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by mxfh 14y ago
"For 104 of the 185 nations, no studies were available. In those cases, the authors have used an estimated value by taking averages of the IQs of neighboring or comparable nations. For example, the authors arrived at a figure of 84 for El S
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Steam Expands Beyond Games(store.steampowered.com)
172 points by mxfh 14y ago|107 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
If you pay for a game it should be available as a whole. Cheat codes used to be quite ubiquitous back in the day, today you might even have to pay for some "DLC" to unlock the game to its full potential. There are so many reasons why full p
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Demo of fast reverse geocoding with UTFGrid(mapbox.com)
2 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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An interactive portrait of money in politics(graphics.wsj.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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Interactive crosstab viewer for swing state polls(elections.nytimes.com)
2 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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OpenGL Pipeline Map(openglinsights.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
Here is the breakdown by type, Q1+Q2 2011 in TWh, Q1+Q2 2012 in TWh and % of total | Wind Energy: 21.0 TWh, 24.9 TWh, 9.2% | Biomass: 14.5 TWh, 15.3 TWh, 5.7% | Hydropower: 8.7 TWh, 10.8 TWh, 4.0% | Photovoltaics: 9.8 TWh, 14.4 TWh, 5.3% |
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Google Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results(investor.google.com)
3 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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Google Glasses Keynote Stunt - Behind the Scenes with Sergey Brin(youtube.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
Last year's news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2379917
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KnotGL - Explore knot topologies in WebGL(github.prideout.net)
2 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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Amazon.com reviews by Adrian Lamo(amazon.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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Last.fm is investigating a leak of user passwords.(last.fm)
7 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
Fun fact: One of the shareholders of the ZPÜ is the GÜFA [1] (Collective rights management for Adult Entertainment). Of every ZPÜ taxed media you buy 1% [2] of the video associated part of the ZPÜ-fee goes to the porn industry. This summed
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by mxfh 14y ago
It's 1850%[1] but still outlandish, also they are taxing external hard drives yet not internal ones, it's a farce in every way possible. Just wait until they figure out what dropbox is. [1] http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&s
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by mxfh 14y ago
The paywall wasn't up when it was posted.
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Israel airport security demands access to tourists' private email accounts(haaretz.com)
49 points by mxfh 14y ago|80 comments
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North Carolina tries to wish away sea-level rise, proposed ban of projections.(guardian.co.uk)
3 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
What is is the half-time rate of this debate? 300 days or less? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2831455 Sadly, the option to drop this problem over Germany doesn't exist any more.[1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-armed_bandi
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I'm in your Museum, scanning your Art.(thenextweb.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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Art To The People Met MakerBot Hackathon at Metropolitan Museum of Art New York(makerbot.com)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
I was aware of that this approach towards alpha was oversimplistic to begin with, should have pointed that out. Thanks for posting the correct formula.
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by mxfh 14y ago
I assume the author is in dire need of a list of things he should have known at age 30+.
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by mxfh 14y ago
hach lukas. sweet.
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WebGL powered real-time hillshading on 2.5D map(webgl.uni-hd.de)
1 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
Limbo and Superbrothers are worth it alone. Since I already own 4 of the 5, so I'll pass on this Bundle. Also check out the discounted indie games at http://www.becausewemay.com while its on until tomorrow.
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Stamen announces Field Papers for OSM mapping(content.stamen.com)
3 points by mxfh 14y ago|0 comments
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by mxfh 14y ago
The original data would be well represented in 100x100 matrix. since the data (grades 0-100) is already discrete. Basically the first picture in the article with a alpha setting that matches 1 (1=opaque) when multiplied with the maximum num
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by mxfh 14y ago
Oh boy, this is apparently the scattershot approach to data visualization. Always explore you data first and than use the visualization that best transports your intended message. (Yes there should be one, why else are you making a graphic?

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