Evgeny

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by Evgeny 17y ago
I have read about him before, but only came across the news of his death today by accident. Let this never happen again.
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Survivor of 2 Atomic Blasts, Dies at 93(nytimes.com)
1 points by Evgeny 17y ago|1 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
We have no basis on which to speculate as to how this situation might have come about. It would, however, be very desirable for those who are in a position to clarify this to do so. The wikipedia page has some details on how this situatio
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by Evgeny 17y ago
A slightly misleading title though, he's not a world champion but number one in the rankings, which is not the same. Still fascinating.
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Norwegian 19-year-old crowned world chess champ(nationalpost.com)
112 points by Evgeny 17y ago|40 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
It certainly did at the moment when I was posting the comment. I did not make a screenshot though.
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by Evgeny 17y ago
A guy posted a "fictional" link to a search for "jon payne is so hot" on target website in the comments: http://www.target.com/gp/search/188-1977530-4602238?field-ke... Soon enough, the search for "jon payne is so hot" on google returns t
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by Evgeny 17y ago
I am definitely unable to read more than one book per day so that would be plenty for me.
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by Evgeny 17y ago
There is no prohibition on the sale of alcohol or cigarettes to minors. Is it some kind of sarcasm or is it considered a great freedom when the kids can poison themselves all they want? I'm ok with an adult drinking himself into an early
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DIY Bedbug Detector(wired.com)
3 points by Evgeny 17y ago|0 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
Were the journals that published his articles peer-reviewed or not?
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by Evgeny 17y ago
Grats!
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by Evgeny 17y ago
An ineffective porn filter is a long way from the 'regulation' of the population as practiced by the KGB Yes and no ... just as the filter is ineffective for someone who knows a bit about how stuff works, there always was the 'black marke
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by Evgeny 17y ago
It's so ironic to move to Australia from Russia ... the former Soviet Union ... just to find myself eventually back to roughly about the same level of government regulation. Hopefully not worse than that. Should I now set my goal to leave A
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The Tao of Backup(taobackup.com)
1 points by Evgeny 17y ago|0 comments
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Freaked-Out Tweets After Earthquakes Help Scientists(wired.com)
1 points by Evgeny 17y ago|0 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
I did the search, I swear ... http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=ge...
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Geeky Math Equation Creates Beautiful 3-D World(wired.com)
50 points by Evgeny 17y ago|16 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
"Through locally determined birth targets, vigilant surveillance of prospective mothers, and state pressures ranging from the threat of job loss to crippling financial penalties and involuntary forced abortion, the policy has already driven
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Download Your Own Robot Scientist(wired.com)
2 points by Evgeny 17y ago|0 comments
531.
by Evgeny 17y ago
Very similar to the Pavlov monetary reform in the Soviet Union - I was just a kid but I can remember that: "Within hours of the stunning announcement, massive lines had formed in the bitter, early-morning cold, waiting for banks to open. "P
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Google May Build Green-Tech Power Plants(wired.com)
1 points by Evgeny 17y ago|0 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
The triple talaq is a mechanism for divorce which exists in some forms of Islam. It simply consists of the husband saying the phrase I divorce you (Arabic:talaq) to the wife, three times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_talaq I defini
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Kiwi Rocket Scares Sheep, Reaches Space(wired.com)
29 points by Evgeny 17y ago|11 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
So we could spend all the money and happily report that as a result of huge investments in education half of all low-income students now have above average test scores - a great improvement indeed!
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Anti-Akrasia Technique: Structured Procrastination(lesswrong.com)
22 points by Evgeny 17y ago|4 comments
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by Evgeny 17y ago
Okay. I tried to find the author of the quote and the top Google result now points to HN. Is it from the book "Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity"?
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by Evgeny 17y ago
What's with the articles that start with "EVERYONE knows" ... I used to think that the asteroid hypothesis/theory was just that, one of many others. Or is it considered to be a proven fact?
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by Evgeny 17y ago
This is only the summary of the first one of three customer support related stories described in the article. There are two more.
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by Evgeny 17y ago
>Eating apples is natural for human beings,like many other fruits With a small correction that eating apples that were not bred for sweetness and did not contain as much fructose as today's apples is natural. Therefore, there is such th

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