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by ilitirit 16y ago
This information is relatively useless to me. Was the old system slower because of the OS, .NET, or some other factor(s)?
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How to deconstruct almost anything(fudco.com)
2 points by ilitirit 16y ago|0 comments
453.
by ilitirit 16y ago
Google Translate adds an interesting effect if you translate something into Latin. Also, "Latin" in Latin is translated as "English"
454.
by ilitirit 16y ago
Someone's probably working on an anti-measure right now.
455.
by ilitirit 16y ago
Anyone wanna have a stab at explaining how it works?
456.
by ilitirit 16y ago
Related: http://radian.org/notebook/porsche
457.
by ilitirit 16y ago
"TextRunner searches hundreds of millions of assertions extracted from 500 million high-quality Web pages."
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by ilitirit 16y ago
Reddit-like submissions don't bother me as much as Reddit-like comments. I used to love reading the comments on HN. In the past I was also much more likely to take part in the discussion. These days though I just skim them, and I hardly
459.
by ilitirit 16y ago
Simple solution: Facebook should just delete the offenders' accounts. If we get enough people to do this then pretty soon we won't have to read about Facebook on HN ever again.
460.
by ilitirit 16y ago
As a fellow South African, I support the idea simply because ZA needs more sites like this.
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Did Microsoft patent automated XSD inference?(freepatentsonline.com)
1 points by ilitirit 17y ago|0 comments
462.
by ilitirit 17y ago
It seems that the problem is that the certificate file name does not match its contents. http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.or...
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by ilitirit 17y ago
No reason to invoke ROE or Geneva convention at all. "Brains are more important than process". How on Earth can anyone feel that it's OK to take people's lives based on so little evidence? "Looks like two of the guys are carrying guns. L
464.
by ilitirit 17y ago
I suppose the same could be said about the Flash code.
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> although 355/133 is close and you can get as close as you like by using bigger numbers 355/113
466.
by ilitirit 17y ago
> Webkit is faster and thats what people care about mostly. Not really. It really depends on the end-user. I'm sure there are lots of people like me who prefer Firefox because of the addons.
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by ilitirit 17y ago
I think there is far more to it than that. Take for example the question of creation. It could be possible that our Universe was created, but not designed ( http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2006/08/5027.ars ). Under those conditions,
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by ilitirit 17y ago
Pertinent issue, but in future please note the date of publication in the title if the article is more than a year old. I wish people started standardizing the way articles are published to the web so that this sort of metadata could be de
469.
by ilitirit 17y ago
I've written a greasemonkey script that does the same thing. Unfortunately the test page I used didn't have things like downvoted comments and a few edge cases that caused it to fail. It would be much easier if comments were given a uniqu
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> Non-geeks might perceive such behavior as rude and arrogant, like the geek is trying to show his smartness and be a 'know-it-all'. It's only perceived as rude when it comes across as rude. For example, if you interrupt someone mid-se
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Darpa’s Simulated Cat Brain Project a ‘Scam’: Top Scientist(wired.com)
25 points by ilitirit 17y ago|11 comments
472.
by ilitirit 17y ago
A 3rd party (other than a financial institution) loaned me the money
473.
by ilitirit 17y ago
Bank loan
474.
by ilitirit 17y ago
I paid my way through without lending money
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Poll: How did you pay/are you paying for your studies?
1 points by ilitirit 17y ago|0 comments
476.
by ilitirit 17y ago
Bursary or Student Grant
477.
by ilitirit 17y ago
A 3rd party (other than a financial institution) paid
478.
by ilitirit 17y ago
HN submissions can be modelled using Diffusion of Innovations theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations Innovators: Startups Early adopters: Math/CS Early majority: All things "hacker related" Late majority: "Techn
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by ilitirit 17y ago
That's a great explanation. Is this how they explain it in math classes? Because if not, then it should be. At least at a superficial level.
480.
by ilitirit 17y ago
I'm interested in seeing if there's a physio/psycho/neurological differences between people who find her smile mysterious and people who don't, because to me, the only mysterious thing about her smile is that the media makes such a big deal

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