julienchastang

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How Your Knees Can Predict the Weather(on.wsj.com)
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by julienchastang 13y ago
I believe the United States should have universal health care. That said, this looks like yet another government technology fiasco. My favorite technology disaster story is the Denver International Airport automated baggage handling system
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by julienchastang 13y ago
I would really like to see an APL interpreter on an iPad or tablet device. Running APL on such devices where virtual keyboards can be customized would an interesting possibility for dealing with the APL glyphs. If only I had the time… Also
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Crowdsourcing by Bird-Watchers Maps Migrations(nytimes.com)
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Apple Says Its Developer Site Was Hacked(blogs.wsj.com)
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Jon Oringer of Shutterstock, on the Power of the Hackathon(nytimes.com)
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How the NSA Got So Smart So Fast (on.wsj.com)
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by julienchastang 13y ago
It reminds me of that old Onion article: "Google Announces Plan To Destroy All Information It Can't Index" http://www.theonion.com/articles/google-announces-plan-to-de...
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by julienchastang 14y ago
On a related note, emacs support for ipython notebook with ein ( http://tkf.github.io/emacs-ipython-notebook/ ) is marvelous. If you are comfortable with emacs, ein is far superior for interacting with your ipython notebook compared to the
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Dyslexia's Role in Forcing Creativity(on.wsj.com)
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Will Authors Get Compensated for Used E-Book Sales?(pbs.org)
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Push to Teach Coding at School(online.wsj.com)
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by julienchastang 14y ago
Fascinating HN thread. I work in the geoinformatics domain where many of the same comments apply. I agree scientists turned programmers are often poor software developers. Moreover, this group often belittles industry established best prac
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by julienchastang 14y ago
One way it may have differed is commercially. The Minitel was a huge economic success generating > $1 billion/year of revenue and presaged the online commerce we see today. Monetization was a piece of cake as "sites" charged per minute.