Robin_Message

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1201.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
I wonder if Apple will try and ruin Microsoft's parade tomorrow by announcing the Tablet?
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
A family tree can be stored in an SQL database, but you cannot query them easily - e.g. Who is the first common ancestor between these two individuals?
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
Thanks! http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01Y79jmb4CdPRS51KPXkqngg==...
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
Capitalism is a great idea on paper, but completely ignores the realities of human behavior. It will never work, because people are not mindless drones. Why would anyone chose to receive "money" in exchange for their hard work? Why would an
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
Computer Science What's particularly galling about computer science publishing, is that our papers are some of the hardest to reproduce. I read too many papers where the idea sounds cool but I have no idea how to reproduce it. What's sensel
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
I'm studying for a PhD at Cambridge, UK, and I'm seriously interested in fixing this. Well, maybe fixing the whole thing is too big, but I'd like to try :-) Anyone know of anything worth getting involved with? Anyone want to work on an alte
1207.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
In the trees Sour grapes glow — fireflies
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
I'm currently building a media center, and I'm using an arduino-derived board to control an LED display on it. I'm short-sighted, but don't wear my glasses much, so I wanted a big bright screen to do track listings and look pretty. Plus it
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Google Voice bookmarklet generator for iPhone(ironicsans.com)
1 points by Robin_Message 17y ago|0 comments
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McKinnon's last appeal has failed(news.bbc.co.uk)
26 points by Robin_Message 17y ago|22 comments
1211.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
I just had my first go on it. I stole a beer and the lobster from the counter. Does that make me a bad person?
1212.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
I don't mind eating food containing tiny amounts of carcinogens, but I do object to poor farmers, without safety equipment, handling drums of the stuff.
1213.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
You could use a nonce when you have two password boxes, so that the two boxes match, but the hash cannot be reversed by someone who just sees the sequence. However, this would mean the hash is different each time, so it would be no good for
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Why won't Obama talk to Israel?(nytimes.com)
1 points by Robin_Message 17y ago|1 comments
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
I'd agree that science has a positive impact, but you need to subtract the atomic bomb, climate change and I dunno, processed food (others may have different examples) from any positive impact to work out the net impact.
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by Robin_Message 17y ago
The article says economics (well, graphs of stock prices) are scale free. Is this true? Seems hard to prove, can anyone point to any research?
1217.
by Robin_Message 17y ago
(Disclaimer: I am not a biologist) DNA can only have four bases (ACGT), so each DNA base can only encode 2 bits of information. 20 amino acids could be encoded in 4 and a bit bits, not 20 bits (actually, you need a stop code, so 21 codes ar
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by Robin_Message 18y ago
I'd say if you care about sick and dying people, you should donate money to Medecins Sans Frontiers* or another development charity. Simple, basic medical care is much cheaper than trying to prolong life (per person) so you will be helping
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by Robin_Message 18y ago
Now that's strange. Check out http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/12/juice-feasting-post... and go down to "Incredibly Vivid Dreams and a New Ad Network Idea" or, to quote, "In this particular dream, I was taking an exam about the compu