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The cognitive bias that hurts creativity(theindy.us)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
this is pretty fun. Seems like it's in the same vein as the libraries that let you convert video to ascii to play in terminal. No real-world use but they're a nice display of skill and definitely make you smile.
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Battling STEM Stereotypes, UW’s Sapna Cheryan Helps Barbie Evolve(washington.edu)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
I know it's a bit unsolicited, buy you could give a linux distro a try. Usually works pretty well on those slightly older MBPs, I've done that a few times with a lot of success.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I personally went through defaulting on student loans and being hassled by bill collectors, so I can relate to that situation - it totally sucks. I also agree that the laws pertaining to bankruptcy and student loans should be revisited. I a
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by newman8r 8y ago
Not necessarily. It could just take a lot of data on compatibility and see if it could correlate it to genetics. Whether or not there is any correlation would be the question though.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I feel bad for the author's parents, thankfully he got his dad taken off as a cosigner. I also think the author should be willing to accept 100% blame for the debt, which it seems like they aren't.
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by newman8r 8y ago
Are you actually working on that? Sounds cool.
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by newman8r 8y ago
I'd probably have them work on finding as many zero-day vulnerabilities as possible - after the 100 days I'd probably keep the top 5-10 performers on salary if I was able to make enough money from the research.
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The use of 'smart drugs' is on the rise(nature.com)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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“Cheetah 3” robot has no cameras but can climb stairs with obstacles(news.mit.edu)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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by newman8r 8y ago
How advanced is facebook's "hate speech detector" anyway? It seems like they're just checking a blacklist of bad words and maybe doing some rudimentary NLP.
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by newman8r 8y ago
Yeah I notice the sleepiness as well. It might actually be a good way to read a few pages before going to sleep.
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by newman8r 8y ago
It sounds very Wonka-esque
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Slow Reading: the antithesis of speed reading(theindy.us)
165 points by newman8r 8y ago|63 comments
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UK company launches a national dashcam database(cnet.com)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Is Firefox lying to users about viruses in downloads?(theindy.us)
74 points by newman8r 8y ago|74 comments
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EU copyright proposal could marginalize European publishers(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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FTC cracks down on ‘free trial’ internet scammers(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Two Fyre Festival attendees just won $5M for their trauma(news.vice.com)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Can developers use photos without permission? A federal court ruling says maybe(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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First Report of Habitual Stone Tool Use by Cebus Monkeys(newsdesk.si.edu)
40 points by newman8r 8y ago|14 comments
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Municipalities could pose a greater threat to privacy than the NSA(theindy.us)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Researchers are using archived footage to study the impact of climate change(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Micro Air Vehicles could be huge (figuratively)(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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A koala’s diet would kill most mammals. Their genome reveals how they survive(sciencemag.org)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Insurance companies don’t ask about gun ownership, U-M researcher asks why(news.umich.edu)
3 points by newman8r 8y ago|2 comments
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The proposed “link tax” could marginalize European publishers(theindy.us)
1 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data(futurism.com)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments
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Taming Fusion with Machine Learning(news.mit.edu)
2 points by newman8r 8y ago|0 comments

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