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by jackfoxy 16y ago
Nice work. This gets a place on my bookmark bar. When can you get it current? Minor note: found that F# does not index.
902.
Strong Codes For Weak Channels(rjlipton.wordpress.com)
1 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
903.
APS Comments on Harold Lewis’ Resignation of his Society Membership(aps.org)
2 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
904.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
I have a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion World Map on the wall of my office. I often marvel at Africa's size. There are many cool features about this map. Land masses are very nearly undistorted and no land mass is cut. Any straight line within
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Hal Lewis: My Resignation From The American Physical Society(thegwpf.org)
53 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|77 comments
906.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
...and you're providing employment, the highest form of charity.
907.
Internet Governance in an Age of Cyber Insecurity(cfr.org)
1 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
908.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
When I let Google translate auto-detect the language it chose Norwegian. After manually switching to latin it translated 'sine laude'.
909.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
...and it will be valid code There are a lot of subtleties to the syntax that are not easy for someone new to the language to figure out, especially if you are new to the functional family of languages. The error messages are not always h
910.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
This article lacks a summary of the capital and maintenance costs per resident. With the government as landlord it will be an elite enclave as long as the right people in the government are interested. When interest is lost, watch out for d
911.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
Methane can be captured and used as fuel for power generation, as many modern landfills do.
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Tourists flock to Chernobyl radiation zone(breitbart.com)
1 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
913.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
When I refer to Facster.com as a "demo", most every link (except the obvious ones like external links and links to the contact page) is walking through the site content using features of the API. You could, for instance follow the links to
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Show HN: Facster.com technology demonstration
6 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|2 comments
915.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
I found the footnotes, which are about as long as the text, to be a very interesting stand-alone read. Wolfram's self-congratulating doesn't bother me, although his work sometimes borders on confusing a posteriori computer models with reali
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An Update On Vinay Deolalikar’s “Proof”(rjlipton.wordpress.com)
1 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
917.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
Wowza! That makes for a really different game. I haven't seriously wrapped my mind around chess in a long, long time. I have agreed with Bobby Fisher's assessment, at the grand master level they should be playing with a randomly chosen back
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How To Present A Big Result(rjlipton.wordpress.com)
5 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments
919.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
I do not like it. Until today I couldn't get Google to use my saved search settings. It kept using Instant and giving me 10 results per page. I have developed my Googleing technique over a long time. This was a major interruption and for no
920.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
Hooray! I hope VLC gets approved. I'm really missing being able to overclock lectures on the iPad.
921.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
I've been missing Camille's column in Slate . I understand she is working on a book and will pick up the column in October. She has stayed true to her roots in post-WWII liberalism and not been swept up in the Progressivism which dominates
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by jackfoxy 16y ago
Given what we know about the characteristics of Harvard and Luboš, I surmise leaving Harvard involved a non-disclosure agreement and a settlement. How else could he completely resist writing about the event all this time? And while his blog
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Harvard courses: final exams abolished(motls.blogspot.com)
3 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|3 comments
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How Google attacks changed the security game(gcn.com)
8 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|3 comments
925.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
I got an Amiga 1000 in 1985 or 86, and hung in there with a 2000 or 3000 (can't remember now) until 1996. Only about a year ago I finally tossed all the old floppies, but I kept several thinking I might write an Amiga retrospective someday.
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by jackfoxy 16y ago
I like Google calendar, and Google contacts meets my needs, so I'd like to work with them, and I see Thunderbird has several add-ins to work with both, but see my reply above, I just can't come to terms with the Gmail client.
927.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
Outlook unintuitive -- Here's an example: Try to access your signature(s) for adding/updating without starting a new email message first. I think I'm mostly peeved at 2 things: changes to menus in Outlook 2010, and poor handling of the mess
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Ask HN: recommendations for a mail client?
2 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|6 comments
929.
by jackfoxy 16y ago
So where's the link to some real information on this rig?
930.
Rare Earth Elements—Critical Resources for High Technology(pubs.usgs.gov)
3 points by jackfoxy 16y ago|0 comments

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