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“Microsoft must be furious though: the ad has been printed with the panels reversed so that it looks as if using Visual Studio turns you into a boorish, smug, self obsessed cock. Too bad.”

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“First and foremost, tell me, right away, what this thing does, the problem it solves, and (at a high level) the approach taken to solve the problem.”

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Old, but still relevant.

50 ways for improving your software or be inspired to start programming one.

“category 5 weirdness, the equivalent of the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot combined. I'm talking about comments that feel like they were teleported here from another dimension.”

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“Instructions: The server will think up a word, and add it to the end of the list above. Type in the first word that comes to mind and press enter, or click "Frac!". If nothing comes to mind, click on more...

“Character animation in video games—whether manually key-framed or motion captured—has traditionally relied on codifying skeletons early in a game's development, and creating animations rigidly tied to these fixed skeleton morphologies. This paper introduces a novel system for animating characters wh more...

“"You are not expected to understand this" was intended as a remark in the spirit of "This won't be on the exam," rather than as an impudent challenge.”

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I prefer my own ways but looks interesting.

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“The "I challenge your challenge!" scenario is particularly amusing. And on top of the two issues Scott highlights, there are other social problems with challenge/response spam blocking. Although I've had great success with POPFile, which uses Bayesian filtering techniques, I more...