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   Yale Launches Expansion of the Department of Computer Science(news.yale.edu)

   86 points by plg 12y ago|30 comments
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   by plg 12y ago

   but you still need a high family income to send the kid to a school (private) where there will be a teacher who will have the connections with ivy league schools so they can write a letter of recommendation that will be read and not summari
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   by plg 12y ago

   so can someone post a link to a tool or tools where one can decode these dots?
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   Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant(nytimes.com)

   3 points by plg 12y ago|0 comments
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   by plg 12y ago

   I see two strategies: (1) fight to restrict how much spy agencies spy. (2) fight to bolster ordinary citizens' use of technologies like encryption so that they cannot be spied upon. I would bet that strategy (2) is the more likely one
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   by plg 12y ago

   "But I can not justify $ 25 for a game I can only use for 6 months, but I will pay $ 25 once off." just to play devil's advocate, that's less than the price of a grande latte at starbucks every day for a week
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   by plg 12y ago

   I wonder how Tesla software will handle this problem. Also who will get sued when it actually happens.
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   Why Pi Matters(newyorker.com)

   8 points by plg 12y ago|5 comments
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   by plg 12y ago

   is there a lightroom plugin?
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    by plg 12y ago

    NYTimes CBC News Guardian just about covers it for me
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    by plg 12y ago

    Can we have one for science please. novel innovative groundbreaking paradigm shift etc etc
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    by plg 12y ago

    what about GNU/Linux compatibility? Are they going to release a version with GNU/Linux preinstalled?
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    by plg 12y ago

    just a naive question---on the mac, what's the issue with Safari? Seems really fast to me. Also I love the Reading List feature.
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    by plg 12y ago

    show me the schematics
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    Could we stop the anti-vaxxers if we said measles contains gluten?(theglobeandmail.com)

    15 points by plg 12y ago|16 comments
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    by plg 12y ago

    I recently quit instagram, I was getting a TON of spam --- people I didn't know making comments on my photos, mentioning me as if they knew me, inviting me to events, to visit webpages, recommending products, etc etc. It was v. creepy
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    by plg 12y ago

    At least Apple's business model doesn't depend on mining your photos for information. Other companies can't say the same thing.
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    Retina displays and linux

    1 points by plg 12y ago|1 comments
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    by plg 12y ago

    also: statistical tests on correlation coefficients don't test whether the correlation is "significant" or not --- they only test whether the correlation is reliably different than 0.00 So a small correlation (e.g. r=0.10) ca
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    by plg 12y ago

    and I may suffer a loss of efficiency (time & effort, online-driving-difficulty, problem solving, required training) driving my standard transmission sports sedan compared to if I were to drive an automatic transmission minivan guess wh
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    by plg 12y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent
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    by plg 12y ago

    video shows demo happening in ubuntu --- at least the video playback
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    by plg 12y ago

    http://xkcd.com/882/
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    Guidelines for Surviving Academic Science(pacificsoutheast.wordpress.com)

    2 points by plg 12y ago|0 comments
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    Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?(bikeshed.org)

    1 points by plg 12y ago|0 comments
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    by plg 12y ago

    > Interleaved practice feels much harder (e.g., “you feel confused”), and it feels discouraging because progress appears to be slow. However, this confusion you feel… that is your brain learning. I'm sorry to be a grouch, but is t
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    by plg 12y ago

    The alternative (at least in the extreme) is bad as well --- scientists who can't program anything and are rely on pre-canned point and click analyses and programs. There isn't a button for X and so I can't do X. I pressed th
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    8 Free Privacy Programs Worth Your Year-End Donations(wired.com)

    3 points by plg 12y ago|0 comments
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    by plg 12y ago

    Amazing. Modern, innovative, service-oriented products and a business model based on customers giving the company money in return for services. I hope that this is a reminder to startups out there that you don't have to trick customers
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    by plg 12y ago

    yes here in Canada our "right wing" government would be on most issues to the left of US democrats --- certainly Obama in any case these left-right classifications are unhelpful at best