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A group of stem-cell biologists have grown an “organoid” that resembles a brain(economist.com)
2 points by gideon_b 13y ago|0 comments
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by gideon_b 13y ago
I wouldn't jump to that conclusion, Mac software is priced as bait for Apple hardware. Professional recording equipment is very expensive, and high-end producers have no qualms spending a few grand on Pro Tools plugins. Logic isn&#x27
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by gideon_b 13y ago
Or you could finish with "A simple yes or no is fine" and prevent the recipient from having to googling an acronym.
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by gideon_b 14y ago
Documentary filmed just before Thrift Shop blew up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JErUzr8GSvU&t=10m14s That link skips to the point where Macklemore and Ryan Lewis explain why they have stayed independent. They talk about record de
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by gideon_b 14y ago
The IP address and name are irrelevant. Should US citizens living in Pakistan be disallowed from making campaign contributions because they have arab sounding names? The only thing that matters is whether the donations come from a US credi
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by gideon_b 14y ago
I love this: the $1.1B Obama campaign uses nearly the same stack as my single page personal website.
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by gideon_b 14y ago
When I read the title of this post I thought "WHOA, other people do that too?!" and clicked through to take the poll. Your poll is going to have a heavy selection bias towards people who select text while reading. People who don't select
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by gideon_b 14y ago
I know a very talented and widely respected Canadian developer who was offered a job at a well known company but turned down at the border based on this requirement. They make occasional exceptions but it is handled case-by-case and often
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by gideon_b 14y ago
As an American citizen working in Canada I have the same problem on the other side of the fence. My work permit is tied to my Canadian employer and it is not possible for me to get a work permit as a self employed worker or an entrepreneur
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by gideon_b 15y ago
Dan Ariely at MIT has picked up where Kahneman and Tversky left off in terms of behavioural economics. He has written a few books. That said, Kahneman Tversky and Ariely dont deal with scene perception - which is what you would want to loo
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by gideon_b 15y ago
Let's be honest, encouraging users to add capital letters, numbers, and symbols does not make their passwords more secure. When you force people to add uncommon characters to passwords they stick to the simplest cognitive model: http://xk