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   by thret 12y ago

   I take it Australians must have Foxtel in order to watch this?
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   by thret 12y ago

   Dr. Carlos do Amaral Freire has supposedly learnt 115 languages. I find that difficult to comprehend. http://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/the-wisdo...
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   by thret 12y ago

   GLITTERBALL - Online Gaming Capabilities for Sensitive Operations - Currently Second Life I'm just not sure what this means. Monitoring SL activity, or using it to conduct sensitive operations?
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   by thret 12y ago

   If we are in a simulation, there's no reason for it to be an entire universe. You don't need to render the entire game at once, just the tiny sections the players are viewing.
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   Angela Duckworth on Why Grit Matters More than IQ(farnamstreetblog.com)

   3 points by thret 12y ago|0 comments
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   by thret 12y ago

   "It would seem from the above that men prefer quantity to quality but the reality is somewhat different." http://www.chrisharding.net/wetherobots/comics/x2008-01-07-M...
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   by thret 12y ago

   This is a good point, although I submit that the magnetic direction is irrelevant for their purpose.
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   by thret 12y ago

   Correct, animals such as homing pigeons primarily rely on sight and landmarks. There are no known animals that exclusively use magnetic fields to navigate.
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   by thret 12y ago

   "Because the maglev system is a set of magnetic bubbles moving under the control of a central computer, what we put inside is immaterial. It could be a personal or small collective vehicle, starting as an elevator in a skyscraper, beco
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    by thret 12y ago

    http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-fbi-hatched-some-crazy... It is difficult to determine the efficacy of this strategy although of course it results in successful terrorist arrests.
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    by thret 12y ago

    Exactly. A stub also lowers the barrier of entry for new users wanting to add an obscure butterfly they've just tracked down.
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    by thret 12y ago

    Good point, well made.
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    by thret 12y ago

    Could fseek be considered more harmful than goto?
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    by thret 12y ago

    Adding to or improving upon the sum of human knowledge, what is more important? "Dark pictures, thrones, the stones that pilgrims kiss, poems that take a thousand years to die but ape the immortality of this red label on a little butte
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    by thret 12y ago

    I was expecting John Campbell to start something like this, but he seems to have dropped off the planet. He's an interesting but slightly crazy human. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures
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    by thret 12y ago

    Fortunately scout labour is free :)
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    by thret 12y ago

    Magic the Gathering? You made my day. Of course, even rocks can be Turing-complete :) http://xkcd.com/505/
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    by thret 12y ago

    Thanks for the reminder, I was interested when he started but hadn't checked up on him since. Golf, what a frustrating game :)
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    by thret 12y ago

    I don't want to start a Trek debate on HN :) Alliances wrt Janeway are certainly questionable, but for both where they did deviate from the book it was always as you say for noble reasons. Breaking an unjust law is not morally wrong. S
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    by thret 12y ago

    Sleep itself is insane. At least in dreams you're concious more or less, but losing conciousness every night? We'd increase the human lifespan by 50% if we could only eliminate this helpless dependency we have. http://x
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    by thret 12y ago

    Why did you elevate Picard and Sisko morally over Kirk or Janeway? Actually all officers on Star Trek seem to be of high moral character, I can't think of one who isn't.
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    by thret 12y ago

    Why would they have expected children to cheat? My family played games of all kinds regularly from a very early age, cheating was unthinkable. There's no game without honesty.
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    by thret 12y ago

    Why would you pay $31k for a girl for one day? That's obscene. Reminds me of this scene from Gilmore Girls: LORELAI: Seventy-five thousand dollars. Seventy-five thousand dollars. Oh my God, that’s like 150 pairs of Jimmy Choos. RICHARD
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    by thret 12y ago

    Unskilled people fall into the same trap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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    by thret 12y ago

    As someone who regularly uses taxis in Melbourne, I don't care if it destroys the lives of taxi drivers. That's just another perk of switching to uber in my opinion.
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    by thret 12y ago

    This feels like unusual timing. I am presently reading 'A Suitable Boy' by Vikram Seth. One of the main characters is sent into virtual exile where he learns how to read and write Urdu. Until now I don't think I'd heard
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    by thret 12y ago

    Addressing your concern about 'repackaged articles', the 'Hyperbole and a Half' book was in the same situation. I really just bought it to support the blog, but I really enjoyed reading it. Even when though you've r
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    by thret 12y ago

    Friend of mine recently did a stand up about this, it's a little NSFW (c-bomb): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82mMuSZPohM#t=00m38s
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    by thret 12y ago

    I think this is a very important point that is often overlooked.
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    by thret 12y ago

    I'm sure there's a juvenile market for a more realistic version.