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Never been much for commenting, but absorbed a lot from the knowledge you dropped back then.

Good memories. Anyone remember the user nickb?

I will tell you why I use Gnome. Gnome/Fedora was the first distro that played nice with my 4k XPS display AND the various 2k and HD secondary displays I use. I switched from Ubunt…

FWIW, I put a PaperLike brand screen cover on my ipad and it is eerily similar to paper when using the apple pen.

The smoke comes from the chaff of the bean and steam as the beans release moisture. The actual bean never gets hot enough to produce smoke. Unless you over roast, but then your cof…

Sure you can, you just have to change the way outcomes are measured.

> 1. The things you learn by yourself stick; the things that are “taught” to you do not stick. This is called Active Learning and there are decades of work that have gone into demo…

If your eyes work.

That's a fair question. If the website was accessible, we might be able to learn the answer:) From the perspective of HN, the usefulness of the linked content is far less important…

While I agree with your sentiment, I would argue that translating digital information for physical consumption (paper, e-ink, etc.) does lead to improved access for people with dis…

This is me. I am 43, entering my fourth year of PhD. If you have money saved and want to challenge yourself in new ways a PhD is a worthwhile goal. A couple of thoughts: 1) Many of…

This question came up on StackOverflow a number of years ago and sparked an insightful conversation. I recommend reading through the thread to anyone interested. http://stackoverfl…

>That's fear of missing out talking. I think it is more a fear of managing expectations than a fear of missing out. When instant communication is the norm, choosing not to instantl…

"An overabundance of rabbits leads to a shortage of lettuce."..."a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." Herbert Simon talked about this when we were still sending…

Bookmarked this list the first time I saw it on HN seven years ago. I have been slowly working my way through it, with some personal curation, ever since. Some of my favorites: Con…

"The relationships built between bootcamp instructor and student are deeper than those between college professors and their students. The advice is solid too, because instructors c…

This product is vaporware. Every six months or so it gets spammed around sites like HN and r/blind to promote the latest award they won. Meanwhile, the images on the site continue …

Maybe I am misunderstanding the intent of the point system, but in what situation would I upload something and NOT give myself a point? If none, then you are just giving me one mor…

I created an account and added some comments to existing designs. Noticed that I could up vote my comment, not sure if that is intentional or not. Maybe just start comments off at …

The design is nice. The site is simple and easy to understand how to use, but the simplicity kind of leaves me wanting more. There is definitely something up with the interactive e…

Of course it's not new, the article (as brief as it is) states that this work builds upon the electrode based efforts that you referenced from 2003.