mapleoin

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by mapleoin 14y ago
As a spare-time grammar nazi, I find it quite fitting.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Why are you doing this? This is not some gimmick to get you running Oracle Linux so that you buy support from us. If you're perfectly happy running without a support contract, so are we. We're delighted that you're running Oracle Linux ins
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by mapleoin 14y ago
I'm curious to know how are they marking essays. Can you say more about it? Links are fine, too. EDIT: Oh, nevermind, I've found it. It seems that student grade each other's essays - one student grades three other students. Look here, under
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by mapleoin 14y ago
That's cool, but I don't think I would trust connex.io any less than I already trust linkedin or Facebook with my data. In the end, LinkedIn and Facebook are the ones who are far more likely to sell your data for money, since they don't get
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Against Chairs(jacobinmag.com)
8 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 14y ago
In addition, Elon said that he had already committed in his will to give away most of his fortune to charity. Is donating your fortune to charity in your will really altruistic? You're just giving away something you would no longer need,
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by mapleoin 14y ago
but it's readable, right?
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by mapleoin 14y ago
They're using CodeMirror for the in-browser editor and that's the default theme: https://github.com/marijnh/CodeMirror2/blob/master/lib/codem...
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by mapleoin 14y ago
You can find out more about it on the course's webpage: http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/st101/CourseRev/1 The video says that they will have an optional track for programming with statistics.
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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern DBs and the NoSQL Movement(pragprog.com)
35 points by mapleoin 14y ago|14 comments
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Unix security(rute.2038bug.com)
1 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Previous discussions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3448573 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3048672 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3648907
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Reddit Gold probably makes them more than either of the above, but I'm just pontificating here. I think you're misusing the verb to pontificate . Maybe you wanted to say guessing instead? SO can probably monetize pretty well with ads
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by mapleoin 14y ago
I like the profuse amounts of comments, especially when documenting a function's purpose.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
One thing that has always puzzled me about AirBNB is that there's no mention anywhere about taxes. All this money changing hands without being taxed sure seems weird. Renters usually pay taxes for the rent they get, shouldn't people doing t
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Looks like the author is trying to replace the old fish ( http://fishshell.com/ ) Welcome to our fork of the fish shell, a command line shell like bash. Its working name is fishfish, but I hope eventually it will just be fish! ( http://ri
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Microsoft makes Do Not Track default in Windows 8's IE(blogs.technet.com)
1 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Also: make the buttons actual... buttons in the HTML sense; not links.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Works great on my Ubuntu's Firefox with Intel integrated graphics.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Listening to the voice in this one gives me the creeps: http://www.screenr.com/JJp8
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Proof of Concept Prototype that Successfully Produces Renewable Hydrogen(hypersolar.com)
6 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 14y ago
I stand corrected.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Their copywriters didn't allow then to write lolcats so they said cute cats instead? I would cite the text, but it's not copy&paste-able because Microsoft: http://az94986.vo.msecnd.net/2.0/ftux/content/slide-1.png?_=...
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Researchers caution, however, that they can't be sure whether these associations mean that drinking coffee actually makes people live longer. Also, information was not available on how the coffee was prepared (espresso, boiled, filtered
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by mapleoin 14y ago
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
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Gevent For the Working Python Developer(sdiehl.github.com)
2 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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DIY IKEA Shelf In-Home Aquaponics(plantedspace.com)
2 points by mapleoin 14y ago|0 comments
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by mapleoin 14y ago
This is due, in part, to better policing. That's... debatable. I think it's due to Disney movies.
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by mapleoin 14y ago
I can really recommend Learning Python. It's a great book, it goes into all the fundamental concepts of python really well and in a very readable manner. I read it after I had a year of experience with python and while I also recognized all
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by mapleoin 14y ago
*raison d'être

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