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Hot Water Helps a Super-efficient Supercomputer Keep its Cool(technologyreview.com)
1 points by mcormier 14y ago|0 comments
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by mcormier 15y ago
Yeah somebody is getting off on watching their analytics numbers go up.
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by mcormier 15y ago
Please not another like button. I long for a time when there wasn't 6 or 7 like buttons for different websites on every blog article screaming "Pick me! Pick me!" and causing visual clutter. At a former company I worked at our CTO likened
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by mcormier 15y ago
On the server side. Associated with your account.
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by mcormier 15y ago
It's transparent but definitely not user friendly. When you opt out it uses a cookie so if your cookies get deleted you need to opt out again. Also, since opting out uses a cookie you must opt out on every browser on every machine you use
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by mcormier 16y ago
He's reading way too much into it.
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by mcormier 16y ago
It's not just a marketing trick. Keeping product warehouse inventories low reduces risk and allows a company more flexibility when changing products.
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by mcormier 17y ago
Sounds like quack talk to me. What about that virtual reality I was promised in the 90's.
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by mcormier 17y ago
Click the flag link to help get it removed if you haven't done so kees.
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by mcormier 17y ago
This is very interesting. To me it looks like it creates a hybrid interface experience in between traditional programming and visual programming languages such as Prograph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prograph
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by mcormier 17y ago
If the Duke Nukem Forever team still existed I bet they'd be jumping on this technology right now.
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by mcormier 17y ago
This could be intentional. Like how human perception sometimes requires exponentional changes to perceive a difference. Example: The audio decibel scale.
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by mcormier 17y ago
Whoever did the slides did a great job.
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by mcormier 17y ago
There is a drawback to formatting the code in this manner. It obfusticates any actual logic code change made and can make it much harder to determine what was changed. I once worked with a developer that used to consistently check in 20 fil
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by mcormier 17y ago
I think it is still a great publication. Maybe you know more than you used to so your perspective has changed. I'm where you used to be. Partially ignorant of these issues.
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by mcormier 17y ago
It's neat but why would I want a transparent display? If it was 100% transparent when it was off and not transparent at all when I was using it (with the ability to control transparency) then I can see it being useful. Anyone know more abo
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by mcormier 17y ago
Are you doing any exercise? You may want to work on strengthening your back and your core.
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by mcormier 17y ago
Mac OS X clouded Leopard? So Apple is going to announce a product in a month which requires an operating system they have not announced yet. Apple usually gives developer preview of their OS for a good 1-2 years before the release it and
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by mcormier 17y ago
As always, the Macalope says it best. "January tablet unveiling 'confirmed' by ex-Google employee". Oh, well, then, that's all we need to WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT THE F-? http://twitter.com/TheMacalope/status/7238525063
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by mcormier 17y ago
How do we report spam on hacker news?
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by mcormier 17y ago
Err, Uh. Chrome is 7% of the market, Safari is 3%, and Opera is 2%. http://www.axiis.org/examples/BrowserMarketShare.html I know Chrome is only little over a year old, but was surprised as I've never seen it or Safari (WebKit browsers) e
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by mcormier 17y ago
I'm having major issues trying to view the page in Chrome(Windows). The page renders fine but the scrollbar is "Choppy". Something he's doing in the page is not agreeing with Chrome. Not sure if I want to take advice from someone that cr
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by mcormier 17y ago
Stackoverflow Careers deserves serious criticism. I think it was delivered too soon. They should have waited until StackOverflow became more established. I've used Stackoverlow on occasion but I don't think the point system means much, an
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by mcormier 17y ago
A separate company would probably want a higher percentage of sales too though.
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by mcormier 17y ago
I also use paper but I'm much more of a hybrid organizer than you. Some of my notes are on paper and some of my notes are electronic. My prime counter example for not organizing solely with paper is when I am programming. Sometimes when i
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Ask HN: How do you work?
5 points by mcormier 17y ago|6 comments
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by mcormier 17y ago
Wake up people. Did you forget about the Apple TV? This is exactly the kind of thing that could open the flood gates in that area. It doesn't make sense for your personal computer, or your iPod Touch but it makes a lot of sense for a TV
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by mcormier 17y ago
Michael Arrington is a Mogul? Really?
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by mcormier 17y ago
Pink was considered a masculine colour 100 years ago, and blue was feminine. Reference: " In the early 1900s, The Women's Journal wrote that pink was a "more decided and stronger colour" that was best suited for boys. According to the Journ
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Software is nothing but design(agilefocus.com)
15 points by mcormier 17y ago|9 comments

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