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tcdowney

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    Comment #18063814

    Thank you for your insight, Cory. :full-moon-with-face:

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    Comment #9117205

    Same happened to me, nearly 8 minutes ago as well!!

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    Comment #8578445

    It's as if it were inspired by all of the bad parts of a Dan Friedman text. :)

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    Comment #6890790

    Seriously? While I don't think the name is great, who cares.

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    Comment #6616460

    The thing with Bloomington is that it's very bike friendly compared to most cities of similar size and there is a substantial cyclist population considering half of the town consis…

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    Comment #6344025

    Looks like Friedman taught you well. :)

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    Comment #6299648

    Sorry, bro. Life is so hard right now.

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    Comment #6286963

    WASD is an established entity in the mechanical keyboard scene, so I'm sure they did most of the heavy lifting in regards to hardware. I'm sure it will be a good keyboard (especial…

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    Comment #6268901

    I'm more excited to see that the project is based off one for the STM32F4. I've got one of those lying around and I'm looking forward to trying this out. :)

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    Comment #6263197

    I'm pretty sure biology falls within the S in STEM. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" is a pop-science book, surely you could have used a more literary example to represent "the arts."

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    Comment #6100611

    Heh the whole "Here's a tasty sandwich" bit reminds me of The Little Schemer and not in a good way.

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    Comment #6070235

    Is he actually nice or are you being sarcastic?

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    Comment #5871591

    Glad that I've never used a Yahoo email address to register for anything.

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    Comment #5741684

    It does get to be an issue if your battery no longer holds a charge.

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    Comment #5660123

    This would be a whole lot cooler if the Python code was actually executed on the MCU itself. As it stands it needs to be tethered to a PC.

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    Comment #5653820

    Check out sites like https://www.sparkfun.com/ , http://www.newark.com/ , or https://www.adafruit.com/ if you're looking to purchase modest amounts of sensors, displays, servos, et…

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    Comment #5649151

    Although it's not exactly math heavy, I think Steven Skiena's Algorithm Design Manual manages to bridge the gap between the "Programming Collective Intelligence" and something like…

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    Comment #5647052

    Now if only their developer phones were easier to get a hold of. I was totally ready to impulse buy a Keon last week, but I missed the initial rush on them.

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    Comment #5646304

    Wow this is some pretty cutting edge stuff.

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    Comment #5640891

    Wow, I was just thinking about swole.me the other day while I was mirin my gainz at the gym. Cool to see it become something more!

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    Comment #5634186

    Not to mention the patronizing "Now go make yourself a baba ghanoush pita!" and "This space reserved for jelly stains." Maybe the humor was just lost on me...

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    Comment #5614406

    Thanks for this. I was sick the day they taught this notation in my PL class and I need to learn it before my final exam next week!!! :)

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    Comment #5473290

    They totally had me with this. "So on the eve of April 1st we sat down in a brainstorm session with a team of PLT experts."