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by ignifero 15y ago
Time in physics is not the same as the psychological arrow of time that we experience (which in itself may be related to the thermodynamical arrow of time). Time is a dimension of a 4-dimensional geometry and thus a quantity of the physica
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by ignifero 15y ago
I had similarly bad experience with my x220. If you try to boot with external screen connected, the screen blinks like a strobelight, you need to change resolution to make it work. X hangs up sometimes. Ditched unity, running xubuntu seems
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by ignifero 15y ago
What is more annoying is that instead of fixing things that are really useful (e.g. printing, graphics drivers, hibernation, power management) they keep adding lame eyecandy to all desktop enviroments, have you seen KDE lately, or ubuntu un
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by ignifero 15y ago
Don't know why it's not mentioned, but it will also reduce your penis to subatomic lengths
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by ignifero 15y ago
His (standard) textbook on quantum computation is also very well written http://books.google.com/books?id=66TgFp2YqrAC&dq=Nielsen...
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by ignifero 15y ago
I really see no point to conversing in an abandoned thread like this, but i 'm outlining it here: 1) My message would be "HN, if you care, help make more visible this request for a Google Scholar API by visiting this petition that has been
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by ignifero 15y ago
It seems like exports of lucrative sectors are still strong in Italy. Of course, as in most europe, taxation is heavy. The main factor hindering growth seems to be high wages.
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by ignifero 15y ago
I think it's fair to say that "Objective assessments" don't have a high level of confidence either. Economies have their ups and downs, and Italy still has some very profitable sectors and a diversified economy. Hopefully Silvio will be out
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by ignifero 15y ago
I believe it's mostly a matter of how mature and educated a society is. See counterexample also: the ban of minarets in switzerland (which practices some form of direct democracy)
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by ignifero 15y ago
There's nothing like that it in the Guidelines of this site. The title is shorter and more concise. Even "please" is redundant
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by ignifero 15y ago
I was meant to be demanding, stressing that it's been requested by 230 people over 3 years. I m sorry if you find it harsh
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by ignifero 15y ago
I came upon this "petition" as i was looking for a search tool for a research-related app. Given the fact that most of the life sciences literature is behind paywalls, attempting to make your own search engine is very complicated and somet
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by ignifero 15y ago
It's not criticism, i m just skeptical if this model can be scaled to big countries.
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Please listen, Google: we want a Google Scholar API(code.google.com)
8 points by ignifero 15y ago|11 comments
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by ignifero 15y ago
Iceland's a small country. Following wikipedia statistics, 318000*0.02 = 6360 people would be expected to contribute maximum. Excluding people of non-voting age, and considering that even less have the expertise to contribute, the number of
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by ignifero 15y ago
Don't you guys have friends who died DUI? Here in southern europe it's a big probelm. I hate it that when i learn somebody i knew died or killed this way, i can't help thinking 'he brought it to himself'.
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by ignifero 15y ago
It would be socially responsible for Android/Google to do the same.
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Skydiving on Saturn(ox.ac.uk)
2 points by ignifero 15y ago|0 comments
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by ignifero 15y ago
Are you not contradicting yourself here?
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by ignifero 15y ago
Programming is a compressed form of serial semantic thinking. It requires the same brain structures as math and language, so it's similar to writing, except it's more specialized and more restrictive. It's also very effective
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by ignifero 15y ago
A PhD thesis with little other impact would be the equivalent of a business that barely breaks even. My point is that the luck/work ratio of , say, the 10 greatest websites is much higher than the equivalent of , say, the laws of quantum me
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by ignifero 15y ago
Taking the author's point of view, one can spot 2 underlying assumptions about the world in today's digerati: 1) The more information we consume, the more likely we are to come up with a useful theory, tool etc. Our brain is designed to pro
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by ignifero 15y ago
He did mention that his manifesto is meant to be provocative. 1) The difference is that the experts' opinions are not being amplified anymore,as there is no reliable "authority index" on the web yet. Should we trust wikipedia to build, say
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by ignifero 15y ago
There's a big problem here, downtime. Twitter is very unreliable. But i suspect they plan to acquire them.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Counter-example (massive): all the games made by zynga.
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by ignifero 15y ago
No they won't. Focus on the broader ecosystem (Windows, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone) and greater integration.
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by ignifero 15y ago
Excellent choice, but twitter is very unreliable as an authentication provider. Maybe apple should have bought them first
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Apple gives Twitter a big boost with iOS integration(gigaom.com)
1 points by ignifero 15y ago|1 comments
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by ignifero 15y ago
This is kind of inevitable in any evolving platform . The best we can hope is open standards, that's why my bet is on web apps and better mobile browsers
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by ignifero 15y ago
The same way they make money from itunes on windows. I own an iphone and an iPad , but i use windows and linux. Shouldn't i have access to my data and sync?

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