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by sxp 12y ago
You only need one instruction for a computer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_instruction_set_computer
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by sxp 12y ago
Computers have already passed a domain specific Turing Test by composing music that is as good as human composed music [1]. The phrase "robots can't [do X]" should always be suffixed with a "yet". There was a paper
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by sxp 12y ago
If you know the salary of the people you're directly working with, things can get awkward. One alternative is to discuss salary with people who are sufficiently distant from your daily work but are expected to be making the same amount
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by sxp 12y ago
Egan also has a nice intro to real relativity: http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/FOUNDATIONS/index.h... Also, Permutation City (deals with the philosophy of uploaded minds) and Diaspora (also related to some of
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by sxp 12y ago
I'm always suspicious of LED room lights when they don't state the price upfront. They've been pretty price in the past, but the cost is dropping quickly. Some quick Googling found http://www.environmentallights.co
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by sxp 12y ago
Wouldn't it be easier to calculate the values by drawing a giant circle on the ground and measuring the values? You can mark out the angle on the circle and then measure the X & Y values of different points on the arc.
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Google is developing cancer and heart attack detector(bbc.com)
298 points by sxp 12y ago|145 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
There is also d3.js ( http://d3js.org/ ) which I've used in the past. Based on the examples pages for the two libraries it looks like d3.js has much more functionality: https://github.com/mbostock/d3
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by sxp 12y ago
Someone skilled in writing compact JS probably can. People write amazing programs in 1k & 4k of JS: http://www.google.com/webhp?#q=javascript+4k
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Voxelfield: Mech Combat Action RTS with Fully Destructible Environments(kickstarter.com)
1 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
From http://www.teslamotors.com/models/design >Model S comes standard with a forward looking camera, radar, and 360-degree ultrasonic sensors that actively monitor the surrounding roadway. Progressive software updat
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by sxp 12y ago
The biggest improvement in the past few years was deep neural networks. These were behind Google Brain and Microsoft's Adam: http://www.wired.com/2013/02/android-neural-network/ http://www.wir
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Next year's Tesla cars will be able to self-drive 90 percent of the time(theverge.com)
1 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
Humans only live on a small fraction of the planet even when you limit the area to dry land. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/news/earth-at-night.ht...
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by sxp 12y ago
Note the dates on the article and paper. This was from six weeks ago and describes an experiment from a year ago. Nothing new to see here. It is probably still due to experimental error like most unrepeated results that violate the laws of
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by sxp 12y ago
I'm a fan of the Project Rho page on Nomograms which has detailed examples of nomograms for spaceflight: http://www.projectrho.com/nomogram/index.html The site also had a bunch of interesting information on analog
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Google's Project Wing(youtube.com)
3 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Virtual Reality(theverge.com)
1 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
I'm not trying to justify the companies' decision to not release the age data. I'm just pointing out that there is no collusion as originally claimed. All the companies disclosed data based on the government survey which is w
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by sxp 12y ago
>This latest report by Linkedin is where it hit me – something smells fishy about this. It is just too much of a coincidence that three of the major tech companies have issued almost identical “diversity” reports, and all three have been
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by sxp 12y ago
A surprising amount of power can be collected from stray radio waves. You wouldn't be able to power a full computer or even a phone, but you can do cool things like power a radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxho
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Interactive real-time raytracing in WebGL(jonathan-olson.com)
90 points by sxp 12y ago|42 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
There is also a transcript if you don't want to spend time watching the video: http://www.khoslaventures.com/fireside-chat-with-google-co-f...
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Transcript of fireside chat with Google co-founders and Vinod Khosla(khoslaventures.com)
1 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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by sxp 12y ago
The lawsuits that will happen when someone implements this are going to be interesting. Artists tend to be very protective over their styles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibovitz_v._Paramount_Pictures... .
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by sxp 12y ago
According to https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A30F3VI2TH1FR8#1-5_Who_d... if you choose the 35% royalty option, you get paid 35% of list price no matter the actual retail price.
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SIGGRAPH 2014 : Technical Papers Preview Trailer(youtube.com)
7 points by sxp 12y ago|0 comments
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by sxp 13y ago
Since the IRS has given a statement on BTC, people who had bought it last year and sold near the peak for USD or products/services have now realized that they owe a significant amount of taxes. So they now have to sell more BTC to get
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FiveThirtyEight to Commission Response to Disputed Climate Article(fivethirtyeight.com)
1 points by sxp 13y ago|0 comments
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How the Bible and YouTube are fueling the next frontier of password cracking(arstechnica.com)
1 points by sxp 13y ago|1 comments

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