SandB0x

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by SandB0x 15y ago
> Since their process is completely arbitrary, sometimes they get really great people (god only knows why they stick around-- I think a lot of engineers don't really know their own worth) but they also get a lot of people who randomly r
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by SandB0x 15y ago
One sure way to earn my sympathy is to litter your post with image macros and troll faces.
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by SandB0x 15y ago
Does it have a good browser? Can it access Gmail, YouTube and Facebook? In that case 90% of people will be happy with it. I know I would be, if I could buy it in the UK.
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by SandB0x 15y ago
For this but without the apartment bit: http://www.mapnificent.net/
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by SandB0x 15y ago
Qt Creator is definitely worth trying out for C++ coding. It has a good Vim mode and makes building (thanks to qmake) and debugging a breeze.
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The Crackpot Index(math.ucr.edu)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
I'm still not sure what the point of SlideShare is, especially when Chrome has a PDF presentation mode.
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by SandB0x 15y ago
* Browser plugins broken * Can't click on a tag and see other users who've saved the URL (which was a very useful feature) * Amateurish layout
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by SandB0x 15y ago
> G+ has to get the buzz back Not a great choice of words there!
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by SandB0x 15y ago
> well-documented racial differences in cognitive ability The what??
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by SandB0x 15y ago
I've ranted about this previously ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1419896 ). Most manufacturers have vast and bewildering product lines. Treat yourself to the Asus line-up: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/AllProducts/ Most manufacture
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by SandB0x 15y ago
This is why movie studios explicitly say they won't read your scripts and film suggestions if you send one in. They want to be able to make a film without the danger of being sued for stealing ideas.
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My job is to watch dreams die(reddit.com)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
Who in their right mind decides to name a service "Qriocity"?
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by SandB0x 15y ago
A similar idea: "Learning sign language by watching TV (using weakly aligned subtitles" from CVPR 2009: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/me/Publications/cvpr09_bsl.pdf
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How bad do you want it?(vimeo.com)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
Lenovo ThinkPad X1, T420s and X220
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15 uncoupled simple pendulums of increasing lengths dance together(sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu)
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Eric Schmidt condemns British education system(guardian.co.uk)
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Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot(meta.slashdot.org)
784 points by SandB0x 15y ago|143 comments
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by SandB0x 15y ago
This is ridiculous. Do you honestly think the company will fall to pieces because there's a new CEO, one who has been at the company since 1998 and has worked closely with Steve Jobs? Is Apple's success entirely down to Jobs? What about all
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Programming Computer Vision with Python (new book draft)(maths.lth.se)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
What I've noticed is that Apple like to charge money for their products and services, with spectacular fiscal results. Why would they want to blow money on Twitter?
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A vivid picture of life at HP(reddit.com)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
And the person writing the software never uses it either. The definitive recipe for shitty enterprise apps the world over.
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Life inside Camp Bastion: The biggest military city in the world.(guardian.co.uk)
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by SandB0x 15y ago
I was in Clapham all morning with the cleanup crowd. There was nothing to do and the police wouldn't let anyone through to the damaged areas, which were full of forensics squads, firemen and surveyors. The last thing they want is the genera
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by SandB0x 15y ago
I'm in my flat in NW2 and I can hear police cars going down the Edgware Road. Fucking terrifying. The police can't keep up, according to the news they're showing up hours late to everything and they don't have any water cannons. Bad times.
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Is it fair for 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius to run in the London Olympics?(guardian.co.uk)
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The movie plots that technology killed(guardian.co.uk)
5 points by SandB0x 15y ago|1 comments

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