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by fgimenez 17y ago
The entire Algorithms book is available here: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html I was taught under this book, and it was amazing. My professor told the class that while CLRS was an encyclopedia of algorithms, Algor
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by fgimenez 17y ago
OnLive ( http://www.onlive.com/ ) is doing exactly that. My brother was looking into doing cloud gaming, but this company was so far ahead of him that he moved onto different ideas.
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Look, I understand that any good movement needs eyes, but it's infuriating when you hear people state "nobody knows what we're doing, we're just running around and chanting." It's just plain irresponsible when people who have nothing to do
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by fgimenez 17y ago
This was a ridiculous protest. Doe and Moffit (the two main campus libraries) were shut down, students created do not cross lines, and a bunch of idiots pulled the fire alarm in all the big buildings. Berkeley students with technical major
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by fgimenez 17y ago
OpenDNS can filter all your internet traffic to block out any websites you choose. You can choose preset block lists such as phishing or scams as well as select specific domains to block.
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by fgimenez 17y ago
This might be splitting hairs, but why do people insist on going out for coffee? It's way cheaper to make at home with a $20 coffee maker. The price per cup is cheaper, you don't need to leave the house, and it is little to no work at all.
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by fgimenez 17y ago
That's exactly what I wanted to know! Do you know what this formula is called and/or where is is formally derived?
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[Ask HN] What is the minimum amount of money you would need to quit working?
11 points by fgimenez 17y ago|8 comments
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by fgimenez 17y ago
For the record, that technique was developed by Jon von Neumann. It's called a randomness extractor. Obligatory wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness_extractor#Von_Neuman...
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Technical question: He states that you should look at a pattern, look away, and then check to see if it changes. Supposedly it will change because your memory can only hold 7 +- 2 bits. Now if your memory is too small to keep this supposed
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by fgimenez 17y ago
I understand the pressure, and it makes sense that we should treat them as respectfully as any other person. Yet, police should be expected to react rationally regardless of the situation. They should be prepared for all manner of verbal
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by fgimenez 17y ago
I'm up to part 6, and this documentary is awesome. The only problem I have with it is that any of the North Korean citizens depicted have probably been sent to "re-education" camps for letting this filming happen. The makers of the film hav
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by fgimenez 17y ago
My boss used to live in communist poland, and this was a very common tactic. Instead of shooting paintballs, they squirted people with liquid that would only show up under a black light. Police would later hold checkpoints with black lights
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Isn't convolution defined as an integral?
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Looks like imageshack is down. Here's the image I saved before: http://imgur.com/wCaS0.jpg
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Anti-Sec hacks imageshack.com(imgur.com)
1 points by fgimenez 17y ago|0 comments
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by fgimenez 17y ago
I love the idea, especially since the magazine reading experience is somewhat diminished on the web. Unfortunately, the only way they achieve this is by using a pdf, which isn't terrible, I would just prefer to navigate some sort of html in
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by fgimenez 17y ago
I just did it naturally. When I realized it, I tried to listen in another way to see if it was just a habit or necessity. Needless to say, when I tried the other ear or looking in a different direction, I couldn't understand a thing.
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by fgimenez 17y ago
One of the main issues I have with listening is that I need to hear abstract concepts in my left ear. It is a little troublesome because I tend to stare listlessly off to the right when I'm trying to visualize what I'm hearing. People tend
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by fgimenez 17y ago
This was a pretty interesting read: http://books.google.com/books?id=90Vh8wUThAgC&pg=PA43&#3... Also, I remember reading a study where rats were deprived of REM cycles and the result was they were never exposed to nightmares. The hypo
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by fgimenez 17y ago
I loved myst! Does anybody know if there is a way to play it (or the even better sequel, Riven) on modern computers?
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone. The story behind Claude Shannon and Ed Thorpe gambling (and then using those techniques on Wall Street).
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by fgimenez 17y ago
RSA being broken is not optimistic
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Is Jim Gray - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gray_(computer_scientist) - considered dead?
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by fgimenez 17y ago
My highschool calculus teacher told us his own experience with Escalante. We were in Northern California, not too far from Hiram Johnson, and the calculus program there was considered a failure. Escalante made all his students sign contract
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Wow. With all the MBA bashing lately (more so on reddit), younger programmers like myself really begin to fear them like the plague. This is the first truly convincing argument as to why I would want to work with them. Heck, I couldn't see
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Okay, I have yet to understand what the heck postmodernism really is. Apparently, everybody I've asked cannot define it without resorting to incomprehensible explanations. Could anybody shed some light on what has become the whipping post o
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by fgimenez 17y ago
Wait, so this wasn't the result of a hack as mentioned here: http://community.livejournal.com/brutal_honesty/3168992.html
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by fgimenez 18y ago
How'd the brutesoft presentation go?
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by fgimenez 18y ago
Is it just me, or does Linus' blog have the most vitriolic comments ever? It's like they are deliberately trying to anger him by disagreeing and arguing with whatever he says.

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