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by asciimo 12y ago
That may have been true before human beings conquered the Earth. Here are sixty more recent extinctions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Species_made_extinct_b...
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by asciimo 12y ago
> Exit mechanism: Don't forget to implement and test an exit mechanism in your app. We locked our kiosks in a frame that disallowed hitting menu buttons. To escape from the app without unlocking the frame, I implemented a "magi
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by asciimo 12y ago
They're currently using Namecoin, and it works perfectly. The argument to use Bitcoin seems to be that it's sexier. Is it harder to get funding for Namecoin applications?
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by asciimo 12y ago
People tend to overlook the necessity of feeding the fish. So your resource chain goes fish food -> fish -> waste (nitrites) -> plants -> human food. Applying nitrites directly to the plants would be more efficient.
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by asciimo 12y ago
I thought Indiana Jones already did that.
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by asciimo 12y ago
Trulia uses lat/lon to determine a property's neighborhood. While neighborhood borders are often subjective, they do the best they can to meet the expectations of public consensus.
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by asciimo 12y ago
Wow. Flipping through this PDF brings back the excitement I used to have reading the Linux mags from the late 90s/early 00s. Maybe I'll take my tablet down to the last Barnes and Nobel and read it there for the full effect.
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by asciimo 12y ago
Just clicked for me. Thank you. Might have gotten the joke the first time if I knew it was fiction.
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by asciimo 12y ago
Is this technically legal in the United States? The domain is registered at Alpine Domains, Inc., in Australia.
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by asciimo 12y ago
According to the CDC, "Although coughing and sneezing are not common symptoms of Ebola, if a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that person’s eyes, nose or mouth, the
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by asciimo 12y ago
I first learned of Alan Watts by hearing samples of his lectures in Starfucker tracks and googling the words. Here's an example, "Hungry Ghost" http://youtu.be/qPjZu14uAfE
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by asciimo 12y ago
Clarification for the busy reader: these new mountains are newly detected , not newly created.
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by asciimo 12y ago
You might not be "there" yet, but nearly 8 million people in the US are[1]. It's likely that most of them are healthy[2]. On the point of "sacrifice," animals aren't making one. To sacrifice something, you must
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by asciimo 12y ago
Awesome idea. But it looks like the hackathon in behind schedule. When do you think it'll leave the station?
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by asciimo 12y ago
LG Nexus 5
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by asciimo 12y ago
While listening to all of the mitigation strategies that Carmack proposed for the technological challenges, I wondered if you could hack the user. What about drugs? Is there something that can reduce our sensitivity to low-frequency displa
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by asciimo 12y ago
This is anecdotal, but rodents I know never have a hard time focusing or providing requisite attention. I think that ADHD is over-diagnosed in this population. OCD, on the other hand, is prevalent, but actually beneficial for the rodent li
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by asciimo 12y ago
This article implies that the 28% increase in deforestation between 2012 and 2013 was due to illegal deforestation. The measured area is 1,272 km^2 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Brazil ). The criminal
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by asciimo 12y ago
noflo looks like would work really well on a tablet http://noflojs.org/
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by asciimo 12y ago
So, like mobile Mechanical Turk?
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by asciimo 12y ago
You have nothing to lose by developing your empathy and following your conscience toward greater compassion.
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by asciimo 12y ago
> but the word “Doge” may have a different creator. That creator would have automatic copyright under the Berne Convention. They are also the creators of Homestar Runner http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge
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by asciimo 12y ago
Or use Namecoin, which was designed to store arbitrary information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin#Uses
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by asciimo 12y ago
This looks like something that iOS will incorporate as a native feature. When they do this, do they usually buy the technology? Or the entire company?
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by asciimo 12y ago
Here's a provocative gem: > The purpose of cryptography is to force the US government to torture you.
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by asciimo 12y ago
This is not a "cost" because no one pays it. The 25BTC are created out of thin air as a reward to the miner. I don't see the relevance of this metric to your argument, but I hope that you will edify me.
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by asciimo 12y ago
> but IKEA has been global from its' early days I don't think I've seen this flavor of apostrophe misuse before.
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by asciimo 13y ago
Yes, and irritated by an ineffective fad diet.
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by asciimo 13y ago
The conventional ATM experience only works because we have already gone through the pain of identifying ourselves to a bank, usually by sitting across the desk from another human being and filling out forms, during business hours. We often
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by asciimo 13y ago
You're right. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/too-mu...

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