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by markbao 12y ago
The email in question looks like a Chinese spam email, which are often sent with dates in the future to show up at the top of date-sorted inboxes. See also: "spam chinese emails from the future?" http://forums.androidce
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The screenshots in the text file supposedly show evidence that the attacker gained access to the actual GMX account, not a recycled one, since a) there are still messages in there and b) it seems that the account owner has been active, judg
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by markbao 12y ago
I'm currently reading This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works , a regretfully titled yet excellent book. [0] Edge.org, in its annual question to prominent scientists and 'thought lea
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by markbao 12y ago
This is a little different: I'm looking for a mentor who has worked in the behavioral science / psychology field. I used to be a startup founder and software developer, but now I'm looking to combine technology with behaviora
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Great post. Specifically on the "I can tell in five minutes whether I'll like someone or not part," getting into local maxima is definitely possible but it's not a bad place to be. The folks at that level are great folks
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Ah, that's great. For those wondering how: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peristaltic_pump.gif
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Very cool! From a health perspective, has anyone looked into whether these homemade machines for food/drink are safe for consumption? I see that the tubing in the materials list is FDA-approved, but has there been any work done on the
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by markbao 12y ago
Carbohydrates are, however. From the Soylent 1.0 ingredients list: > Maltodextrin (165g) - As the primary source of energy for the body, carbohydrates are the largest component of Soylent by mass. The starch in Oat Flour makes up the bu
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The translation that my friends have recommended is the Hays translation, which seems to be a good one from my reading.
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by markbao 12y ago
Honestly—who does this benefit, apart from ISPs?
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Fascinating. This reminded me greatly of yesterday's article on Shai Agassi and the failure of Better Place [0]. Both accomplished people, both were able to have brilliant ideas and ambitious plans, but when the rubber meets the road,
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by markbao 13y ago
Japanese railway operator to license maglev tech to US for free
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by markbao 13y ago
So good. Center of Gravity is such a great track.
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What things have you achieved on this front?
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by markbao 13y ago
I can't imagine how much those 53-foot carbon fiber panels cost.
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This stylesheet, with tweaks: http://userstyles.org/styles/16041/hacker-news-readability
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by markbao 13y ago
I wish this included the number of users that use each color, to see if anyone else uses the (harmonious) #f1e9d9. http://cl.ly/image/040u3a1R342q
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Folks seem to really like [0] his writing. Anything you recommend starting with? [0]: See sidebar on his blog: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/
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by markbao 13y ago
Just for some background, previous discussion on the referenced article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6828169 Gwern's response on Reddit refuting it: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/co
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by markbao 13y ago
The other pages on that blog are just meandering prose with a link to another website, which makes me think that someone picked up the site for its PageRank to link to other pages. But despite having many inbound links, the domain's PR
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by markbao 13y ago
Honest question: it seems like Nakamoto wanted to keep his identity secret. If that's true, then why did he reveal so much information (by implying that he was part of Bitcoin) and allow a photo of him to be taken, instead of saying
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by markbao 13y ago
That makes sense. This is the kind of "carryover" effect that I talk about in the parent comment, so maybe I'm wrong in that there isn't a lot of carryover where in actuality there is. I just doubt that learning a new la
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by markbao 13y ago
I agree and disagree. The inherent qualities of a more recent language (especially one like Scala which seems to be built upon a good foundation) may make a team more productive in the long term despite the initial cost. However, what also
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From an experience standpoint, isn't the fact that you'd have to teach people a new language coming in the door detrimental to the use of that language? Comparing a company that takes in people that have been coding Ruby/Pyth
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by markbao 13y ago
This is almost ironic, since the people who install this are the ones who are conscientious enough to need it the least.
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+1 on this one as well. I built a shell-based one that pipes out to Google Calendar [0] and then started using Toggl [1]. Toggl works best since it's mobile and web, and they sync with each other, but it's still not totally great
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It seems like David thinks that the keyboard itself is pretty lame ("By most objective measures, this keyboard sucks") but the fact that it is split makes it worth it. Are there any keyboards that are 1) split, 2) good keyboards,
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Wow. Can't even imagine what that's like. My $20 are a drop in the bucket, but hope that bucket is getting more full. He mentioned that he suffered a seizure and that led him to be taken into the ER. Does he mention any other prev
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by markbao 13y ago
Great idea. I was talking earlier with some friends trying to figure out the best way to get qualified testers for apps. This makes it so much easier, and adds screening. Nice work. Well-priced as well, though I wonder if you would be able
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by markbao 13y ago
Ah, that makes sense. I'd prefer a big red box that says "Not for production use" and a clean README to be more direct, but I suppose this works.

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