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by spikels 11y ago
Even today you cannot drive from Van Ness to the Ferry Building on Market. Besides the fact that Market long ago was cut off at Stuart (a block or so before the Embarcadero) all non-bus/streetcar/taxi traffic going NE or Market is
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by spikels 11y ago
Greek invasion of Turkey in 1919 was pretty ugly although the scale was different.
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by spikels 11y ago
This guy may be pretty good with data collection but his ability to interpret anything is compromised by ideology. His early academic work was solid with only a bit of political bias but now that he is famous he feels compelled to opine abo
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Cisco to Buy OpenDNS for $635 mln to boost security biz(reuters.com)
2 points by spikels 11y ago|0 comments
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by spikels 11y ago
If you think there is no "abuse, harassment, and discrimination" in the medical, legal, accounting and non-IT engineering professions, you are not paying attention. These are global human problems not restricted to IT/CS.
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Text by the Bay – NLP Conference Videos and Slides(text.bythebay.io)
2 points by spikels 11y ago|0 comments
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by spikels 11y ago
Author says "Actually, rents go up by the percentage of the inflation rate that's due to housing" while attempting to explain why SF rent control limits rent increases to 60% of CPI and not 100% of CPI as is always used. LOL
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Oculus Press Conference Live(twitch.tv)
3 points by spikels 11y ago|1 comments
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by spikels 11y ago
I guess the difference here is the substrate is another silicon chip rather than PCB or substitute. Pretty cool. Must have been some significant engineering challenges.
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by spikels 11y ago
Disagree. As the article implies they expected this to be MORE common in democracies than in more authoritarian systems like China but they were surprised that even rural Chinese often disobey laws they disagree with. There are many example
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by spikels 11y ago
Cooking with natural lava in Hawaii http://www.dolphinbayhilo.com/cook.html
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by spikels 11y ago
In many if not most areas in the US assessed value and market value are two different things. The system in NYC (for homes not condos) is that the assessed value is 6% of market value. While in other place like the entire state of Californi
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Pics of SpaceX Landing – On target but fell over(mobile.twitter.com)
2 points by spikels 12y ago|0 comments
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by spikels 12y ago
Pics of landing - landed on target then fell over https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/58808257418390323...
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by spikels 12y ago
Rocket landed on droneship, but too hard for survival. https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/58807674956231884...
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SpaceX Rocket “lands on droneship, but too hard to survive”(mobile.twitter.com)
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SpaceX Launch Webcast NOW LIVE(livestream.com)
5 points by spikels 12y ago|0 comments
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Bad Weather Postpones SpaceX Launch 3 Minutes Before Takeoff(mobile.twitter.com)
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An Illustrated Guide to Today's SpaceX Launch(backtoreality.com)
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by spikels 12y ago
Pretty devastating review. I don't know about the sizing but if the screen really looks that bad this is a bait and switch. Where are all the "screen images simulated" disclaimers? I bet only a tiny fraction of buyers see the
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by spikels 12y ago
I agree there is lots of misinformation on this issue. But how is it not a zero sum issue? Either the water goes to the farms or to the fish. No matter how much we talk, hold hands or sing kumbaya we can't have both. BTW - I think the
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by spikels 12y ago
This is hillarious!
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by spikels 12y ago
If the growth rate is slowing it is not exponential - a constant growth rate is the definition of exponential[1]. After increasing dramatically during the first half of the 20th century the growth rate has declined for the last 40 years. Lo
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by spikels 12y ago
Don't forget the sand, which is technically an aggregate[1]. Using the wrong sand is a classic mistake being rediscovered in China: http://www.wired.com/2013/03/poor-quality-chinese-concrete-c... [1]-The conc
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by spikels 12y ago
Population growth is not exponential but actually slowing. This is one of many misconceptions about demographics - an absolutely fascinating and important subject which gets little attention in the media or schools. Here's a nice intro
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by spikels 12y ago
Apparently the Secretary of State does not even have access to a classified email system: Secretary Clinton did not have a classified email system. She had multiple other ways of communicating in a classified manner, including assistants o
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Most Clinical Trial Results Not Reported on Time to Government(health.usnews.com)
2 points by spikels 12y ago|0 comments
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by spikels 12y ago
That's the real issue. What are these new approaches that will actually work? Many things have been tried before and the track record is very poor. And stepping back is a shortage of funds really the problem holding back innovation? Se
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by spikels 12y ago
Mazzucato provides no real evidence the government is good at funding commercially viable innovation. If you look into the details the two examples she offers were more blind luck than thoughtful investment. While it's easier to make t
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by spikels 12y ago
Stanford did end up owning a big chunk of Google because of its role in developing the key technology http://www.matr.net/article-11816.html

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