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by baxter 16y ago
I always think that concave goes in, like a cave.
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by baxter 16y ago
The blog post on "A Human Right" might answer some of the questions posted here: http://www.blog.ahumanright.org/2010/10/buy-that-satellite/
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Buy This Satellite(buythissatellite.org)
57 points by baxter 16y ago|17 comments
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by baxter 16y ago
Agree with your point, but just wanted to clarify that Nintendo do not make a loss on the Wii. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Wii#cite_ref-wiisalesp...
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by baxter 16y ago
Based on reviews such as Ars Technica's[1], I'd say that the Air could be used as a primary machine provided you are happy with the modest CPU and willing to upgrade the RAM from 2GB to 4GB. [1]: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/1
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Hyper-Texting and Hyper-Networking Pose New Health Risks for Teens(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by baxter 16y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 16y ago
This is excellent, I was very surprised at the result. It's made me rethink some basic assumptions. Thanks very much! :)
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by baxter 16y ago
I tend to think in a similar way, but I also recognise that since something better is always around the corner I might never buy anything!
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Cheap and cheerful gravity wave detector on the horizon(arstechnica.com)
2 points by baxter 16y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 16y ago
You're suggesting he was a Lisper?
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by baxter 16y ago
These paintings are definitely surreal but I was expecting something a little more Escher-like, like his Waterfall for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_(M._C._Escher)
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by baxter 16y ago
I feel compelled to point out that multiple greater than symbols do not mean "even more greater than".
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by baxter 16y ago
I can't get the bookmarklet to work in IE8. Any suggestions?
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by baxter 16y ago
One of the things I really like about this book is that it covers 'method_missing' really early on. This is criticised in the comments, but I don't think it's an especially difficult concept to understand.
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by baxter 16y ago
Looks like the website is a tumblr. Not Rails?
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by baxter 16y ago
IE8 looks the same.
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by baxter 16y ago
This is not my area of expertise but in answer to question 1: Really hard.
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by baxter 16y ago
Does this relate at all to linguistic relativity?
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by baxter 16y ago
I completely agree. I posted quickly before realising these weren't daily averages (and even then, that wouldn't necessarily prove anything). I should have modified the link when I realised my mistake but unfortunately I was busy.
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by baxter 16y ago
I hadn't come across 'munctional' before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yH_j8-VVLo I don't know whether to thank you or not. :)
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by baxter 16y ago
Europe: http://www.intellicast.com/Global/Humidity.aspx?region=europ USA: http://www.intellicast.com/Global/Humidity.aspx?region=namer
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by baxter 16y ago
Rather than store passwords or sensitive config data in a file I'll usually try to store them in an environment variable. Heroku has a little guide on this: http://docs.heroku.com/config-vars
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by baxter 16y ago
My awesome comment counter just went up by one.
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by baxter 16y ago
No. Karl Benz, a German, is regarded as the inventor of the first automobile.
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by baxter 16y ago
Completely seconded.
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Genetic Inspiration Could Show the Way to Revolutionize Information Technology(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by baxter 16y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 16y ago
I've read this several times now, but I still laugh when I get to this sentence: "Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them."
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by baxter 16y ago
But I imagine at the time you would have still needed a computer?
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Photosynthesis uses quantum interactions to harvest light(arstechnica.com)
1 points by baxter 17y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_panic

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