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Opera and Internet Explorer 8 display the page without crashing.
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Hallucinations are caused by sensory-deprivation rather than motor parylization. For example, float tanks, also there are specially designed rooms that have as close to no background noise as possible, and people report hearing all kind of
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In regards to the complaint on lambda, isn't it more pythonic to use list comprehensions anyway? intlist=range(0,16) filter(lambda x: x % 3 == 0, intlist) vs. [x for x in intlist if x % 3 == 0] Should be faster too: http://stackoverflow.co
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master: contributor to the development branch if open source or writing\maintaining actively used libraries. expert: biggish list of work\projects finished, know how to leverage the standard/popular libraries
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For a "best of" collection from the site, visit: http://beautifl.net/
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Online Realtime Flash Actionscript Compiler: Fork Japanese Sparkly Spirals
(wonderfl.net)
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Let's say C++ can code be executed OVER 9000% faster than python. However this does not imply a web app written in C++ will run even 1% faster than a web app written in python unless the performance bottleneck is code execution. If the perf
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definately python over javascript! -interactive shell -easy to debug -lot of great simple graphics libraries too -making 3d shapes is funner than div containers For 3d shapes, http://vpython.org is a good simple library. He will be able t
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"The problem with Flash is that it's really, really slow." if you program a simple particle generator with say a 400x300 display, flash is a TON faster than canvas\javascript.
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the pattern of microscopic bumps on neurons are dendritic spines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendritic_spine . these have glutamate receptors. Glutamate is the primary excitatory transmitter in the brain. The Glutamate synpase has two re
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http://i49.tinypic.com/11b2o7m.jpg 24 w/ opera
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Windows 3.1 Online - like Windows 3.1, but more Ron Paul.
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do what you did here, but provide a link;) Ideas: 1. put beta in your logo and make submit feedback forms as prominent as possible without being annoying 2. maybe include a countdown in days until official launch on the site. reinforce in p
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how much will it cost to buy a solar-scale matrioshka brain? will it improve one's sex life and\or social status?
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He's basing his knowledge on Jill Bolte's TED talk. NOOOOOooooo. That TED Talk was full of misinformation when it came out, and obviously still is. The left brain is NOT a "serial processor", and the right brain is not a "parallel processor
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Reminds me of Civilization and its Discontents by Freud (1928), where he treats technology and tools the expand man's ability to perceive the world (telephones, long distance prothetic ear, telescopes are prosthetic eye enhancement) or int