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Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain(scienceblogs.com)
3 points by da5e 16y ago|1 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
I think you typoed voracious, but thanks for the new word, Veracious means truthful and honest. Cool. Dr NakaMats who has invented a huge number of incredible things recommends memorization as an important part of preparation for what he c
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by da5e 16y ago
Thanks I'll do more checking.
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Ask HN: Is this even possible?
2 points by da5e 16y ago|3 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
A tool I've found handy is the multi-lingual Text to Speech program at http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp It's got pretty good voices and it can speak your text at 6 different speeds in 10 languages in a male or female voic
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Language learning community(blog.busuu.com)
2 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
Couple of mundane (non-data-based) suggestions plus a weird one. Ask your wife about your behavior. (Although this could open up a can of worms (or emotional whuppass) especially since she's probably twice as tired as you are. Just be regul
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by da5e 16y ago
On a quick read this sounds more like they're throwing the word "facts" around pretty loosely. More like re-mything. "in the spirit of compromise" is the key phrase. The thing about de-regulation is that companies don't get stricter with th
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by da5e 16y ago
Wow, I'm old enough to know better but I'm still amazed at the willingness of "principled people" to throw those principles overboard so easily. Next thing you know Cory Doctorow will be pushing DRM.
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by da5e 16y ago
I like it. Then if they're abrupt, I know it's to avoid typing not anger.
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by da5e 16y ago
Ah, nostalgia. But also I did a couple of searches on there and it appears more up-to-date than Yandex at least.
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by da5e 16y ago
In addition, Zoho mail is ad-free and has offline capability using, oops, Gears.
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by da5e 16y ago
Zoho Writer's docs are available offline as well as online which Google Docs aren't at the current time. And Zoho Creator is awesomely handy.
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by da5e 16y ago
Hey they've already added the stretcher in the bottom right corner. That's something.
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PayPal freezes the finances of Burning Man's Temple crew(sfbg.com)
4 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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Demand Media suffers a huge apparent traffic drop just as its IPO is announced(slate.com)
3 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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Linkbait Generator(linkbaitgenerator.com)
2 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
Has anyone done a fine print analysis of this?
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by da5e 16y ago
Sure experimentation is great, but they're doing it on people. Those food aren't even labeled as such in the markets in the US and the effect they are having on agriculture is enormously problematic. e.g. Monstanto suing farmers. And how d
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by da5e 16y ago
"specifically the no GMO part" That's a huge unscientific leap to say that. We don't know GMO is safe. And it's certainly not logical to say that concerns about them are crap.
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Free Wi-Fi Service Coming To City Livery Cabs(ny1.com)
1 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
Sorry, those are just ones I had bookmarked as advice. Not a search.
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I was wondering why I so rarely get any Digg love(scienceblogs.com)
2 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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by da5e 16y ago
Interesting. I do a bastardized form of shiatsu. Pressing on my eyebrows etc with thumb and forefinger in a pattern. That wakes me up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiatsu
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by da5e 16y ago
Good stuff! But just for fun: 1. Sitting on your ass programming for long periods of time develops brain power too. 2. We've held on tightly to our lizard brains too. 3. Faulty wiring can be creative if it's faulty in the right way. 4. We d
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by da5e 16y ago
I like that: "practice makes permanent". Also "perfect practice makes perfect" although lousy practice is pretty good for developing "perfect practice." And turning practice into "your practice" in the yogic sense is good for the brain too.
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by da5e 16y ago
And in other (Hacker) News... Ask HN: My brain refuses to think, what should I do? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1545774 Ask HN: Suggested Reading List http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1547988 Ask HN: Anyone have OCD? http://n
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by da5e 16y ago
Learning a new language is good for your brain. Either kind of language.
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Rapid cloud development using App Engine for the Cycle Hire Widget(googleappengine.blogspot.com)
3 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments
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How To Dominate the New York Times Crossword Puzzle (wonderhowto.com)
2 points by da5e 16y ago|0 comments

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