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by gallamine 16y ago
" ... he has done no experiments to verify any of his hypotheses." Personal experience or experimentation are not the only means of acquiring knowledge. In fact, most of our knowledge is gained by other methods (e.g. trusted sources).
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by gallamine 16y ago
It's all electro magnetic. It's an issue of energy. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionizing_radiation
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by gallamine 16y ago
I've never thought of it that - and I've done a lot of thinking about education. Thank you! Perhaps another valuable question would be what trait of children allow their exploitation in times past? Naivety? Lack of physical power? Was our o
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by gallamine 16y ago
Just about anything by Gatto ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_Gatto ) is worth reading. I'd recommend starting with _A Different Kind of Teacher_ ( http://www.amazon.com/Different-Kind-Teacher-American-School... ) or _Dumbing Us D
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by gallamine 16y ago
I too have been working with the USRP lately for doing underwater freespace communication - basically shooting lasers through water to communicate. It's a very neat system and I was able to get a streaming video system up and running within
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by gallamine 16y ago
The AppShopper app also allows you to view "price drops" on all apps. It's a very useful feature. It's nice to be able to browse the on-sale games on your site though.
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Ask HN: I'm looking for my first Elec. Eng. job, what should I ask?
2 points by gallamine 16y ago|1 comments
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by gallamine 16y ago
"I live in the UK where carrying deadly weapons isn't seen as a right." Whew! It's a good thing too ... stopping all that senseless accidental shootings from law abiding citizens. Many the criminal will take the hint. Oh wait ... http://ww
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by gallamine 16y ago
I've recently been ordering from Clubflyers. I got a batch of 4x6 cards and business cards. The price was better than I could find elsewhere and they did a great job. The cheap printing is glossy only though.
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by gallamine 16y ago
Have you tried programming hardware? I'm talking about microcontrollers or embedded processors. Make some LEDs flash, do some bluetooth, control some motors. I dislike programming, but I love making things move. I'd suggest checking out the