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   by lignuist 14y ago

   This would "solve" the problem within one winter...
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   Mongolia's capital Ulaan Baatar is also called the coldest capital in the world. Harsh temperatures during the winters force the poorest people to live in the canalization, where are heating pipes: http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/m
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   European Parliament censors citizens trying to contact MEPs(christianengstrom.wordpress.com)

   2 points by lignuist 14y ago|0 comments
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   Bitcoin: Soft block size limit reached(bitcointalk.org)

   49 points by lignuist 14y ago|59 comments
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   The most interesting question to me: how can I get the dataset they used.
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   Wordnet is more a linguistical ressource, that focusses on word senses. You would not find things like POPULATION OF CITY-X there.
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   Why is this on HN?
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   JS and CSS minifier that (optionally) removes dead code.
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   by lignuist 14y ago

   And again: electricity was free?
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Domain. Yes. Forgot the obvious one. :)
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Write it down. Does it look nice? Is it easy to type? Is the spelling obvious? Is it easy to pronounce? Does it explain something? Does it sound similar to something else? If so, is this a good thing?
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    Poll: How many passwords can you recite?

    2 points by lignuist 14y ago|2 comments
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Ice Ice Baby.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Censorship is always stupid. Censorship based on nothing than words or phrases is simply embarrassing.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    A website that provides RSS feeds for Twitter, since they are shutting off RSS next week.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    What is the motivation? Adding search functionality to sites that have no dynamic backend? How would I build an index? Are tools included for that, or is it just reading an index? Is it building the index each time the page is loaded, or in
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    This is great. I would like to see more all-in-one-document documentations and demos. In most cases this just feels faster to me. This is maybe not true for something like the complete Java API, but for many smaller docs.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Also revolutionized (seen that long before) the street music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a1dHCmcJzg
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    I wonder, if there is any public repository of dolphin audio recordings.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Good to know, thanks. BTW, I was not particularly referring to India, but to countries that simultaneously start such missions. It seems, Bhutan did not sign yet, so we can get nervous when they start a mission. ;)
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Claiming property of whatever they find up there?
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    It's interesting to see, what impact Google Glass and others will have on the practice of such no-photo-policies.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    Crowdsource a complete transcription and make it public. That should be legal, but I'm not totally sure, since I don't have a copy of the law.
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    by lignuist 14y ago

    > Did you write the Chairman of McDonald's to ask the same question because they have employed millions of teenagers in their business? Whoever reports great profit and employs people while underpaying them, has to expect the same react