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duncanmeech

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    Comment #41468518

    Up there with leftpad as a library you probably don't need. https://qz.com/646467/how-one-programmer-broke-the-internet-...

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    Comment #38485745

    Borland! The only good thing about Hwy 17.

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    Comment #32494951

    Habitual GPS usage also results in you frequently arriving on time.

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    Comment #26485112

    So I ordered a Samsung Note Ultra from Google Fi via expedited shipping signature required. When it is supposedly delivered the signature confirmation from Fedex claims it was sign…

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    Comment #24209388

    This sounds like a viable strategy...it certainly seemed to work for Norman Bates in Psycho.

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    Comment #23153542

    The original app is on bitbucket git clone git@bitbucket.org:duncanmeech/flying.git

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    Comment #23153507

    Correct! If you play with the source on codesandbox you can disable the demo mode and actually rotate the Kollsman window using the BARO button. The calculations for pressure and r…

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    Comment #23146715

    Too bad, was only a thin wrapper at best though. Maybe time for a new open source SVG library.

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    Comment #23146561

    Originally, the code was in this repo but its a full nodejs / express app. https://bitbucket.org/duncanmeech/flying/src/master/ Just the frontend part can be found here... https://…

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    Comment #23145131

    I wrote these a while ago with some intention of creating flight training tools. I'm making them available to all the other programmer / pilots out there who might find them useful…

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    Comment #20069031

    This is a fast way to kill mosquitos and an even faster way of creating toxin resistant mosquitos.

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    Comment #16947419

    e.g. Tax preparation companies lobbying to prevent the tax authorities from supplying candidate computer generated tax returns for tax payers.

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    Comment #16505798

    what no tags?

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    Comment #15467227

    Have you ever been asked to provide a positive review for a place that you formerly worked at? I have, I suspect this is common.

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    Comment #15089320

    The interweb works better when you use things like not

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    Comment #14604897

    Yawn....just another React/Redux fan boy blog.

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    Comment #13544895

    Needs more animated gifs. What was the blog post about again?

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    Comment #13215139

    Stop posting physics articles on hacker news. Just because everyone here has watched too much Star Trek and Star Wars doesn't mean we actually understand a single solitary shred of…

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    Comment #8311245

    agreed, but compiling the code does have the benefit of providing syntax checking and you are assured the full benefits of whatever JS engine your browser is running. How do I crea…

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    Comment #8310584

    Wow, that is super sweet. I have been planning to add user interaction to algomation.com but have not had the time yet. The input mechanism would need to support validation and def…

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    Comment #8310508

    ...working on a search term extraction algorithm as we speak :)

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    Comment #8310468

    Featured algorithms are on the homepage or these are good examples of the site: http://www.algomation.com/algorithm/towers-hanoi-recursive-v... http://www.algomation.com/algorithm/…