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You know why I love Shakespeare? Because only thoughtful minds can understand his writings. Ones that can bear to get out of their technology-infested worlds and actually focus on a story that has and can keep your attention, when words meant more than simple communication.

Promises were called oaths and there were such things as enduring love, faithfulness, and trust, yet, there were still scandals and mistakes. But it was all overcome in a story that few today would venture to understand in its original context.

It takes little intelligence to comprehend what a text means, but in poetry and stories we find beautiful manifestations of every moral and in these I think we find the vulnerability of this plague we call humanity.

HN already has an in-built anti-procrastination feature.

this ship will almost certainly be unofficially referred to as Boaty McBoatface by its crew.

Except for the captain.

Thank you for mentioning this podcast. It's amazing!

Thank you! It seems very interesting, terse and powerful.

Exactly. Too bad two wrongs don't make a right.

What language is that?

There's a difference between pointing out the existence of a similar comment on the post and stating that I have stolen the comment. Assumptions can make fools of us all.

How do you suggest that I make it clear? Keybase doesn't allow for G+ verification.

I am the same person.

They simply rounded the weights in pounds to the next hundred which resulted in the extra 644lbs.

Python code:

    import math
    def roundup(x):
	return int(math.ceil(x / 100.0)) * 100

    materials_in_kgs =  [12750000,6090000,5420000,2050000,1340000,86000,18000,20000,59000,2000,3000,1000]
    materials_in_lbs = [i*2.204 for i in materials_in_kgs]

    materials_in_lbs_rounded = [roundup(i) for i in materials_in_lbs]

    print sum(materials_in_lbs_rounded)

I was curious why he was using domain names instead of tor hidden service or other p2p networks. Turns out that using domain names provides a backup communications channel (DNS) that gets through pretty much any firewall.

Hobbyists too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhuwO8AjM7k

Isn't their currency linked to the US dollar? That would make it a suicide attack. No one is that..Oh wait..

Empathy =! Compassion.

Sold! I haven't played around in a while but I definitely will. Thanks!

By "modding API" in my first edit I was actually referring to MCP. I couldn't think of a better description.

The mods I mentioned aren't indeed by Japanese developers but I can now see how my wording is wrong. I meant to say that the Japanese modding community is also active and doing wonders. Thank you.

The Minecraft modding scene is amazing! The Japanese have been doing wonders. You'd be amazed not only by the content but also by the visual effects of some of the mods.

Some examples (Not Japanese):

ComputerCraft: adds programmable computers in Lua. With in game applications; programmable robots called turtles.

Botania and Thaumcraft are two magical mods with stunning visuals.

Buildcraft and AE2 are logistics-oriented mods.

All in all, vanilla Minecraft is definitely unplayable once you try it with mods.

Edit: Probably worth mentioning that Mojang hired the guy who created the modding API. (See SquareWheel's comment below for correction/details)

Edit: Just finished reading the article (I check the comments first). They mentioned the Redstone logic. Probably worth mentioning as well that a 16-year-old built a scientific calculator using Redstone. https://youtu.be/wgJfVRhotlQ

I am on the phone so I haven't tested these.

http://www.net-peeker.com

https://www.netlimiter.com

http://freenet.mcnabhosting.com/python/pyshaper/

Like others have pointed out if this is just a symptom of another problem you'll only be teaching him how to be more patient and thus result in more wasted hours.

I am not trying to tell you how to raise your children of course but here my two cents.

I am 21 and growing up my parents also limited my siblings and I's computer time. They'd go as far as hiding the mouse or the power cords. I don't blame them BUT at the time (14-18) I used the computer to experiment with programming and it seems like my peers who did the same but had "unlimited" access to a computer had a great headstart.

So I think the time kids spend on the computer should factor in what they use it for. I'd secretly monitor their activity to determine that.

Indeed. But fingers crossed until they reach a Virdict. (I'll show myself out hehe)

I think it's the fact that it's a training for shortcuts and the training in itself is a shortcut (i.e. short, concise etc.)

I've sadly read way too many 4chan posts to believe this is real.

If it is I apologize and do tell us more.

It's very thoughtful of you to include the link with the Spotify URI. I've had a crappy day and this genuinely made me smile. Thank you.

From the privacy page:

Does Kite offer an on-premise option?

Kite does not have any plans to add an on-premise offering at the moment. If you are interested in an on-premise or AWS co-managed installation of Kite servers, please email onprem@kite.com.

This is hilariously absurd.

So let's say Microsoft provides me with a computer.

I go make some cool encryption program on the computer. Now I can use the computer to encrypt data.

One court order later and Microsoft is now required to decrypt the data I encrypted using their computer.

All Microsoft did was provide a programmable computer. Now they must do the impossible. This bill is ungodly horrible.

Eh, On Ubuntu 15.10 backspace doesn't work and there are no buttons to navigate, no way to close a tab as well. Am I missing something?

Edit: Ctrl + W closes the current tab.

This is one of those things that only the GooglePlex bubble can come up with.

Actually they acquired the company that came up with it.

The Timeful team has built an impressive system that helps you organize your life by understanding your schedule, habits and needs.

You can tell Timeful you want to exercise three times a week or that you need to call the bank by next Tuesday, and their system will make sure you get it done based on an understanding of both your schedule and your priorities.

https://gmail.googleblog.com/2015/05/time-is-on-your-sidewel...

Just out of curiosity, how do satellite launchers account for space debris[0]?

0.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Debris-G...

On a tangent but I just got a small pop-up saying "You can only ship orders to Tunisia from our EU shop.". Why don't all the stores have this? Instead of letting me find out at checkout that they don't ship to my country they could just let me know from the start.

Seconded. It would've been nice to include an iOS only tag to spare me the excitement and the subsequent disappointment.

This is exactly why I love FOSS. The main functionality is there and every user can customize it to best suit his needs.