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by silvio 17y ago
That is such an excellent book. If you like it, you may also enjoy "Foucault's Pendulum" by Eco as well.
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by silvio 17y ago
I've been using GWTCanvas which comes with the gwt-incubator library and it works really well. I've seen it work on Chrome, IE7, FF, the Android browser, and the IPhone browser. I haven't played much with text, but arbitrary shapes and tran
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by silvio 17y ago
SOMA
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by silvio 17y ago
The IF Mode bike ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2lFgMfh2k ) folds much faster and the pedals actually connect to the wheel. I've been told that they started selling them already, but they seem to be a bit pricey.
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by silvio 17y ago
For most applications, the choice between an if-ladder and a switch statement should be driven mostly by legibility and not performance. If performance is at stake, I would look for I/O first, memory access patterns second, and instruction
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by silvio 17y ago
That is a really sweet idea. I envision a sort of LOGO style language with the output being visual. There's a Javascript based LOGO interpreter at http://www.calormen.com/Logo/ which could come handy. It would be quite amusing to see peop
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"you should follow me on twitter here" is annoying
68 points by silvio 17y ago|26 comments
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by silvio 17y ago
I think that the logistics involved with the deployment of wind turbines is really a limiting factor. As such, this is an excellent opportunity for hackers to work on. The question is, given the constraints that current wind power generatio
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Wind turbines scalability limited by roads and underpasses(nytimes.com)
16 points by silvio 17y ago|8 comments
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by silvio 17y ago
I read Multireal, which is the follow up to Infoquake. They deal with a startup producing software that runs inside people, executed by tiny nanobots. The books explore startup culture.
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by silvio 17y ago
Would you be willing to write up the stats of your experiment once the challenge is over? I'd be really interested to know how much compute power you were able to harvest and what was the rate of compute acquisition. Terrific idea and imple
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by silvio 17y ago
Many times, the reason some people put so many hours at the office is because they feel guilty about going home while the rest stick behind. Sometimes, the people who stay behind don't really get to accomplish much, but in terms of social d
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by silvio 17y ago
Another source for a good explanation, even if long and sometimes self righteous, is "Fooled By Randomness" by Nicholas Nassim Taleb. He's the author of another well known book called "The Black Swan"
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by silvio 17y ago
Your argument is a good example of survival bias. How many people pursue their passion and let everything else in life behind, just to find themselves alone and unsuccessful at the end of their lives. Enjoy the opportunity, see where it goe