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by ghgr 10y ago
I hear you. I guess long form journalism has its place, but for me it's in the library next to the novels. When reading news I want to go straight to the point. In fact, I'd pay for an API that returns an array of news, and for ea
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New mathematical model shows how our brains make complex decisions(sciencealert.com)
4 points by ghgr 10y ago|0 comments
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Meet RollJam, the $30 device that jimmies car and garage doors(arstechnica.com)
3 points by ghgr 10y ago|0 comments
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by ghgr 10y ago
Adult neural networks cannot understand that.
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by ghgr 10y ago
Do you know GapMinder[1]? I think that's what you are looking for. [1] https://www.gapminder.org/
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by ghgr 10y ago
Choose two: Human-meaningful: Meaningful and memorable (low-entropy) names are provided to the users. Secure: Any entity in the system can act maliciously, including the majority of the entities or the available computational pow
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by ghgr 10y ago
"1 nautical mile = one minute of Earth's longitude" ... along the Equator
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GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart(businessinsider.de)
20 points by ghgr 10y ago|2 comments
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Security flaw in Hotmail permits anybody to login with the password 'eh' (1999)(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by ghgr 10y ago|1 comments
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by ghgr 10y ago
As an engineer and son of a doctor, I trust the human surgeon more.
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by ghgr 11y ago
Surely you'll find interesting Stockfighter [1], a trading game developed by three members of this community; Erin Ptacek (elptacek), Thomas Ptacek (tptacek) and Patrick McKenzie (patio11). [1] https://www.stockfighter.io
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I Fooled Millions into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How(io9.gizmodo.com)
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The Cult of the Thermomix(thermomix.com)
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by ghgr 11y ago
> Nothing on Earth is safe and uncrackable, given enough time and compute power. Interestingly enough, sometimes time and computer power are not enough [1] (ignore the Bitcoin reference, it applies to any truly random 256-bit password
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Interview techniques to invoke trust in the subject(reddit.com)
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The Visual History of War and Violence(ourworldindata.org)
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by ghgr 11y ago
> and not readily resembling something in real life or a prior logo. I appreciate some of your other points, but I particularly disagree with that one. Counterexamples right off the top of my head: Apple, Lacoste, Shell, Camel, Pringles,
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Convert your still image into 3D model(make3d.cs.cornell.edu)
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Light’s polarization boost resolution of commercial depth sensors 1,000-fold(news.mit.edu)
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Your Data Science Portfolio: Math Skills Don't Matter(datasciencecentral.com)
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Chemicals in Meat Cooked at High Temperatures and Cancer Risk(cancer.gov)
1 points by ghgr 11y ago|0 comments
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Bitcoin Computing(21.co)
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by ghgr 11y ago
> It can be mitigated if your backup service provides two accounts for the same backup: an "append only" account and an "administrator" account. That's how Tarnsap[1] works (I think the author is the user cperciv
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Arbitraging Betfair for fun and profit(linkedin.com)
2 points by ghgr 11y ago|0 comments
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by ghgr 11y ago
I've been working with full motion simulators for the past two years (I even rode that simulator last week at MPI) and I must say that this is plain wrong. This is actually a great fit for VR simulation (see below): > Actual linear
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by ghgr 11y ago
That's the same as saying "the same order of magnitude"
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Sony tests 'superfast' commercial drone(bbc.com)
1 points by ghgr 11y ago|0 comments
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by ghgr 11y ago
I think the GP was thinking on high/low level as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-_and_low-level and not regarding prestige or self-worth.
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by ghgr 11y ago
Higly interesting after the discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9849332 just 15 days ago.
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Surfer Mick Fanning Attacked by Shark(news.nationalgeographic.com)
1 points by ghgr 11y ago|1 comments

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