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Taiwan deletes simplified Chinese from official sites(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by jimmyjim 15y ago|0 comments
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by jimmyjim 15y ago
And some other specific texts -- written by some of our own: Startup Law 101 Series: http://www.grellas.com/faq_business_startup.html Assorted writings on startups: http://www.kalzumeus.com/greatest-hits/
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Chinese Entrepreneurs Are Leaving China(blogs.forbes.com)
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by jimmyjim 15y ago
There's a Putty icon in the task bar.
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by jimmyjim 15y ago
False premise. It's not as if by killing the thread the issue would have been capped altogether, no, it would have instead exploded and done exponentially more damage with accusations of censorship mixed in.
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Ask HN: How to find (F)OSS projects to donate my VPS's resources to?
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by jimmyjim 15y ago
And, just for fun, here's my answer for problem 1 there: http://www.effectedcause.com/blog/?p=228 Of course, you could recognize that it's a geometric series... and (3^15 - 1) / 2 would give you the answer, but what fun is it if you don't
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Alternative to Project Euler: Open-CS- Official answers can be viewed by all(open-cs.net)
25 points by jimmyjim 15y ago|6 comments
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
> It seems to be a summary of the contents of a graduate level course in computer architecture Graduate level? It was in my second year 'computer architecture' class, except in much more grueling detail. But I was a CE major, so that's
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
The video in question is here: http://www1.peteava.ro/id-641316-top-gear-uk-season-12-episo... Tesla's review starts at about 17:29. The episode seems to be centered around contrasting the Tesla with Honda's FCX Clarity. Here is the 2nd p
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
A lot of them are of Paul Lamar's, without accreditation. Annoying. They're available on his original site, minus the spam: http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/cheat_table.aspx
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Ask HN: Is it still worth the effort to learn a (human) language?
11 points by jimmyjim 16y ago|10 comments
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Here's the world's fastest talker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM6zPikfOEs Somewhere in the video the neuroscientist talks about her cerebral cortex working differently than it does for most people, and indeed, she's able to understand
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
I wish I could talk that fast.
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Ken Jennings takes AMA questions on Reddit(reddit.com)
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
That's an interesting one -- sitting very neatly between EE and SE (or CS, if you will). What are your thoughts on it, now having gotten the degree? Happy with it? Would do it over again if given the chance?
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Or, on the flip side, if a comment holistically seem strong, the weak points within (which, otherwise as isolates may have been viciously voted down) stand to get leverage by the strength of the comment's whole worth. And perhaps thereby gr
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
I regret that my comment came off as being snippy -- indeed I was in a hurry to get to my sleep and chose not to remark on additional things. > [...] and then someone writes a one line 'toss off' reply, and rakes in the free karma. This
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
She is one of the best contributors to AskScience
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
> ..and you're wondering, the answer is emacs. He blog doesn't say anything about him using emacs. Just out of curiosity, can you link to where there's any sort of discussion about his setup?
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
I would think as soon as it computes an answer. Of course there is a penalty for getting an answer wrong, so it can't be pressing the button all the time. But the PBS documentary I think hinted that it will be a sent a signal to know what a
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
> I stopped using it because I fundamentally disagree with Matt Just for fun, on what things? I wasn't aware that Matt was so outspoken about any specific thing
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Being that insensitive to the sufferings of others and trivializing it to some coupon to a fish curry dinner -- well, I can't think of any ad that quite matches it. So yes, this is what causes me to be disappointed in American marketing.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Probably the most tasteless commercial I've watched in recent time. Pretty disappointing what's become of the state of American marketing.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Can you link to the Reddit discussion as well please? I can't seem to be able to find it
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Older discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1021060
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
And I want to point out that it makes very much sense to have fines adjusted to one's wealth. When speeding, you're endangering people's lives. There has to be some measure that will make you think twice about speeding the next time aroun
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Is it a better choice for someone new to both to learn Python 3 at this point or Python 2? Considering they are, in some senses, practically two different languages.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
'Concrete Abstractions' looks interesting. Can anyone here who's read it/is familiar to it comment on it?
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Judging from the general numbers of successful individuals having been nurtured in "rich" environments (e.g. you'll find _much_ more kids going on to college in suburban schools than in inner-city schools), I would guess that either 1) the

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