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by ggchappell 13y ago
Another with rotation: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,0,2,0,1,2,3,1,3,3... And another: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#2,20,1,10,0,0,10,0,0,... I wonder if there is a simple explanation for this phenomenon. And just
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by ggchappell 13y ago
Lovely. My findings: Here is one with a curious counter-clockwise rotation phenomenon: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#6,5,5,2,0,2,1,0,4,4,2... And a few that take a long time to stabilize and do some interesting things in the mean
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by ggchappell 13y ago
I think the solution is simple: define your terms (or link to a definition that agrees with yours). More to point, please do this. I think it would make your article less confusing and accessible to more people.
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by ggchappell 13y ago
The papers: (1) http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/84/2013030... (2) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037907381...
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3-D Scans Reveal Caterpillars Turning Into Butterflies(phenomena.nationalgeographic.com)
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by ggchappell 14y ago
So, do I, now. But it's the ISP's over-quote page, not the page originally posted.
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by ggchappell 14y ago
> 3. The HTML on the page is very simple, but malformed -- perhaps look for pages like that (some missing </p> tags) The w3.org validator says it's okay. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A//voidnull.sdf.org/
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by ggchappell 14y ago
This is interesting. I've been fascinated for some time about these little sub-languages (another one is the language used on road signs). On a slightly different topic, as long as we're going to mention the idea that texting is ruining lit
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by ggchappell 14y ago
That's wonderfully informative stuff; thanks for posting. BTW, I notice, in the WP article: > In a review by Bennett[8] it is argued that there are no clear evidence for cognitive maps in non-human animals (i.e. cognitive map according
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by ggchappell 14y ago
This raises all kinds of cognitive questions. How do the dogs figure out how to achieve their goals using the subways? Is it trial-and-error, resulting in a step-by-step procedure that is followed by rote? Or do they form some kind of a men
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Thanks for the reply. One clarification: My ellipsis was supposed to indicate a continuation of my sentence, not yours. The full sentence: It wouldn't be so bad if you just bought one Kindle and used it for the rest of your life -- but yo
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by ggchappell 14y ago
An interesting discussion. I'm wondering about some of the reasoning, though. For example: > On top of all this extra power being used, we have targets to meet on reducing emissions. That means shutting down coal fired power plants, red
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by ggchappell 14y ago
A thought-provoking viewpoint. I must say, though, that, while your heart seems to be in the right place, the specifics need some work. Over the long term, a biodegradable item is not "clutter" any more than dirt is clutter. A disposable di
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by ggchappell 14y ago
This is a nice goal; I appreciate the answers to questions that are increasingly showing up on DDG, Google, etc. But I find the idea of a Star Trek computer inadequate as the overall vision of what a search engine should be. Most of us sear
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by ggchappell 14y ago
On another topic (which you brought up): > I can understand that if you disagree with a comment, you should downvote it .... I don't. Do we want the top comments to be a representation of the views of the Hivemind, or do we want them to
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by ggchappell 14y ago
I agree about the unsuitability of terms like "computer science". I'm a professor of computer science. I'd rather be a "professor of informatics", but C.S. is the term we're stuck with. And after all, it isn't really that bad; the main down
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Nice photos, but I think the setting is misunderstood. The kayakers are not paddling "through" or "across" a volcano; they are in the ocean, I believe. Lava from the Pu'u O'o vent, 700m above sea level, flows down to meet the ocean, and the
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by ggchappell 14y ago
I find it curious that the idea being touted is essentially the same as the the way iGoogle works. And of course iGoogle is being shut down. So why is one on the rise and the other falling? Is this yet another example of the apps-win-over-t
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by ggchappell 14y ago
> What about correlations with patterns in MRI scans? An excellent question, about which I know absolutely nothing. Something to keep in mind, though: medical tests & whatnot are only useful insofar as they affect the way we handle
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by ggchappell 14y ago
> Seven men in the history of humanity stand apart from the rest of us. These are the Apollo command module pilots who spent time alone in orbit around the Moon, while their colleagues walked on the lunar surface. "Seven"? There were si
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by ggchappell 14y ago
> This is interesting to me because... is there even a scientific definition of depression yet? Such that, if you have a defined list of symptoms, you are definitely depressed, and if you don't, you are definitely not depressed? It depe
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Lovely. Are the developers around? My initial thoughts: - The overall organization is good. - Showing temperatures as shifting bars is very informative. - The maps are beautiful. (The whole thing is beautiful, actually.) - But what do the c
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by ggchappell 14y ago
The question is tricky, since "software engineer" does not have a universally agreed on definition. Regardless, the profession is not regulated in the same way that other things called "engineering" are, so (in the U.S., anyway) it is lega
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Well, then, neither does the Both option, right?
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by ggchappell 14y ago
You make some good points here, but I think you're arguing against a nonexistent position. Is anyone really saying that RSS is obsolete? Google certainly isn't. As for "If Google Reader isn’t being used, then why the outrage around the Inte
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by ggchappell 14y ago
What about people who have neither? (Very common for me, although I happen to have cash on me at the moment.)
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by ggchappell 14y ago
And you certainly don't want to wait for the 59th month of that year.
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Nice little post. But I see a few problems. techgeeknet, is this code your work? Regardless, here is a critique. (1) The biggest problem is doing a "free" on a caller-provided pointer without giving any explicit requirements for where that
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by ggchappell 14y ago
Looks nice, but the text reads as if it was written by a non-native speaker of English, or at least someone who is not really sensitive to the nuances of the language. I suggest you run the site past a few people who are sensitive. A few
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by ggchappell 14y ago
A good point. But the more I think about this issue, the murkier it gets. You say "more likely to be representative", but I must ask: representative of what ? What is the "community", anyway? Is it anyone who takes 30 seconds to make an ac

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