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by paulvs 11y ago
I remember seeing this posted on HN a few months back. Here's the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8932737 (see the comments for the correct link..) I remember liking reading it.
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by paulvs 11y ago
When you reach for your phone, there's always a time when your hand is only halfway there, so theoretically, it'll never get there (Zeno's paradox). Since we know from practice that it is possible to grab your phone, the Grea
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by paulvs 11y ago
Feeling like you're wasting your time when working in the IT industry is common to anyone that has any real dreams in life I think. I'd much rather be working for Space X than making banking apps. I think the only way out if your
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by paulvs 12y ago
I'm with Elon Musk on this one "I'd like to die on Mars, just not on impact".
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by paulvs 12y ago
A physicist's poem: To wonder as we wander through this world of mysteries many, is to fulfill the purpose of man's creation and destiny; and he who does not wonder, or the mysteries have not moved, should be interred in the dampe
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by paulvs 12y ago
This letter exposes an eternal struggle that man always had; a fight between individual morality and group conformity. Morals are usually sought on an individual basis, while groups tend to be more immoral to outsiders, or at best, seek to
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An Apple Customer (Dis)satisfaction Experience(mbyja.wordpress.com)
1 points by paulvs 12y ago|0 comments
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by paulvs 12y ago
I spent the first 12 years of my life living onboard a boat with my family, and then on and off throughout my teenage years. My father wanted to give us kids an environment conducive to learning, so I grew up surrounded by his Shaums Outlin
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by paulvs 12y ago
In my case, I didn't expect to enjoy learning Paraguayan traditional dancing, but it sure was fun and I'm glad I tried it. Like another poster pointed out, it's the hard work that comes first (overcoming the fear, or plugging
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by paulvs 12y ago
For me it's refactoring. I'm in a lull at work so I decide to refactor some JavaScript, while at it I notice the CSS is all messy and has redundant code so I take care of that, then it's the HTML, etc. I enjoy it until the pa
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by paulvs 12y ago
Programming, maths & science, etc. are acquired tastes. Not things you can enjoy from the get-go. I think many friends and family of mine would make far better programmers than I, or great scientists, but they've never had the need
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by paulvs 12y ago
Technically all things have APIs, but some need API keys. http://i.imgur.com/wtCYWyE.jpg
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by paulvs 12y ago
An idea may be worth less than the potential of the founders, but a well thought-out idea reveals a lot about the founders themselves, in my opinion.
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by paulvs 12y ago
Great project. After poking around the site, I'm still wondering, what GPU hardware is necessary to run the code?
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www.apple.com now crashes Safari
8 points by paulvs 12y ago|3 comments
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by paulvs 12y ago
I misspoke, I meant shrinks.. thanks for the heads up.
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by paulvs 12y ago
Just chapter 1 contains answers to many questions that I've had on the back of my mind.. Why does water ice expand when it melts? If water ice is a crystalline structure, how can it vary in temperature (e.g. -5 degrees to -10 degrees).