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   by 1331 15y ago

   TL;DR: Mobile platforms can bring (Internet) technology to a global audience that is larger than any that we have seen. Smartphones represent a very small percentage of this audience, so there is more money in creating services that work o
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   by 1331 16y ago

   I don't think that the number of interesting stories have declined, but I think that they have become much harder to find because the number of non-interesting stories have definitely increased. Among the non-interesting stories, I often n
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   by 1331 16y ago

   I used to teach English to young kids in Korea about ten years ago. The curriculum was set by the school, and a common task was doing word search puzzles. Some students were adept at finding words, and many other students would try to get
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   by 1331 16y ago

   I would love to go, but I do not want to stray too far from home when a strong aftershock might make it difficult to return. ;) Have a great time, and I will be looking forward to the next one!
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   by 1331 16y ago

   Their site appears to be down at the moment; it occasionally gives MySQL "too many connections" errors. I received some information about their idea via the Tokyo Linux Users Group mailing list. You can read the email here: http://lists.t
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   by 1331 16y ago

   The rolling blackouts are imposed in the cities and prefectures around Tokyo, but central Tokyo itself (the 23 wards) keep power so that the government and key industry can continue to function. Here is a map: http://www.accessj.com/2011/
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   by 1331 16y ago

   I am located in Hashimoto, Kanagawa (search for 神奈川県相模原市橋本 in Google Maps if you want to see where this is) and may be able to provide some insight. Japan is a relatively small country, but the current atmosphere is considerably different i
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   by 1331 16y ago

   Thank you very much for the feedback! I have sent it to my friend via email to make sure that he does not miss it.
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   by 1331 16y ago

   Thank you for the bug report! I have passed it on.
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    by 1331 16y ago

    A friend of mine here in Tokyo owns a small music company and recently launched a series of games to help with music training. They are flash-based, but I have been quite impressed with them and have enjoyed them quite a bit! He is using
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    by 1331 16y ago

    LingQ ( http://www.lingq.com/ ) is a service that allows you study with native speakers online.
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    by 1331 16y ago

    If each site will focus on specific countries, then you should note that there is not a one-to-one relation between languages and countries. For example, many countries speak Spanish. If, in the future, you would like to provide sites for
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    by 1331 16y ago

    Though incomparable to the book, you may be interested in a free introduction by the author: ftp://ftp.cs.ru.nl/pub/CompMath.Found/lambda.pdf
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    by 1331 16y ago

    Though the qualifier "functional" is often used in a discrete sense (either a language is functional or it is not), I think that it is useful to consider degrees of functionality. Compare the properties of a language to those of the functi
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    by 1331 16y ago

    There are many resources available in Japanese. Search for "NPO 設立" in Google or Amazon.co.jp to find numerous websites and books. As for English resources, this page has quite a bit of information: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/japan-ngo.html
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    by 1331 16y ago

    It sounds cliché, but I truly believe that each person learns in different ways. For people who are visual, video stimulation works quite well. A good language course combines many different styles of learning. The Destinos videos kept th
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    by 1331 16y ago

    I once did a university Spanish course that used Destinos ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destinos ), a 52 video episode course that uses techniques that you describe. A textbook and a few workbooks are also provided, as using what you le
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    by 1331 16y ago

    http://chargen.matasano.com/chargen/2007/9/7/enough-with-the...
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    by 1331 16y ago

    The title is likely a hat tip to a famous functional textbook: _ML for the Working Programmer_. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~lp15/MLbook/
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    by 1331 16y ago

    Mathematica. Unfortunately, it is priced accordingly.
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    by 1331 16y ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY
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    by 1331 16y ago

    I think that investing in your language ability would be the wisest thing to do. All of the marketing people who I have worked with are extremely proficient in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. If you need a bar to shoot for, mak
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    by 1331 16y ago

    If you would like to learn database theory, then I recommend the following book: _An Introduction to Database Systems_ (8th Ed.) By C. J. Date http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Database-Systems-8th/dp/0...
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    by 1331 16y ago

    I have quite enjoyed using Taskjuggler: http://www.taskjuggler.org/ The system is text-based with an editor built into the GUI. The downside is that installing it means pulling a number of KDE dependencies as well...
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    by 1331 16y ago

    There are many web hosting services available in Japan, and they are easy to find if you search in Japanese: http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&q=レンタルサーバー It sounds like the business in question is English speaking, so here are li
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    by 1331 16y ago

    This site reminds me of another site that has been online a lot longer: http://www.passwordchart.com/ Instead of having to store a number to regenerate your card, the card is (re)generated from a "master" password that you can memorize an
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    by 1331 16y ago

    Buckminster Fuller [1] did quite a bit of research on natural cooling and figured out how to cool buildings using Berhoulli's principle [2]. Unfortunately, I am unable to find any good references online, so you may have to chase such infor
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    by 1331 16y ago

    I recommend _Programming Language Pragmatics_ by Michael Scott as a good book to get you started: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Pragmatics-Third-...
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    by 1331 16y ago

    http://tinychat.com/
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    by 1331 16y ago

    There is similar book in Japan (to 1M places): http://www.amazon.co.jp/円周率1000000桁表-牧野-貴樹/dp/487310002X/ The cover price is 314 JPY, though Amazon.co.jp unfortunately sells it for more. In the back, there is a FAQ, including this: Q. なにを血