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by physcab 16y ago
5 minutes seems sort of arbitrary. How do they know they have a representative set that describes the whole population? What if in the next 5 minutes they get a rush of users who prefer the other headline? On the other hand, if they are
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by physcab 16y ago
> If you're still pirating music in 2010, and the track you're pirating is available on the Apple Store for 99 cents, then you're just being a cheap bastard. No, its because you've been brought up with the idea that free music is ubiqui
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by physcab 16y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=squarespace
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by physcab 16y ago
There are lots of cable customers who are willing to pay extreme amounts of money for content and have no problem with ads...
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by physcab 16y ago
NPR and Fox News? More like Fox News and Comedy Central.
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by physcab 16y ago
I really enjoy the Christian Science Monitor. Despite its name, it seems to be relatively unbiased. I also like its approach to news- They tend to work on a local level, but cover broad issues from a different perspective than you'd typic
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by physcab 16y ago
Handwriting detectors implemented by the Postal Service. My ML professor worked on algorithms with USPS for over 20 years and gave our class a sub-problem for a term project. He once told us a story that the computer scientists were all u
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by physcab 16y ago
A full dump of Wal-Mart's product inventory by store id and location updated in real-time
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by physcab 16y ago
heh, I'm exactly the opposite. I was a physics engineering major with an emphasis on electrical and materials engineering before I switched to more computer-sciency stuff for graduate school. Having seen both sides, I don't think either di
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by physcab 16y ago
These are great links, thanks! I hadn't heard of either of these. Maybe I should spend my 4th of July weekend with vimtutor :)
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by physcab 16y ago
See thats just it. I don't really know what I need to improve. Usually what happens is this: 1) I have a bug in my code and I go ask a senior guru for help. 2) Senior guru comes over to my desk and helps me diagnose the problem. 3) While I
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Ask HN: Suggestions for mastering vim?
70 points by physcab 16y ago|62 comments
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by physcab 16y ago
I'm curious to know, what do you think will happen to the safe harbor provision of the DMCA? Do you think they are at risk for being amended to more conservative terms? Or is there a growing tide within the legal community to preserve its c
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U.S.C Receives Two-Year Ban and Loses Title(nytimes.com)
1 points by physcab 16y ago|0 comments
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by physcab 16y ago
Pseudo-science or not, Gladwell's work always incites discussion. This is, I believe, the real value of his work. Most people I know don't take his word as truth, but they love to use his anecdote's as seeds for delving into a subject fur
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by physcab 16y ago
That may be true for a typical business but I doubt SpaceX will be able to take advantage of economies of scale. There are simply not enough payloads to dramatically lower the development cost, which is reflected in the cost of other comme
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by physcab 16y ago
Thanks for your kind comments :) First, I never claimed DeltaIV's cost was lower than Falcon 9's (or discrediting SpaceX)...I just said Falcon 9 was about market cost and probably won't be close to their $50m stated price. That price pro
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Debunking SpaceX's Low Cost Model(thedatascientist.com)
7 points by physcab 16y ago|4 comments
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by physcab 16y ago
I don't really buy this argument. The price of taking things to orbit is reflected in the reliability of the launcher. If you have a launcher that fails unreliably, your cost of launching is going to be rather uncertain. No company is go
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by physcab 16y ago
I disagree. What you just described is the definition of a crackpot. If you want to achieve real results you need to have a firm understanding of the fundamentals, then you learn how to extrapolate. Besides, when learning theory you ofte
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AT&T vs. the Data Hogs(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by physcab 16y ago|0 comments
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by physcab 16y ago
Grooveshark will give you 1 Month of VIP if you are a Lala user. http://vip.grooveshark.com/lala
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Disney Puts Tickets for Toy Story 3 On Facebook(nytimes.com)
2 points by physcab 16y ago|0 comments
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Most commonly used passwords(csmonitor.com)
1 points by physcab 16y ago|0 comments
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Web Start-Ups Offer Bargains for Users’ Data(nytimes.com)
15 points by physcab 16y ago|2 comments
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by physcab 16y ago
Yea, I used to go to Halted and Triangle Machinery Co.. There's also the Electronics Flea Market hosted by amateur radio societies that has good deals too but you have to get there right when it opens (5am) to get the best stuff. http:/
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by physcab 16y ago
Since you certainly have the discipline to pull self-study off, I would suggest emailing a professor teaching undergraduate classes in Mechatronics or Embedded Systems at Stanford, Cornell or Carnegie Mellon. They have very solid programs
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by physcab 16y ago
Well, it might work if you could deliver the content when the consumer wants. Broadcast TV works because I know every half hour something new is beginning or I can look up in the TV Menu when something is going to come on. P2P Broadcasting
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by physcab 16y ago
I'm not sure what their model is going to be. If they are going to host video, then yes, that will make it much more reliable. However then they will be liable for DMCA takedown requests and whatnot.
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by physcab 16y ago
Youtube though is almost always reliable. The problem with P2P TV is that if you are in the middle of watching your favorite show and your broadcaster's computer goes down because their cat is walking on the power cables, you blame the se

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