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1. 391.▲
   by RK 16y ago

   The comments imply the original memo was from 2001.
2. 392.▲
   by RK 16y ago

   Or if there is an alert out to stop your car, they can switch it to start flashing, etc. Seems like a bit of technology would need to be developed to make this cost effective (assuming some sort mobile data is needed).
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   by RK 16y ago

   I have never used R, but why (in the beginning) would you generate data in python and then plot in R, rather than just plot in python (which looks much nicer IMO)?
4. 394.▲
   by RK 16y ago

   Reminds me of why I like secular government.
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   by RK 16y ago

   Although technically laser light does have a spectrum due to Doppler effects, etc.
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   by RK 16y ago

   I recently had a long conversation with a Nigerian who came to the US in high school and is now working in Europe after doing a law degree and an MBA. I was asking her about some of this stuff, including the question of whether the email sc
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   by RK 16y ago

   The radiation hormesis effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis
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   by RK 16y ago

   And if you think American TV is bad, try watching TV in any other country. Things only get worse.
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   by RK 16y ago

   A friend of mine actually refurbished one of these machines a couple years ago for a collector. We got to play around with it a little (no body parts in the scope) and make some radiation measurements. It's certainly a scary machine, knowin
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    by RK 16y ago

    RIM is Canadian.
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    by RK 16y ago

    Having just switched from Amarok 1.x to 2.x, I'm underwhelmed. But as a linux user I have never used, nor needed itunes.
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    by RK 16y ago

    I'm sure a lot of Unix old timers would claim that my Ubuntu desktop also isn't very Unixy. I'm not complaining though.
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    by RK 16y ago

    They also have a new partnership (Feb 2010) with NSF to provide Azure cloud infrastructure to researchers. http://www.nsf.gov/cise/news/2010_microsoft.jsp
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    by RK 16y ago

    My brother had his identity stolen while he was in school. The perpetrator turned out to be a person who worked in the registrar's office! When I started grad school they used SSN as the ID number too. I went to the registrar and asked the
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    by RK 16y ago

    They also have an Android app.
16. 406.▲
    by RK 16y ago

    What do you mean exactly?
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    by RK 16y ago

    Google, don't lose heart. It's not you. It's just that people in US don't know that they can buy phones in open market without signing away a chunk of income to cell companies every month. As far as I know, only T-Mobile USA has really co
18. 408.▲
    by RK 16y ago

    You don't rent, own, or pay utilities?
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    by RK 16y ago

    I just had a grad student begging me for my last GV invite last week. Now I can hang on to it for a more strategic situation :)
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    A Litl Box Wants to Turn Your TV Into an Actually Good Web Browser(gizmodo.com)

    2 points by RK 16y ago|1 comments
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    by RK 16y ago

    I'm guessing this author must not be their science editor.
22. 412.▲
    by RK 16y ago

    You're supposed to try putting your head between your legs to look at the regular moon upside down to get the same effect (I'm not kidding).
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    by RK 16y ago

    I will amend my claim. In a typical siphon setup, arms of uneven length, hydrostatic pressure (a result of gravity, as explained above) is what pulls the water down. There will be greater hydrostatic pressure in the longer arm of the siphon
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    by RK 16y ago

    I guess they better make something actually happen.
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    by RK 16y ago

    The term diaspora is not exclusive to Jews. Just ask the Irish diaspora, the African diaspora, the Greek diaspora, etc.
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    by RK 16y ago

    I think that it's actually the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the intake that pushes the water up, not the atmospheric pressure. Hydrostatic pressure is essentially only a function of depth: P = rho.g.h. Think about the design of a
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    by RK 16y ago

    On a related note, doing some searches on twitter I have come across some sites like this: http://www.articlenutrition.com/science/what-is-the-differen... The text seems to be scraped from somewhere else, translated, then re-translated.
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    by RK 16y ago

    On the other hand, it would sound just as perverse if they said "the more care we offer, the more money we make" (as opposed to trying to actually heal the patient).
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    by RK 16y ago

    I was under the impression that you could "turn off" Sense and run the native GUI.
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    by RK 16y ago

    Many people have actually dabbled in several religions before ending up in the one they're currently in. Alternatively, they may have studied other religions to some extent to reassure themselves of the "correctness" of their original relig