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by 6ren 14y ago
This is a reasonably plausible argument for progress within fields and paradigm shifts; but consider between fields, and the rate of new field creation. To use the given examples, Newtonian physics, quantum physics and Information Theory
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Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math?(ask.slashdot.org)
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by 6ren 14y ago
I noticed a disproportionate number of Indian names in mathematics (i.e. seemingly beyond even the huge population, though I haven't checked stats). I was told that mathematics is respected in India, and there are annual examinations for a
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by 6ren 14y ago
I find Saturn's moon Titan most earth-like, in that it has liquids, forming rivers and lakes - "geological" features missing from most (all?) other local planets and moons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakes_of_Titan ; also http://www.worl
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by 6ren 14y ago
Doesn't work (page limit exceeded), but this one does: http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YC6YKYyHVKwC&lpg=PA30... Google books has a link button (6th icon from the left, looks like a chain link). It took me a while to spot it, even w
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by 6ren 14y ago
Wouldn't the exception be for lines whose slope is irrational? (i.e. that can't be represented by a ratio of integers), so the repeating pattern is analogous to the repeating pattern in a decimal representation of a rational number.
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by 6ren 14y ago
"If you are watching from a mobile device or slower connection, watch the Mobile Feed for NASA Television Here" http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-mobile (but it's off air right now) Actually, the HD channel has a 240p option (see "best"
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QuakeCon 2012 - John Carmack Keynote(youtube.com)
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by 6ren 14y ago
The paper has sample code: https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://people.csail.mit.e...
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by 6ren 14y ago
What's the evolutionary advantage to run slower when the goal is distant, in humans and rats? Hacking yourself to run at maximum might be maladaptive (like coffee), unless you are aware of and manage the downsides.
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DeMarco revists “You can’t control what you can’t measure”(fishbowl.pastiche.org)
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by 6ren 14y ago
I think a difference is you pay when you order. This means less risk for the merchant (also, a slightly faster pickup).
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by 6ren 14y ago
Using the camera would remove a step - have you seen word lens? http://questvisual.com/us/ (though it doesn't seem to support kanji).
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by 6ren 14y ago
It's true that Engineering at times leads Science. But, from a scientific view, what's the point of a model if you can't understand it? After all, we already know how to create intelligence without understanding it. While it's conceivable
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Google Earth Time Machine: oxbow lake formation(googleearthtimemachine.blogspot.fr)
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by 6ren 14y ago
It's industry news and gossip. It doesn't gratify one's intellectual curiosity.
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by 6ren 14y ago
It sounds weird, but Nexus 7 could legitimately appear on this list: 1. small 2. $200 3. Android ICS Although it only runs Android ICS, so does the Gooseberry, and they included that. Ubuntu etc distributions will undoubtedly fo
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by 6ren 14y ago
Similar: Don't waste working memory.
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by 6ren 14y ago
- though he has no qualms about misleading and deceptive answers. - "If I understand the input and the output then I have understood the function." A good point, I tend to think of "information hiding" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Info
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by 6ren 14y ago
much faster in chrome than FF
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by 6ren 14y ago
> ... in programming there is a wide-spread 1st order theory that one shouldn't build one's own tools, languages, and especially operating systems. This is true—an incredible amount of time and energy has gone down these ratholes. On th
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by 6ren 14y ago
I was hoping for the 6 Continent model, which would include Antarctica! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number_of_continents But no, search for "6 Continents:" (including the ":") on the submitted site: - North America includ
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by 6ren 14y ago
For quite a while, HN has been dominated by negative comments in general, many of which are also simply ignorant. Occasionally, you'll see an old-time comment, full of relevant facts (and generally with some balance, since it's usually har
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by 6ren 14y ago
Yes. I had a critical initial reaction to OnLive (video games streamed from the cloud) because of latency; also, it has such lovely benefits for publishers that they'd wish it to be true... but when better networks and more local servers
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by 6ren 14y ago
Yet again, Dropbox does it in style: charging more for a higher tier, but because the others get doubled in size for free, it's impossible to feel squeezed by it - because it's not squeezing, it's literally all good. Of course, storage pri
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by 6ren 14y ago
An obvious way to do this is how consumers can upload solar power to the grid, and it comes off their bill. With enough people involved, the compute version of this could be self-sustaining, and the infrastructure guys just take a wee perc
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Jeffrey Ullman on Software Patents [2000 Knuth-Prize lecture](infolab.stanford.edu)
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by 6ren 14y ago
That's assuming they are stateless (i.e. that they can't learn), so that the ordering of input triggering has no effect on outputs. BTW: some small spiders press their brains not only into their abdomens, but into their legs . e.g. http:/
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Google Voice Search for desktop [need US site: google.com](google.com)
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by 6ren 14y ago
I've found it's even better to look for things you like (as you say), and then not say anything about it . They'll sense you're well-disposed towards them because you are well-disposed towards them. You'll also feel happier, having noti

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