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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Another thumbs up for the Economist from me. Definitely my preferred source for just about all news.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
If someone such as you, a technical person, is unwilling to take the initiative in signing up for it, then it's really just a self-defeating prophecy, isn't it? My point is, adopting a creed of proactivity is for the good of us all.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
I don't think what I'm doing is a standard practice, I've heard of certain stress and 'baoding' balls being used to strengthen muscles (video: http://www.baodingballs.com/baoding_ball_techniques.html ), but I think that's about it. Normal
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Can anyone explain to those who've never played Sim City before what exactly it is that is so remarkable about the video?
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Interesting. I'm actually learning to use the other hand precisely because I'm also learning to play the piano -- Chopin's preludes have very demanding left-hand parts, so I figured I would probably benefit from strengthening my left-hand m
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
> No videos, no blogs, no web 2.0. The world is passing China by. I think that may be very much debatable. No videos, no blogs, no web 2.0 could also mean less distractions to get real, technical work done.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
He's referring to the movie Pi, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/ The HN crowd would certainly find it to be interesting.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Fantastic. However, I wish that IPA pronunciations were also provided.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
-Nusrat's 'Sanu ik pal chain na aawe' -4th movement of Beethoven's fifth -Procol Harum's 'Whiter shade of pale'
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Oh cool, a Skype WiFi phone. Can you make a suggestion please? How much did it cost? I've to have my mom use the computer with the USB mic, and it usually turns out to be a big hassle.
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
Debatable, I suppose. I think the inclusion of 1 is pretty significant, in terms of the contrast between 0 and 1. Maybe that sounded strange -- oh well, I'm not a mathematician by any means. :)
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by jimmyjim 16y ago
From a rough glance at the screenshots, they do seem to have improved. But if they haven't, all you really have to do is copy the fonts from Windows 7 to the newly installed Ubuntu distro, really just a minute-long task.
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Sorry to nit-pick, but Einstein doing poorly in his earlier education is a myth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Early_life_and_... ("In 1889 Max Talmud (later changed to Max Talmey) introduced the ten-year old Einstein to k
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Video seems to have been removed. Here's at least one direct link: http://www.cultofmac.com/jon-stewart-rips-apple-for-iphonega...
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Thanks for the very helpful answer, it's just what I wanted. :) I do use IRC a lot, and I'll start using erc per your suggestion. One question, is there any way to get spell-checking on it? I'm hoping the solution is as straight-forward as
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
On a more serious note, do please feel free to give any and all helpful advice on how to get started with emacs. I'm okay with vim, I've been using it more and less for about 2 years, but emacs has always seemed more esoteric and I never di
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Not to worry, there'll soon be plenty of Greasemonkey scripts that take care of this well enough for you that your brain can tend to other tasks.
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/533096562.html I'm not 100% sure if that was put up by him, but I've been told that it was.
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Shadow of the Colossus was indeed very artsy, but I think its prequel Ico was better by miles and miles. Also the perfect argument against Ebert's take on video games. A trailer of some sort: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FQ-0vqHAro Rea
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
>As is almost always the case, I suspect this TOS change will either be modified, re-interpreted, or Apple will suffer community backlash. Are you sure the TOS would change, if there was no backlash, like the one you're seeing on HN rig
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
My eye sight is perfectly fine (well, with the glasses on), so that's not a problem. It's just a habit I've had for as long as I can remember. I would bring it closer to me, but I think that's bad for the eyes. I'd kill for the E-ink techno
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
I have one question as regards ergonomics. How do you keep good neck posture? I've a habit of protruding my head outward really close to the monitor, and reading books at a very close distance (like 6 inches). As a result, my shoulders, nec
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
I agree with your point, and although I'm not the original writer of that post, I'm guessing he was trying to give a more nuanced response aware of the racial tensions that exist in socio-economic contexts.
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Because statistically, the homeless are most likely to be African America. Source: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30442.pdf ("By race, the homeless population was estimated to be, on average, 49% African-American, 35% white, 13% Hispanic, 2% Na
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
There's also Simon Johnson's '13 Banks', which, frankly, is a better read than any of these. Be sure to check out his blog - on which he writes a good summary of the financial crisis: http://baselinescenario.com/financial-crisis-for-beginn
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
I regret saying that he's "as good as dead". My excuse is that I was sleep-deprived and frustrated for personal reasons when I wrote that. That said, let's imagine another scenario. In a late night, your mother is being raped right before m
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
It is selfish for the intellectually gifted to not give back the gifts of new knowledge. Perelman has given fruits, but being as selfish as he is now makes him as good as dead. Imagine if Ramanujan had went back to India and given up just a
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
And on a related note, Google's visions come to light quite clearly if you look at what they're focusing on: cloud computing, ultra-high speed connections. They don't want users to have any local storage. They just want to serve ads on all
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
It isn't in Google's long-term interest to do any such thing for its future expansion. Especially with the news of Android on TV's, it would seem that it'll have to cave in to DRM-encumbered technologies in order to play ball with big media
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by jimmyjim 17y ago
Great idea, I'm all for it. You seriously ought to contact the right people and try to make this a reality, I think it would prove to be very effective and actually bring about some positive change.

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