jamesbritt

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1. 2611.▲
   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   Depends on where you stand. Fox, for example, takes the alternate view. Still, at Occupy Phoenix yesterday there were a number of signs that were downright embarrassing, either by virtue of misspellings or because of a vitriolic message. O
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   Cool, thanks.
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   Just installed it, very cool. One quibble: The app does not rotate to landscape view when I open the keyboard on my G2 (which is typically how I view things).
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   That page needs a QR code that links to the apk file or to a market:// link. edit: In the meantime: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&#3...
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   Fibonacci Flim-Flam.(lhup.edu)

   168 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|20 comments
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   Funny thing about the Golden Ratio, if you look for it, you'll find it everywhere. Counter-argument to this: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm tl;dr: It's everywhere only if you cherry-pick what you measure and occasiona
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   For me, leader board needs to be sorted by average karma per post, with a minimum karma required to be eligible to be on the list (like 10K points). Agreed. I was surprised to find myself on that list; I've over 10K karma, but my average
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   Despite What Your New Phone Says, There Is No Such Thing As 4G(motherboard.tv)

   5 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|1 comments
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   by jamesbritt 15y ago

   Perhaps, but: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooper
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    Exactly. My question then is what would the downside be to just launching and finding out?
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    The sound of capitalism (prospectmagazine.co.uk)

    7 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    Technology Is One Path Toward Sustainability(orionmagazine.org)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    Google Plans Online Music Store (online.wsj.com)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    What You Don't Know Can Kill You (discovermagazine.com)

    2 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    U.S. Intelligence Unit Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’(nytimes.com)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    Did A Reporter Just Solve A Bitcoin Mystery? (npr.org)

    2 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    There's a counterpoint at http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/10/cr...
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    "ACM Author-Izer is a unique service that enables ACM authors to generate and post links on either their home page or institutional repository for visitors to download the definitive version of their articles from the ACM Digital Library at
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    ACM Author-Izer (acm.org)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|1 comments
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    The creative class is a lie(entertainment.salon.com)

    10 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|2 comments
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    The Creative Class Is Alive (theatlanticcities.com)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    But Steve was unique. Wearing the same clothes every day made sense for Steve and that is why Steve did that, period. He wasn't concerned about fashion or trends or what others thought - he did what he felt was right. Period. I applaud th
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    Amazon to Enter Digital Download Arms Race(gamepro.com)

    2 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    It's a lot more typing. :) If one really wanted that kind of behavior (and not getting errors when trying to add strings and number) you could make it so: class String def +(o) warn "You are adding a #{o.class} to a s
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    Entire Musical Compositions Made from Just One Line of Code; Glitchy but Musical(createdigitalmusic.com)

    2 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    Can't catalogs be used? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Catalog
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    Steve Jobs, Kraftwerk, and the Curse of Beautiful Technology(motherboard.tv)

    1 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    I went to DVD-only. Partly it was the occasionally crappy streaming experience for my own viewing (most of my machines run Ubuntu; I've a dedicated Win7 laptop that is perhaps underpowered for Netflix streaming). Too much pausing and image
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    by jamesbritt 15y ago

    Define "old." 30? 75?
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    Guilty Of Straight Making News Up (motherboard.tv)

    2 points by jamesbritt 15y ago|0 comments