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by jderick 18y ago
The movie is in production: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/ Maybe this is just a veiled promo?
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by jderick 18y ago
This robot makes small jerky movements. I think the others are much more natural in appearance. Perhaps it is more of a hardware issue than software, as it does seem to have pretty good balance.
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by jderick 18y ago
I think big dog is still cooler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww Asimo too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfaAiujrX_Y
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by jderick 18y ago
Startups don't do research. Some may try to commercialize research. Some research labs may also try to commercialize research. But true research is not something anyone would risk VC on. True research takes decades to see any ROI and us
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by jderick 18y ago
Maybe spoiled, narcissistic, layabout parents have the same kind of kids?
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by jderick 18y ago
I have to agree letters of reference are the most important factor. Of course you need good GRE scores as well. Unless you do some academic research and publish a paper or two before you apply (senior thesis at least), there is little cha
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by jderick 18y ago
Another interesting paper hidden behind the academic firewall.
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by jderick 18y ago
Economics is hot right now?
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by jderick 18y ago
It seems clear to me the SEC has failed as an institution. I tend to agree with the author that the revolving door policy whereby ex-regulators become bankers for the banks they were previously regulating is no longer acceptable.
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by jderick 18y ago
It makes some sense. It seems to be to be a sort of "fine grained capitalism". Not too different from the Silicon Valley, if you think of that as one big company. What I wonder is what prevents more companies from going this route?
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by jderick 18y ago
Slate: so much potential, so little follow through.
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by jderick 18y ago
Those cards are annoying. I don't understand why they are necessary. Don't most people use the same credit card anyway?
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Brain Reorganizes to Make Room for Math(sciencenews.org)
1 points by jderick 18y ago|1 comments
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by jderick 18y ago
Sbcl and Ccl both have 64 bit implementations. I guess you just need a 64 bit machine?
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by jderick 18y ago
I think the problem is that these people are not willing to accept that luck had a great deal to do with their success. Instead of worrying that they are not truly the master of their own universe, they should accept the fact and be thankf
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by jderick 18y ago
I'm guessing it means that women would have fewer children if they didn't expect most of them to die.
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by jderick 18y ago
Ugh. Is this really the WSJ? I thought they used to only print stuff like this in the anonymous opinion columns.
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by jderick 18y ago
Are there any tips on the technical side of prototyping a game in 7 days? I'm guessing most of these games are done in Flash, is there anything more to it than that?
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Ultimate Fighting Robots(gametrailers.com)
15 points by jderick 18y ago|5 comments
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by jderick 18y ago
Software methodology is just a way for people who don't know what they are doing to sound like they know something, isn't it?
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How India Avoided a Crisis (nytimes.com)
3 points by jderick 18y ago|0 comments
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At Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line Item (nytimes.com)
46 points by jderick 18y ago|12 comments
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by jderick 18y ago
What I wonder is how long before these countries ask for repayment of their debt, and what the consequences will be. We know that by pulling out money, we’re not serving anyone’s good. Including ourselves. [This is the famous modern “balan
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by jderick 18y ago
Great idea.. clearly Google has its eyes set on the OS market. First, move as much stuff to the cloud as you can, then open up NC for legacy apps.
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by jderick 18y ago
I thought this was going to be funny?
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by jderick 18y ago
Fascinating article. It really gives a great feel for how real breakthroughs are made. And it shows what kind of environment is necessary: But beyond the comment that “molecular-scale electronics” would be interesting and that we should
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by jderick 18y ago
It seems this is roughly the same article as the one referred to in the link?
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by jderick 18y ago
Why do programmers talk so much about programming? Hmm, I wonder...
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by jderick 18y ago
As a grad student, I was a TA for an intro Java class, and I remember the students who just didn't get it. It is hard to say why they failed. Most of the worst students fell behind quickly, and never really had a chance to catch up. It w
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by jderick 18y ago
Bubbles may be inevitable, but that doesn't mean we can't do anything to mitigate them. To me, it seems clear that the "Trader's option" -- big bonuses in good years, no downside in bad -- is a recipe for disaster in any market. I doubt t

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