davi

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   by davi 17y ago

   If anyone doesn't know, wattvision is a YC startup. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=832216
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   by davi 17y ago

   Nice visualization of a very cool data source: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/ Re: the visualization: maybe uses the Box2D Flash port? I don't do any Flash development so can't easily look at the source to see, but it feels like Box
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   by davi 17y ago

   Feature request thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=363
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   by davi 17y ago

   Also check out (physical!) bulletin boards to see what people are buying & selling -- outside the food store, or for really remote areas, the nearest gas station/general store.
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   by davi 17y ago

   I didn't know what "Error Level Analysis" was. So: 'Error level analysis (ELA) works by intentionally resaving the image at a known error rate, such as 95%, and then computing the difference between the images. If there is virtually no ch
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   by davi 17y ago

   The openness and mystery of this subject reminds me of how on a few different occasions, E.O. Wilson has said or written [1] that if he were starting out as a scientist now, he would study microbe ecosystems (versus e.g. island biogeography
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   by davi 17y ago

   Maybe just too terse. Try this: "First discovery that flying insects use an unexpectedly simple and elegant strategy for landing on flat surfaces (Biological Cybernetics 2000). Image velocity is held constant as the surface is approached,
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   by davi 17y ago

   More: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/tcob-fmo12170... http://www.qbi.uq.edu.au//index.html?page=52793#novel%20low (article not published yet, but this stuff is pretty good)
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   Ball Droppings(balldroppings.com)

   2 points by davi 17y ago|0 comments
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    by davi 17y ago

    I was hoping for better reporting when I saw this post. The article didn't show a causal link between regulating bonuses and the payback, it showed correlation: "The investment banks that were capable of paying back did so in June, the mon
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    by davi 17y ago

    Well, http://searchyc.com/pg?sort=by_date_r has pg's first post (ID = 1) and what I assume is his first comment (ID = 17). I lurked for a while before participating, maybe you did the same? Incidentally that makes pg 1000205 / 17 = 59,00
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    by davi 17y ago

    I used searchyc to get earliest comment ids.
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    by davi 17y ago

    I was referring to the account, not the person. Sorry for the ambiguity.
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    by davi 17y ago

    I made it up. But for exponentially growing ID, log(ID most recent / ID first post) is proportional to age of account & that's boring -- the nonlinearity is what makes the measure 'fun' (I use the term loosely). It agrees with some not
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    by davi 17y ago

    OK, while we're on the topic of useless numerology: How old are you in HN years? (ID of your most recent post / ID of your first post) me: 1000140 / 174632 = 5.7 HN years edw519 (current leader after pg): 999538 / 9357 = 107 HNyears RIP, ni
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    by davi 17y ago

    better article: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427331.100-generatio... discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=929524
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    by davi 17y ago

    Nice example of interesting but vapid post leading to dense HN comment. Thanks.
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    by davi 17y ago

    Stream: http://live.quiksilver.com/2009/bigwave/live.php?btn_live=_o...
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    Flash surf competition: 7 times in 25 years, streaming live now(nytimes.com)

    1 points by davi 17y ago|1 comments
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    by davi 17y ago

    More on Haystack: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=76191543919
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    by davi 17y ago

    there is a pretty well worked out theory of what makes a good story links please
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    by davi 17y ago

    If you click on a thumbnail, then on the "click here for this matrix" link, you get a bunch of additional information.
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    A gallery of large graphs(www2.research.att.com)

    18 points by davi 17y ago|2 comments
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    Evolutionary response of black snakes to cane toads(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

    1 points by davi 17y ago|0 comments
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    by davi 17y ago

    Any sufficiently advanced damage control is indistinguishable from ethics. Already quoted: http://simonwillison.net/2009/Dec/6/ethics/ A similar sentence could be constructed about altruism, though it might be hard to keep it as short.
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    by davi 17y ago

    Good idea. One way to mix it up might be to use a simile with different implications: how about "dauer mode" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauer_larva
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    by davi 17y ago

    So I’m creating a list of things to accomplish in the hopes of defeating my professional burnout: Re-institute a workout and diet regimen Yes, do this one. It works for me, at least. See also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948481
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    Forest Kindergarten(nytimes.com)

    8 points by davi 17y ago|0 comments
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    by davi 17y ago

    From the discussed article [1]: "The hypotheses implicitly posit increases or decreases in T levels in relation to an individual’s baseline T. As such, we compared the participants’ two baselines (samples 1 and 6), to assess which of the tw
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    by davi 17y ago

    I think the criticisms I made of Modha's work ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=948248 ) also apply to the Blue Brain project. However, I think the Blue Brain project is more likely to become interesting.