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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Regulatory capture?
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The Mathematics of Terrorism(discovermagazine.com)
3 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|0 comments
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
An Interpol red notice isn't a warrant: http://www.interpol.int/public/wanted/default.asp
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
For more information, here is the project webpage: http://www.aladdinproject.org/
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
If you eat fortified food and get out in the sun enough, then sure, this may apply to you. But if, like me, you try not to eat food that's been heavily processed/fortified and you live where days are short in the winter, then you still migh
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AI may be better than natural intelligence at coping with battlefield chaos(economist.com)
22 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|27 comments
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I think you've nailed it. Bill Maher asked the media '[C]ould you please stop pitting the ignorant vs. the educated and framing it as a "debate."' Acknowledging ignorant views and handling those who hold them with kids gloves is just anothe
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Some kind of delay tolerant protocol, perhaps? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Internet
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Take a look at http://www.mint.com for some ideas about providing useful account use and budgeting information to users.
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The internet’s new billion in Brazil and China are changing Internet culture(globalpost.com)
1 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|0 comments
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Robotic Limbs that Plug into the Brain (technologyreview.com)
2 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|0 comments
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
You're correct. In Canada, Rogers appears to have lowered its bandwidth caps in anticipation of Netflix's entry into the Canadian Market: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Rogers-Lowers-Caps-Even-F...
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Here's an interesting interview with Mr. Murakami: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2/the-art-of-fictio...
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes I'm also: 1) slowly working through F. Copleston's History of Philosophy Volume 1: Greece and Rome while reading selections of the philosophers he discusses 2) reading daily an ar
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Thanks, I edited the title to reflect that.
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Popular Science: Every issue from May 1872 to March 2009 online(books.google.com)
47 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|12 comments
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
This is a good story. Manybooks has it in a variety of ebook formats ( http://manybooks.net/titles/forstereother07machine_stops.htm... ). Librivox has produced an audiobook version as well ( http://www.archive.org/details/machine_stops_libr
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
P. T. Barnum, now he was old school! He never shied away from using ridiculous stunts like this to get attention. He would write newspapers under pseudonyms railing at his own products to get noticed. He once hired a begger to place 4 brick
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Coffee, milk oolong tea, and water. Mostly water.
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
It was only explored in a gross sense. As a measure of this, it's estimated that we only know of between 2/5ths and 1/15th of all species ( http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/58.html ). The oceans, which comprise 95-99% of the living
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HTML 5: New Web Code Draws Concern Over Risks to Privacy(nytimes.com)
3 points by ascuttlefish 16y ago|0 comments
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Put on some chill music and have a bath.
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Squirrels are amazing little creatures: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/science/06angi.html
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Lucky?
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I am the same way. I read to further my knowledge... sometimes. Other (read: most) times, I read because I enjoy the immersive experience. Taking things from that and putting them in long-term memory isn't really part of the agenda. If it i
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Take the quiz here: http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Those prices aren't even that good. Flagged.
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I got 14. The last one was a stumper!
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
Take the quiz here: http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/
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by ascuttlefish 16y ago
I love ebooks, but I prefer to read paper books. The haptic and olfactory experience of reading a book is something that I've enjoyed as long as I can remember, and I won't give it up lightly. However, all those classics I've neglected to r

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