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by theblackbox 17y ago
I got (similar to) this as a first impression too (didn't catch the recently bankrupt founder, so thanks for that), but I just thought it was worth putting to the community. I'm still wet behind the ears as an "entrepreneur" and thought the
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Ask HN: Online entrepreneur network "Million Impossible", what do you think?(millionimpossible.com)
1 points by theblackbox 17y ago|4 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
The "why" is a whole world of debate in and of itself, and is in fact a problem with the language used to convey scientific understanding. From Wikipedia: Teleology (Greek: telos: end, purpose) is the philosophical study of design and purpo
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Okay, I've never been able to figure this one out... you're saying the perfect place for a first date is a large darkened room filled with strangers and an attention grabbing audio-visual bonanza? I just don't get it. Maybe as a second or t
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by theblackbox 17y ago
It's the "In-vitro kits" that really get me thinking. I wonder if they will be as magnanimous as the author suspects or if they will simply be another tool of third world oppression. Like with how GMO crops sometimes have a built in depende
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by theblackbox 17y ago
... which, in turn, resists the gravity (iirc?) i.e. supernovas are formed when this balance collapses and a series of fission/fusion reactions fail to stabalise the star. This helps create heavy elements, as the star explodes and some magn
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I don't know what to say... this is a very emotive subject on both sides and I have conflicting forces pulling me in both directions. But for something that is stunning beyond compare, is the equal of any and all great things ever said, I c
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by theblackbox 17y ago
There are some very similar fundamentals here to a lot of what "Gandhian economics" teaches.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
the idea of using a distributed grid of agents to create sense data about our planets inner workings doesn't excite anyone on HN?
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Children of Men is actually a novel by P.D. James Just a pet peev when people overlook the original material, but I was pretty surprised to learn this. She mostly writes detective stories and was inducted into the crime writers hall of fame
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HP working on distributed sensory mechanisms(theregister.co.uk)
8 points by theblackbox 17y ago|2 comments
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A joke worthy of HN?(users.ox.ac.uk)
2 points by theblackbox 17y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Found this really interesting, although I was never really in much doubt at the "intelligence" of these increadible animals. Wendroid is right to point out the magpie example of self awareness, although I would like to know the relative bra
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Honda UX-3: "the unicycle segway"(hondanews.com)
2 points by theblackbox 17y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I'm still not sure, there are a host of available testing sites and places one can go to get this level of info to leverage your ISP. Making a one stop shop that actually tells you what ISP your "neighbour" is using, just seems superflous.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I just couldn't see this being particularly useful for anyone except identity fraudsters and various elements on the underbelly of society. If the ISP has LIED to you about the available speed, then surely this is a matter for legal recou
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Speed Test Your Local Broadband Area(news.bbc.co.uk)
1 points by theblackbox 17y ago|3 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Ha, I used to theorise exactly this as a thought experiment years ago.... wonder if that means the target market for New Scientist is now sixteen year old geeks trying to impress the adopted maternal figures their maths and physics teachers
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I saw this story/fluff and didn't even think it was worthy of bbc, but they have been grasping at straws lately! It amounts to: "OMG! Tim speekz!"
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I would Second ANYTHING by Hesse, not got round to a thorough read of Siddhartha yet, but Damien is most excellent and The Glass Bead Games is a revelation for anyone who feels there is something just a little bit ill with the mind and moti
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Study suggests a more detailed model of visual cognition(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by theblackbox 17y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I gave a talk at LugRadio 2008 about AI and Liquid State Machines and what was supposed to be a lightning talk turned into an hour long open debate with the audience about the many forms of "Intelligence" apparent in digital systems, and wh
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Bisuness Intelligence and Reporting Tools(actuate.com)
1 points by theblackbox 17y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I've always gone for the prescription that Faith and Religion are two separate but entwined beasts. Faith is the emotion that is shaped and controlled by the political/social/cultural construct of Religion. I find it insulting that this is
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by theblackbox 17y ago
here in the UK the government has pledged to getting 50% of school leavers through University Education.... average student debt is now ~£23K .... Ka-Ching!
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Cello made from Lego(blog.makezine.com)
3 points by theblackbox 17y ago|1 comments
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BBC looks to copy protect content(news.bbc.co.uk)
11 points by theblackbox 17y ago|10 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
This was the standard method of "copywriting" Maps - put in an artificial or geological feature that isn't there. You know who's been stealing your data then - The "There be Dragons" hack
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Utilitarianism is a failed foundation for Ethics, as far as I am informed, as it relies on an infinite regress to find the initial act for instance (thus defining the "greater good"), or omniscience in order to be aware of all possible ou
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I don't disagree, it was a cold and calculated assessment of ethics, which, to be honest, I don't have a lot of time for in discussion. I find it much better for one to state outright what they abhor or condone and we can frame a discussion

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