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by jobu 12y ago
If you use Chrome try the Personal Blocklist extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/personal-blocklist...
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by jobu 12y ago
Did anyone else think Star Trek replicator when they saw this headline? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek) We're definitely a long way from "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot", but it's cool to s
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by jobu 12y ago
Some failed and some did well. Connecticut did such a good job that other states (Maryland) are buying it. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/27/283526215/connect...
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by jobu 12y ago
Totally agree. There are so many ways that a person can die a prolonged, horrible death that is medically sanctioned and supposedly more ethical than euthanasia. After watching my father wither away with dementia I've decided to take u
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by jobu 13y ago
Amazing bit of work, and I really like the tile calligraphy piece he made. I've known other programmers that put poetry or haikus in code comments, and even some of the output can be beautiful (fractals), but I've never seen the c
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by jobu 13y ago
This makes me wonder how many actual products were dreamed up "on the shitter".
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by jobu 13y ago
"The largest technology stock offering in history is looming, but few in Silicon Valley seem to care." Zero comments on this article after an hour on the front page of HN seems to prove the author's point.
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by jobu 13y ago
The author's analogy to fried waffles reminded me of a real-world example from 10 years ago: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts ( http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/business/23doughnut.html ) In the early 2000s I
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by jobu 13y ago
Teresa Preston-Werner posted something on her blog that disputes (or at least adds more info) : https://medium.com/p/d96f431f4e8e It's a bit of a she-said, she-said situation, except that it seems to have happened
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by jobu 13y ago
It seems crazy there isn't more information about using yeast on the internet. Perhaps it's because most people drink to get drunk. One question for chemists or biologists out there: If the byproduct of the yeast is acetaldehyde,
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by jobu 13y ago
"In addition, HBO GO will become available on Fire TV, targeting a launch by year-end." Looks like this deal also adds the last missing checkmark to the Fire TV comparison chart: http://www.amazon.com/Fire-TV-stre
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by jobu 13y ago
It amazes me when someone makes improvements to a job as old as splitting wood. Millions (billions?) of people have been doing it for thousands of years, and there's still room for improvement.
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3-D Printer for Candy(wired.com)
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by jobu 13y ago
This seems like it's just a byproduct of people waiting longer to have kids (or not having kids at all). I know if I didn't have kids I would prefer to live in an urban area vs a suburb. Am I wrong? Are people that live in dense c
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by jobu 13y ago
I have seen code that uses the Yoda style, but I think it's a bit overkill. Any C/C++ compiler I've used in the last several years will complain if you do an assignment in a conditional. (Unfortunately I've also seen pr
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by jobu 13y ago
In the Apple SSL bug, a goto statement works much like a function call or a throw in Java. Here's a Java example that compiles without warning and has the same flaw: public static void foo() throws Exception { throw new
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by jobu 13y ago
This is exactly what I thought when I first saw the Apple bug, and I was surprised that the author didn't mention this at all. He's blaming the programming language here, but I have yet to see a language where a single line accide
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by jobu 13y ago
It's amazing how following good coding standards can make bugs go away. If anyone disagrees, I would suggest reading Joel Spolsky's article "Making Wrong Code Look Wrong": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/a
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by jobu 13y ago
Sadly it seems good marketing can compensate for being terrible.
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by jobu 13y ago
Even once they get the landing perfected, my concern would be the wear-and-tear of even a single launch of the rocket. It has to reduce the success probability of the next launch by some percentage.
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by jobu 13y ago
This looks like another case where the actions of the NSA are the opposite of what's in the best interest of US Citizens.
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by jobu 13y ago
A quick google search indicates that Greg Christie came up with the "Slide to Unlock" idea: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/09/greg-christie-jony-ive-f... Hopefully the person that invented the pic
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by jobu 13y ago
That's a fantastic idea! The argument against more visas is that they drive down wages for current residents, and this seems to counteract that.
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by jobu 13y ago
The market share bit seems pretty huge too: By building for two years’ worth of Android (as we did originally with 4.0+), you’ll support about 40 percent of the U.S. smartphone install base. Removing 4.0-4.1 support leaves you with one yea
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by jobu 13y ago
To some extent it is already happening: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-boeing-brazil-i...
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by jobu 13y ago
It seems like the thinking at Microsoft has been that "Windows should be the same on every platform" That's why they had a terrible desktop-like experience in the mobile WinCE, and a terrible mobile-like experience in desktop
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by jobu 13y ago
What about something for the server market? I know some companies have been switching to ARM chips as a low-power alternative in large server farms. It seems a 64-bit chip might be a good fit in that market.
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by jobu 13y ago
It really seems like Apple is ahead of the curve on mobile R&D. I wonder if they'll ever consider reselling some of these chips. It's unlikely Steve Jobs would've ever done it, but I'm not so sure about Tim Cook.
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by jobu 13y ago
Very cool. I can't wait until the tools for building living organisms are comparable to those for programming computers.
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by jobu 13y ago
"These growth factors, especially one called brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or B.D.N.F., are known to contribute to the health and well-being of neurons and consequently, it is thought, to improvements in brain health and cognitio

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