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by mysterywhiteboy 7y ago
And of course - theres a javascript library for that: https://peeinears.github.io/MagicEye.js/
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Google almost bought Tesla when it had just two weeks of cash left(theguardian.com)
2 points by mysterywhiteboy 11y ago|0 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 12y ago
Another fun search on GitHub - looking for the code paradox i.e. this should "never happen". https://github.com/search?l=c&p=7&q=never+happen&ref=searchr...
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Google Introduces a Smart Watch(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|0 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
Article was removed - but google is all-seeing: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.the...
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Cory Doctorow: How startups of Silicon Roundabout are gradually being flattened(theguardian.com)
43 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|68 comments
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Stephen Hawking: Syria’s war must end(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|1 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
Look it up and you'll _realize_ that "realise" is the non-Oxford English spelling, and the Oxford English spelling is realize. It's the same with many words with the -ize suffix - we seem to have subconsciously accepted
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Even NASA can't stop Toyota Accelerator Lawsuits(businessweek.com)
1 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|0 comments
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Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development.(waterfall2006.com)
2 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|0 comments
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Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder(businessweek.com)
65 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|81 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
I've been saying this for a while now.
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
Programming _can_ be like an art form and appreciated in isolation. In most cases though programming is a means to and end. In that case you've got to not only enjoy programming - but also believe in that end. When you do you'll h
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Caffeine Spray, Brought to You by Peter Thiel’s College Dropout Challenge(businessweek.com)
24 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|31 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
As someone else in the same position (young and mild hypertension) I too was told to cut back. I am a CS PhD and have no medical/nutritional background. Everything I know came from Google, PubMed, and my GP - so (for want of a better
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Bitcoin now 'unit of account' in Germany(theguardian.com)
93 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|37 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
Wham! [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham !
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
I don't work for Yahoo, but I must say I would seriously consider working there now with Marissa Mayer at the helm. Mayer appears to be doing everything she can to drag Yahoo back to being relevant, and to me that sounds like an interesting
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by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago
It is on the front page because enough readers of hacker news considered it interesting and [hacker]newsworthy, and therefore up-voted it.
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My thoughts on Mendeley/Elsevier & why I left to start PeerJ(enjoythedisruption.com)
1 points by mysterywhiteboy 13y ago|0 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
Looks like they have gone down the flash route - so no. I assume part of that decision is to make sure it doesn't work on mobile and avoid cannibalising their premium subscriptions where playing on mobile is a big feature.
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Official Spotify Web Player(spotify.com)
4 points by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago|3 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
Paragraph 4 on the first page: "The taxi company argues Uber operates a taxi service without bothering with any of the rules and regulations that govern the industry." I too hate the page breaks in order to get more eyes on more adds - but
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Ticketmaster dumps 'hated' Captcha verification system(bbc.co.uk)
6 points by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago|1 comments
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
I can think of two reasons: (1) Because he has others commenting on his issues and suggesting fixes, and probably more importantly (2) because github is already part of his workflow. The main reason I never stick with TODO applications is b
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
Tried and failed to sign up for an account before the promo ended. Seems like it was just timing out. :(
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
An augmented fourth sounds great as long as it is then resolved e.g. to the fifth. See "Maria" from West Side Story[1] for the probably the most well known use of an augmented fourth. The first interval when he sings "Maria" is an augmented
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
It's a Mark Twain quote where Twain was making the point ironically.
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
Unfortunately there are a number of circumstances where they are within their rights to withhold information. One of these situations is where the information relates to another individual. If information is withheld she my be able to infer
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by mysterywhiteboy 14y ago
The lack of transparency from Amazon here is worrying. Because it appears to be Amazon UK dealing with the account holder I'd be interested to know if she would get anywhere by submitting a Subject Information Request [1]. Under the Data Pr

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