bubalus

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by bubalus 11y ago
Other lecturers have replicated this experiment, sometimes with the subject (often a student) simply standing still, rather than standing with their head against a wall. With no reference point for keeping the head still, some subjects end
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by bubalus 11y ago
Anaconda has been a lifesaver, because it can be installed and managed quite easily without root privileges (it even installs pip). Some of the sysadmins where I work are slower than molasses when it comes to installing python packages (as
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by bubalus 11y ago
I hear a strict, nine-month regimen of acupuncture and veganism can work wonders for your health... especially if you are trying to beat pancreatic cancer.
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by bubalus 11y ago
Just because a repo starts out private, it doesn't mean it has to be private forever.
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by bubalus 11y ago
> Sirens, rooftop fans, construction and upstairs neighbors who clomp about like a team of clog-dancing Clydesdales are common conditions of city living. It's amazing how oblivious some people are to the fact that every step they ta
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by bubalus 11y ago
#1 through 3 are all saying the same general thing #5 no longer matters because there are online dictionaries that let you draw the character you want to look up #7: What's wrong with Hanyu Pinyin? But it is true that the gulf between
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by bubalus 11y ago
Agreed. I quite liked the level of detail in this article, but probably because I'm already interested in the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. In general this rambling style is a complete turn-off for people who (1) aren't already familiar
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by bubalus 11y ago
I still can't believe there are some jurisdictions where you are legally required to let the cops sneak up on you.
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by bubalus 11y ago
A lot of the best graduate textbooks are pdfs of lecture notes. 40 pages, no nonsense.
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by bubalus 11y ago
Applying the Wadsworth constant often helps as well.
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by bubalus 11y ago
> I have uniformly replied that she must bear our misfortune and fight the fight out to the end, that the children were the first consideration, and that I feared they must bind us together in “appearance.” I'm curious as to what he
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by bubalus 11y ago
As evidenced by some of these HN comments, E-prime encourages a voodoo-like approach to writing, in which you can magically make bad writing better just by doing a search-and-replace on a few words.
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by bubalus 11y ago
I tried Inbox for about month, but I ended up turning it off. It was slower than the standard gmail interface, both on my computer and my phone. There was a noticeable lag when trying to open each email. Additionally, on the Android app, th