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by rudin 17y ago
To sum it up in one line: This white-space lambda encapsulates batteries.
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by rudin 17y ago
Let's see his angle for doing this: From the contributor's website ( http://lindsaar.net/about_mikel ): "I am a Scientologist and work full time as a volunteer for non profit organizations. It keeps me alive and I really enjoy helping peopl
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by rudin 17y ago
First twitter and now a website? Looking over the content on the site I was depressed by all the philanthropy and environmentalism. Not that these aren't good things but I think Bill has been so successful at building software and corporati
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by rudin 17y ago
You could, but would it have any effect? I'd like to see okcupid doing some controlled experiments and see if stuff like changing the photo to look into the camera works or if people don't look into the camera for another reason that correl
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by rudin 17y ago
If we take this as a question about how to interact with people in a cafe environment and not a banal question about the best kind of coffee then just order what you want. I once had a meeting with a boss who ordered a milkshake while weari
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by rudin 17y ago
"The meme idea is interesting, but it has been discussed elsewhere in more depth with less intention of starting a flamewar" - While this is true. Dawkins did INVENT the concept (or at least the name) meme so this article surely has relevan
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by rudin 17y ago
The average life expectancy of a multinational corporation-Fortune 500 or its equivalent-is between 40 and 50 years and they have been around for 500 years or less (in their current form). Compare this with the time humans took to evolve. T
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by rudin 17y ago
My point is they are shifting the data arbitrarily. The Thordon data points are lower than both the Kelburn and Airport data points for the following reason: "Thorndon (closed 31 Dec 1927) has no overlap with Kelburn (opened 1 Jan 1928). Fo
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by rudin 17y ago
Have a look at this. They "shift" the data so it is all on the same scale and create one graph. This is horrible science. They should be treating each temperature probe as a separate entity. I am also dubious about the use of airports for t
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by rudin 17y ago
The lack of installation leads to another selling point of web apps. Security. Whenever I install something on my computer I instinctively flinch as I realize that I am handing over the keys to my car so to speak.
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by rudin 17y ago
Maybe give vimperator a try. It is a plugin for firefox that gives it a vim feeling. I think you can write scripts for it too.
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by rudin 17y ago
I was given some advice on this once: Lie in bed at night (make sure it is dark so your eyes don't try to focus on anything). Do some eye exercises (up-down, left-right, generally just moving them around a bit) while your eyes are open. I t
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by rudin 17y ago
"I know why you're here, d4ft. I know what you've been doing … why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You're looking for it. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And w
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by rudin 17y ago
Possibly this: A new teacher walks into a class and asks, "What is 3 + 5?". A child responds, "5 + 3 as addition is commutative". I'm not so worried about the order children get taught mathematical subjects but whether they have a good tea
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by rudin 17y ago
I am always surprised by how the people in the entertainment industry are so driven and hardworking. People often over-emphasize the talent or luck part, e.g. his name "50 Cent" was acquired from a chance meeting with Eminem in the subway,
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by rudin 17y ago
The section "Your nerd has built an annoyingly efficient relevancy engine in his head." should be recast as "Expect social incompetence and rudeness from your nerd". This is not something people will accept or should accept. Nerds have to r
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by rudin 17y ago
Going with the restaurant metaphor, it is a lot easier to get into profit if you have paying customers but they are losing you money, (Amazon) than if the customers are getting a free lunch. The scalability of the internet can really help w
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by rudin 17y ago
I have always admired my government (NZ) for its anti whaling and dolphin hunting stance but I suspect it gets all the government support due to our tourism interests. I see this problem being solved, among others, with PETA's (artificial)
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Ask HN: Is Linus creating AI Life?
15 points by rudin 17y ago|15 comments
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by rudin 17y ago
Linus: "Quite frankly, Sun is doomed. And it has nothing to do with their engineering practices or their coding style." This was in 2001. How does one get such prophetic skills.
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by rudin 17y ago
"an Internet connection unless I use Skype or watch lots of Youtube videos, in which case it gets throttled -- sorry, 'quality-ensured' -- down to a trickle" I'd love if I could get an internet connection like this, provided it was substant