m_for_monkey

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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Yes, this is the truth .
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Another good writing on this topic is the Fibonacci Flim-Flam: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/pseudo/fibonacc.htm
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The Pirate Bay - 9 years and still bloody runnin(thepiratebay.se)
232 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|139 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Fire chiefs issue warning that overheating laptops can cause fires http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2012/02/24/fire-chiefs-issue... Laptop fire blamed for Vancouver death http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/08... La
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
If the laptop gets too hot in a bag, it can cause fire, so it's a potentially life-threatening bug.
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Traditionally, East Asian languages and Hungarian (I don't know about Lithuania and Iran), that use the YMD format have an overall "big endian logic". We say many things backwards compared to the rest of the world. Our names are also in rev
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Pot for Parents(nytimes.com)
43 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|38 comments
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Aren’t side effects fundamental in complexity analysis?(yosefk.com)
1 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|0 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Even a simple crop can make a large effect: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread545972/pg1
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
This is nothing compared to medical software, for example. All you can lose here is some money, but no human life in danger. Some more perspective.
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Final testing for the Mars Science Laboratory: http://www.msl-chemcam.com/index.php?menu=videos&rubriqu...
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Try right click, Little Planet View!
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
You are right, people shouldn't jump to conclusions, but, unfortunately, they often do.
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What “Worse is Better vs The Right Thing” is really about(yosefk.com)
148 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|46 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
I'm using it extensively on Xubuntu and I think it's awesome. I can only recommend it. When reading the title, my first thought was to pimp it here...
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
BASIC programmer?
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
How old are you? If you are older than 1 year, please stop commenting!
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
The source package contains the license: GPL version 3.
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
From the Wikipedia: "A British court later rejected this argument as scientifically false, finding that 149 °F (65 °C) liquid could cause deep tissue damage in only two seconds." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonalds_Restaur
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Here is a color photo: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16032.jpg
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Intellectually stimulating, but after the first few pictures... well, there's nothing to see there, just sand and rocks. The most visually interesting thing on this panorama image is the rover itself, so I don't mind the relatively low qual
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
I'm sure the guy regularly used Google too...
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Are your politicians for sale?(political-prostitution.com)
3 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|0 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
"Humans do not invest in, nor do they take care of or clean up things they cannot own." On the other hand, humans fight wars because of things they think they own / want to own.
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
Depth: 15-30 m Length: 13.7 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_Subway
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PublicBitTorrent and OpenBitTorrent Trackers Return(torrentfreak.com)
1 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|0 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
I fear, the surplus bandwidth will be simply wasted, just like the enormous computing power of modern desktop CPUs.
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A Judge’s Plea for Pot(nytimes.com)
2 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|0 comments
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Pablo Picasso - Bull: a master class on abstract art(artyfactory.com)
1 points by m_for_monkey 14y ago|0 comments
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by m_for_monkey 14y ago
"In this series of images, all pulled from a single stone, Picasso visually dissects the image of a bull to discover its essential presence through a progressive analysis of its form." http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/animals_

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