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by emzo 16y ago
It's also not so good for the visually impaired because you can't really provide an audio version of the challenge, whereas identifying the letters in a random string is easier to present as audio.
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by emzo 16y ago
There is strong evidence that the neocortex works on a common algorithm; vision, hearing, touch, language, behavior, and most everything else the neocortex does are manifestations of a single algorithm applied to different modalities of sen
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by emzo 16y ago
http://sciencetoymaker.org/ has some great projects.
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by emzo 16y ago
Someone should keep a list of exciting projects like this that schools could undertake - somewhere teachers could go to for inspiration.
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£40m super computer project launched in Wales(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by emzo 16y ago|0 comments
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Improve 'apt-get install' and 'upgrade' speed(webupd8.org)
2 points by emzo 17y ago|0 comments
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by emzo 17y ago
I have to agree. Even though I don't like to admit it, maybe my time in higher education would have been better spent studying a business related subject. If you're passionate enough about CS/hacking, there's so much info available online t
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by emzo 17y ago
I too was annoyed with Squid. After looking around for something better, I found Varnish - http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/
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by emzo 17y ago
Even though I criticized them in another comment on this very thred, hell, maybe this stretagy is working better for them? Of course we as intelligent free-thinking HN readers might not agree with their curret strategy, but if it's making y
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by emzo 17y ago
So true! I'm no Apple fanboy, but just to drive the point home, 99% of the time I can buy a brand new Apple product _cheaper_ from the online Apple store than I can from eBay! Where's the fun in that?