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by gibsonf1 16y ago
The idea that raising taxes increases revenue has been shown to be untrue with actual taxation data time and again. A good resource for cause and effect with taxation is "Hauser's Law": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausers_Law
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Google: Why do we let this creepy company spy on our emails?(dailymail.co.uk)
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
I can't recommend H. W. B. Joseph's _An Introduction to Logic_ highly enough. Once you master basic logic, Fred Sommers' Term Functor Logic is exceptionally helpful. http://www.ontology.co/sommersf.htm
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
"There are free implementations of Common Lisp (GCL, CMU Common Lisp, CLISP), but they came late and incomplete. " SBCL is open source and free and complete and performs incredibly well with multi-threading etc. I wonder how old this artic
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Security experts outline smart-phone vulnerability(sfgate.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Navy Sets World Record With Rail Gun(foxnews.com)
91 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|81 comments
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Consumer Reports Says AT&T 'Worst-Rated' U.S. Carrier(online.wsj.com)
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Transformation of e-mail is under way(sfgate.com)
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WikiLeaks shows why China raised heat on Google(sfgate.com)
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How entrepreneurs came up with Jungle Cents(sfgate.com)
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Is Google Buying GroupOn for $2.5 Billon?(socialtimes.com)
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Perimeter Marble Run RBS [video](youtube.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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FCC may regulate Internet lines days before Christmas(thehill.com)
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Groupon considers sale to Google or fundraising(sfgate.com)
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
We've set up openid+oauth with Google Apps Marketplace, and the solution there is very elegant. Users from their google apps gmail interface can select an app from "more" and get automatically logged in to our web app. (using extended cl-
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
This is why a factual digital ontology corresponding to the real world would be so valuable as opposed to us fallible human beings.
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
It's a great opportunity for a company to nail the ontology in a scalable way, especially if the solution can use industry standard triple stores like allegrograph. Serious epistemology geeks are needed for the effort, however.
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
I looked at CYC a few years ago and found the underlying epistemology of the effort flawed in such a way that the result is a mass of contradictions in the project. Their solution to that was to try to zoom in on tiny areas to avoid the co
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
We've been using Portable Allegroserve + mysql (running on SBCL on EC2) with very good results.
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Microsoft future brightens - still challenging(sfgate.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Groupon takes unlikely route to success(sfgate.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Groupon at $3 Billion Soars Like Silicon Valley(bloomberg.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Amazon to offer magazines, newspapers 70% royalty(sfgate.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Sleep Better, Eat These 5 Foods(askmen.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|1 comments
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Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Internet(apnews.myway.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Bicycle Chains Get an Oil-Free Update - Belt Drive(nytimes.com)
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
"no need to use Emacs" Not being able to use Emacs is a feature?
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Scientists unveil moving 3D holograms(ft.com)
1 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|0 comments
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Man Dies Of Caffeine Overdose(myfoxdc.com)
3 points by gibsonf1 16y ago|3 comments
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by gibsonf1 16y ago
I use: (defmacro str (string &rest strings) `(concatenate 'string ,string ,@strings))

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