martian

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by martian 17y ago
There are several options already available, including file i/o and Postgres db connections. cf. http://wiki.github.com/ry/node
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The Cost of a Sick Chart(eagereyes.org)
1 points by martian 17y ago|0 comments
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Maturity Models(testingreflections.com)
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by martian 17y ago
Fair point. And the thing about climate science is that while you may or may not disagree about global warming, the strategies we would employ to fight global warming are the same strategies we should be employing regardless. Take the issue
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Modeling wine preferences by data mining from physicochemical properties [pdf](www3.dsi.uminho.pt)
15 points by martian 17y ago|2 comments
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by martian 17y ago
Apple takes top slot for me. Seems like the best businesses always do four things: 1) know what their market needs, 2) develop something novel that fulfills that need, 3) communicate to their market about their product or service, and 4) ch
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by martian 17y ago
Every linguist will tell you that language is always mutating and any dictionary is a biased snapshot of how language is actually being used. The same is true for geography. Locals always know the quickest routes, the shortcuts, the bike-fr
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by martian 17y ago
The RJDJ iPhone app referenced towards the end of the article is brilliant: http://www.rjdj.me/
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Falling Fertility(economist.com)
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by martian 17y ago
There's a long tail for hammers. The massive burst in innovation that we've seen in the past several decades is caused by a bunch of people making a bunch of new hammers for a bunch of different problem types. In addition, there are certain
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The Amazon rain forest may be largely a human artifact(spacecollective.org)
81 points by martian 17y ago|29 comments
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by martian 17y ago
This is a great write-up. For n-dimensional Hilbert curves check out http://www.tiac.net/~sw/2008/10/Hilbert/
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by martian 17y ago
Does anyone know of a good tool like this for iPhone?
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by martian 17y ago
I would love to see a StackOverflow for controversial media topics, especially focused on environmental issues. e.g. "What is the evidence for global warming?" "What are the benefits and costs of recycling? Is it actually better for the env
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by martian 17y ago
I use Clicky. It's quite good for real-time data. http://getclicky.com
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by martian 17y ago
There's a Firefox extension BetterPrivacy that will delete your Flash cookies automagically. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623
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by martian 17y ago
Someday our phones will be so tuned in to our locations and preferences that we'll see maps that show only the places we're really interested in, a la http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JP...
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by martian 17y ago
Looks like they already did. For Posterity, here's a screenshot: http://visualmotive.com/etc/apple_xss.png
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Where is Twitter? - 250,000 users plotted on a google map(visualmotive.com)
1 points by martian 17y ago|0 comments
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Supply Chains visualized in Google Maps(sourcemap.org)
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by martian 17y ago
23andMe is still using meta keywords, so they might be a little out of date.
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by martian 17y ago
Nice. Also looks like Probabilistic Voting Theory works in N-dimensional space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic_voting_theory
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by martian 17y ago
The application to politics is especially relevant: "Anthony Downs noted that Hoteling's model could explain political competition. ... As with the ice cream sellers on the beach the political candidates will choose a political position tha
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Cartographer.js - simple thematic mapping library for Google Maps. (Alpha)(cartographer.visualmotive.com)
1 points by martian 17y ago|0 comments
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by martian 17y ago
There's also a lot to be said for developing an (ordinary) application like a game. The best games teach players how to play slowly, building up knowledge and confidence as the game progresses. The best apps do this too, giving you rewards
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by martian 17y ago
Looks like someone did. Have to say this is 1) a brilliant tshirt, 2) a brilliant business model. Just placed an order. :-)
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by martian 17y ago
Agreed. Also just remembered that Google Maps has public transit route-finding in major cities. I'm not sure if this is based on scheduled times or actual times (as reported by services like NextMUNI), but it's a fantastic service.
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by martian 17y ago
Several cities seem to have services like the CTA Bus Tracker. Very useful. San Francisco has NextMUNI ( http://nextmuni.com ), Minneapolis has NexTrip ( http://nextrip.metc.state.mn.us/NextripFull.aspx ).
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by martian 17y ago
I haven't spent much time there. How fast do they travel?
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Should you Walk or Bus?(visualmotive.com)
13 points by martian 17y ago|20 comments

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