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nhnifong

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About nhnifong

I am a college student. I am a Redditor. I am a rich, white, male. I am a Programmer (Python,Java). I am a climber. I am argumentative. I am a self-declared scientist. I am honest.

Long live the Net

Recent public activity

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    Comment #1590350

    You write like lawyer, leaving me convinced that you stand nacently on both sides of every junction of opinions regarding this issue, except this one: If the Internet existed to se…

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    Comment #1589007

    The sum of all human knowledge probably looks more like a million dimensional koosh ball than an circle.

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    Comment #1588980

    "this is like fricking socialist crap y does everything have to be regulated how much will this cost us in taxes " Are you this guy?

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    Comment #1588692

    Here's a prediction by a pundit for you: When intelligence becomes cool, it will have no more time to work on it's hobbies. Solve that problem Google.

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    Comment #1587825

    I know that nuclear fuel must be a precious resource, and to see that we wasted so much of it during those years is unsettling. We could have set that fuel aside to power civilizat…

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    Comment #1585558

    Transmit the data with a laser to a mirror 25 light years away.

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    Comment #1585370

    My policy for this is to simply lock the doors and hide for an hour if my network traffic averages over 2 Mbps for 5 minutes. I would also send myself an email. So far this has nev…

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    Comment #1578115

    Great article, but the "imaginary reader" at the end is very condescending and stubborn. A purely curious imaginary reader would have served the purpose better.

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    Comment #1571273

    Here I made this for you. http://uncc.ath.cx/applets/Voronoi_Standalone/

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    Comment #1571255

    It has mutated quite a lot since I started... I'm taking the positions of everyone's mouse and feeding them to Fortune's sweep line algorithm to make Voronoi diagrams. I've made it…

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    Comment #1571233

    Interactive multiplayer Voronoi Diagrams in Java/Processing. http://uncc.ath.cx/applets/Voronoi_Standalone/

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    Comment #1571135

    This looks promising

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    Comment #1571119

    What will it be called?

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    Comment #1571117

    What a goldmine of cool projects!

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    Comment #1571079

    I know this is not self promotion, and it's not shameless, but even if it was, I would up-vote you if I liked the link and it looked like hard work. How did self promotion ever com…

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    Comment #1552671

    Just a list of all the things I can think of the at will trigger that alarm. Google analytics, Embedded Youtube videos, Adsense, Any of Google's websites, Typing in the search box.…

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    Comment #1552160

    Join a local club and do some volunteer work. I suggest Habitat for Humanity, (they build houses by hand for the poor)

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    Comment #1548740

    It a strange mix of disappointment and excitement to find out someone has just released a better finished version of what you were working on. Oh well, I guess I'll finish it anywa…

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    Comment #1544743

    If it were that easy, It would not be profitable.

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    Comment #1544467

    My test, revise cycle averages about 10 seconds, with a long 15 minute cycle thrown in about once every 30 short cycles.

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    Comment #1544458

    This is exactly what I needed! The canvas is too damn slow, and open GL is too confusing and close to the metal. I have been putting off my game for over 3 months because I knew I …

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    Comment #1542468

    How many people does it take to maintain out current level of technological civilization? Well I think the size and grandeur of a civilization depends on how abundant the resources…

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    Comment #1542370

    How do you start a massive culture shift without a really infectious idea? you don't.

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    Comment #1541749

    Has anyone read Norvig's only listed SF book R.U.R?

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    Comment #1538071

    The Truth really doesn't hurt! well said. I am an intern at an organization where everyone is about two decades older than me, and there is a lot I don't know. They don't know what…