hudibras

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   by hudibras 12y ago

   The original column and response is online and is unambiguous for fluent English readers.
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   I think you're splitting hairs here. It goes both ways: if the host were to only open a goat door if the contestant initially picks the correct door, then the contestants would quickly learn to stop switching doors.
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   I was thinking the same thing. The bottom two posters are much easier for me to read than the top ones because the fonts are more like the ones in my textbooks or in the newspapers. That said, the top two posters' typography is much mo
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   A revoke at a bridge tournament is the closest thing to a crime scene that I've ever seen. I half-expected the tournament directors to cordon off the table in yellow plastic tape while they recreated what happened.
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   n=1, but my Japanese house built in 2013 has a car charger. It wasn't even mentioned by the real estate agent as a feature, but I don't know if that was because it's so common now or because few people use them.
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   I guess I'm missing some nuances you're seeing in that press release, but it seems pretty innocuous. Certainly don't see any evidence of those thugs you mention, just some people concerned about deaf Americans not having thei
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   Everybody chill out, it's just a lawsuit. Four Americans disagree with how Harvard and M.I.T. are interpreting the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, and so they're asking the courts to help out with the disagreement. I doubt a
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   Here's a couple articles on touch-ups that I've hoarded. (Thanks, Pinboard!) http://www.vikparuchuri.com/blog/making-infographics-using-r... http://rforwork.info/2012/04/12/fun-
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   by hudibras 12y ago

   Good luck in the real world, where nobody gives a shit what your major was.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Oh, wow, that takes me back. I haven't thought about that book in over 25 years... http://www.amazon.com/BASIC-Computer-Games-Microcomputer-Dav...
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    The Best Decade Ever? The 1990s, Obviously(nytimes.com)

    4 points by hudibras 12y ago|0 comments
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Yup, when I saw "Virginia-based defense contractor" my first thought was SAIC.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    It's only a matter of time. My guess is that it'll happen within the next 30 years.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    U3 http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=36324 One of the reasons the U3 definition won't be changed (or alternately, why the other U rates were created) is that it's harmonized with the other OECD countries&#x
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    But not by as much as before the recession[1] [1] http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=Z7x Same graph, different y-axis.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    There's certainly a lot of discussion and even some controversy on whether KidZania is a good or bad thing. But one thing is certain: it's insanely fun for kids. Jeffrey Friedl (author of Mastering Regular Expressions ) has so
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Greenspun loses a lot of credibility by ranting on child support, though.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    I don't really want to start a "us vs. them" flamewar, but biology is almost universally recognized as the most stressful lifestyle for grad students and post-docs, followed closely by chemistry. The lab lifestyles in those d
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    (Since your comment appears to be the only one here about the article itself, I'll piggyback off it.) This is a really great data analysis. The bottom-line conclusion of "cab drivers who are driving CMT programmed cars are making
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    And the other two times?
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    The shift in the crime rates does appear to track childhood lead levels across countries with different dates of leaded gas elimination. See Figures 7 and 8 in this paper. http://pic.plover.com/Nevin/Nevin2007.pdf
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Uh, you need to read the whole article.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Just a guess, but the "5x" increase is probably also due to low prices in Ogaki.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    > An astonishing number of people already believe that they're paying annually for Pinboard. I've always wondered about this. The subscription model is so ingrained nowadays that I cannot think of any other web service of any k
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    FWIW, the HN title says (2009) but there's some newer material in the Scheme section at least. I think Matt updated his original blog post.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Hadley Wickham writes R packages faster than I can read the documentation on them. A true 10xer.
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    Even if this is a Democratic-only concern (which I don't think it is), this would be an easy one for a Senator in the minority to sell to the Chairman as a personal favor. It would just be a subpoena to answer some questions; the Chair
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    And it's not just doxxing: we're talking about a company that has access to private data on people's movements. It's not hard to imagine how this info can be used to hurt their enemies.
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    The Land of the Setting Sun(pieria.co.uk)

    1 points by hudibras 12y ago|0 comments
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    by hudibras 12y ago

    > Japan has to debase the Yen to pay its bills. Their government is insolvent due to the extreme debt. They have already defaulted. Back in the real world: When I said earlier that Japan has to pay $250B this year to service their debt,