merraksh

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Why "Don't be evil" is evil, and why Google isn't so bad(pandodaily.com)
2 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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Coursera is hiring(jobs.coursera.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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World's biggest fake conference in computer science(sites.google.com)
9 points by merraksh 15y ago|2 comments
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Lamborghini-like super bus: 23 seats and 155mph top speed(dailymail.co.uk)
4 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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Drug tourism across southeast Asia(theatlantic.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
Previous discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2532271
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by merraksh 15y ago
The drawbacks of the Two Person review process are that it is [...] expensive: $8 billion a year is spent on subscriptions to journals, which is money that could be spent on more research. None of that money goes to the two reviewers. The
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by merraksh 15y ago
True, you spend a lot of time going back and forth, but while commuting by car requires that you focus 100% on driving (and the same goes for biking or walking), doing it by train or bus lets you do actual work if all you need is a laptop.
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Support The Daily WTF in Supporting the Support SOPA (thedailywtf.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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DIY Employee Health Care(sloanreview.mit.edu)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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Fake French Wine in China(asiasentinel.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
2011 can be made from numbers 4 and 5: 5*5*4*5*4 + 5*4 - 5 - 4
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Power Balance Bracelet Company Hit With $57 Million Settlement(huffingtonpost.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
Focardi is a co-author. Andrea Rossi is the one that set up the whole experiment and is in contact with this mysterious US company.
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Libya’s prime minister confirms presence of chemical weapons(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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Libya's NTC chief says nuclear weapons located(jpost.com)
1 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
Indeed. The eCat website was pointing at that tweet feed and I thought it would be updated more often.
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by merraksh 15y ago
Event tweeted at https://twitter.com/#!/22passi In Italian only :-(
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by merraksh 15y ago
Sudoku puzzles are Assignment problems ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assignment_problem ), and can be cast as Graph Coloring problems as well ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_coloring ). Although the performances reported are more than
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Xkcd on Steve Jobs(xkcd.com)
10 points by merraksh 15y ago|1 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
I have a little doubt about number 6. A switch() without a "default:" label has undefined behavior if x is negative or above 5, while nothing would happen in the cascading if's. Wouldn't a correct optimization of that be void function(i
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Isang Litrong Liwanag - A Liter of Light(isanglitrongliwanag.org)
3 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
See also http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2723675 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1009869 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1763472
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by merraksh 15y ago
100x45W = 4.5 kW, not megawatt. 4.5 kilowatt is the same order of magnitude of a dryer.
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A very Turkish coup(nature.com)
3 points by merraksh 15y ago|0 comments
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by merraksh 15y ago
I guess one of the strengths of the population of stupid people is being oblivious of belonging to them -- a membership that even rational people cannot avoid. Stupidity manifesting in the most unexpected ways and occasions is a proof of it
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by merraksh 15y ago
With the density of large cities (though matched by zip codes), I wonder if the 13% live in urban areas and the remaining 87% outside.
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by merraksh 15y ago
Interesting article. In 2011 there is no practical hurdle to web-based publishing portals. Given that papers are already peer reviewed on a volunteer basis, the middle man and its administrative staff has a high cost and a low benefit. The
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by merraksh 15y ago
See also discussion in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2373030
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by merraksh 15y ago
I wonder how this will fit to people who type on a keyboard 10-12 hours a day. The advantage with virtual keyboard is the infinite reconfiguration capabilities w.r.t. repositioning of keys for reasons of ergonomics. For the same reasons, th

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