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Where Does Suffering Arise Is Your Work?(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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On the Verge of Dawn Wall Success, an Appreciation for Tommy Caldwell(adventure-journal.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 12y ago
Friction is higher in the cold. Especially for granite which faces the sun. You'll find lots of the hard routes are done in cold temps.v this is especially true in bouldering where the routes are very short 10-30 feet but with extrem
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by scottcha 12y ago
Good clear explanation--your right totally different from what is happening on the dawn wall. Here is a good article which goes a bit in to the most audacious free soloing link-up in Yosemite: http://www.nytimes.com/2012&#x2
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by scottcha 12y ago
The graphic is amazing, definitely one of the better implementations which help put the scale in to perspective. Couple of details which I think help put this route in to perspective for the non-climbers: 1. Caldwell, one of the best climbe
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by scottcha 12y ago
I see this miscommunication also extended to within the schools. Both my daughter's schools (elemetary and middle schools) have STEM specific programs but they are entirely focused on the Science or Math aspect (where job prospects are
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What’s Harder Than Skiing at Night in an LED Suit? Filming It(wired.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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Afterglow(vimeo.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 12y ago
I build an avalanche safety app http://www.ullrlabs.com and knowing your elevation is one key aspect of determining the avalanche risk (due to differences in altitude for wind effect, temp, and snow accumulation).
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by scottcha 12y ago
Typically barometric altimeters are accurate to about 10s of feet.
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by scottcha 12y ago
I've owned the entire collection including the Shelf Of Fiction. The main thing to consider is that for the works written originally in english or are hard to find these are good resources. For the works which have been translated th
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Child Lives Map(childlivesmap.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 12y ago
You don't really even need legislation. Most produce you buy from the supermarket are from F1 Hybrids [1] which if you plant the seeds are highly variant and lack vigor (i'm not sure of the % of tomatoes in supermarkets are F1s s
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by scottcha 12y ago
It doesn't take gene splicing to create a new variety you just need to use selective breeding which anyone can do and people have been doing for 1000s of years [1]. My understanding is that most of the varieties produced by Universiti
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by scottcha 13y ago
I believe temperature sensors are required to get barometric data to altitude[1]. That's why all altimeter watches also have temperature though its usually useless while wearing since its reading the temp of your wrist instead of the
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How 'groundbreaking' number crunching found path of Flight 370(cnn.com)
3 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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Protesters crash Google talk on corporate mindfulness at Wisdom 2.0 conference(tricycle.com)
3 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 13y ago
I think its time to differentiate Science from Technology and Engineering (I'm not sure about mathematics) when talking about this. I think the problem you site is certainly true for Science majors but I don't believe its true fo
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Doing Things You Are Afraid Of(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 13y ago
I agree with the author that code may not be literature. Taken from the opposite line of reasoning there have been movements in the past to make literature more like code. Specifically I thinking of Oulipo (which included Calvino as proba
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by scottcha 13y ago
Interesting to see the hotspots in non-populated places. I took a look around the Washington Cascade Mountains and you can see photos aligning around the main trails, peaks, road turnouts and other sights.
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Ocean Acidification: Did the Seattle Times Get the Story Right?(cliffmass.blogspot.com)
1 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 13y ago
Interesting analysis but I think the last sentence sums up my sentiments: "Even if all the other issues could be dealt with and mindfulness meditation did improve arithmetic, what is it a valid proxy for?"
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The Best Programmer in the World is the One Having the Most Fun(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
59 points by scottcha 13y ago|23 comments
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How Coffee Helped Me See My Limits and Go Beyond(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 13y ago
They didn't have much trouble teaching the machine to write poems: first they turned him on, then plugged in the keyboard (the text editor was already open). Then Dr. Bluespire leaned over his shoulder and typed in to
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Mt Defiance (handling criticism)(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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LINQ Ruined My Favorite Interview Question(scottchamberlin.tumblr.com)
133 points by scottcha 13y ago|196 comments
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Conditioning is a Sham(t-nation.com)
1 points by scottcha 13y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Code Digger(channel9.msdn.com)
137 points by scottcha 13y ago|23 comments

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