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   Deborah Gordon: How do ants know what to do? (2008)(youtube.com)

   2 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   Making some enemies: Google "common lisp" and you will find that link in the first page of results. In a general programming languages forum this could be maybe ok. But having this in the first page of HN (known for having some familiari
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   Angela Byron on Drupal 7(linuxjournal.com)

   3 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   The fact that millions of people are using their software and the fact that they have a real problem to solve (to silence the haters) does not sound so depressing to me. On the contrary many developers would be happy to have such a problem
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   NASA'S Chandra Finds Superfluid in Neutron Star's Core(nasa.gov)

   1 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   Thanks! Sorry for rediscovering the wheel :)
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   Along the same lines I was thinking of the following alternative: having no url bar at all but if you press let's say Ctrl+g (put whatever is available here) the url bar appears in the center of the screen and it disappears when you press E
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   The issue of "reputation" is really interesting and my guess is that will be more and more important in the future. It is already important in specialized communities where it makes sense to be an expert or a master or a ninja or you name i
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   by gsivil 16y ago

   I am running Linux (ubuntu 10.10) and I am using the Gnome terminal. Of course I could switch to something else if this could make things easier.
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    Ask HN: How to draw a single pixel?

    4 points by gsivil 16y ago|8 comments
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    Apple Touts Suicide Nets In Supplier Responsibility Report, But Changes Little(cultofmac.com)

    1 points by gsivil 16y ago|2 comments
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    Why Nobody Can Match the iPad’s Price(wired.com)

    133 points by gsivil 16y ago|108 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    I find nothing interesting in the original post to be honest. Just somebody that has a superficial impression about C# is complaining. Even the first 25 comments that I read are of no particular interest. Meta: I wildly guess the HN post ge
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    I have just tried to open a word file and it was impossible since Google Docs support Word files only up to 1MB! This is a big limitation in case that somebody would like to co-edit scientific articles.
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    I find it kind of sad posting rumors and gossip about somebody's health on HN even if he is Steve Jobs that definitely has huge impact on technology.
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    The relevant video about the ultra-fast trap of that aquatic carnivorous plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb_SLZFsMyQ
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    Aquatic carnivorous plants with ultra-fast traps studied(physorg.com)

    2 points by gsivil 16y ago|1 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    Humanity's best is by no means present in that contest. These Jeopardy champions do not represent the world not even all Americans. In most cases people that compete in these games are not by any definition the brightest. I really like the
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    I completely agree with you. I think that in the 99.99% of the cases the question of scalability is related with a pseudo-problem or at best a good problem to have.
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    Thanks! I think I understand why the initial design/technology decisions would rarely make it to a product that has to be largely scaled. This makes perfect sense for almost all cases. Do you think that there are technologies that are inher
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    <no-sarcasm>Can you please explain that?</no-sarcasm>
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    The rise and fall of Lisp at the Jet Propulsion Lab (2002)(flownet.com)

    97 points by gsivil 16y ago|36 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    Sometimes I do not understand HN. There is the original post of the guy that posted his DNA on github.com (with the link of course) and a decent discussion on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2211334 (5 hours ago) and still this post i
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    Facebook now allows High Res Downloads: Protect Yourself(mcpactions.com)

    1 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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    Ask HN: What is your favorite version control system?

    2 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    Being a foreigner in US for some quite sometime I tend to feel that I am not fluent in any language at the moment. Typically I could say that I have "mastered" 2 languages! My definition for being a master of a language can easily be differ
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    Study claims "Brain implants have long-lasting effect on depression"(nature.com)

    4 points by gsivil 16y ago|0 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    I am just one data point but I have not heard any. I would not be posting that if I was not sure that this would resonate with many HNers here.
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    Groupon's Controversial Tibet Super Bowl Ad(huffingtonpost.com)

    3 points by gsivil 16y ago|1 comments
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    by gsivil 16y ago

    Count me in! I am in a bookstore checking HN and putting together some physics related data in Lisp (if this can be considered hacking of course).