably get frustrated with this and not even bother to finish the form.

sareon

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Didn't an author from Penny Arcade successfully get a visa or something like that to enter the US because of an online petition. IIRC he was trying to enter for business purposes but the US Gov't doesn't consider an online comic to be a viable business.

sareon

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Not just Google Fiber, I want to know when the rest of us will be able to get the Nexus 4. It was released in November/December and they are still sold out on Canada's Google Play website.

I wanted to get one for April when my current Bell contract runs out and then use it with Wind Mobile but it doesn't seem like I will be able to get one in time.

sareon

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I thought the newest bill (related to technology, pirating, etc) here in Canada made it legal for Canadians to be allowed to unlock their phones and made it illegal for companies to tie one device to one company.

sareon

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I like being able to select a number of possible departure airports (Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Detroit) and then my days I like being able to say +/- 2 days.

sareon

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They mention that texting is on the decline.

I wonder how much of that comes from iMessage on the iPhones, which as I recall, doesn't use SMS but rather data to send messages.

sareon

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I thought we were boycotting them? I can't remember why or for how long but someone told me not to use them so I haven't since. Might have been Reddit though too.

sareon

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Literally ``The Lego Book'' - http://www.amazon.ca/Lego-Book-Dorling-Kindersley/dp/0756656...

sareon

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Yeah it was in the late 90s I believe that they were almost going bankrupt. Part of it too was the number of special pieces they would use for only one set. I have the Lego Book and it's a great read, goes into a lot more detail than that Wikipedia page.

sareon

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There is reason for their seemingly high prices it is because of how accurately the bricks are built. They are meant to be a precise size to something like 0.002 mm and you can see it is a quality product compared to Mega Blocks which just feels cheap.

I'd say a normal set goes for about $0.10 a piece, prices will go up if they require a license (Star Wars) or have lots of special abnormal pieces.

Minifigs cost a lot more to make, they are also collectable themselves. I have collected sets since I was three years old and I have only recently discovered how valuable and collectable just the minifigs are to some people.

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