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by nebula 17y ago
Wondering if this piece would have been upvoted this much if it didn't have PG's brand. Now don't get me wrong; I read this one years ago, and I liked it. Just that from what I have observed of social behavior on HN, no one would have bothe
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by nebula 17y ago
but it is inaccurate to say "God said so in that holy book." I didn't claim that God said so. I just quoted the science teacher that was interviewed. Go watch the video and wonder why Governments and parents are allowing these kind of mor
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by nebula 17y ago
If you have read 'God Delusion', you would see how much of that damage is already being done. And "God Strikes Back" parts in 'The Genius of Darwin' documentary: Many schools, public funded to a large extent, dump evolution in favor of 'Cre
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by nebula 17y ago
It is inefficient for everybody to learn to about science. I agree it's inefficient for everybody to learn advanced science; but basic science? Gravity for Newton's sake? Don't people spend around 10 years going through basic education? W
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Anonymous Financial Donors Bring Relief to Colleges(nytimes.com)
2 points by nebula 17y ago|3 comments
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by nebula 17y ago
But I would object that TV often only gives an illusion of pleasure and relaxation. Sorry for nitpicking; This is a little confusing use of the word object. You are actually saying that "TV often only gives an illusion of pleasure and rel
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by nebula 17y ago
http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.h... 6:47 minutes into the demo :)
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by nebula 17y ago
when he had the opportunity to hear the case. Was that opportunity just a coincidence? or it was manipulated so that he would hear the case?
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by nebula 17y ago
They won't put out a netbook.... I'm wondering if this same argument wouldn't have been used if Apple's results were to go the other side?
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by nebula 17y ago
I know this is blasphemy (being on Y Combinator news, and all) It's not blasphemy, it's quite the opposite. AFAIK, YC is happy that it had set off this chain reaction that started all these Seed funds.
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by nebula 17y ago
Dear God, what's wrong with a query like 'allintext:"finding"' ? I got curious and tried just this query, and sure enough Google said that the query looks like an automated one. It means it's not the pattern of the queries that you have sen
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Multicolr Search Lab(labs.ideeinc.com)
2 points by nebula 18y ago|0 comments
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Story about spies penetrating grid may be part of a PR campaign(erratasec.blogspot.com)
42 points by nebula 18y ago|17 comments
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A new mobile Gmail experience for iPhone and Android(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
1 points by nebula 18y ago|0 comments
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1819: America's First Housing Bubble(mises.org)
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by nebula 18y ago
the organism can take in electrons and use their energy to convert carbon dioxide into methane. I don't know how exactly this organism works. It would be really game changing if this can be modified to use photons instead of electrons. Es
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Shazam iD: a cool way to discover music using mobile(shazam.com)
1 points by nebula 18y ago|0 comments
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XHProfLive: Continuous function-level performance stats from production(facebook.com)
3 points by nebula 18y ago|0 comments
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Gmail search made easier (and lazier)(gmailblog.blogspot.com)
6 points by nebula 18y ago|1 comments
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Windows 95 almost had floppy insertion detection but the training cost was prohibitive(blogs.msdn.com)
37 points by nebula 18y ago|14 comments
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by nebula 18y ago
Well, it's potentially a very dangerous thing for our ecosystem, given that our oceans are already in deep trouble: http://www.ted.com/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_pr...
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by nebula 18y ago
The point here is not about picking winners between S3 and you/me; Probably that's a no-brainer at this point.The thing to worry about is whether S3 is reliable enough that you can trust your user's data with S3 alone. While S3 might be doi
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by nebula 18y ago
I am in this country because the US government thinks it's beneficial to the US in some way This is factually correct but it's half the truth, and is probably misleading. Any transaction executed by two entities at their own free will is
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by nebula 18y ago
I'm tired of these oh! "why don't you give me a greencard" attitudes. Even on HN, whenever something related to migrants comes up for discussion, there is this invariable rant about "hard-to-get-greencards" tucked in an insightful(at least
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by nebula 18y ago
* would be happy to shell out $10-$20 for a DVD to support her, but could forget about it in a few weeks.* well, burn your own DVD and donate now before you forget :)
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by nebula 18y ago
I'm more amazed by the fact that dolphins mastered the technique of creating bubble rings. And if the description in this video is to be believed, they also pass on this technique to other dolphins.
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by nebula 18y ago
Amazing; For a moment, I thought it's a hoax. A quick googling has thrown up all the details including the physics behind it though.
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by nebula 18y ago
If the cracker gets to send a couple million requests per victim, I won't be surprised if she manages to crack passwords of many users. Blind brute force is definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer; Dictionary based attacks might pro
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by nebula 18y ago
It might be just my personal prejudice but I'm a little scared of China; mainly because of the fact that its own citizens don't enjoy freedom of expression, God knows what might happen to a foreign national. What's your experience? Are my f
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by nebula 18y ago
Are there any valid reasons as to why you would still want to move to the US?

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