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Powder Game (2006)(dan-ball.jp)
2 points by putzdown 6y ago|1 comments
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by putzdown 6y ago
A linked list approach would also be worth considering. Give each item a permanent, unique id. Make each item remember the id of the next and/or previous item in the list. Reordering touches just two or three items, and there is no pro
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by putzdown 6y ago
In a Facebook comment on this story, Scott Jones, a friend of Richard Garriott who was involved in delivering the ashes, gave further details. Quote: That was a pretty amazing set of events. Really, it was a favor for a friend of mine named
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James 'Scotty' Doohan's ashes may have been smuggled aboard the ISS(engadget.com)
13 points by putzdown 6y ago|1 comments
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by putzdown 6y ago
Super cool. The problem, of course, is that this technique presumes that the eye remains fixed in the center of the screen. It doesn’t. But combine this with an eye tracking system that can adjust the screen space fovea center in real time,
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by putzdown 6y ago
Books work fine, but reading comprehension is a real skill and very few master it by adulthood, or even by the end of a higher degree. I’ll suggest a simple solution to try. After you read a chapter (or whatever suitable section), spend 10
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by putzdown 6y ago
It’s possible Epic are baiting the app stores, betting that the current anti-trust questions around Apple and Google support a change. Either Apple and Google capitulate to this move by Epic, and Epic wins. Or Google and/or Apple come
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by putzdown 6y ago
“The chess community is probably right in criticising the recent study, as it suffers from several methodological shortcomings that probably invalidate the results.” A remarkably self-undermining statement, and at odds with the tone of fina
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The Evolution of the Screw(thoughtco.com)
1 points by putzdown 6y ago|0 comments
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10 Interesting Chairs and Their Stories(contemporarylynx.co.uk)
1 points by putzdown 6y ago|0 comments
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by putzdown 7y ago
This is as well-argued a case for illusionism as I can imagine. And it shows how hopeless the case is. The argument is, in a nutshell, “Consciousness seems to imply a soul, but there’s really nothing but brain; therefore consciousness is no
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The Design of the US Interstate Highway System (1944) [pdf](enotrans.org)
72 points by putzdown 7y ago|18 comments
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by putzdown 7y ago
The article argues that because each little computer is a little “sentient”, and because machine learning builds algorithms that are intractable to the people who nurture them, and because in a house there will be lots of these sentient and
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The Paradoxes of Piranesi (2010)(nccsc.net)
2 points by putzdown 7y ago|0 comments
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Creating a Pixel in Conway's Game of Life(conwaylife.com)
3 points by putzdown 7y ago|0 comments
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A classic Mac emulated on the web(jamesfriend.com.au)
2 points by putzdown 7y ago|0 comments
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by putzdown 7y ago
I must have missed a memo. Why are men being allowed to compete in women’s sports just because they claim to be women? Why would anyone think this was a good idea?
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by putzdown 7y ago
I gave up, and boy am I glad I did.
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Building the Devil’s Tuning Fork (1975)(journals.sagepub.com)
1 points by putzdown 7y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How to manufacture a great physical award medal?
1 points by putzdown 7y ago|1 comments
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by putzdown 7y ago
This argument always leaves me scratching my head. I can’t see a difference between arguments for our living in a simulator and arguments for George Berkeley’s Idealism. It really seems as if the simulator theory is an atheistic rediscover
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As to Reading in Bed (1904)(books.google.com)
1 points by putzdown 7y ago|0 comments
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by putzdown 7y ago
This site undermines its own intent of providing a friendly and accessible introduction to calculus through poor and erroneous grammar. An editor could make it very useful. Some examples: “OK, but how does calculus models change?” error: su
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by putzdown 7y ago
Yes. The article purports to discuss equine language. The real title should be, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” with the tag line, “How a total disdain for logic brings physical danger and emotional agony to a family.” Spoiler alert:
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Biorhythms(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by putzdown 8y ago|0 comments
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by putzdown 8y ago
This article is a great example of fun and engaging presentation, but alas spoiled by poor writing. The top 3/4 of the article, which explains the question and makes you care about it, is clear and exciting. It's the sort of page
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by putzdown 8y ago
Maybe trite, but the Bible. For a mind-blowing experience, read Matthew chapters 5–7, and have in mind that the topic is: “what it means for a person to be righteous, or good.” The analysis of the role of moral rules, the place of worry and
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How to Speak Thieves’ Cant(thievesguild.cc)
1 points by putzdown 8y ago|0 comments
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by putzdown 8y ago
This is what monopolization looks and feels like. Google Play is less of a monopoly within its ecosystem than Apple’s App Store is, but in both cases you have a monopoly that brooks no competition and is consequently unaccountable and, well
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by putzdown 8y ago
Compelling though the cartoon is, I question the premise that people read the news because we evolved to do so as an extension of scuttlebutt about attacks, predators, and disease. Surely where there is communication, there are both intelli

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