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541.
by bd 18y ago
I suspect a large part of ranking algorithm's complexity comes also from evolution - they need to coevolve with all SEO stuff. Optimal ranking is a moving target, parasites break your fitness.
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Sessions at Google I/O 2009(code.google.com)
3 points by bd 18y ago|0 comments
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by bd 18y ago
If you are on Windows, new "C" fonts (bundled with Office 2007 or Vista) are nice and fresh (compared to older classics that are everywhere). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambria_(typeface) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri http://e
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High in the sky above Mars, it is snowing right now. Very gently snowing.(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by bd 18y ago|0 comments
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by bd 18y ago
"Two words may not seem like much, but it's more than the difference between people under 30 and above 50." So you lose less than 16% of your memory capacity in 20+ years. Interesting. I was afraid it was worse. Though I don't think it wa
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by bd 18y ago
They are not PhD students, more something like postdocs. The only one of them without PhD is a target of jokes because of this.
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by bd 18y ago
The Prestige (competing magicians inventing new tricks, cameo by Nikola Tesla): http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/prestige Iron Man (fun movie where the main character is hacker/inventor): http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/ir
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by bd 18y ago
In the Shadow of the Moon http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/shadowofthemoon
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by bd 18y ago
See also the original paper: "Probing the Improbable: Methodological Challenges for Risks with Low Probabilities and High Stakes" http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5515
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How do we know the LHC really is safe?(newscientist.com)
2 points by bd 18y ago|2 comments
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Listable: create and share lists with JSON, SQL, and plaintext output(listable.org)
20 points by bd 18y ago|7 comments
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"Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money"(theatlantic.com)
6 points by bd 18y ago|1 comments
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by bd 18y ago
Great name. It has word-of-mouth marketing built-in. At least in some internet circles :).
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by bd 18y ago
There was quite a discussion about this some time ago. Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=396186
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Auryn's animated non-photorealistic videos based on classic painting styles(youtube.com)
1 points by bd 18y ago|0 comments
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by bd 18y ago
See also this lecture on cache oblivious algorithms by Erik Demaine from MIT 6.046 "Introduction to Algorithms" course: "This is a particularly fun area, one dear to my heart because I've done a lot of research in this area. This is an are
557.
by bd 18y ago
Very well done. Is this a business model that reddit tried (custom branded sites ala http://lipstick.com ) before it got bought by Conde Nast?
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by bd 18y ago
It's quite impressive, check also their demo ads gallery: http://www.innovid.com/gallery.php
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Innovid Launches New Form Of Video Advertising: The Clickable Canvas (Augmented Reality)(techcrunch.com)
1 points by bd 18y ago|1 comments
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by bd 18y ago
Wait, you can make slanted borders? This is cool, I didn't know. I googled around and found some more: http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/slantastic/demo.html http://infimum.dk/HTML/slantinfo.html (check also links from there) http://in
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by bd 18y ago
That was a very useful thread with very tangible effects on my cooking. It started me on the whole "1000 variations of rice and beans" thing :).
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by bd 18y ago
I would be careful about eggs, yolks are full of cholesterol. Having few eggs per week seems to be ok, but don't base your "healthy diet" primarily on eggs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_(food)#Health_issues_of_eat...
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Free bananas in the kitchen!!! (what happens when reply-all goes amok)(metafilter.com)
51 points by bd 18y ago|27 comments
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by bd 18y ago
Cool, it looks like these are actual live topcolors from HN database (distinct colors set in preferences by all users). I made a color map sorted on hues and lightness: http://alteredqualia.com/visualization/hn/colors.png
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by bd 18y ago
At first I read it as "Google SilentEar" and wondered why Google started to produce earplugs :). I used just ordinary worker-protection earplugs when there was some very noisy construction work going on in my building. These were just simpl
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by bd 18y ago
EPFL (graduate school alum)
567.
by bd 18y ago
You could crowd source the targeting - make it arcade game for passengers. Winners get frequent flyer points.
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by bd 18y ago
Aha, that's why Unicode snowman domain doesn't work for me. http://www.☃.net/
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by bd 18y ago
Heh. It reminds me of a MetaFilter hack, where somebody figured out you could register usernames with Unicode characters in them. Enough to say that there are some characters in some alphabets that look exactly like normal letters. To save
570.
by bd 18y ago
Amazing. Instantly reminded me of Dean Kamen's robotic arm. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/05/dean-kamens-rob.html

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