SeanDav

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by SeanDav 16y ago
I believe Steeplechasing is the most dangerous, widely practised sport, although apparently golf has more fatalities due to all the retired preople dropping dead on golf courses - ofc this could just be urban legend!
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by SeanDav 16y ago
"King and Clark can lay a fair claim to helping start the coupon movement over half a decade ago." This is the money quote for me. It just shows the sheer speed at which the internet works, or maybe it is just me getting old...
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by SeanDav 16y ago
What about some proof or reasonable grounds?
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by SeanDav 16y ago
Wow, I just dicovered gravity :) In all seriousness though this does highlight a problem with modern research - the sheer volume of information out there.
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by SeanDav 16y ago
I see someone doesn't like pro Firefox comments and came and downvoted all pro Firefox entries....
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by SeanDav 16y ago
I feel almost diametrically opposite :) I find the Chrome interface so simple as to be almost brain dead. Chrome's handling of tabs and sessions is much worse than Firefox. As a power user of browsers I just feel Firefox is streets ahead of
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by SeanDav 16y ago
I would argue that no analog or analog/hybrid computer can be TC, almost by definition. If you accept this (arguable) statement, then one can argue further that there is a class of problem solvable by analog machines but not TC machines. Tr
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by SeanDav 16y ago
The animation is achieved via colour cycling, right?
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by SeanDav 16y ago
I voted with my feet - I have long since stopped using Facebook for anything other than an occasional game playing platform. Unfortunately I haven't yet found a suitable replacement to use as a social network, but I live in hope...
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by SeanDav 16y ago
Actually he makes perfect sense to me, it is his slides that don't make perfect sense out of context of his overall presentation. He cares because he cares about making sense, about having his name associated with something that does not ma
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by SeanDav 16y ago
A well written, balanced article. As someone who has spent many years in the banking/investment industries on both the "buy" and "sell" sides I can say that there is no doubt in my mind that banks are an essential part of a healthy economy.
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by SeanDav 16y ago
Like most people my gut reaction was "that's not possible" and in fact I believe that depending on how you define "sailing dead downwind" it may or may not be possible. It is clear that the angle of attack of the sails is not at 90 degrees
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Ask HN: Analog/Digital Hybrid Computer, Turing Complete?
1 points by SeanDav 16y ago|0 comments
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by SeanDav 16y ago
Looks like the "HN Effect" is making the site unavailable. Saw it briefly earlier and looked great!
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by SeanDav 16y ago
The Arch Overlord has a point but he has chosen to make a stand on an issue that is shades of Grey and not Black or White. At the end of the day abstraction can be very useful, even if you don't understand the underlying technology, dependi
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by SeanDav 16y ago
He mentions BitC. Any comments about this language as I have never heard about it before?
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Ask HN: Browser GUI
4 points by SeanDav 16y ago|2 comments
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by SeanDav 16y ago
For epic science fiction with huge space battles, depth of story and interesting characters you cannot miss books by David Weber, especially the Honor Harrington series