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by ice_man 16y ago
On a related note, I have always found this fascinating: How many n * "great" grand parents do you have? Up to 2^(n+2) (Assuming an ancestral tree (as opposed to a graph) (i.e. no inbreeding). Assuming a 20-year generation length, that mea
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by ice_man 17y ago
Look at the source code. ~7000 lines of javascript -> anywhere from a month to a year, depending on how good/fast you are.
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Tell HN: Annoying Facebook bug
1 points by ice_man 17y ago|0 comments
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Live video from Apple Tablet Event(ustream.tv)
1 points by ice_man 17y ago|0 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
I didn't want to know. Who at TechCrunch has something to gain by their success?
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by ice_man 17y ago
I took his Information Theory course at U of T. He was a brilliant guy. I remember him young and full of life. This is shocking and very sad.
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by ice_man 17y ago
Roll your own.
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The Biggest Star(en.wikipedia.org)
17 points by ice_man 17y ago|3 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
If the numbers in these charts are relative to the total number searches on Google, then it could just mean that the ratio of programming searches to non-programming searches is decreasing, (i.e. if more non-programmers are using Google, or
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by ice_man 17y ago
Apparently, this method of dissemination is most effective when the vines grow on an especially tall breed of Redwood.
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by ice_man 17y ago
Yes, but before Google Closure, the internet was "open source" by default. I mean am using "open source" as a strict antonym to "closed source" rather than in the legal sense. With Google Closure, developers for the first time have a prac
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Tell HN: The hidden meaning of Google Closure == Closed Source
2 points by ice_man 17y ago|3 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
Found this floating around. Interesting to note that AdMob (to be sold to Google for $750M, as everyone knows), used Ext JS (before closure was released obviously). Wondering if anyone else has any thoughts comparing the two.
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Ext JS vs. Google Closure(extjswithrails.com)
1 points by ice_man 17y ago|1 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
It was written by this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ak5Lr3qkW0 An illustrative image of who he is: http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chris-lang...
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Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe(megafoundation.org)
12 points by ice_man 17y ago|23 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
Betsy, my trusty 6-year-old T41 died on me today. She wasn't much of a looker, but she was built like a tank and always did what she was told. Betsy gave me a good scare on a couple of other occasions, but it always turned out that she wa
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The Secret Thinkpad Powerbutton Code To Bring Dead Laptops Back To Life(masnick.com)
1 points by ice_man 17y ago|1 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
I just think the whole notion of borders on screens is very limiting. A digital screen is like digital real estate and I want to be able to expand it more organically than I am currently able to. I think that in the absence of borders, a
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HN Request: Borderless Screens
4 points by ice_man 17y ago|3 comments
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by ice_man 17y ago
A year's worth of xvid movies on something the size of a keychain.
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by ice_man 17y ago
And yet, in a different blog post, he intellectually beats the sh*t out of an 80-year-old man: http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/04/george_shollenberge... 42 comments. To which the 80-year-old man responds (which by the way I think is
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by ice_man 17y ago
The future is annoying.
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by ice_man 17y ago
PLT Scheme is hands down the most powerful programming environment in existence. It's sort of like the McLaren F1...those who know, know. And those who don't mistake it for a Mazda Miata.
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by ice_man 17y ago
Another approach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&hl=en&v=ipzR9bhei...
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by ice_man 17y ago
I made this flash demo of Dr. Hinton's generative neural network simulation about two and a half years ago. It's a small world. Hinton is the smartest man I have ever met.
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by ice_man 18y ago
Counterexamples: - Marriage (the existence thereof) - Toiletries
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by ice_man 18y ago
University of Toronto (graduated)
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by ice_man 18y ago
The existence of nothing is equivalent to the existence of everything; neither can exist without the other since their respective definitions can only be expressed in relation (as a negation) of the other. Both existence and a lack thereof
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by ice_man 18y ago
Some day you will have the unique opportunity to talk to yourself from the future, don't blow it like I just did.

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