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Cryptomnesia(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by msvan 13y ago|0 comments
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What Tau Sounds Like(youtube.com)
1 points by msvan 13y ago|1 comments
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by msvan 13y ago
I'm not familiar with these acronyms. LTR? Long-term relationship? NSA?
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by msvan 13y ago
It's not really fair to translate the names back into English in this way. Finland, for instance, is 芬兰 which does indeed mean fragrant orchid, but the reason that name was picked is because it's pronounced fēnlán which sounds rou
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Cinema of Nigeria(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by msvan 13y ago|0 comments
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The Wow signal(en.wikipedia.org)
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by msvan 13y ago
Your mom was a hacker? I'm jealous.
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by msvan 13y ago
I'd like to add that I didn't make this. I only found it. Let's all send the author an email and encourage him to continue his work!
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Pixel Shaders: Proposal for an Interactive Introduction to Graphics Programming(pixelshaders.com)
206 points by msvan 13y ago|21 comments
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Flat Surface Shader(wagerfield.github.io)
120 points by msvan 13y ago|36 comments
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OpenFL: High-performance framework for desktop, iOS, Android, HTML5 [...](openfl.org)
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by msvan 13y ago
Obama has to say this stuff. Does he even believe it himself? Most people don't care as much as the HN crowd. Taking this stance is probably the best way to avoid a PR scandal with the masses. Which doesn't make it right, of cours
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Silent Circle: Another U.S. secure email service closes to protect users(gigaom.com)
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by msvan 13y ago
So now the blink tag will appear in some browsers but not in others? Fear not, the blink tag lives on. If not in Firefox, then in the irony.
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The Hyperbolic Nature of Dried Fruit Slices(vihart.com)
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by msvan 13y ago
You can also dislike both Big Pharma and alternative medicine. That removes the philosophical inconsistencies and just leaves you bitter and disappointed.
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Spotify vs Musicians: 10 things to read to better understand the debate(theguardian.com)
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by msvan 13y ago
I'd say don't sweat it. Make sure to not focus too much on computers. Programming/entrepreneurship is great and interesting, but I know that I spent a lot of my early teens as a loner in front of my computer screen. Also, I&#
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From North Korea With Love: A Tablet With No Internet Access(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by msvan 13y ago
It‘s still decidedly aimed at techies though. I guess it'll be another few years before the benefits of a Free Software Gmail competitor will be accessible to the layman.
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by msvan 13y ago
Reminds me of the Daily Show's incisive documentary about Sweden. http://www.videogum.com/65751/the_daily_show_visits_robyns_b...
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Uruguay Moves To Make Marijuana Legal(news.sky.com)
4 points by msvan 13y ago|0 comments
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Russia To Ban Swearing On The Internet | Techdirt(techdirt.com)
2 points by msvan 13y ago|0 comments
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by msvan 13y ago
It's interesting how many design links pop up here. I came here with a technical background and developed an interest for entrepreneurship reading HN, and I think that in the same way a design interest develops in those who are already
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by msvan 13y ago
I used to buy shaobing with all the extras at my local street vendor, usually added up to 8元 in 2012 Beijing prices.
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by msvan 13y ago
Both semantically and semitically relevant, in other words.
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by msvan 13y ago
When I lived in China I met French people all the time; more than any other foreign nationality. I think they're all over the place.
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Why China Has Two Internets, Not One, And What To Do About It(tealeafnation.com)
3 points by msvan 13y ago|0 comments
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by msvan 13y ago
If it gets to the frontpage, it's because it was upvoted by people who hadn't seen it before. If you've already seen it, you don't need to click it.
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by msvan 13y ago
That was sarcasm. I was surprised that he knew those factoids about feet and inches, which eventually gave him an edge in the competition. He won because of them. And that was the only benefit he ever got out of not using the metric system.

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