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Some people swear by Alcoholics Anonymous and others despise it(vox.com)
58 points by curtis 9y ago|86 comments
782.
James Niehues has created maps for 194 different ski resorts(cbsnews.com)
3 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
783.
Hunting coyotes in cities only makes populations grow(slate.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
784.
Scientists warn we may be creating a 'digital dark age'(pri.org)
4 points by curtis 9y ago|1 comments
785.
New Zealand Study Provides More Support for Lead-Crime Hypothesis(motherjones.com)
103 points by curtis 9y ago|36 comments
786.
New Zealand Study Provides More Support for Lead-Crime Hypothesis(motherjones.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
787.
Blackhouse(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
788.
New study shows that even small-scale climatic changes affect volcanic activity(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
789.
by curtis 9y ago
A couple of useful links: https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp > Carp is a small programming language designed to work well for interactive and performance sensitive use cases like games, sound synthesis and visualiza
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by curtis 9y ago
I sure that's right. Also I should add that while I was never a Lift fan, it did get the job done, and worked reasonably well for the limited stuff I needed to do on that project. It's just the best example I can draw on from pe
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by curtis 9y ago
I don't have a lot of experience with functional programming and none with OCaml. I do have a little real world experience programming in Scala, and what I found was that my Scala code was more readable than my Java code, because I
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The Hyperloop Industry Could Make Boring Old Trains and Planes Faster, Comfier(wired.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
793.
This Stick-On Biosensor Monitors Blood Sugar–No Needle Necessary(gizmodo.com)
5 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
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What if I took a swim in a typical spent nuclear fuel pool?(what-if.xkcd.com)
6 points by curtis 9y ago|2 comments
795.
by curtis 9y ago
Strictly speaking, Jeff Bezos doesn't need any customers for his rocket.
796.
China's Yanlong: a small nuclear reactor strictly for district heating(cnbc.com)
73 points by curtis 9y ago|60 comments
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by curtis 9y ago
I think I originally submitted it with the title "We’ll All Be Eating Cactus in the Future", mostly because I thought the "eating cactus" part was more interesting than the "climate change" part.
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by curtis 9y ago
I think the primary technical objection goes away if you replace the above ground tube with a tunnel. A tunnel will be more expensive, of course. On the other hand, Hyperloop only requires small diameter tunnels which are much cheaper to
799.
We Might Be Eating Cactus in the Future(earther.com)
43 points by curtis 9y ago|43 comments
800.
The sound and visualization of popular sorting algorithms(youtube.com)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
801.
by curtis 9y ago
As a reminder, decriminalization is not the same thing as legalization. This distinction seems to get lost in these kinds of discussions. Decriminalization is an approach for countries that see drug abuse as a serious problem that needs t
802.
Motion Capture: Benedict Cumberbatch Recording Smaug for the Hobbit(youtube.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
803.
by curtis 9y ago
Generally speaking bad business decisions and losing money are not against the law. Do you think they should sometimes be against the law for businesses that receive substantial government guarantees (say to the tune of hundreds of billion
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Lots of Poor School Districts Do Pretty Well, but We Don’t Know Why(motherjones.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
805.
Experiment Proves Neolithic Weapon Was Effective(gizmodo.com)
28 points by curtis 9y ago|21 comments
806.
EverBlock Is a Modular Building Block That Allows You to Build Nearly Anything(everblocksystems.com)
2 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments
807.
by curtis 9y ago
Automatic Rifle. The major difference between an automatic rifle and a machine gun is the latter is designed for sustained automatic fire. Machine guns will typically be quite a bit heavier since that helps with sustained fire. Submachine
808.
by curtis 9y ago
Yes, this is recent news. The Wikipedia article does a good job of consolidating the information about this object in one place, however.
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ʻOumuamua: the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|2 comments
810.
Learn to Say Astronomy, Constellation, Solar Eclipse, and More in Sign Languages(newsweek.com)
1 points by curtis 9y ago|0 comments

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