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by downer 19y ago
URLs aren't a big deal. Most people bookmark anyway, they don't type them in. I mean are we going to complain about the character set for domain names next? I surf sites that are natively in other languages and seeing words in URLs that a
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by downer 19y ago
I would like to see this expanded with a Streetwalkers category, worth up to 6.9 points. They are a natural fit for hackers, with similar hours.
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by downer 19y ago
Isn't this Unicode support? Something that has been somewhat lacking in Ruby but present in Python. Technically it shouldn't be a problem, it's just a matter of getting translators :)
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by downer 19y ago
Either Crick or Watson said, "if you want intelligent children, marry an intelligent woman."
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by downer 19y ago
Rules in general are the epitome of arbitrary barriers.
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by downer 19y ago
Seems pretty clever. Not letting arbitrary barriers stand in the way.
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by downer 19y ago
It looks like such a fantastic idea! Can hardly wait until the music actually plays on my system (Ubuntu/Firefox) :) I submitted it anyway because its awesomeness was immediately apparent. (Also on my other system, with Flash off, ALL th
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by downer 19y ago
Music didn't work for me with Firefox/Flash on Ubuntu. I'm not sure if that's due to sudden server load...
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32 points by downer 19y ago|33 comments
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by downer 19y ago
dicts FTW.
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by downer 19y ago
> The beauty of Justin.TV is that everything anyone broadcasts on our system is archived forever. Really? Because a friend of mine was playing with it and there aren't any archives. Does this mean it wasn't saved, or that it was man
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by downer 19y ago
> Horse crud. > Exercise is the best way to reduce weight for all but the most unfit. Not so. That hour of walking you suggest is easily replaced by simply reducing caloric intake slightly. In fact, you have to watch intake anyway
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by downer 19y ago
Because this is what we look like when we're working on our startups. The Sun... it hurtssss ussss.
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by downer 19y ago
> whenever the chef of the restaurant he's trying to save appears to have lost the passion for cooking, he almost always says "I need to put a rocket up his ass". I only recall this once, and he was referring to the arugula they wer
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by downer 19y ago
To put this in perspective, Bill Gates's $50 billion, if split evenly amongst 200 startups, could fund each to the tune of $250 million . Or he could fund them each for $15k like Y-Combinator and still have $49.997 billion left. Isn't it i
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by downer 19y ago
$10 million checks: Accepted here.
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by downer 19y ago
Although being "first!" is perhaps of historical interest, the idea of a web-based application is hardly any more original than a million business method patents that simply add "with a computer!" or "over a network!" or "via the web!". F
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by downer 19y ago
Pets.com: Once backed with $50 million by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital, and Amazon.com Inc. Can I get $50k from one of those?
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by downer 19y ago
You sure have a lot of faith in "the authorities". Should they be able to forcibly medicate you into a vegetative state for life so that you never kill yourself? A better use of technology is to make people's lives better so they don't f
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by downer 19y ago
The difference is, while Americans love cars, most of 'em don't read books.
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by downer 19y ago
Kindle, as in kindling, as in burn the (paper) books?
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by downer 19y ago
C and C++ using shared state, but minimizing locking by being clever (e.g., subdivide first).
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by downer 19y ago
Those can't compete on CPU, RAM, or disk space.
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by downer 19y ago
Make your fancy window manager flip the display.
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by downer 19y ago
Explains why Arc is written in Scheme.
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by downer 19y ago
Reality makes perfect sense if you consider that we're a simulation. Then the fact that solids really aren't is no more surprising than characters in a 3D game finding the same thing -- they aren't solid, they are composed of electrical si
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by downer 19y ago
If you feel healthy and you're getting enough sleep then there's no problem. Working nights is fine -- the thing that drives people nutty is rotating shifts, e.g. switching between a night and day schedule too often. It all depends on
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by downer 19y ago
> Supposedly people can hold about seven "items" in their mind at any one time. I was never sure what that meant -- what qualifies as an "item"? This urban legend PB refers to actually originated with studies of short-term memory and
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by downer 19y ago
Why not switch languages -- unplatform.com (Seems to be expired) unap.com also might be available. Or KeanuAP.com, because Neo is The One.
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by downer 19y ago
I thought it was the opposite -- it's cheaper than buying your own servers and co-locating to start , but like any rental, eventually you hit the inflection point and it costs more. Also, multiply by 4 or 8 depending on what instance siz

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