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by spot 13y ago
IE6 did not have an open source implementation that others could adopt.
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by spot 13y ago
the voronoi is the only one that i think is competitive in JS. js has plenty of 2d physics sims but i have yet to see a decent 3d one like this.
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by spot 13y ago
i'm amazed google still uses flash for their stock graphs.
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Bre Pettis and Shapeways on Maker Culture (LiSA conference)(new.livestream.com)
1 points by spot 13y ago|0 comments
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by spot 13y ago
i want to know this as well!
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by spot 13y ago
neither of those is specifically for tablets.
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by spot 13y ago
so you are tracking your own sites. well maybe they appeal to iOS users.
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by spot 13y ago
"Android barely beats iOS in terms of mobile web browsers that actually go online." http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2013/10/16/why-do-onl... where do you get your numbers?
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by spot 13y ago
"We know that effectively nobody browses the web on their Android tablets full of stretched-out phone apps." this is false. android tablet browsing is substantial and growing fast. Looks like 25% in july 2013 in this graph, up f
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by spot 13y ago
Google and Samsung are just fighting back against Apple.
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by spot 13y ago
web client technologies are open. this is a client technology.
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by spot 13y ago
SF better go high-rise or they will suffocate their economy.
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by spot 13y ago
i don't mean flames in general, i mean that particular image, which is a spherical version of the sierpinski with rotation.
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by spot 13y ago
http://draves.org/pix/frame3.cgi?zoom=1&dir=flames&file=205.... one he missed, from the early 90s
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by spot 13y ago
Two Sigma, http://www.twosigma.com/careers.html , NYC see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6367973 for discussion
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by spot 13y ago
it makes sense if you think of them as software ecosystems.
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by spot 13y ago
I got a raise, but salary is only part of compensation. In the end it will depend on how the stock does (at a tech company) or what your bonus is (in finance).
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by spot 13y ago
The Houston office is mostly infrastructure and data analysis, but we're always looking for good people more than specific roles. Most of the company is here at the HQ in SoHo.
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by spot 13y ago
Two Sigma (where I work) is hiring for a variety of positions, not just Math/Physics types but security, systems, UI, networking, etc. anyone with a serious love of and talent for technology should consider it. i left google for two
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The Steely, Headless King of Texas Hold ’Em(nytimes.com)
152 points by spot 13y ago|96 comments
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by spot 13y ago
FYI android apps update automatically without intervention from the user. yet another way android wins. and then for good measure you repeat the nonsensical statement that google doesn't care. of course they want users to love androi
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by spot 13y ago
that page crashes my chrome.
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by spot 13y ago
how many times have you read this about AI (quoting from the story now): Basically, it's difficult to program common sense because scientists haven't yet figured out how to give systems knowledge about things that humans find obvi
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by spot 13y ago
what i want to know is what graphics card/driver can decode video at that resolution?
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by spot 13y ago
doesn't google do the same thing? i don't see the problem here. they collect public info, run it through their proprietary algo, and try to monetize the results. so what?
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by spot 13y ago
i don't know but i'll bet it has something to do with Utah Street Networks.
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by spot 13y ago
true, but the mainstream press (guardian, nytimes etc) has not confirmed the fatalities, and it's been a while. they might just be rumors that get distorted, that kind of thing is pretty easy to happen. i too rereported them, but now i am
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by spot 13y ago
no the big change is getting rid of dividing the screen between a list of search results and the map itself.
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by spot 13y ago
Perlis was a total genius. My favorite is 66. Making something variable is easy. Controlling duration of constancy is the trick. see http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spot/nitrous/top.html
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by spot 13y ago
you are wrong in every way. 1) you only need deficit spending during a recession. during good times, like pre-crash bush, that's when you pay down debt. 2) it depends on what you spend the money on. if you invest in infrastructure, resear

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