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Randy Pausch's book: The Last Lecture(amazon.com)
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by as 18y ago
Clicking 'Put Me In Center' when trying to set my location doesn't do anything.
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by as 18y ago
Same here.
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by as 18y ago
I really like this idea, but one problem I see is in building a user base. What are the chances there's going to be someone local to respond the first time a user tries your service? It helps that once they've added you to their friend's li
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by as 18y ago
It isn't something in the brain you can point at like a tumor - it (seems to be) an difference in the development of structures or the concentration of neurotransmitters that everyone has - so a diagnosis can only be made based on whether t
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Ask HN: Proto-hacker looking for a startup job
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by as 18y ago
This is great. Lack of a good interface for immersive worlds is one of their biggest problems IMO.
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by as 18y ago
This is one of the reasons I have my ear to the rail on Hacker News. People wander in from a lot of interesting circles.
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by as 18y ago
/me tips hat This would be along the same vein as the prior thread on existential questions. A popular topic among young, intelligent people for whom tradition has little weight.
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by as 18y ago
I think that intimacy is the awkwardness that's natural to real time conversation. Like where he knocks passion fruit. I laughed because of how out of tone it seemed.
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by as 18y ago
It's especially likely with complacency like that.
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When we forget why we bothered to try(jorydesjardins.com)
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Lawsuit seeks to prevent Large Hadron Collider from destroying earth(nytimes.com)
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Mental enhancement? Scientists aren't athletes. Discovery isn't a zero sum game. If we want to go by med labels, I think we should remember that rationality isn't the great driving force of American drug law.
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The Four Horsemen: Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, Harris meet(richarddawkins.net)
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The New HondaJet(honda.com)
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by as 19y ago
There's also http://www.spreeder.com/
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by as 19y ago
Tell that to the families? Traces of sarcasm aside, police analysis showed him to have intelligence significantly above average. Sorry if you have a loftier value for the word 'brilliant'.
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by as 19y ago
"Everyone of my generation has had their favorite radio stations. Everyone of my kid’s generation will have their favorite web music services. There will be hundreds of them." Why would there be hundreds of them? Unlike radio stations, web
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by as 19y ago
Kaczynski - brilliant, misunderstood, and a psychopath. Anarcho-primitivism is a odd ideal for someone posting on a technology site.
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by as 19y ago
So the Karma train goes.
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by as 19y ago
The brevity does make him seem a bit stoic.
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This is what I was looking for. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=152805
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by as 19y ago
Great links, thanks. Here's a video for anyone who's interested: http://youtube.com/watch?v=S06oMxdt40A
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by as 19y ago
As neat as being being able to produce gamma rays with my brain would be, (see: 'I can kill you with my brain.') I think you meant gamma waves.
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by as 19y ago
The list was of people who'd inspired you. I was honest. Besides, admiration is not fawning.
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Ask HN: Extraordinary people who have inspired you
3 points by as 19y ago|13 comments
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by as 19y ago
Or maybe this 'pg' character is an elaborate front for nickb. The pipe organ fugue should be right about here.
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by as 19y ago
The nickb comment in question shows up under pg's posts.
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Nanotech Leads to Self Cleaning Clothes(technologyreview.com)
1 points by as 19y ago|0 comments

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