larsr

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by larsr 16y ago
The fig filling in fig newtons is crunch because it contains seeds. ;)
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by larsr 16y ago
Most of the commercial figs grown in California are wasp pollinated. If a fig is crunchy, it contains seeds, and if it contains seeds, the flowers inside it were likely pollinated by at least one wasp. Here is a great article with more deta
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by larsr 17y ago
That does not appear to be true. For instance, here is Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health: From many kinds of studies conducted over years, we are quite confident now that a calorie fro
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by larsr 17y ago
not to mention that the X200 (X301 too) has got an excellent keyboard and is built like a tank the only thing I don't like about mine is the poor quality of the screen (low maximum brightness and contrast). for a laptop that's intended to
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by larsr 17y ago
There are objects in the modern day Squeak image that were created when Smalltalk-80 was released. In fact, if you explore around Squeak's image, you can find all sorts of disconnected bits and pieces that nobody uses anymore, that are jus
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by larsr 17y ago
"Whenever I see a brilliant kid decide to join Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, or Google, I think to myself: a startup just died" Many smart "kids" (gee, thanks dad, glad you know what's best for me!) want to solve interesting problems, not muck a
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by larsr 17y ago
"We're still rolling out Buzz to everyone, so if you don't see it in your Gmail account yet, check back soon." (doesn't work yet for me either)
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by larsr 17y ago
When I'm reading something it helps me find my place again if I get interrupted or need to look up something in a different browser tab. It also makes text more readable when sites do odd things like put medium gray text on a light gray bac
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by larsr 17y ago
One problem: humans, even in western societies, aren't strictly monogamous. Men and women both can, and not infrequently do, have more than one partner, even when married.
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by larsr 17y ago
By promoting Ive, didn't Jobs actually affect a fairly large change in design talent? According to wikipedia: "He is internationally renowned as the principal designer of the iMac, aluminum and titanium PowerBook G4, MacBook, unibody MacBo
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by larsr 17y ago
Consumer Reports has no advertising and they buy everything they review. When possible, they test items in blind trials. The magazine is also published by a non-profit. On the other hand, Amazon reviews have been gamed by both consumers
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by larsr 17y ago
Probably, but all I see is a graph and the abstract. It also depends on how the model is being used in the paper. Unless I'm mistaken, Nature puts papers through peer review, which for me personally, anyways, means I'd want to actually rea
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by larsr 17y ago
It is probably a case of overfitting, but it could also be the case that they are fitting an existing model that really has 17 parameters. Without more context, it's a little hard to judge. If I remember, I'll look at the full paper tomor
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by larsr 17y ago
Hypothetically , if all I want to do is exchange emails and browse the web, why should I have to learn how to use a "real desktop computer" or a "full UI"? I'd be learning a whole bunch of things I probably don't really care about or need