nuba

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by nuba 17y ago
I second that, having practiced fencing for a year. That's pretty much the wording we'd use to describe it.
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by nuba 17y ago
Indeed. Cope's musical grammar would be a great place to start hacking around. This reminds also of the iMUSE ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMUSE ) from the SCUMM game engine, which would improvise soundtrack transitions based on motifs an
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by nuba 17y ago
This is just http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspeak sugar. I guess I'll stick with Scratch and Logo for my kid.
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Robots evolve to learn cooperation, hunting(news.cnet.com)
1 points by nuba 17y ago|0 comments
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by nuba 17y ago
Very cool, thanks for the pointer! Extra stuff: when you click the "buy" link (in one of the last slides) it takes you to the book's page on Amazon. Now scroll down and check the Video reviews. You'll see a video of the writer interviewing
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by nuba 17y ago
Those without a IRC client or behind restrictive firewalls can use the webchat: http://webchat.freenode.net/
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by nuba 17y ago
What a fine bait for those who gloat in form over content.
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by nuba 17y ago
Classical guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, folk guitar (in standard and some alternate tunings), 5-string banjo (clawhammer style), 5-string bass and learning the erhu and drums now. Yeah!
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by nuba 17y ago
A few months ago MIT's Technology Review ( http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/22764/ ) said this could be in the market in 3-5 years, so it makes sense to see a product testing the waters and reaching out for early adopters at t
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by nuba 17y ago
Whoa, found many other interesting things there, too: http://x31eq.com/tuning.htm Thanks!
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by nuba 17y ago
You can always opt-out of civilization, just relocate yourself to the middle of nowhere, and nobody will bother you or be bothered by your racist rant. I doubt you'll have to worry about terrorists crashing at your place ever again.
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by nuba 17y ago
I wonder how it goes about a person talking to himself (without actually speaking) vs. thinking and speaking to somebody. If I had to use one of these I'd surely need a 'mute' feature :)
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Installing Etherpad(pauleira.com)
129 points by nuba 17y ago|6 comments
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by nuba 17y ago
Cool! Works for me on a firefox 3.6b4, but I found the interface a bit clumsy and lacking visual feedback, and also some may not notice the commands area in the lower-right corner. Otherwise, thanks!
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by nuba 17y ago
I did pay the $1/year, and if that was a mischarge I surely wouldn't mind getting my subscription bumped on to 2011 ;) Looks good so far, hope to make good use of it :)
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by nuba 17y ago
Any camera can do this, "rendering" in the sense of "an objective, accurate, realistic view of the world". Distortions and imperfections in the artwork convey the artist's subjective view of the world, and you need an artist for that. Imagi
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by nuba 17y ago
Paraphrasing Stargate's Teal'c: "Ours is the only reality of consequence."
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by nuba 17y ago
How surprising that no reply mentions a child-like approach to the world: curious, inquisitive, playful, fun-seeking. I believe the simple and sad reason most people won't recognize problems or unaddressed issues around them is because they
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by nuba 17y ago
>PROBLEM: corporate meetings that accomplish nothing Well, I work from home, meetings happen on IRC or conference calls. Now, this being news.ycombinator.com, remember that when you launch your own startup, being "the boss" gives you t
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by nuba 17y ago
Do Make Say Think works wonders for me. and also Egberto Gismonti.