jgamman

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by jgamman 18y ago
pointless article - counterfactual should state that they are probably better at this than you are. outages should be expected and managed for - expectations of 100% uptime ignore reality. BTW power cuts can affect productivity too, how m
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Sparklines: Nice ET graphic idea(edwardtufte.com)
4 points by jgamman 18y ago|0 comments
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OS X Automator(youtube.com)
1 points by jgamman 18y ago|0 comments
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by jgamman 18y ago
never! i shall fight you on the beaches... ah FFS meh.
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by jgamman 18y ago
plase don't paste paywall stories - your uni may have blanket access but the rest of us don't
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by jgamman 18y ago
don't trust the daily mail for news.
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by jgamman 18y ago
i've lost count of the number of times i've tutored my whanau and had to use some variant of 'slice a pizza into x bits and then hand out a slice to y friends - fractions are just a quick way to write it down...' simple conceptual anchor po
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by jgamman 18y ago
top ten lists?? with bold headings? one sentence paragraphs?
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Ask HN: Looking for a software developer Akl/NZ
1 points by jgamman 18y ago|0 comments
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by jgamman 18y ago
finally figured it out, but still think there should be an email me option
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Homopolar motor demo(youtube.com)
1 points by jgamman 18y ago|0 comments
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by jgamman 18y ago
article mentions 'learned helplessness'. read Singer's 'Writings on an Ethical Life' for some background on this or have a look at a Google search result - http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2768 Basically, random electrical shocks to dogs
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by jgamman 18y ago
yet for holding shoes, they seem almost scarily well designed... [when you've spent ages building a hammer...]
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by jgamman 18y ago
do i have to be the only one to say that i like my MBP because it looks good? jeez, i have to look at this thing sitting in my lounge every single day, as well as the hours i spend on it. seriously, i go to my friends houses and they pull
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How does a real scientist rate Wired's Tobacco Virus 'cure for cancer' story?(pipeline.corante.com)
1 points by jgamman 18y ago|0 comments
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by jgamman 18y ago
sucks having to think...
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by jgamman 18y ago
i liked it. it reminded me of the way william shatner has reinvented himself by hamming up his old cliche. he is now way more interesting. if bill gates could PR himself the role of 'PC genius doofus dropped back into normal world' with
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by jgamman 18y ago
did you seriously just say '100% of non-smokers die too' - if that was an accident... awesome ;-)
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by jgamman 18y ago
science: you're doing it wrong. google double-blind. not hacker news.
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by jgamman 18y ago
i'm so in-like with this approach, i remember when i was studying post-graduate heterogeneous catalysis and all i needed to do was focus for several hours at a time, for days on end on concepts that were just really really hard with an expe
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by jgamman 18y ago
i send an email - now with a google form in it.
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Sell the problem _and_ the solution...(badscience.net)
4 points by jgamman 18y ago|3 comments
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by jgamman 18y ago
why? do you think there's something wrong with me?
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by jgamman 18y ago
you get to ask to see the financials each quarter. you are minimising back-end pain by getting information 'installments'. if they don't give you the first quarter's results, you know somethings fishy and wcs you only blow 3-6 months of y
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by jgamman 18y ago
i'm saving them for retirement when i can spend quality time on it.
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by jgamman 18y ago
nope. hydrogen for ammonia comes from steam reforming natural gas and thus generates a lot of emmissions. the haber process is incredibly energy intensive (those pesky n2 triple bonds and all). all you've done, as in most 'fuel switch' s
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by jgamman 18y ago
... and start publishing in open source science journals.
568.
by jgamman 18y ago
there's an optional accessory that bolts onto your laptop. i hear its waterproof too.
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by jgamman 18y ago
OMFG - diets!!?? on HN?? good grief.
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by jgamman 18y ago
[KH] If economic gains are not guaranteed by private software rights, would that not lead to less innovation on the part of computer companies, software companies. [RMS] I don't know, and I don't care. [KH] Well, that's an interesting respo

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