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   by RK 17y ago

   That's afternoon UTC, so the submission time was near the higher point time period.
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   by RK 17y ago

   I wish SVG would work seamlessly with LaTeX...
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   by RK 17y ago

   Maybe I only notice because my parents pounded the difference between less and fewer into my head when I was growing up, but... It seems like speakers of American English have simply forgotten that "fewer" exists.
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   by RK 17y ago

   My crazy phone doesn't even support flash for some reason...
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   A Disturbance In The (Burger) Force(weathersealed.com)

   28 points by RK 17y ago|3 comments
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   by RK 17y ago

   This is why Python is the "web language" of choice for people doing any kind of scientific or numerical programming. Libraries really make a language for certain applications, and Python seems to have an extremely broad range.
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   by RK 17y ago

   http://www.picloud.com/pyapi/packages/weblist/python/
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   by RK 17y ago

   Are you using boto on the backend?
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   by RK 17y ago

   These kinds of problems are still occurring: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=887406 (Oct. 2009)
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    by RK 17y ago

    The top physics journal is Physical Review Letters, which restricts submissions to 4 pages. That presents a number of difficulties in presenting results, especially if you need to include a lot of plots/graphics/tables. If you are publishin
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    by RK 17y ago

    I do most of my grocery shopping at Walmart and Trader Joe's. The contrast between apparent levels of wealth and physical fitness of the customers is striking, to say the least. I like going to Walmart for several reasons. One big one is th
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    by RK 17y ago

    The other people in this category (in the US) are physician assistants. As with many things, there is a religious level war over who is more competent. In my experience, I have had less than satisfactory experiences seeing NP's and PA's, pr
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    by RK 17y ago

    Keep it casual. Start your own business. Problem solved.
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    by RK 17y ago

    I'm in the habit of telling taxi drivers who pick me up from my house and ask me "so, you're going to the airport, taking a long trip?" That it's a short trip and that my roommates were just too lazy to take me to the airport. Makes me feel
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    by RK 17y ago

    It's probably more like social engineering defense training. The usual scenario being: You're at a conference and a hooker type shows up at your hotel room out of the blue, do you a) invite them in and have a good time, especially leaving y
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    by RK 17y ago

    I would have never guessed that the HBO logo was a metal model and the colored light streaks were fiber optics. I was sure that was early CG. The real question is, what are we doing now that in 25+ years will be looked back upon as incredib
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    by RK 17y ago

    I was using mobile maps with the buzz layer to get an idea of which parts of town had the most smart phone + social tech adoption. Pretty interesting. (The freeways are always popular...)
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    by RK 17y ago

    What exactly are they testing here?
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    by RK 17y ago

    1. It makes your name public and therefore allows people to search for you. It only appears to make your name public if you have a public profile. I logged into my other gmail account and tried to search for my main one from buzz and coul
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    by RK 17y ago

    I imagine this will not last long.
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    by RK 17y ago

    I'll make the weak speculation today that Google Buzz will be the new social network for "grown-ups" and leave Facebook to the teens (and old people). Similar to the MySpace -> Facebook migration. Mostly because people love Gmail so muc
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    by RK 17y ago

    Why should the tech press be in a "business relationship" with tech companies? Surely companies recognize the risk they are taking when disclosing preproduction info to the press. I would much prefer to at least have the illusion that the p
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    by RK 17y ago

    Feeds available as XML.
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    by RK 17y ago

    They're saying something about standards compliance. Keep talking, please.
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    by RK 17y ago

    It sounds like the mechanism of action of the plasma might be (irreversible) electroporation. Basically, the electric fields created by plasma can tear small holes in the cell membranes/walls of the bacteria.
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    by RK 17y ago

    A friend had a similar experience, except that he didn't even try to sign up for Facebook. His email is first name + last name. @ gmail and apparently someone signed up with his email on accident. After that my friend started getting lots
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    by RK 17y ago

    I'm not sure that's really a general difference in approaches. After Canada banned BPA in baby bottles, people started going crazy about it in the US, and eventually the FDA decided to change its stance. Meanwhile in Europe, nearly all coun
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    by RK 17y ago

    For example, the patient didn't answer the last question because.. he fell asleep? I would imagine if I was trapped inside my body and suddenly given a mechanism to communicate, I would be too excited to fall asleep. They probably made th
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    by RK 17y ago

    I'm not interested in sports analysis per se, but I am interested in interesting data analysis in general and have a soft spot for excellent visualizations.
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    by RK 17y ago

    Or maybe because you went to public school.