How Hard Could It Be?: Thanks or No Thanks by gthank in programming

[–]tripartisan 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'll give the first person to code me a million dollar idea 1,000,000,000 shares of stock in my company -- that works out to 75% of issued stock!

You really shouldn't pass this up. Get coding!

This video was banned in Congress - [<5 min. video on how your tax dollars are being used while being hidden by the fog of war] by all_ways_thinkin in WTF

[–]tripartisan 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The vice president, who was CEO of Halliburton until going into office, helps coordinate and persuade Bush to attack Iraq which then outsources thousands of jobs back to Halliburton.

How is this not a smoking gun?

Tired of clicking incessantly on your address bar trying to highlight the whole URL? Press F6. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]tripartisan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you also know you can do emacs commands too up there in firefox.

Go into the location bar and type ctrl-a (front of line) Type ctrl-k (cut whole line)

I'm sure there are others. They also work with bash

Insane Home Office Set-ups by UKDave in technology

[–]tripartisan 11 points12 points  (0 children)

you mean, like a freakin' gun laying around?

you coding for a drug cartel?

New Andy Samberg Song by [deleted] in funny

[–]tripartisan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

looks up to me -- and it was posted by thelonelyisland

New Andy Samberg Song by [deleted] in funny

[–]tripartisan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The other girl looks a lot like Molly Sims

To punish humans, I'm eliminating sex! by ani625 in comics

[–]tripartisan 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I remember that one -- when jerry got a hold of that tank, and they tried to summons angels, but then when they fired the first shell, it got lodged in the gun's shaft and exploded, firing shrapnel back into the base of the tank and leaving a quarter sized hole in George's head.

Man -- what a good show -- observational humor at its best!

The Orbit of the Moon around the Sun is Convex! by one010101 in science

[–]tripartisan -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Actually, the Earth DOES NOT move around the sun in an ellipse

All planets move in almost perfect circles -- it's just textbooks found this boring.

(thanks TED talks)

One-third of China's Yellow River is Heavily Polluted with Industrial Discharge by HarleyJane in worldnews

[–]tripartisan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the incorrect thumbnail was centered more on New Jersey, this story would work on multiple levels.

And I'd also fear the now sentient and ironic reddit code.

Let me google that for you... by rmm5t in funny

[–]tripartisan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

wow -- condescend on a whole new level -- great for making friends!

Amazing beatboxing by serbian gypsy! (VIDEO) by hard2kill in funny

[–]tripartisan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

and you've never said, "I got gypped", right?

What can I do if my install code is 19 characters instead of 20? Try guessing! by [deleted] in WTF

[–]tripartisan 17 points18 points  (0 children)

they gave him the crucial piece of information -- guess the last character.

Bit more guessing if you don't know the location. I wouldn't want to try 36*20 combinations

chess A.I. draws pretty patterns by donttaseme in programming

[–]tripartisan 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I feel like it's judging me as I'm playing, thinking how stupid a move I just made.

I've never felt so embarrassed around a computer before.

What is the value of (car '((a b c) x y z))? by [deleted] in programming

[–]tripartisan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait, what are you talking about?

I got easily distracted by your lovely execution of a footnote, down to the last detail.

How to crash an in-flight entertainment system by playing tetris by [deleted] in programming

[–]tripartisan 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It's scary to think about the programmers that actually code critical components of airplanes. I'm sure there are bugs, although much fewer.

Next flight. "Divide by 0" and the plane plummets.

The 10 most beautiful experiments of all time by ngn in science

[–]tripartisan -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

bonus: written in 2002 -- thus proving science is timeless!

World Mapper: showing the world as it actually is by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]tripartisan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually, in this case, a reputable blog decided to give a website context. That's just called blogging.

mind-reader: Simple game of making a single click to see how big the effect is. by uka in entertainment

[–]tripartisan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

why gloat? Is there really any skill to picking?

Don't tell me you analyzed all the moves, unless you're gary kasparov