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'Twas the Night Before Start-up' - Vint Cerf(tools.ietf.org)
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The Outline Of Science(gutenberg.org)
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Amusements In Mathematics(gutenberg.org)
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Notes Towards the Complete Works of Shakespeare(vivaria.net)
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Why look at Artificial Animals?(vivaria.net)
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Nature - Ralph Waldo Emerson(oregonstate.edu)
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by diwank 15y ago
Typeface is to design what salt is to cooking. It never feels that important but it can be the difference between an average design and a brilliant one. Usually, I use this incredibly helpful chart for choosing typefaces: http://img.labnol
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Art.sy is a new way to discover art you'll love(art.sy)
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by diwank 15y ago
These guys have an amazing sense of humor. Vint Cerf himself keeps making hilarious RFCs, for instance: "Twas the Night Before Start-up" [ http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc968 ] that ends with: At last he was finished and wearily sighe
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Internet Engineering Task Force: April Fools' Day RFCs(en.wikipedia.org)
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China to launch next manned spacecraft in summer(reuters.com)
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The Computer as a Communication Device - J. C. R. Licklider , Robert W. Taylor(citeseerx.ist.psu.edu)
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Man-Computer Symbiosis - J. C. R. Licklider(groups.csail.mit.edu)
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by diwank 15y ago
A scientific theory is a set of principles that explain and predict phenomena. All theories are only provisional, in that they are upholded every time an observation supports the predictions they make. In principle, a good observation that
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CERN turns up power for Higgs before shutting down for upgrades in late 2012(dawn.com)
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by diwank 15y ago
A very interesting example of relatively lesser-known scientific innovations. It is a surprisingly rare knowledge. In fact, it is one of the evidences scientists use to refute the claim of the moon-landing deniers. It is also worth mentioni
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What Neil & Buzz Left on the Moon (Other Than Footprints)(science.nasa.gov)
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Beowulf Computing Clusters(en.wikipedia.org)
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Programmer asks girlfriend to marry him using an Atari video game he made(plus.google.com)
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by diwank 15y ago
I hope you found some comfort in what I said. And yes, Hackers & Painters is a truly amazing read. Anyway, take care and have fun. :)
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by diwank 15y ago
Hey Zack, To put it simply, you rock. You know and understand programming a lot better than most people ever do in their lifetime. And to be honest, you are really better off than I am. Please don't underestimate yourself. Being a script k
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by diwank 15y ago
Hey there, I like the way you've responded to some of these comments. You're a class act. Thanks for the encouragement! (Really hard to come by these days.) :) Interesting blog too (the bootstrap frontpage confused me for a moment though
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by diwank 15y ago
Someone suggested the United Nations Millenium Development Goals to draw inspiration from. It is a good place to start with for startups looking for ideas. High time we started working on 'real' problems. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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by diwank 15y ago
We are not trying to create someone else's product. Basically, we are looking for what people need everyday. The problems they face and any existing solutions they use. So that we can look for patterns in users' needs and build something th
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by diwank 15y ago
Image resizing seems to be an easy-to-implement idea. App Engine + Stripe + A Good API can do the trick. Will get to work on it! Receipt tagging is a different beast. The format is inconsistent, mining data would be difficult and I don't kn
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by diwank 15y ago
Haha. It's just there for the time being. Actually that's my personal website. My name is Diwank Singh. ;) Blag: blag.diwank.name Poems: poet.diwank.name Home Page: singh.diwank.name
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by diwank 15y ago
Nice one! In fact, why limit to just movies? You can take this idea and implement it everywhere. Associating and tagging real-life objects with entertainment and web media. You know, so you can facilitate searching real objects within virtu
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by diwank 15y ago
Thank you so much for compiling this entire list in one place. Great inspiration. Handy as hell! :)
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by diwank 15y ago
I don't know why you made the harsh comment but it is unfair to judge people on the basis of a single post/comment. I think maybe you miscomprehended the purpose of this post. So let me rephrase this: Please give me instances when you face
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by diwank 15y ago
Thanks for the advice. I'm trying to land myself an internship at some good corporation to get a taste of problems they face. Though, I'm a little vary of companies with bad work environments lest I end up getting a net negative worth out o

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