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The Timeline of Web Development Technologies, 1990-2009(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by limist 17y ago|1 comments
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The Most Expensive Cities in the World(economist.com)
33 points by limist 17y ago|45 comments
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by limist 17y ago
Thanks for the comment - my question/comment was about their seeming psychological appeal. Yes, they are usually more physically convenient and comfortable, but I believe there's something more to the experience than that. Just wondering
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by limist 17y ago
Wow, didn't expect such interest from HN. Seems everyone loves trains. :) Tangentially, what is it about trains anyway? Seems to me they hit the natural sweet-spot of "comprehensible speed" or speed at a near-human scale: not so fast and
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by limist 17y ago
From the article: "...China’s new goal is to continue on with a HSR revolution internationally in order to create two-day HSR trip times between Beijing and London."
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by limist 17y ago
With programmer-friendly blogs/CMS's such as Hyde or Jekyll, I see less and less reason for database-backed solutions and their overhead, at least for the solitary writer/coder on his own site. Previously dynamic parts like comments, pingb
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The Largest Infrastructure Project in History: Chinese High-Speed Rail to Europe(cleantechnica.com)
68 points by limist 17y ago|92 comments
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Hyde - a static website generator powered by Python & Django(ringce.com)
5 points by limist 17y ago|1 comments
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by limist 17y ago
Agreed. org-mode is simply perfect, and alone is worth knowing and sticking with emacs for - that is, if you already mostly use plain text in your life, for speed and simplicity. Be sure to get and use the cheat-sheet at http://orgmode.o
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Reflections on Avatar by Ray Kurzweil(kurzweilai.net)
60 points by limist 17y ago|58 comments
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by limist 17y ago
As a vegetarian, when someone with science training asks me why I'm so, my answer is, "The 2nd law of thermodynamics." This is the 2nd law writ large.
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America, the Fragile Empire by Niall Ferguson(commondreams.org)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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FDR's Income Tax Return from 1913 (visualizingeconomics.com)
1 points by limist 17y ago|2 comments
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Bloom Energy fuel cell claim raises hype, questions (arstechnica.com)
3 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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How vision trumps all other senses - or, fooling wine professionals(brainrules.blogspot.com)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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Django Deployment Workshop(github.com)
3 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media(people-press.org)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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'Climategate' scientist attacks bloggers(newscientist.com)
27 points by limist 17y ago|47 comments
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Chart: Where Your State's Revenue Comes From(stateline.org)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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by limist 17y ago
Of course, the three points of advice in this article apply to building ventures with less than 9 zeros too: 1. Be able and willing to take calculated risks. 2. Think creatively about new revenue sources. 3. Have a supportive spouse.
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How To Be A Billionaire(forbes.com)
6 points by limist 17y ago|1 comments
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How clean is the electricity you use?(epa.gov)
9 points by limist 17y ago|3 comments
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Copyright Undercover: ACTA & the Web, by Cory Doctorow(internetevolution.com)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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Top “Clean Energy” Topics to Keep an Eye On(cleantechnica.com)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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Not All Money Is Created Equal - taxes of the poor, middle, and rich(politicalmathblog.com)
29 points by limist 17y ago|45 comments
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by limist 17y ago
Am curious what the main websites/services are that issue user badges on some semblance of meritocracy? StackOverflow.com is one obvious one where the awards have some weight (at least with some developers), but where else?
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Meet The First Miners of the New Social Graph(readwriteweb.com)
4 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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A Greek crisis is coming to America(ft.com)
1 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments
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by limist 17y ago
The list includes water purification tablets, and a canteen. Probably a portable stove for boiling water and light cooking would be ideal to include too.
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Nature's hot green quantum computers revealed(newscientist.com)
3 points by limist 17y ago|0 comments

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