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by drhodes 14y ago
And it has a fantastic soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PCUVlfaVU , picks up nicely two minutes in with the staccato brass punctuating key changes.
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by drhodes 14y ago
What if someone changes their email and the email provider recycles the address?
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by drhodes 14y ago
Doesn't want a cell phone.
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by drhodes 14y ago
MOOC == Massive Open Online Course
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by drhodes 14y ago
I didn't see any mention of the scenario where Iran sells nukes to Al Qaeda who may perform a strike by proxy. Nuclear material can be sourced back to the lab of origin in some cases, but I wouldn't bank on that being enough to dissuade ter
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by drhodes 14y ago
> I'm not sure if I want to walk around the street with people high on bath salts and cocaine. People probably wouldn't be using mystery-chemical-x-mixed-in-some-bro's-tub bath salts if they could get cheap cocaine from a well establish
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by drhodes 14y ago
I agree, by outsourcing to test centers they are side stepping a giant problem. I hope it's a short term solution. I loath the thought of testing in a clinical setting for a stressful exam, there has to be a better way.
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by drhodes 15y ago
yep, they thought of everything.
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by drhodes 15y ago
I do this. I put my chair on a riser and it works just fine.
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by drhodes 15y ago
If the lectures were coupled with wiki-style video annotation, over time people could curate Q&A. This would be fantastic study material and it would be embedded at the most relevant moments of the lecture. It would get better with eac
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How to use Data.Lens (Haskell)(maztravel.com)
3 points by drhodes 15y ago|1 comments
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by drhodes 15y ago
It's the nature of `This American Life`. it's not a show about politics, it's about individuals and their experiences.
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by drhodes 15y ago
the cannons do a pretty good job of illuminating the channel.
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by drhodes 15y ago
Reputation and eventually ostracism. The thief would suffer public records indicating offenses against society. I bet the market would entertain many such reputation schemes. here's one that tracks bad drivers (I've no affiliation): htt
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by drhodes 15y ago
getdents stands for "get directory entries", in case anyone else was wondering.
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by drhodes 15y ago
Yes, there's another similar book called The Planiverse by A.K. Dewdney that demonstrates a vertical plane-world with a host of 2d innovations necessary for working mechanics and biology. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planiverse
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by drhodes 15y ago
Bureaucratic inertia. Who in their right mind would advocate their own good job be cut? Another example: the DEA broadcasts insane propaganda to justify itself while turning a deaf ear to real solutions for the withering violence on the Me
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Fed raises debit card fee cap to 21 cents from 12(bloomberg.com)
8 points by drhodes 15y ago|0 comments
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by drhodes 15y ago
How are you guys mitigating the volitility. Arbitrage? Seems to me with +- 10 USD in one day, if an order comes in during a top when the quote from newegg is for $20K and suddenly the exchange tanks you'll be stuck with a heavy loss. Of
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by drhodes 15y ago
One of the author's gripes: Unfortunately, he does not explain what a Bolshevik is nor how or why the Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian empire, nor why it matters but no dilly-dallying, just fast forward and bingo... This i
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by drhodes 15y ago
how about chinese passwords? 他们不了知道 3000 ** 6 = 729,000,000,000,000,000,000 I guess unicode between the client and backend isn't consistant enough yet. Maybe in 10 years or so.
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by drhodes 15y ago
This would be a great way to supplement dense text for comprehension purposes and for learning new vocabulary. Learning moments are different for different people, this makes it one-size-fits-all.
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by drhodes 15y ago
The answer is probably different for everyone. I suspect this individual doesn't feel animosity towards google, rather he would like to share his thoughts about why he left. Maybe it's a warning for other people about to join the company
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by drhodes 15y ago
yeahbut, some are interrelated. Like the speed of light and the permittivity of freespace (1/c^2 * mu). If you measure that constant and solve back for c, then you better get ~3 * 10^8 m/s.
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by drhodes 16y ago
We didn't have a choice in the matter. We inherit the subjection our ancestors tolerate. Deviants shall be shamed and jailed.
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by drhodes 16y ago
Ars Digita. http://aduni.org/ Lecture videos, homework pdfs.. It's a little more coherent than opencourseware due to the nature of the program. "ADU was a one-year, intensive post-baccalaureate program in Computer Science based on the un
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by drhodes 16y ago
From the mouth of the CEO of motorola, the wifi-only Xoom to be priced at $600, he announced Wednesday. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/02/motorola-xoom-ta...
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by drhodes 16y ago
I use this tool all day, everyday. It should be built into bash.
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Motorola confirms XOOM at $799, WiFi version $600(androidguys.com)
2 points by drhodes 16y ago|0 comments
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by drhodes 16y ago
I hadn't heard of IAC, so I looked it up: "IAC is a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing, highly-related brands serving loyal consumer audiences... our mission is to harness the power of interactivity to make daily life e

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