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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Thanks, that explains it.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I don't play chess but what does Jason do at the 2:02 mark?
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
How about tweaking the algorithm so that the popularity of a website counts against a submission? I don't mean that the article should be buried if it's from something like nytimes.com but it should have to work harder to make it to the fro
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I'm with you to an extent, but why do you think Wikidata in particular will be the missing component and not some other service like Freebase or DBPedia?
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I'm surprised that Bloomberg would publish what amounts to a minor hatchet job. I know the financial sector is highly connected and this includes the 'impartial' financial news sector, and that they're protecting one of their own but this r
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Why does it matter if it's old? Surely platform popularity has to be one of the most important considerations.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
What's Canonical playing at? Surely the Raspberry Pi represents a golden opportunity to steal massive amounts of mind share. They could establish themselves as the computing environment amongst the next generation of computer users.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Seconded. I made some designs for a graphical IDE like this years ago, but only on paper. I'm very happy to see someone else has done the hard work for me! I hope they'll support other languages too.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Do you classify strike action by unions as terrorism? Unions threaten to do X if Y isn't done and end up disrupting the masses.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
The article is making a prediction about the future and technology normally improves with time. Your example implies that you think we'll be stuck with 1mm resolution and with deposited ABS plastic. I think 3D printers of the not so distant
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Can I suggest that 'select' is used instead of 'stage'? After all, one is just selecting the files to be committed. Staging, although a legitimate use of the word, is a bit abstract I feel. I can't imagine anyone failing to understand the
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
But were they able to make a viable living from selling their game? 90% piracy does not equate to 90% loss of revenue. Not every pirate is a potential customer. Far from it. Were sales of the game higher because of the publicity due to the
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Where governments are concerned, MS Office licences can be huge and will always be more expensive than free. They will always always be more restrictive too than free software, by definition. I agree that a licence by itself won't be the bi
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Sorry prawn, on reflection I think you're probably right. It's unnecessary.
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Discovery of the Higgs Boson rumoured to be at 3.5 sigma.(math.columbia.edu)
76 points by jsmcgd 15y ago|47 comments
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Looks interesting. Does this have any advantages over tools like TaskWarrior?
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
> then why hadn't tablets taken this form before now? They have. Many times. Not one aspect of the iPad design is original. That's the whole problem. They're able to claim other people's inventions as their own. It's tantamount to theft
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Interesting. Things like cocaine (I'm led to believe) act very quickly. I was even thinking that the placebo effect could be leveraged somehow. Perhaps popping a pill that resides in your top pocket could be a first response whenever a situ
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Panic seems to be so debilitating in situations like this as stress severely diminishes to ability to think. Is it worth considering making certain fast acting drugs available to professionals that operate in life-threatening environments t
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I felt nauseous reading it. The transcriptions seem to enable a really strong empathic response. I could really feel the panic of the situation.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
The absurdity of this is breath-taking. Apple tablets look exactly like miniature flat screen TVs. I don't know how they have the gall to claim that the form factor of their tablets is in anyway original or protectable. The Apple design her
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
This competition could benefit from a over 19's category. Not all great work is done by the precocious. Some could be done by jaded 20 somethings ...
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I think EXOdesk and Microsoft's Surface will probably have their lunch eaten by the more successful tablet manufacturers. They already have huge app ecosystems and it isn't an insurmountable technical challenge to increase a tablet's size b
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Working on Ubuntu 10.04 with Chrome 15. It looks really good!
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I laughed when I saw the massive arrow pointing to the large object that delineates the exact shape of the thing that isn't delineating anything apparently. A perfect instance of not being able to see the wood for the trees.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I wish the article had gone further. I'm sure Woz had a little more to say on the subject.
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Given that asking "what would Steve Jobs do?" is probably what Steve Jobs wouldn't do if he was in their situation, would asking that question now be okay?
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
For me this was the best talk I've seen in a long while. It reminded me of how I felt when I first read PG's essays, someone articulating your own suspicions whilst going further and deeper and bringing you to a place of enlightenment and c
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
Interesting, I recently watched a show that showed that psychopaths are just as able to predict consequences, just like everyone else, but they just don't care if it negatively affects other people. Not because they're actively bad but beca
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by jsmcgd 15y ago
I'll voice a minority opinion: Well done! If I was starting a green field project and had mostly PHP talent around I'd definitely consider using this.

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