branden

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Are you an Asker or a Guesser?(guardian.co.uk)
11 points by branden 16y ago|0 comments
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by branden 16y ago
My alma mater just moved from C++ to Java in the last couple years. Not that I think it's a good decision, but yeah, that's hardly the case.
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Gulf oil spill data visualized(informationisbeautiful.net)
2 points by branden 16y ago|0 comments
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by branden 16y ago
A crime's motive determines in part how you understand it and how you prevent it. Terrorism isn't random; it is focused on a particular goal and planned in advance. Unhinged mall shooters won't be stopped by coordinated intelligence gatheri
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by branden 16y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVZo1Jjfshw#t=1m13s
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by branden 16y ago
Cruel? It might make a callcenter employee smile. It's borderline humanitarian.
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by branden 16y ago
Yeah, even if HFCS is shown to be no worse than sugar, I'm disturbed by the idea of this country getting fat off of corn subsidies and price protection for domestic sugar.
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by branden 16y ago
You'll love this: MP3FS is A read-only FUSE filesystem which transcodes audio formats (currently FLAC) to MP3 on the fly when opened and read. This was written to enable me to use my FLAC collection with software and/or hardware which only
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by branden 16y ago
That is killer. To think of the hell I had to go through to get my iPod touch to sync a year ago.
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by branden 16y ago
Child porn laws, like any laws, should be enforced without respect for the defendant's status. If the definition of child porn is so broad as to include what this school has done, then they should be prosecuted as mercilessly as anyone else
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by branden 16y ago
"We don't know so let's shut up" is a defense of no one.
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by branden 16y ago
Who's making that argument?
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Why Athletes Are Geniuses(discovermagazine.com)
46 points by branden 16y ago|32 comments
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by branden 16y ago
You're probably right, but compared to the DSL that hasn't been specified and that no one has agreed on, Python wins. The more I think about it, there should be a DSL for all laws. (Something better than the legalese dialect of English, at
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by branden 17y ago
"Cpedia is not an attempt to build something that knows all current knowledge and can write a meaningful essay on any topic – that would be a stretch goal."
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by branden 17y ago
This is from the affidavit: 6. On March 27, 2010, an Emergency Disclosure Request was completed and faxed to Google Inc, the owner of YouTube. The request was for Google to provide the IP address(es) used by the user who posted the YouTube
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Google discloses IP address of user making threats to congressman(tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)
1 points by branden 17y ago|1 comments
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by branden 17y ago
Yes, yes, yes. My favorite programming instructor would often code in front of the class on a projector. Like you I learned a bunch of little tricks, and it also built confidence. If he can write an AVL tree in front of my eyes in an hour t
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by branden 17y ago
You don't need to contribute to HN in order to appreciate what makes it special - the focus of submissions and quality of comments. Petewailes seems to understand this, so I see no reason to raise some silly "rule" (a general guideline, rea
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by branden 17y ago
I agree that government shouldn't take an active role in running the system, but protecting the system by preventing abuse seems like a good fit. Maybe something very similar to the way government enforces contracts.
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by branden 17y ago
Shouldn't making the conversation better be its own incentive?
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by branden 17y ago
Roger Ebert provides a relevant peek under history's skirt. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/01/making_out_is_its_ow... Keep in mind that these were students living under strict authority. The adults in Feynman's story and elsewhere w
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by branden 17y ago
I think this is the difference between a reason and an excuse. Though his condition may have contributed to his behavior, it's still not a reasonable way for an adult to act. Part of the burden of Aspergers is having to learn what others in
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by branden 17y ago
It's not exactly Facebook, but I've seen plenty of small network-connected appliances provide web admin interfaces. Routers are a common example, I've also used network console servers that do this.
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by branden 17y ago
In order to get that hash you'd have to process the password in its entirety. But really, if they're that concerned about the buffer I see no reason to cap it at 8 or 10 rather than 1000.
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by branden 17y ago
Yet they'll ask for your email password to take a look at your contacts. Doubtful, and hypocritical if true.
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by branden 17y ago
A game of Go played on a 13x13 board is my favorite way to spend a lunch hour.
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by branden 17y ago
What it tells me is that most HN readers are introverts who like solving abstract problems, but that's news to no one. A categorization system that could make accurate predictions about how a person may act or be or feel would be far more c
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by branden 17y ago
Have you actually read the descriptions? They are concrete and specific. They don't leave much room for overlap. For example, compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTP#ENTP_characteristics and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ#ENTJ_chara
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by branden 17y ago
The Wikipedia link I provided describes preference interaction in depth. It seems you're saying that a categorization system that doesn't describe its subjects in complete, full, everlasting detail is worthless. I'd have to disagree. Look a

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