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by alphydan 11y ago
He's surprised that you actually have to do something in order to get free money? And that tax payers require transparency about how it's spent? I was part of Startup Chile and got into a VC run accelerator in the US, and bureaucr
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by alphydan 11y ago
I specifically chose the journal above, because it's not included in that initiative. Research4life only gives access to what the first world thinks the third world should concern itself with. Namely <<leading journals and books
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What about poor countries who can't afford to pay for many subscriptions in the field? Should their scientists be banned from making contributions to science? Spain is not very poor, but when I was doing research in Seville, the depar
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Class-action settlement against Paypal(accountholdsettlement.com)
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I'm afraid the body is not that simple. Both too little and too much mess with the heart: > Magnesium is also cardiotoxic and, in high concentrations, can cause bradycardia [#]. Occasionally, complete heart block and cardiac arrest
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by alphydan 11y ago
I second this statement. I did polyphasic sleep for months with a very rigorous schedule, sleeping 4.5h/day, eating well, doing exercise, coding a lot, learning lots with great retention. After the adaptation period I felt great. Othe
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by alphydan 11y ago
Do you ingest the daily recommended amount of magnesium? I'm not a medical doctor, so ask one ... but high magnesium levels apparently can lead to arrhythmias (they can also treat them in the right context and dosage). So just a word o
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That's a really dumb idea ;) </meta>
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AI Program Passes College Entrance Exam(blogs.wsj.com)
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Women in tech is not just a pipeline problem(medium.com)
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SeL4 proof for unhackable kernel(sel4.systems)
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by alphydan 11y ago
> Another bizarre feature of our early prototype was its propensity to respond with “I love you” to seemingly anything Is it trained mostly on personal gmail accounts?
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Ranque-Hilsch vortex tubes(en.wikipedia.org)
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What is a normal day for a billionaire entrepreneur?(quora.com)
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Of course not. They go to their stylist!
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If you want to learn more about how space may have a fractal structure Laurent Nottale [0] developed a rigorous theory around it. It's definitely not considered mainstream, but him and his team are respected physicists. A more techni
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by alphydan 11y ago
Einstein's thought experiment on simultaneity illustrated with a train (simultaneous, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Traincar_Relativity1.svg ), (not simultaneous, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&
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Installing elm-lang on ubuntu 14.04(alphydan.svbtle.com)
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If you spoke to your friend 10 - 20 years ago, then he was right. Perhaps he imagined faster and more catastrophic dynamics, but inflation-adjusted Oil has been going up since 1998 [0]. If you had taken his advice and invested in oil futur
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Are people really happy if they have to do Check-ins and tweet?
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Brief history of quantum mechanics – part 1 – The Oven(alphydan.svbtle.com)
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Google Files Patents for Artificial Intelligence(eteknix.com)
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Visualization of bible contradictions(bibviz.com)
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There's an island in Spain which uses this model to produce most/all of its electricity http://euanmearns.com/el-hierro-another-model-for-a-sustaina... (pump water up with cheap wind energy, use the hydro when nee
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The Birth of Algebra (2000)(cerebro.xu.edu)
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I think you're right that there was always notation. But perhaps he is referring to the birth of algebraic notation (the manipulation of symbols to represent unknown quantities). Although the roots of Algebra start in the middle east a
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until this happens: http://renooble.tumblr.com/post/18845123629/git-funny-scary-...
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Here's an opportunity to make an impact using software development [0]: > International Development Design Summits (IDDS) Lahore is a hands-on design experiences that brings together people from all walks of life to create low-cost,
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Visualizing development and aid assistance in the world(devinit.org)
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I also recommend reading "Guns, Germs and Steel" ... and some other literature. Some of the points you make have obvious counter-examples. >> People from warmer areas tend to have slower, drawn out speech patterns Where do

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