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by doitLP 8y ago
Don't forget about Freespace!
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by doitLP 8y ago
Simple video that shows how the Magnus force works: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JdMSpiIqU
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The Top Web Design Mistakes of 1999(nngroup.com)
8 points by doitLP 8y ago|4 comments
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by doitLP 9y ago
Very true. I used to volunteer with an advocacy group that helped parents whose kids were wrongly taken by CPS and what I saw of the system scared the crap out of me. It does some good work but the sheer stupidity of some of the employees,
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by doitLP 9y ago
Viable fusion is always 30 years in the future. This collaboration targets 15 years. Here's hoping.
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by doitLP 9y ago
When a full 20% of the population is diagnosed with a disorder, that's either a serious epidemic or there's something wrong with the term disorder. Teachers and parents want tractable kids...just sayin.
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by doitLP 9y ago
"New study links widespread ultrasonic 'firefly' devices with disappearing insect populations and [other unintended ecological disaster]." - Headline from 2042
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by doitLP 9y ago
I would say this is definitely not a good book for beginners with little to no programming experience. I don't know anyone who got past chapter 6 who was not already very familiar with programming patterns. I would try the You Don&#x27
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by doitLP 9y ago
In the long run, explosion in demand for GPUs will help lower prices and push the technical envelope for enveryone, including the gamers complaining in this article.
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Top Secret Space X payload appears lost(bloomberg.com)
4 points by doitLP 9y ago|0 comments
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by doitLP 9y ago
Sapiens, Ghost in the Wires
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by doitLP 9y ago
Mundane description of this anyone?
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by doitLP 9y ago
Diferentiating your company with an "exclusive brand experience" has led to another kind of race to the bottom. More and more brands are trying to be the most "iconic", "relevant", "fresh", "sexy
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by doitLP 9y ago
Interesting but not surprising. Pharmaceutical companies, for instance, don't publish or cancel studies that show unfavorable results all the time and no one makes a fuss. Who knows the loss to the community and consumers at large in t
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by doitLP 9y ago
Potential downsides to consider: 1. What happens when we remove the "negative" side of using plastic products? Why use less if the worms can eat it all? I'm guessing production and consumption of single use polyethylene produ
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by doitLP 9y ago
Huge point. I agree. The flu virus has mutated over loads of generations before it arrives again (it circles the globe with the seasons). The vaccine is a total crap shoot.
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by doitLP 9y ago
Participants took folic acid (lab created), not folate (the form found in nature) which has been shown to be far more absorbable. Folic acid also binds to the folate receptors, preventing folate from food being taken up. In people with MTHF
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by doitLP 9y ago
great piece, thanks
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by doitLP 9y ago
Nice, I didn't see their posting. Interesting idea.
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by doitLP 9y ago
Thanks for this. I don't own a house and I live in a poorly insulated apartment building that gets full sun all day most of the year. It's a great candidate for solar panels but mostly out of my control. I already drive a civic an
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Ask HN: What can I do as a software eng to help global environmental problems?
20 points by doitLP 9y ago|17 comments
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by doitLP 9y ago
What did I just read? "Any noise or unintended observation of them can cause data loss." Unintended observation?