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by opminion 13y ago
2. [...] The "extra" spending in medicine drives innovations so we have better drugs & procedures etc. That's what many doctors (also in Europe) argue. An argument against that could be based in Ben Goldacre's Bad
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Why I hate implementing Linq(ayende.com)
1 points by opminion 13y ago|0 comments
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by opminion 13y ago
Many people, particularly those who had a bruise with death in a car, will be puzzled by anyone finding playing Russian Roulette with other people's lives "hell cool" and without malice.
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by opminion 13y ago
JSON has comments already. It just requires you to decide what the comment marker is.
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by opminion 13y ago
The train driver claimed, under shock, to be doing 190Km/h in a 80km/h bend. The automatic breaks, which only trigger at discrete points, didn't kick in, and that part of the line, in spite of being part of a high speed line,
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Spain train crash: scores killed, more than 130 injured(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by opminion 13y ago|1 comments
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by opminion 13y ago
Entertaining, including the "assenting scientists" scenes. The most interesting bit is the need for a long road trip from a good landing site to a good takeoff site. That trip might sound boring at first, but compared to the space
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by opminion 13y ago
You move through time at the maximum speed, c. If it makes any sense ;-)
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by opminion 13y ago
She doesn't mention any teaching, but I wouldn't take that as not caring about teaching. She discusses the things that she needs to assign a priority to, and risk creeping in (or out). Not knowing any particulars I would guess tha
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by opminion 13y ago
Hum... the article does not talk about anything that could be placebo-controlled multicenter clinically trialled . It's just about some dudes deriving conclusions from the relationship between embryo development and (what they call) c
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by opminion 13y ago
I can only hope that the Mythbusters are on this already.
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by opminion 13y ago
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html
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by opminion 13y ago
Yes, I could, and I meant that when I said that it was a suggestion. I take from this that there is something (unintentionally) ambiguous or misleading in my original post, I'll check that.
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by opminion 13y ago
Schneier's post only mentions that he is going to work on security, power and technology as research topics. That's quite broad, so I suggested something that may be interesting within that.
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by opminion 13y ago
No, the only topic the article mentions is "security and power and technology". How can a suggestion for a research topic be "fictitious"?
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by opminion 13y ago
It's not an interpretation, it's a suggestion of a more specific (which is what I meant with "refined") idea. Both the article and the linked fellowship description only mention a very broad topic. A bit like when I tell
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by opminion 13y ago
It's a refinement of the fellowship's description: explore the intersection of security, technology, and people -- with a particular emphasis on power https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/2013_2014_communi
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by opminion 13y ago
Given the academic setting, perhaps it is a great chance and timing for Schneier to work on the computing equivalent of Popper's Open Society [1] and Literature's narrative with an Unreliable Narrator? [2]. This would amount to so
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by opminion 13y ago
We need to work [...] while [..] working with the distributed ground crew for processing, exploitation and distribution of mission products I'm a bit confused about the terminology. Are mission products just information? If so, does
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by opminion 13y ago
When we are writing a comment for a function we are repeating ourselves. We are transgressing the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) principle. Agreed, but this only applies when code is meant to change. It has been pointed out (perhaps by Knuth
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by opminion 13y ago
My take from The Economist article, in what corresponds to your first post, is that there are (almost) no latin american countries run by dictators. The article then goes on to describe the political problems of Latin America. You might hav
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by opminion 13y ago
> countries run by South American dictators "Nearly all Latin American elections now are free and fair" http://www.economist.com/node/16964145
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by opminion 13y ago
I would guess that it's not worth the effort, due to the risk of a physical process failing (lose painter's tape, need to make a copy for cutting, etc). In modern practice, scan, bitmap paint 100% black, print?
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by opminion 13y ago
There is a huge cultural divide between what you seem to think and the .Net world. (I agree with you, but know plenty in the other camp and it took me a while to understand them). Someonebody should document that gap, if it hasn't been
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by opminion 13y ago
Written laws are like urls: the content might be bullshit, but they make it easier to refer to it.
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by opminion 13y ago
They are handouts just like taxes are handouts to the government: sometimes unfair, but they serve a purpose of sharing risks and profits. Some societies do share more (Denmark is a stereotypical example, you don't have to go full comm
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by opminion 13y ago
Dead link when viewed from the UK. In this case the URL is used to identify both the resource and the agent's location.
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by opminion 13y ago
That's a 20Kg backpack for those outside the empire.
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by opminion 13y ago
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of what works for some individuals. However, pointing out the common problems, shared by everybody, is also informative. Here are some: * The factors in learning a new language are age (adolescence is a
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by opminion 13y ago
Certainly it is not necessary for kids that adults play with them. Nor teach them to walk nor correct them when learning to speak.

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