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by synparb 15y ago
From having read the various replies to this and similar threads, I think a basic problem (as Travis pointed out) is that Fijal has been (1) highly dismissive of numpy and particularly cython, which a lot of really smart people have put a l
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by synparb 15y ago
I think your analogy is not quite right. Although seemingly similar, inserting Arsenic into DNA would be like taking a very large and complicated piece of software that was fundamentally dependent on the precise API of a component, and then
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PyPy funded to begin support for Python 3 and Numpy(morepypy.blogspot.com)
178 points by synparb 15y ago|30 comments
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by synparb 15y ago
The release data of Bootstrap 2.0 has been announced: https://dev.twitter.com/blog/open-source-summit-bootstrap
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by synparb 15y ago
After talking with the Bootstrap developers, I believe they asked the people who put up the demo, which was unofficial, to take it down and it looks like they complied: https://twitter.com/#!/synapticarbors/status/159390827217559...
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by synparb 15y ago
Good point. It is a bit confusing since it looks fairly official and all links point to the project. Hadn't seen this discussion previously: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/twitter-bootstrap/ux...
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by synparb 15y ago
I'm changing the title to reflect that it is a pre-release demo
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by synparb 15y ago
"Private sector research works" is the disingenuous and obfuscating term that the publishers are using to call publicly funded research manuscripts that the publisher has then 'added value' to. When they say they 'add value', what they mean
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Twitter Bootstrap 2.0 pre-release demo(bootstrap.io)
160 points by synparb 15y ago|59 comments
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Nvidia does not support SOPA(blogs.nvidia.com)
2 points by synparb 15y ago|0 comments
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by synparb 15y ago
While I believe that publishers could create a cost effective business model in which they re-coop their investment, what this legislation does is allow them to sever any responsibility they have to the public in the name of profit and dest
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by synparb 15y ago
I would only say that the vast majority of his publications in the last couple of years when he was the corresponding author (i.e. the one making the executive decision), were in open access journals.
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by synparb 15y ago
The author has had a series of really great blog posts on the subject as well on his personal site. In particular, check out: http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=807 and make sure to read the comments, which includes a defense of the legi
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Research Bought, Then Paid For: Open Access to Science Under Attack(nytimes.com)
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Detailed analysis of the GIL in Python and Ruby(slideshare.net)
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