phaet0n

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by phaet0n 14y ago
I'm wondering if you have the capacity, and imagination, to articulate what a nation solely composed of individuals such as yourself would be like. Your reaction all-to-much reminds me of the negativity that HN leveled against cperciva's "e
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by phaet0n 14y ago
Thanks for linking that really interesting short story. A magical part of the internet has always been about creating communities that transcend the limits of the place and culture in which you find yourself. You no longer have to feel othe
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by phaet0n 14y ago
This only makes me wish (industrial) "designers" were required to take more mechanics/biomechanics classes. Or, at the very least, iterate a few times before deeming their design worthy of public purview.
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German FITZ 'running bike'(cbc.ca)
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by phaet0n 14y ago
Is London your only option? I only ask because it's an expensive city and if I were to pick and relocate my choice would bar none be Berlin. It's been discussed on HN before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3221799 On a personal note,
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Ben Martin's tutorial on Off-the-record (OTR) messaging(monkeyiq.blogspot.com)
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by phaet0n 14y ago
It's not particularly clear to me what level of mathematics you're aiming for, but for example I found [1] & [2] interesting when I was a young teen, and letting kids explore of the series of books by the MAA [3] and AMS [4] would cer
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by phaet0n 14y ago
Are you you assuming they won't pivot if necessary?
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by phaet0n 15y ago
If you're interested in applications to computers science, and computer graphics, I highly reccommend http://geometricalgebra.org/
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by phaet0n 15y ago
Surely the problem at hand is not simply an atomic transaction in a distributed system, any HN reader worth her salt can do that. The problem is satisfactorily handling money laundering, fraudulent transactions, and a myriad other user-faci
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by phaet0n 15y ago
Major US firms seemingly have a good run of acquiring smaller innovative Canadian companies at bargain prices: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/2011-tech-acquisition-tracker-... I think it may point to the difficulty of getting financing be
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by phaet0n 15y ago
Sure, it's a synonym, but usage dictates it's incorrect to say "actual President" when you mean "current President", whereas "actual situation" is okay. The original context the writer is most certainly French where actuel means current, ho
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by phaet0n 15y ago
I wonder if this is a sandboxing issue with NaCL, which is I noticed was added (default disabled) in Chrome 11. Considering how non specific VUPEN are, I wouldn't be surprised if they're hiding this.
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by phaet0n 16y ago
I think the fundamental issue is that no one asks the simple question, "What is the goal of testing/grading?" I think is in order for the _student_ to evaluate their mastery of the given discipline. Everything else, I feel, stems from a dis
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by phaet0n 16y ago
Darwin's Nightmare, if you want a reality check. Baraka, if you want inspiration. The Class (Entre les murs), not a documentary, but a hyper-real film about youth and the possibilities of education. Seven Up!, as to what may come.