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by kqr2 12y ago
For reference, Michael Finkel was fired from the New York Times for fabricating a character in a story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finkel From the description of his book "True Story": http:/&
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by kqr2 12y ago
The author Alan B. Downey has released quite a few free books: Check out http://www.greenteapress.com/ including: Think Python : http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html Think Bayes
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by kqr2 12y ago
IV outsources a lot of its trolling to shell companies so it can maintain a clean image. Check out the "When Patents Attack" series from This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episo
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by kqr2 12y ago
The manufacturer claims these discs will last 1000 years: http://www.mdisc.com/what-is-mdisc/
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Making Noise (1999)(noisemachine.com)
7 points by kqr2 12y ago|3 comments
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Robin Williams dead in suspected suicide(sfgate.com)
6 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
For understanding the stack frame layout on x86-64, I found this post to be quite useful: http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/09/06/stack-frame-layout-o...
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by kqr2 12y ago
For calculating the number of combinations, it looks like they are simply using 100 choose 7, or C(100, 7) which yields 16,007,560,800. http://what-are-the-chances.blogspot.com/2008/02/7-letter-wo...
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How to Make More Money in Stocks(dilbert.com)
1 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
Supposedly facebook: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2703440/There...
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KiCad Video Tutorials(contextualelectronics.com)
2 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
She's arguing that the punishment / discipline is not fair. One after another, white mothers confessed the trouble their children had gotten into. Some of the behavior was similar to JJ’s; some was much worse. Most st
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by kqr2 12y ago
OT, but how is Chattanooga's startup scene doing? A little while ago, there was this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5166034 Also, http://noogastartups.com/
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Squatter doesn't sit well with Airbnb host(sfgate.com)
98 points by kqr2 12y ago|80 comments
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Anyone can get a ride on Google’s newest shuttles(blog.sfgate.com)
2 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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How To Make 1 to 30,000 Virtual Reality Cardboard Headsets an Hour(dodocase.com)
54 points by kqr2 12y ago|10 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
Obligatory link to What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.ht...
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On the Prehistory of QWERTY(repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp)
2 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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High school interns at Facebook make more than average American(blog.sfgate.com)
4 points by kqr2 12y ago|1 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
Any alternatives for free dynamic DNS?
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MonkeyParking tells SF it’s not going to kill its parking app(blog.sfgate.com)
5 points by kqr2 12y ago|3 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
Does anyone know who built the cardboard models for Google? It would be nice to know how much Google paid per unit.
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by kqr2 12y ago
If you’re a fan of our blog, we hope the new essays will be reason enough to buy the book: The Seal Clubbing Business, Why Is Art Expensive, How to Sell Nothing for $1000, The Big Lie, The World’s Most Expensive Free Cred
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Paternoster(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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OSCON 2013 Main Stage Sessions(oscon.com)
3 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
The ultimate test of endurance is probably The Campaign For North Africa game with a listed play time of 1200 Hours with 10 people. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/the-campaign-for-nor...
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by kqr2 12y ago
For those interested in a good book about human biases and thinking, check out Seeking Wisdom From Darwin to Munger . http://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/seeking_wisdom.php http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Wis
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by kqr2 12y ago
Are they planning an android app? It looks like there is a clone currently on the app store but it would be nice to support the original: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ariyalion....
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by kqr2 12y ago
Maybe it's an indirect reference to the all encompassing Machine in E.M. Forster's story: http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html
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New Blood (fortune.com)
6 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments

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