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Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex(plos.org)
2 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
In reference to memorizing material the OP writes: In the “real world,” having a copy of your notes is called being prepared. Instead, university exams expect us to tie one hand behind our backs and master a skill we’ll seldom if ever use
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by epenn 15y ago
One thing the slides mention in passing that I cannot stress the usefulness of enough is an internal wiki. There are so many common tips, issues, ideas, etc. that can be more effectively communicated and expanded upon when they're in a cent
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An open source book on algorithmic graph theory(code.google.com)
10 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop(cnn.com)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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Egypt's scientists savour post-revolution year(nature.com)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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Simple and straight forward GDB tutorial(cs.baylor.edu)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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CERT Secure Coding - Consider using Gotos(securecoding.cert.org)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|1 comments
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Wait a Minute. I’m a Woman AND I Started a Company?(pandodaily.com)
3 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
I think it's worth noting that this was an experiment done as part of a research paper. The HN title basically implies that it's something ready for production. Nonetheless very impressive.
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by epenn 15y ago
True but this also creates extra dependencies for any project doing this. If you need to be able to compile on various platforms and/or machines doing so can introduce unnecessary complications as a result.
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by epenn 15y ago
How are they supposed to know that a particular developer is exceptional otherwise? Even if they have a github or similar account for a potential employer to peruse, that ultimately only shows the end result of their thought process. It doe
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by epenn 15y ago
All that matters is whether or not you can successfully build that which must be built. The ability to figure out what that is and how to do that is the most important skill of all. I would add to this that it's important to learn how to
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Strace - The Sysadmin's Microscope(blogs.oracle.com)
109 points by epenn 15y ago|24 comments
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How crossword puzzles mess with your mind(newscientist.com)
3 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
I hope once the platforms offered by Stanford and MIT have been around for a while they publish data on how often people continue using the platforms after completing at least one course.
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Acting Dead, Trading Up and Leaving the Middle Class(ribbonfarm.com)
3 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
This would indeed be great, but as Clay pointed out software like this would need to be housed on hardware belonging to Congress. That being the case, it could be very difficult to get them to agree to something having the sole purpose of h
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ATP Synthase - Smallest Biological Rotary Motor(plus.google.com)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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Mars Has More Room For Life Than Earth(mashable.com)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|1 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
Previous discussion from earlier today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3299155
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by epenn 15y ago
Yes most every vegan knows about B12 supplementation. People who don't know the vegan viewpoint might view this article as critical to us. Keep in mind most people are not vegans. The majority of their audience may not be aware that vegan
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by epenn 15y ago
While I certainly acknowledge everything that America has done for the Internet from its beginning up through now, it's long since established itself as a global institution. As such, shouldn't the faculties in charge of running it be globa
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Stochastic Matrices Tutorial(miislita.com)
3 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
If this post was meant satirically, well played. If it was meant seriously, wouldn't it be better just to use the right tool for the right job?
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Penn State and Berkeley: A Tale of Two Protests(thenation.com)
1 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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NERO, a game platform for Machine Learning and AI research(nerogame.org)
2 points by epenn 15y ago|0 comments
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by epenn 15y ago
try/catch, which blurs the line between errors that are mistakes (accessing a property of null, calling .write() on a stream after .end(), etc.), and those which are expected application-level problems (invalid data, file missing, and so o
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by epenn 15y ago
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3196555
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by epenn 15y ago
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Customer is permitted to state publicly that it is a customer of the Service, consistent with the Trademark Guidelines... Sounds to me like you can mention that you use their service as much as you want.

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