jgamman

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481.
Octopus that mimics other animals for defence (youtube)(youtube.com)
2 points by jgamman 16y ago|3 comments
482.
Being Steve Jobs's Boss(businessweek.com)
111 points by jgamman 16y ago|23 comments
483.
by jgamman 16y ago
oh snap...
484.
Recursion explained(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by jgamman 16y ago|2 comments
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Michelson and Billiards(laphamsquarterly.org)
2 points by jgamman 16y ago|0 comments
486.
by jgamman 16y ago
i use the MS split ergo keyboard and mouse - worked a treat for me. you need to be a touch typist though.
487.
by jgamman 16y ago
from the guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html >If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and
488.
by jgamman 16y ago
never! give me my cave or give me death (or inability to think, roughly equal).
489.
Engineered Geothermal Systems(economist.com)
2 points by jgamman 16y ago|0 comments
490.
NPR story on tracking down the website trackers(npr.org)
2 points by jgamman 16y ago|0 comments
491.
IPad App iAnnotate now required by Stanford Med School(touchmyapps.com)
1 points by jgamman 16y ago|0 comments
492.
by jgamman 16y ago
i'll be about half-way through my ten year plan.
493.
by jgamman 16y ago
safety tip for storage is a pressure relief valve on the tank and beware of suffocation risks during/if a LN2 spill, gas volume of N2 may displace enough air for asphyxiation to occur - good labs have O2 sensors in their LN2 storage areas.
494.
Barbie Computer Engineer(shop.mattel.com)
53 points by jgamman 17y ago|35 comments
495.
by jgamman 17y ago
Sam Morgan - NZer who created an EBay type site for himself back in the day by hiring a coder to build it. Sold it a couple years ago for $750M or so.
496.
by jgamman 17y ago
FYI Simon Singh has lost the last couple years of his life being sued by the UK's chiropractic association for telling the truth - ie, it's a load of codswallop.
497.
NASA's version of Google Earth extended to the edge of time(apod.nasa.gov)
1 points by jgamman 17y ago|0 comments
498.
by jgamman 17y ago
nope - you're just not using them properly. they're great for getting the gist from a piece of text.
499.
by jgamman 17y ago
scientific literature for researchers
500.
by jgamman 17y ago
i just stop worrying about it after a while
501.
by jgamman 17y ago
left to right, top to bottom. other standards exist in the world but YMMV
502.
by jgamman 17y ago
real climate is my goto for climate science - well written by scientists for interested non-scientists (note: this doesn't mean it's dumbed down - be prepared for some detail) http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cr...
503.
by jgamman 17y ago
love the photo of a 'traffic jam' - they should visit Auckland sometime - they'd probably call that a parking lot ;-)
504.
by jgamman 17y ago
ask yourself: 99 people in a row have just said 'no thanks' to my foobar thing - who's taking the bet the next random person is saying yes?
505.
by jgamman 17y ago
ugh - that's awful. a dashboard is not just something where every number that might possibly useful is collated onto the same page.
506.
Catastrophic failure at major Russian hydroelectric dam (Aug 09)(depletedcranium.com)
1 points by jgamman 17y ago|0 comments
507.
by jgamman 17y ago
great comment on the page: "trivia: molecules have no color" They don't? Then where does color come from? Why wouldn't gold atoms be golden? i'm hoping the guy was being sarcastic but...
508.
by jgamman 17y ago
the movie is interesting too http://www.arcam.com/flash/downloads.asp
509.
Stephen Few comments on the US CIO's IT dashboard(perceptualedge.com)
1 points by jgamman 17y ago|0 comments
510.
Firefox: it's just too darned expensive(gizmodo.com)
25 points by jgamman 17y ago|26 comments

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