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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
The obvious problem here is with fields that are small and highly specialized, such that anyone knowledgeable enough to comment on a topic are known to be from a small circle of scientists.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Oh look, another nautil.us link gets posted and quickly picks up 6 upvotes. I've read and enjoyed a fair number of articles on nautil.us so I'm not saying this in a nasty way.... But the vote ring involved here seems way too obvio
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I watched this TED Talk last night which I found very interesting: http://www.ted.com/talks/pia_mancini_how_to_upgrade_democrac... > Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
As a proud Dad of an 11 month old chatter box I can see the appeal of this. I'll record some of her yabbering tonight and see what it looks like. If I went through with the purchase I think I'd couple it with a "press a butto
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
The link in the referrer detection note: "Hello Hacker News friend! Thanks for stopping by. Once you're done checking out SoundViz, we'd love to get your feedback." ... leads to https://www.soundviz.com/
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I can't find a simple list of the sensors. But reading through this: http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Creat... And based on the fact the Create 2 is based on the 600
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Looks like they've signed up for the R-Pi revolution instead. http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Creat... Makes me happy, since I'm a card carrying R-Pi nut.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I just want to add a link to the previous replies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Manual The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way) is a 1988 book by The Timelords (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty), better know
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
You've mistaken my question as holding some kind of opinion. Reading your reply I can see why. I'm sorry I didn't word it better. ps: I'm not American. pps: I believe that American's, like anyone living in a democra
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Reposted foreword: http://pastebin.com/ZJSBptaj Because gross pdf.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Just to clarify are you using the word "her" in this section: "America step back from her actions in future" To mean: "America step back from the actions of the US government in future" ?
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I came to make a similar comment regarding my hobby; skydiving. I've been falling out of planes for over 20 years, and have seen the equipment progress in design and function such that people don't die due to the same things which
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Cyanogen M releases are now considered their stable releases. These have been on 4.4 for a long time.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
If you're like me and hadn't been paying much attention to this product: It is a head mount rig which you plug a galaxy note 4 into which gives you an oculus rift compatible VR head set. http://i.imgur.com/wKUTy0Q.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
My curiosity was peaked by a URL which actually had the word website in it. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of yellow and black animated gifs of workmen digging.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
My favorite story about forgotten and refound knowledge is regarding scurvy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
The MTA charging tactics are obvious when you just look at the default options they present when people top up their cards: Here's the TL;DR: > Three quick options. But wait a minute. One button leaves you with the same $9.45 card
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I've been using the Hacker News Enhancement Suite extension for Chrome for so long I couldn't imagine using the site with out it. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc... edit: I&#
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
This test cost $370 million. An SLS launch is projected to cost $500 million. A single Saturn V launch cost up to $375 million in 1969 — or, in today’s money, a few billion dollars. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/18
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
What about people joining the army for just this reason?
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
My hopes are aligned with this. I suspect that some of those companies will be run by people who got enthused by what NASA is doing now.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
A better plan needs more money. To secure the money the US has to be filled with enthusiasm.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Seems to be back up (at least it worked for me). However, google has a cached version if you still need it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8-vKw53...
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I have to link to North by Northwest. Just incredible when you consider it was done in 1959. http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/north-by-northwest/
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I personally think the current AZ plate template is superior to the one offered by this article: http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Arizona5/az2014baa2002.jpg
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Always bet on Musk.
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
This reminds me of Derren Brown's awesome "The System" special: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R5OWh7luL4 More info for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of knowing who Derren Brown is: http:/&#x
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
I attempted to start a positive comments thread earlier, yours seems to have done far better so I'm going to repost my thoughts here too: I've requested an invite. I see it as a replacement for the ditigal photoframe pc I built a
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Downvoting is for however the user wants to use it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 > pg 2455 days ago | link | parent | flag > I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obv
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by Fuzzwah 12y ago
Boosted rolls off the tongue far better than sv_maxspeed 1000 too.

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