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by codex 13y ago
I can't speak as to the agenda of the average climate change denier. However, the fear spread by the anti-AGW lobby is that of a global climate change conspiracy. Uncertainty and doubt are created by casting aspersions on the science
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by codex 13y ago
Small presses would make money if Amazon didn't exist. So really, this is a plea to put Amazon out of business, or at least get them to use their almost-monopoly power over book prices to give a little more margin back to the small gu
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by codex 13y ago
Public opinion is ambivalent on AGW largely due to the efforts of a small group of individuals which spreads FUD for the benefit of powerful interests. In the past, these same hired guns attempted to sway public opinion on acid rain, the d
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by codex 13y ago
There's a difference between using Clang (Analyzer) to provide error reporting and using it for their own internal parsing (for refactorings, cross references, etc.). I suspect their internal parsers are all written in Java, but let&#
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by codex 13y ago
Sadly, this is true for some, but not for others. I find even Air Optix uncomfortable. It's not the freshness of the contacts themselves, it's that my eye reacts to wearing them after awhile--even brand new pairs. If I go a few
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by codex 13y ago
The issue is simply: do they count "editions" or "new editions"--that is, editions which were only recently released? It follows that older books would have more "new editions" than newer books.
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by codex 13y ago
In the paper it is acknowledged, but not in the article; even the author of the article is confused, for they write: "The graph above shows the simplest interpretation of the data. It reveals, shockingly, that there are substantially
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by codex 13y ago
Note that the graph in this article is confusingly titled. From the paper itself, it is clear that "New Editions from Amazon by Decade" should read " Randomly Selected Editions of Books Available in New Condition from Amazo
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by codex 13y ago
Furthermore, they are working on a cross-platform C++ IDE (hopefully using Clang for parsing): http://www.jetbrains.com/objc/features/cpp.html . I can't wait for the release.
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by codex 13y ago
Since humans banded together to form governments thousands of years ago, every government in existence has been able to investigate effectively on behalf of its citizens, mainly for crime prevention and national security. Unbreakable encry
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by codex 13y ago
One interesting feature, as yet unimplemented (it seems) is semantic diffs: why show 1000 renames of a class or variable name in your diff, when a simple "foo was renamed to bar" would suffice?
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by codex 13y ago
The issue is one of evaluation: I am prohibited from using the software at all , even on toy problems, to determine whether I'd like to buy a commercial license. Crazy, perhaps, but that's how hostile the AGPLv3 is to businesses
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by codex 13y ago
PayPal and Square are engaged in a pitched battle to win mobile and small-shop business. Square does about 10% of PayPal's volume.
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by codex 13y ago
On a related note: is there a chance in hell of re-licensing RStudio such that it is not AGPLv3?
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by codex 13y ago
Sorry: I meant "to mock the U.S. military with active cooperation from the U.S. military. "
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by codex 13y ago
This looks fantastic. Kudos! Projects like this give me hope that the holy grail will soon be within reach: an iPython-like notebook that allows me to host both Python code, R-code, and possibly JavaScript in one complete package (maybe in
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by codex 13y ago
Another counter-example is the automobile market. Can I take an engine from BMW and put into a Buick? Can I swap stereos? Can I mix and match body panels from Japanese and American cars? The answer is no. And the reason is that an auto
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by codex 13y ago
I don't believe Apolcalypse Now was made with any cooperation from the U.S. Department of Defense. It was too soon after Vietnam.
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by codex 13y ago
The last film to mock the U.S. military was Dr. Strangelove, after which there was no military-sanctioned Hollywood film until Top Gun, 30 years later.
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by codex 13y ago
In other words, lie to them?
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by codex 13y ago
The Fed is not driven by a profit motive, but rather acts in the best interests of the people of the United States. This makes it as opposite of a hedge fund as you can get. Buffett is tongue-lashing the Fed in public because Buffet's
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by codex 13y ago
I don't think this chart comes close to proving that Obama was born in the United States.
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by codex 13y ago
Amazon has to compete on price because they don't own the device. They never recovered from the iPod disrupting their CD business. Actually, I don't think they know how to compete on anything else. Their entire MO is avoiding c
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by codex 13y ago
Perhaps it stems from Steve Jobs's philosophy on quality: “When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it.
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by codex 13y ago
From the linked page: "THIS IS HOW COLORS! PERFORMS ACROSS DEVICES – WHICH MIGHT NOT BE HOW OTHER GAMES/APPS BEHAVE ON THOSE SAME DEVICES. Each device has their own way of doing input and rendering, and we have done more work on l
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by codex 13y ago
The author now works for a Haskell company; perhaps this helps explain his changing attitudes towards C++. Or it could be a result of them.
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by codex 13y ago
You're comparing US LEAF sales with worldwide Tesla sales. Worldwide LEAF sales are around 4,500 a month. In the US, at least, LEAFs are in high demand. In Atlanta dealers have only 120 hours of supply. Before the Model S, Tesla so
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by codex 13y ago
Tesla leads the electric car market in technology, but not in volume; there are many more LEAFs on the road today than there are Teslas. Total sales for the LEAF are about 65,000.
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by codex 13y ago
It's a fantastic time to buy an expensive house. Interest rates are so low due to the Fed that money is essentially free. I will be keeping my 30 year mortgage for the next 30 years.
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by codex 13y ago
The layout looks great, with an easier layout to learn than my DataHand--but do you ever miss the option/Windows key being in a convenient location? Or is the diamond convenient enough? My Topres require as little as 35g of pressure-

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