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by scentoni 12y ago
And hope they don't discover the [Zeroth Law]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics#Zeroth_... )
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by scentoni 12y ago
Original paper: http://www.mit.edu/~jerryzli/SprayList-CR.pdf
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SprayList: multicore-optimized inexact priority queues(phys.org)
10 points by scentoni 12y ago|3 comments
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by scentoni 12y ago
Lamb and mutton are traditional staples in Europe, as well as goat and kid to a lesser degree. In the US, there was plentiful land for grazing cattle, and beef was considered more prestigious than mutton in England, so that's what they
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by scentoni 12y ago
Previous discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8816726
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by scentoni 12y ago
Is this a Poe ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law ) or are you really that stupid?
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by scentoni 12y ago
Depends on whether you're talking about party primaries or general elections. An example of this phenomenon wrt a different topic http://www.vox.com/2015/1/5/7494179/immigration-republican-p...
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by scentoni 12y ago
Practice safe charging: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1137339450/lockedusb-ad...
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The Machine OS: HP Will Release a “Revolutionary” New Operating System in 2015(technologyreview.com)
36 points by scentoni 12y ago|9 comments
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by scentoni 12y ago
It's like Cards Against Humanity for Human Resources.
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by scentoni 12y ago
Seems like this would be drastically simplified using a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_washer_dryer such as these http://www.homedepot.com/b/Appliances-Washers-Dryers-All-In-...
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by scentoni 12y ago
Reminds me of http://solowheel.com
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Flat lenses: Gradient-index optics(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by scentoni 12y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 12y ago
This actually happens in some unfortunate places: "Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee." http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39516346
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by scentoni 12y ago
The SprayList: A Scalable Relaxed Priority Queue http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=2091...
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by scentoni 12y ago
The link below to the Cantor Dust presentation shows 2d and 3d examples. I wonder if there are advantages of other space-filling curves, like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpi%C5%84ski_curve and http://en.
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by scentoni 12y ago
That's excellent! Would be very cool to also have frequency digraphs for the current segment.
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by scentoni 12y ago
Because they're neutral, neutrons can't easily be deflected to throw them in some particular direction.
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by scentoni 12y ago
All the words attributed to Jesus about the sinfulness of homosexuality: ""
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by scentoni 12y ago
This is reminiscent of Thor Heyerdahl and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki but actually rather different.
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Easter Islanders Sailed to Americas, DNA Suggests(sciencenews.org)
3 points by scentoni 12y ago|1 comments
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by scentoni 12y ago
There is no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax in the US, although churches are exempt from Federal income tax. When I lived in Switzerland, I was stunned that church taxes still exist there.
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Symmetric level-index arithmetic(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by scentoni 12y ago|0 comments
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by scentoni 12y ago
Creating a single-user operating system in the 90s was daft. I'm relieved that OS X doesn't have that burden.
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by scentoni 12y ago
How unfortunate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolapse