RK

9 ms·

61.
by RK 14y ago
I think it's pretty common at "elite" schools in the US to have unsupervised, take home tests. Where I went to college we often had closed book, timed take home tests and I think compliance was actually extremely high.
62.
by RK 14y ago
Why not just use IMAP for gmail access?
63.
by RK 14y ago
In the spirit of "using words correctly", assault rifles are incredibly tightly regulated by the US federal government and various states. Assault rifles are fully automatic weapons (technically select-fire) and have not been legally manu
64.
by RK 14y ago
That makes sense. It seems like you would need some non-binary meta information about the wave forms, etc, that I'm sure would not be supported across audio-editors.
65.
by RK 14y ago
Excuse my ignorance, but is there an equivalent to git for digital music production?
66.
by RK 14y ago
Is the new Ubuntu / Unity Dash somewhat like this (without as many services)?
67.
by RK 14y ago
I have a similar system for a lab notebook / to do list, but without encryption. I use a light weight wiki, Zim http://zim-wiki.org , and setup the directory in my Dropbox folder. That way I'm able to use the full wiki on my desktop, lapto
68.
by RK 14y ago
I have heard from people familiar with the Lockheed project that the purchase was largely motivated by tax incentives. Something along the lines of a Canadian-American agreement, in which companies could claim 10x as much business expenses
69.
by RK 15y ago
And privately designed/built/owned particle accelerators? It's definitely a new era. I actually worked at a startup from about 2007-2009 that was designing particle accelerators for another company pursuing what appears to be the exact sa
70.
by RK 15y ago
A general project wiki would be nice. I might be missing where the equivalent feature is because I am not a very heavy github user.
71.
by RK 15y ago
Maybe the silver lining is that a large scale uproar could incline more people to publish in open access journals in the first place (so-called "gold" open access). </wishful thinking>
72.
by RK 15y ago
I can't wait to see produce that is organically farmed by robots.
73.
by RK 15y ago
100% agreement on the dönner kebabs. The critical mass of Germanized Turks going back a few generations seems to be the key ingredient. I spent a year in Berlin then came back to the US. Good luck finding a street style dönner in the US.
74.
by RK 15y ago
The only caveat here is if you are copying a list of lists, you have to use copy.deepcopy() if you want the lists inside your lists to actually be copied. This caught me bad once. I wish it were on the page linked in the post (and others
75.
by RK 15y ago
Unless you run your own smtp and pop/imap mail servers, there is no way to be sure no one will read your emails. I think you really want to encrypt your email for that kind of peace of mind. Of course you need buy in from your contacts.
76.
by RK 15y ago
It's not clear to me why the top private schools are able to offer so much better aid packages. Willingness to compete with each other and huge endowments?
77.
by RK 15y ago
The Scientific American link in the blog post seems broken. Also, off topic, I never got the email I signed up for about the release of your new book. Did you ever send those?
78.
by RK 15y ago
I think part of Shuttleworth's philosophy is that he wants Ubuntu to be(come) an OS that the rest of the world can use, not just the traditional Linux power users, but even the emerging computer markets that may not be able to afford the la
79.
by RK 15y ago
Is that a hardware issue? Never had a touchscreen problem myself when charging.
80.
by RK 15y ago
I'm very happy with Android. But, I only recommend the Nexus line and this post seems to back that up (we'll see as things go forward).
81.
by RK 15y ago
I am pretty ignorant of the Dead Sea Scrolls and related documents, but why is the translation not into modern English?
82.
by RK 15y ago
Never seen this on my Nexus One. Also no Facebook account.
83.
by RK 15y ago
I'm very confused about the bonus calculus. More days of = more bonus, fewer days off = more bonus, or you always get the same bonus?
84.
by RK 15y ago
I'd be very surprised if there are more OS X installations than Linux installations (or even close for that matter). Linux runs more servers, more phones, and more embedded devices (set top boxes, routers, GPS's, etc). OS X is limited to Ap
85.
by RK 15y ago
These links are often legitimate. Even Elsevier lets authors post their own articles on their own sites. But I agree that this is not a good solution to the bigger problem.
86.
by RK 15y ago
Article from 2004.
87.
by RK 15y ago
Is this just to encourage people to stay logged-in/cookies on?
88.
by RK 15y ago
I had to select View->No style in Firefox 3.6 just to be able to read all of the text... :(
89.
by RK 15y ago
And of course, it would be naive to discount the advantage Google has through the presence of one person and one person alone; Andy Hertzfeld. He's a big hitter... a really big hitter. To me, it feels like Yoda just turned up to show the y
90.
by RK 15y ago
My assumption is that this is a strategic move against Apple and ipod/iphone doesn't support ogg, so it doesn't come into play. Just a guess.

More ›