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691.
by thret 13y ago
"1. Sleep In A Pitch Black Room Why: Before the light bulb the only lights at night were the stars and the moon." "2. Simulate The Sunrise/Sunset With An Alarm Clock Why: Humans have evolved to wake up with the sunrise a
692.
by thret 13y ago
May I ask, what do you gain by setting it to +1 cores?
693.
by thret 13y ago
Surely someone from the police IT team ought have been there to save everyone the hassle. It should have taken only a few minutes for a person of average intelligence to determine that he was in innocent.
694.
by thret 13y ago
I recommend http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm A nice little dystopian story about runaway automation and the effect that might have on society.
695.
by thret 13y ago
It can still help you if you are actually guilty and know you can pass it.
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by thret 13y ago
Guns, Germs & Steel discusses the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire in some detail. Well worth a read. More surprising to me than the lack of money is the fact that they did not have the wheel.
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by thret 13y ago
Not parallel, identical. The Judeo-Christian God only makes sense if the universe is a simulation and he designed it. The delightful thing about the simulation hypothesis is that it allows us to hope for some type of afterlife. Maybe we get
698.
by thret 13y ago
A small just-add-water packet that can keep you alive for two weeks is going to find a home in every survival/hiking/camping/boat pack. Also things like disaster recovery, refugee camps, anywhere that you need to get sufficie
699.
by thret 13y ago
This is funny, but state vs mafia comparisons are not new. In many ways the state is simply the most successful mafia organisation within a given region.
700.
by thret 13y ago
Carbyne and other myths about carbon http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/Issues/2010/November/Carby...
701.
by thret 13y ago
People who think all lottery numbers have equal value are mistaken. Division payouts are divided among the number of winners, so combinations that are less frequently used have a higher expected value. Eg. numbers 1-12 and 1-31 are more oft
702.
by thret 13y ago
In Australia this could potentially be viable between Melbourne and Sydney, but probably only if it doubles as a cargo train. I doubt there is enough daily people traffic to warrant it otherwise? It is around 900km though, almost a straight
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Apparently Undergraduate Finance Students Believe in ESP(motherjones.com)
9 points by thret 13y ago|0 comments
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by thret 13y ago
I like to imagine an IQ pyramid, with money generally flowing upwards. Although in reality it is probably a combination of IQ and bastard-ness. Anyway, this is how I think of the poker economy.
705.
by thret 13y ago
I'd have fired him too, trying to shame one of his biggest customers. Not sure why he thinks he is entitled to a tip, a tip is voluntary. It is a gift.
706.
by thret 13y ago
Somewhat relevant xkcd, the more things change the more they stay the same: http://xkcd.com/1227/
707.
by thret 13y ago
Guilty :)
708.
by thret 13y ago
I think you'll find most of your allies are not happy being dragged into US wars where nobody thinks they belong.
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by thret 13y ago
Episodes 985-1000 here: http://www.botar.us/superman.html
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How Superman Defeated the Ku Klux Klan(mentalfloss.com)
8 points by thret 13y ago|4 comments
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by thret 13y ago
There's something seriously wrong with the entire political system when every single person here is like 'well yeah, he's a politician'. “Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.”
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by thret 13y ago
He's also a poker player and quite friendly in real life.
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by thret 13y ago
'Wi-Fi models available in the U.S. July 30, LTE edition and global models “in the coming weeks”' Wi-Fi should be included with every model IMHO.
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by thret 13y ago
I was going to say the same thing. Their scientific value as a primitive society preserved against all odds is something we will never see again. To destroy it on a whim would be akin to killing the last dodo for food. Some type of hidden o
715.
by thret 13y ago
I actually went with 111 in practice, but trust HN users to optimize anything.
716.
by thret 13y ago
Cheap knock-offs drive acceptance, I wouldn't get one either but I'm happy to see it in the market.
717.
by thret 13y ago
"PRISM. The utility collates data that the companies are required to provide under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- unless, crucially, it's encrypted and the government doesn't possess the key." Couldn't
718.
by thret 13y ago
A von Neumann probe should be less of a challenge than faster than light travel, so I think a slow moving ship is more likely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft
719.
by thret 13y ago
Sugar: The Bitter Truth is movie length but well worth watching.
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by thret 13y ago
Oh thank you sir! I've spent hours trying to remember where I read this comic.

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