EvanKelly

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by EvanKelly 15y ago
Ok, admit it, #2 is simply Alien vs Predator ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_(film)#Plot )
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
Bill Simmons started www.grantland.com for the express purpose of having a place for long-form sports pieces on the web. I've found articles on the site to be hit or miss, but I enjoy the Bill Barnwell pieces on gambling and the occassional
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
It depends on the application. If the application, as the article puts it, "pushes polygons around", then I imagine the APU concept may have the advantage. Though, as previously noted, this APU concept is highly dependent on tailored softwa
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
My first professional experience was working at a company where this seemed like the norm. They had no well-defined plan for advancement or raises, and I was constantly given the run-around when I would bring up the topic in conversations w
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
I was getting ready to correct you, when I researched the Alltel acquistion. Verizon purchased Alltel, but was required by the FCC to sell off 105 of the markets, which is where ATT stepped in and bought a bunch of those markets. FWIW, my A
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
A lot of this is based on assumptions, but unless the study was somehow able to seperate "parenting" from pre-school attendence as an intervening variable, I don't necessarily think it's counter to his assertion. I would argue that pre-scho
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
One difference being that your deposit with your bank is insured up to $250,000 (I think) by the FDIC. The bank has to achieve an accreditation to get this insurance and maintain standards. Though I can't be sure, I'd assume that banks migh
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
Among the top-tier CS schools, there's a mix of private and public. Several of those private schools (MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, etc.) have extremely large endowments that help make college affordable for those that get in. If you f
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
I have always liked to think of an international Rock-Paper-Scissors competition where everyone in the world participated. One person in the world would win all of their matches in a row.
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Using Gephi to visualize keywords and landing pages from Google Analytics(mostlymaths.net)
4 points by EvanKelly 15y ago|0 comments
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
For those of us (maybe just me) stuck on work computers in which we can't upgrade from IE7, is there any way to access the data in a plain text format?
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
I would love to take a second shot at a convex optimization course. I took one from a former PhD student of Boyd's during my junior year of college and I was not at the right point in my education for a class like that. It touched on some r
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
I can't believe I read an entire patent on "Bread Refreshing", but I agree that this is different than what conventional toasters do. I thought it was interesting that they restricted time from 3 - 90 seconds. I wonder what kind of bread ca
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
Is doing the same thing as someone already does, but from a different role in the relationship really patentable? Apparently.
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Google Parcel Service? Search giant patents shipping notifications(geekwire.com)
25 points by EvanKelly 15y ago|8 comments
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
I think they are typically referred to as cryptics across the pond.
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
BEQ, an NYT crossword constructor, did a Reddit IAMA the other day. He mentioned a favorite clue and solution being {Take cash but not credit} for GHOSTWRITE. I'm always the most satisfied whenever I successfully fill in a solution for clue
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by EvanKelly 15y ago
Sorry, didn't even search for a duplicate. What an inauspicious first post. Discussion is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2828122