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by kjell 16y ago
I read through this and didnt see it mentioned, so here goes. The single most effective thing I do to avoid mishaps at intersections is to look at the driver of the car. Make eye contact and you know they see you. If you can't catch their e
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by kjell 16y ago
No. But they say they'll submit their code back into webkit as fast as they can. So hopefully soon!
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by kjell 16y ago
I'm hoping for an ABC parser to complement the tab. Unfortunately I can't read music no matter the notation.
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by kjell 16y ago
This isn't groundbreaking research or anything. He does give a few examples of his rebound [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation) ]. Paraphrased: while the average energy consumption to heat 1m^3 went from 365kWh in 19
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by kjell 16y ago
http://www.fanchatter.com/ are YC alums who've built their company to some degree on twitter. They went through a few years ago, probably pre-RFC 3.
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Why Apple Deserves an Oscar Too(theawl.com)
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by kjell 17y ago
Earthships are worth a look for anyone who wonders why the average modern house is so wasteful.
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by kjell 17y ago
I kind of like reading ‘slow,’ or at my natural reading pace. I've experimented a bit with reading faster and it kind of takes the leisure and enjoyment out of reading for me. Probably because I haven't practiced it enough, and as I do it'l
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by kjell 17y ago
"this girl at the pool is draggin such a stack of foam noodles it’s like she’s a little beaver going to dam up the diving board" from _why's twitter, 8/12/09. I hope the guy surfaces somewhere soon. One of the most outwardly joyful computer
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by kjell 17y ago
I watched an old documentary about Les Paul the other week. He's really fantastic. ( http://www.mininova.org/tor/2607255 )
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by kjell 17y ago
Ever seen http://flickriver.com/ ? It predates the big picture. Doesn't show the images quite as big, but is still a nice way to browse.
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by kjell 17y ago
I picked up Capo while it was in beta for $9. I bought it after about 30 seconds of playing with it. Loved everything about it. I'd previously scorned the use of slow-downers as a crutch, and more recently given in to Audacity for figuring
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by kjell 18y ago
I was considering working for the CSCI department at my school to update the cobwebbed CVS repository hosted in our lab that some teachers actually expected students to use to turn in code. Funding/grant hurdles and my graduation got in the
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by kjell 18y ago
http://fidness.com is my little pet project. I've never let it get out to more than a few of my nerd-ish friends, who inconveniently don't do enough physical activity to get anything out of the site. I don't know if that's their fault for
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by kjell 19y ago
I can't speak to thinkpads, but I've had two silvery mac laptops: first a 12" powerbook and now a 15" MBP. Both have treated me exceedingly well. The one problem I've had was that I managed to knock the shift key off of the powerbook keyboa