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by nobrains 8y ago
I got my answer to question 1: https://github.com/mathigon/textbooks
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This is beautiful. I want to know: 1. Do they share their platform for others to create similar content? 2. Where is the personalization? I was unable to see how the content was being personalized to my ability. Maybe I missed something? 3.
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Airdroid
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This will be a very useful change, and eventually all browsers will end up adopting it, IMO. Currently, I use tab management and session management extensions, like OneTab, Suspender and others. And the solution being worked on by Firefox s
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by nobrains 8y ago
The article says "Both airplanes are Boeing's latest offering, the 737-800 MAX". That is incorrect. Both planes were "Boeing 737 MAX 8". There is no "737-800 MAX". There is a plane named "Boeing 737-8
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by nobrains 8y ago
The right approach from the developers who decided to store text as plain text, would have been to highlight this to the requestor, and indicate that it would cost extra. More business for them, and better end result for the requestor.
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Al Qaeda. The database.
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by nobrains 8y ago
How would you phrase it so that it is both technically correct and easy for the general population to understand?
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by nobrains 8y ago
Related: See this 13 minute video about how Qatar became really rich: https://youtu.be/yFpHUzNomlc (Summary: Its by developing technology for storing and exporting liquefied natural gas)
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How does this compare to the cement blocks (aka gravity) energy storage?
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Specifically, KIA (owned by Hyundai) hired Peter Schreyer (designer of the Audi TT) as their chief design officer and gave him a free hand. The result was KIA's first good looking facelift on the KIA Optima. After the design (and evant
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by nobrains 8y ago
Yes. This was my same thought. So what if they will send you instructions to cancel? As petilion ( https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=petilon ) mentioned here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18927948 )
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Reminded me of https://ncase.me/trust/
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Without light (i.e. free moving electromagnetic waves in a straight line) there would be no communication, and all interaction would be local. Particles would only be able to affect, sense and interact with their immediate surrounding parti
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by nobrains 8y ago
So much for trying to keep its location secret :) From the article: "Pollack wouldn’t reveal the exact location of the cave, saying only that it was in the northern section of the park. Asked whether he was concerned about protecting t
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Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_C._May May is most noted for having identified the cause of the "alpha particle problem", which was affecting the reliability of integrated circuits as device f
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by nobrains 8y ago
Could we let other apes and animals evolve over millions of years under our supervision and eye? If so, could a more advance species have done the same with us and is now observing us from a distance?
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by nobrains 8y ago
RIP Stan Lee (1922 - 2018)
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by nobrains 8y ago
RIP Stan Lee (1922 - 2018)
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Ananova (circa. April 2000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananova
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The article talks about how counterfeits benefit Amazon, but its not the full picture. There is a negative affect of counterfiets on Amazon as well, and that is (1) reputation (customers not trusting Amazon anymore as a site that has honest
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Because then there is no way to verify if the accusation is true?
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by nobrains 8y ago
I use something in the middle of a mirrorless interchangeable lens and a smart phone camera. The Sony RX100. Because of the lack of too many manual controls, its a good point and shoot, and because of the large sensor size, the photos are b
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by nobrains 8y ago
They are optimizing for their audience. Like this: https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1029374020037238784?s=19
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by nobrains 8y ago
I have modified my localhost to block the sites that are addictive, on my work machine. Works wonders for me.
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He talks about his-mind version of YouTube in the end.
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Are they planning to create cryptocurrency miners?
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I live in Dubai. I used to get glasses made for AED 100 - AED 200 (USD 27 to USD 54) when I was young, based on what I remember from visits to the opticians with my dad. No insurance. Sometime after that insurance was introduced. Now, as an
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by nobrains 8y ago
I love your mechanism to fund your app (or at least how I understood it), by letting people by credits to let them break rules. You could tweak it so that every user can set their own amount per credit (so that the app plays fair to all inc
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by nobrains 8y ago
Cold air hitting my head (A/C air is worst. Fresh cold air doesn't seem to trigger the migraine). Dehydration. Direct hot sun hitting my head for 30 minutes plus. Not eating for 20 hours. For most of these, the solution for me is

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