SeanDav

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by SeanDav 11y ago
A little research will produce a vast number of examples of political correctness with real consequences and not just "straw-manning". Here is a recent example: A Canadian university cancels a yoga class because yoga comes "
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Thanks for the links. I note that the graphite vs water scheme paper actually concludes that water cooling would be the preferred method.
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Very interesting - I wonder why they did not choose to run the beam through water to dissipate energy?
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by SeanDav 11y ago
In theory, small black holes should kill themselves almost immediately, but this aside - I find the argument that a small black hole is not dangerous because you have to get really close to it - not a valid argument (as a layman!). Assuming
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by SeanDav 11y ago
And the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus will be holding a press conference on Monday.
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Agreed, that is a factor, but give me some credit for knowing that. I stand by my original comment.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
With some notable exceptions, in general, shareholders are not patient people. Their horizon is usually the next quarter's results. After all why keep your shares in a company that is not making a "good enough" return, when y
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by SeanDav 11y ago
It is well known that extreme physical problems like blindness and paralysis can have purely psychological origins. It is "all in the mind" yet the symptoms are completely real to the patient. Its causes are way more complicated t
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by SeanDav 11y ago
casefold is only part of the story and by itself does not supply a complete solution.
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Here in the UK, there are very strong gun controls - and guess what, there has not been a single mass shooting incident since these gun controls were introduced - whereas in the USA there seems to be mass shooting incidents every other mont
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Not always straight forward in Python 3. Try explaining to your class how to ignore case in string comparisons.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Political Interference, Religious intolerance, Social injustice - no those had nothing to do with terrorism - it's all about encryption.... /sarcasm
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by SeanDav 11y ago
It is on the front-page of HN because sufficient HN members found it interesting enough to upvote. If you visit Github, I am sure you will find quite a few stories that have not made the front page of HN.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
> This is a false-flag attack designed to motivate moving western operations in Syria from covert to overt. There are already Russians and Chinese in Syria so this could literally kick of WWIII if no one stops it. Unfortunately the medi
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Yes - exactly that.
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Completely OT: You know that phenomenon that when you hear a word for the first time in a long time or first time ever - and then you suddenly hear it again and again? Just happened to me with the word "Fungible". I happen to know
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Non-violent crime is not necessarily soft crime. Ask someone who has been conned out of their life savings, or just plain had it stolen via some sort of fraud and now face an uncertain future with no financial security how seriously they vi
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by SeanDav 11y ago
It is not FUD. It is a factor to consider, especially if you are thinking of creating mission critical software. There is no doubt that Google has plenty of form in killing projects, some of which were quite popular and/or highly visib
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On the other had, Google could kill Go tomorrow...
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by SeanDav 11y ago
For a far more impressive scanner, developed by a Google engineer and including automated page turning see: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/13/3639016/google-books-scan... I believe there is a far more d
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Available at Majorgeeks: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_windows_pi... Anyone want to comment on how safe this download site is?
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by SeanDav 11y ago
(Note - I am from one of the countries invaded and occupied by Britain) I must come to Britain's defence here - it's behaviour was normal in those times but it did eventually give up most of its "ownership" without actua
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If they did have that capability they might seize the equipment to maintain the illusion that they did not. The allied forces did this during the second world war. They could not admit that German encryption had been cracked, so if their on
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I am always amazed at the authorities reaction to this. In the entire history of modern communications has a terrorist ever announced publicly and in advance that he/she/they are now going to go out to place "xyz" at tim
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Disappointing - This article mainly seems to serve to advertise his site - most of which is behind a paywall.
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Simple yes, it is just a pump - but it has to be 100% reliable, every time, all the time, no downtime, for 70+ years. Just a few seconds of malfunction in all that time and you are likely dead. Amazing bit of kit - I am quite attached to mi
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by SeanDav 11y ago
Many major advances in scientific fields have violated previously held theories of what the state of the world is. While the balance of probabilities says that you are likely correct, humankind is very far from a complete understanding of n
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This is not a fair apples to apples comparison. I am certain that had they rewritten the application in Objective-C from the ground up, taking into account all they learned from the mistakes of the past, they would have ended up with simila
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by SeanDav 11y ago
I was pleasantly surprised at the subtle humour in this article, although some of it does require a bit of insider knowledge to fully appreciate!
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For comparison purposes, if one wants a benchmark for a top notch salary, then it is common practice to use the salary of the Prime Minister, who earns £142k.

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