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   by beambot 15y ago

   I can confirm that this appears to be a Google issue and not a browser (or virus) issue. Searching for these terms, Google serves up the counterfeit ads on the search results sidebar. I tested this on both my Mac (Safari) and Linux (FF) m
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   by beambot 15y ago

   That arm is the KUKA Light Weight Robot (LWR) Arm, which was developed by the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) and called the DLR III LWR [1]. It can move _MUCH_ faster than in the video. It likely moves that slow for the safety of the human
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   by beambot 15y ago

   This is sad. I like Charles' writing (esp. Accelerando). But I think his curt, snarky replies were rather rude -- and spouting expletives to a highschool student is just over the top. I lost a little respect for him today. I will not be
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   by beambot 15y ago

   Facebook and Google+ streams end up serving a similar roll to RSS feeds for many people -- particularly the non-tech-savvy (eg. my parents). The brand pages end up being one of the best ways to push content out to readers. Of course, this
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   by beambot 15y ago

   My guess... The usual way. ;-) He can still pass on the normal 5 & 16.
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   by beambot 15y ago

   I've got a hunch that there was a little more to it than just "a good name and logo."
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   by beambot 15y ago

   I use xargs for the find + rm cases he mentions. However, if you just want the file names containing the words import, I rely exclusively on grep: grep -r -l import *.py
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   by beambot 15y ago

   Following your logic, s/bitcoin/Euro/ would mean that the Euro is not a currency. That's just plain goofiness -- the USD is just the default currency at this establishment.
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   by beambot 15y ago

   There are other techniques for computational cameras that produce "flexible depth of field" -- images with objects both near and far in focus [1]. That technique works a little differently: the image detection plane is shifted during image
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    by beambot 15y ago

    From what I recall, Python (2.6) dictionaries do not necessarily preserve the order of items in the underlying structure. Eg. if "x = {1:1, 2:2, -1:5}", then x.items() will not necessaryily return "[(1, 1), (2, 2), (-1, 5)]" However, in Py
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    by beambot 15y ago

    For those who are interested in the trade-offs between anonymity and accountability online, here is a really great talk by Vint Cerf: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters/video?clip... In particular, I found the distinction b
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    by beambot 15y ago

    What can a (startup) employee do to prevent these sort of situations from occurring after a liquidity event? In particular, what sort of terms should be in your hiring agreement -- eg. double trigger acceleration?
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    by beambot 15y ago

    Ha! Reminds me of the Automatic CS Paper Generator [1] from MIT. [1] http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
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    by beambot 15y ago

    How much of your "working smarter" can you attribute to your earlier "working harder" years? With computers, I believe that almost all of my "working smarter" can be attributed to the sweat-equity I placed in working long hard hours when I
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    by beambot 15y ago

    It's not just consumer electronics that suffer from integration -- it's pretty much all appliances. We have a fantastic old (probably 10+ years) clothes washing machine. The lid switch went dead about 2 months ago. We looked at (possible)
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    by beambot 15y ago

    Also see IcyBall [1], a type of gas absorption refrigerator that was used in the 1920's and 1930's. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_Ball
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    by beambot 15y ago

    Graduate students live on that amount. We are particularly prevalent in high cost of living areas. It can be done, but it might be unpleasant.
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    by beambot 15y ago

    Even after using python for many years, I still occasionally make this mistake. It is a tough "bug" to track down. Can anyone comment as to why deep-copy is not the norm?
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    by beambot 16y ago

    As another example of handling cloud services going offline, consider this case by SmugMug: http://don.blogs.smugmug.com/2007/01/30/amazon-s3-outages-sl... """So what are we doing differently? Simple. Amazon serves as “cold storage” where
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    by beambot 16y ago

    That's a pretty cool inductive motor hack. Personally, my favorite esoteric motor has to be the wobble motor built using electropermanent magnets (essentially, programmable permanent magnets): http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/12/07/electro
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    by beambot 16y ago

    Apparently they liked the guy. Even if the fit isn't right for this particular candidate, he might be able to refer (good) developers who are. I recall reading about some CEOs treating unrecruited interviewees as recruiting tools for thei
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    by beambot 16y ago

    I'm curious about your experience creating sleepyti.me. Care to write more about the subject?
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    by beambot 16y ago

    The article does not rip on Windows. It implies that OS / language choice says something about an organization's developer culture. I share this belief, and it would be an important job criteria for me as well. Consider three choices: (1)
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    by beambot 16y ago

    Disclaimer: I work on the PR2 day-to-day. Believe it or not... It is fairly trivial to consume _all_ computational resources on the robot. A few examples of concurrently running tasks: AMCL SLAM (mapping); assembling incoming laser scans a
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    by beambot 16y ago

    Seriously? To me, the difference between $2B and $50B seems like diminishing returns ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns ). If you disagree, then I'd like to be you for a few days... ;-)
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    Tiger Mom is Memristor Inventor's Daughter(nextbigfuture.com)

    7 points by beambot 16y ago|0 comments
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    by beambot 16y ago

    Myself (and many colleagues) are professional EE's. We all own soldering irons and know how to solder in the most basic sense (I'm one of the few with a hot-air rework station and a stereo microscope). About half of the professional ME's I
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    by beambot 16y ago

    I must admit... I switched exclusively to Numpy / Scipy / Matplotlib about 3 years ago and never looked back. The power, flexibility, and extensive developer libraries offered by Python are unmatched (IMHO). Oh, and for anyone who would li
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    by beambot 16y ago

    Wouldn't that basically be a Kindle?
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    Controlling Robots with Smartphones and Tablets(hizook.com)

    1 points by beambot 16y ago|0 comments