Readit Newstechonup commented on Ask HN: What advice would you give your 18 year old self? · Posted by u/catherinezng
Take 6.172, because it rocks. :)
So when asked to build a solar-powered airplane, they ... built a gas-powered one?
This was actually modeled! See here: https://github.com/hoburg/gas_solar_trade
This sounds like entrapment.
I don't know US laws at all, but I thought the "leave the car doors open and wait for someone to steal it" method of catching bad guys was against the law?
Doesn't quite work like that. See here [1] for a easy-to-understand explanation.
techonup commented on Programming by poking: why MIT stopped teaching SICP posteriorscience.net/?p=2... · Posted by u/brunoc
This isn't entirely accurate- SICP is still taught as a 4-week intensive during MIT's IAP (January) term. It doesn't fulfill any requirements, but the student evaluations are excellent (averaged a 6.7/7 over the last two years).
WSJ also has a political agenda, which requires a second source for any story in there, from the other point of view.
This line of argument really needs to be toned down. While it's obviously true that papers like the WSJ, NYT, WashPo, etc. have influential partisan editorial boards, their newsrooms are filled with reporters and editors of various political leanings. More importantly, these reporters are among the best in the country and do their very best to find and report the truth in an unbiased fashion. That's what makes these papers good sources of information in the US.
techonup commented on Pokedex.org: a progressive webapp for Pokémon fans pocketjavascript.com/blog... · Posted by u/ejjpi
There's a conspicuous lack of actual info, though. As a competitive player who's played at Worlds before, anything short of Veekun's data is going to be missing something crucial. It's a nice site and your principles are solid, but the data just has to be there.
techonup commented on A Quick Puzzle to Test Your Problem Solving nytimes.com/interactive/2... · Posted by u/granfalloon
PokeGlitch is surprisingly playable (if you're very familiar with Red), once you get past the two-minute Growl move sound.
e: Or not, as the Viridian PokeCenter crashed the game. Was fun while it lasted, though.