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781.
by rw 18y ago
Runs very slowly in Fx3.0_rc1.
782.
by rw 18y ago
Not flamebait, and actually interesting. How can his metrics be improved?
783.
by rw 18y ago
With JS off, I get an error page. With JS on, there is nothing displayed. The source is rather plain. Is this a joke?
784.
by rw 18y ago
Get involved in something that isn't merely "fun," but fulfilling, too.
785.
Carbon Nanotubes for Heat Dissipation (plus interesting graph)(nanowerk.com)
1 points by rw 18y ago|0 comments
786.
by rw 18y ago
The cathedral is bizarre.
787.
by rw 18y ago
What we don't need are more dams in our waterways.
788.
by rw 18y ago
There are more important things to do than blog every day. :)
789.
by rw 18y ago
If/when this treatment becomes proven -- will those in need be able to get it?
790.
by rw 18y ago
And the impending jump of the shark thereafter.
791.
by rw 18y ago
open sourcing your code only entrenches your position by reducing costs. A valuable observation, but seemingly only valid for frameworks and backends that are merely a glorified CMS.
792.
by rw 18y ago
Yes. Scott Aaronson has some good writing on those.
793.
EU Science Promotion: 'Chemical Party' (1m30s) [video](youtube.com)
1 points by rw 18y ago|0 comments
794.
by rw 18y ago
Equal opportunity. Respect for basic human dignity.
795.
by rw 18y ago
It's important to know that people think these things. It's also important to know just how fucking wrong they are.
796.
by rw 18y ago
Should be: "scientists fund bugs that eat waste..."
797.
by rw 18y ago
Cubicle 2.0
798.
by rw 18y ago
Constant-time factors matter to everyone working with finite resources.
799.
by rw 18y ago
Enable word-wrapping on code snippets, and other weird "stretch out the page" behavior. Example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=214975
800.
by rw 18y ago
You've touched on some good courses already, but make sure to stretch yourself in whatever you take. One major class that you forgot to list is discrete math. It is there that most people first get exposed to proofs and graph theory. To pus
801.
by rw 18y ago
No.
802.
by rw 18y ago
Bullshit alarm! Are we really going to state, as educators, that some people just aren't cut out for thinking rationally?
803.
by rw 18y ago
Your bank account is just a float in a database.
804.
by rw 18y ago
Tea.
805.
by rw 18y ago
It's clear that Techcrunch is preparing to buy Valleywag.
806.
by rw 18y ago
It's the breaking-up of essays into 4 or more web pages that irritates and turns off the reader...
807.
by rw 18y ago
They get a lot less outrageous as time goes on. The 2005 one is pretty sad in comparison to the "Ferrari in the pond."
808.
by rw 18y ago
That is a spectacular essay. Thanks for the link. I have questions about your take on transhumanism, but I don't want to derail this thread. Email?
809.
by rw 18y ago
"Expect silence on our end if they do [succeed], and a merciless blog post if they fail." PG: How about this: all stories from Techcrunch should be allowed to be downmodded.
810.
by rw 18y ago
In the last year, two very good friends of mine lost fathers to suicide. One friend chose to seek emotional shelter in his family and friends, and he let the necessary depression and mourning take over his life for about a year, while he wa

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