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Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#11

Post by jacobroufa » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:23 PM UTC

18 - Learn proper use of a version control system.

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#12

Post by sgt » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:26 PM UTC

- Learn Forth

- Learn Erlang

- Learn to play the panflute

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#13

Post by Locke » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:37 PM UTC

- Write a video game emulator (any old console or computer platform)

- Create a programming language

- Restore an old broken down pinball machine

- Build a mame arcade cabinet

- Write some Interactive Fiction

- Learn to make awesome programmatic artwork with something like Processing or Nodebox

- Create a roguelike

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#14

Post by stakent » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:38 PM UTC

Ship it.

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#15

Post by andre » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:38 PM UTC

kno wrote: post #8

17- Get some sleep

lol, good one, or a way to lower the requirement for so much sleep

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#16

Post by cing » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:39 PM UTC

-Switch from vim to emacs

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#17

Post by angadsg » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:41 PM UTC

- compile a linux kernel - overclock/underclock your cpu

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#18

Post by nevinera » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:42 PM UTC

cing wrote: post #16

-Switch from vim to emacs

-Switch from emacs to vim

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#19

Post by andre » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:44 PM UTC

nevinera wrote: post #18

cing wrote: post #16

-Switch from vim to emacs

-Switch from emacs to vim

- start using emacs or vim

Re: 1001 Things To Hack Before You Die

#20

Post by whatrocks » Thu, Nov 11, 2010, 10:45 PM UTC

- Build a windmill