15 nanoseconds of fame
My Google interview post (more than a year old now) got dugg earlier today.h/t: dohtem, for pointing it out to me.The digg, at ~1,200 diggs and...
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kSquared's Blog
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Sex workers give GTA the shaft
Obvious jokes aside, it looks like the Sex Workers Outreach Project is serious about its call to boycott GTA. Curiously, they vehemently oppose...
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Sociopolitical recipe for disaster: serves 4-6
Nick Anthis reports on how politics and science clash, and the fallout from when it does. Small wonder that the US (while still leading) is losing...
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A practical Valentine's Day gift
Roses say, "My love for you is fleeting and high-maintenance, and I require daily tending-to or I'll wilt". Chocolate says, "I melt in your mouth,...
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Push it to the L +/- epsilon
There's nothing quite like repurposing contemporary pop-rock to make a mathematics-related YTMND. Push it to the limit!
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Congrats SiCrane!
SiCrane was named a Staff member on Saturday during our bi-weekly meeting. Elevation to this rank of the GDNet pantheon is a feat approximately equal...
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How many operating systems is too many?
Apparently, 117 isn't enough for this guy, who's used grub (the LILO successor) to round out his boot-loading screen. I know Linux is cool and all,...
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C# mini-quiz solutions
Solutions posted to the quiz, along with a little philosophical discussion for good measure. How did you fare?
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C# mini-quiz: conversions
At the behest of the Many-Tentacled One, I've made a short C# quiz. I'm not as cruel as Washu, however, so we'll be breaking up the quiz into several...
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What does Spiderman have to do with nested radicals?
Solving tricky problems is a technique you need to master if you plan on designing any sort of complicated system. Many times such problems require a...
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Civ 4's title music
I was immediately captivated with the title music for Civ 4 -- the haunting and yet upbeat melody is very forceful and tribal. I set out to getting a...
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C# and Photoshop CS2 scripting
Adobe's COM API isn't the greatest system in the world to work with. Actually, to be frank, it's horrible. But with the application of a little C#...
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Swiss cheese security
(the entry)Have an opinion about security? Raymond Chen sure does, and he's not happy when he has to fix compatibility issues caused by patches. But...
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Smarter WinForms multithreading
Among the .NET set, Windows Forms comprise the fundamental building blocks for a snazzy application. As far as game development goes, they're...
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Go time
We're open. Check out the goodness. Special thanks to everyone that volunteered beforehand to help me test it out. If I had to come up with a short...
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BugMeNot appears down
Users of the BugMeNot site this morning were greeted with a barrage of GoDaddy advertisements rather than the warm, comforting glow of...
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Distilled Brilliance opens January 10th
Howdy, fellow GDNet'ers. After some pushing and prodding and being stabbed with the occasional rhino-horn, I've been persuaded to set up a blog with...
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