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A highly efficient rooftop solar panel based on space technology(economist.com)
1 points by udev 8y ago|0 comments
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by udev 8y ago
Purely intuitively, the 'scarrig' seems to limit the state space for this 51-qubit quantum system. So it is not clear why the authors believe this development will lead to better quantum computers.
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by udev 8y ago
By "Idea guy" the author actually means "Idea guy that has no skills, cannot execute his idea, and does not want to take responsibility guy". Yes we all hate that guy. But there are plenty of idea guys&girls who ar
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by udev 8y ago
Something magical happens when you have a one page reference for a language or tool. I just end up learning it much faster. For me this is the best quick reference for Python (2.7 unfortunately): http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR27&
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by udev 8y ago
Is it just me or the writer has a really nice "voice" in this post? Was pleasant to read, but also informative, and balanced. Well done!
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by udev 9y ago
Funny how the author pushes the language to extremes: - title: a "brief" introduction (it's 206 pages!) - chapter 1: a "gentle" introduction through Linear Regression, where gentle means that the relationship
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by udev 9y ago
This is exactly what I thought. Could it be that their results are confounded by a mix of rats for which the induced state of helplessness results in depression and some other rats for which this resulted in enlightenment of sorts.
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by udev 9y ago
So the Shawshank Redemption method, eh?
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by udev 9y ago
I was talking about the cheese grater Mac Pro revamp that Apple seems to be working on. Not sure that one is made in US.
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by udev 9y ago
So no progress on Mac Pro, which is weird, because we know Apple is working on it.
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by udev 9y ago
The world wold benefit from some sort of map (or catalogue) of database engines and systems currently available. Anyone aware of such a thing?
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by udev 9y ago
New money into ETFs does not necessarily mean new money into the market. A big part of that is money just switching from actively managed mutual funds to passive index funds, e.g. recently pension funds in some states.
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by udev 10y ago
Yes, looking forward to that plumber robot.
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by udev 10y ago
Designed in California. /s
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by udev 10y ago
In my opinion, the best hiring interviews for tech positions should include the type of interactions that will actually take place in said job, but also resemble the usual way in which people in the given culture do intellectual work (e.g.
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by udev 10y ago
It is also a cultural thing. I observe that anglo-saxon peoples teach their kids to voice their concerns, needs, wants, and opinions, and to expect (!) results from this. (Compare how american kids behave at airports, train station, and pub
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by udev 10y ago
In addition to that, I now place a premium on flights that don't have connections through US. They just seem more attractive, even if at higher price. I realize I might need to go to US, e.g. for business, and that's fine. But for
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by udev 10y ago
This is not as far fetched as you think. In UK, rental contracts are often digitally signed by the renter and landlord. I am sure in finance world many other types of contracts are signed digitally, also under the assumption that both parti
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by udev 10y ago
I can see Google/Bing thinking that this kind of traffic does not generate much income anyway, so might as well bow to the pressure and censor it. I think they haven't fully factored in the longer term losses they might incur when
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by udev 10y ago
Thank you for the feedback. Think of the "fu number" as a "DealRank"-type metric. Its full definition is rather complex and unpalatable for the average user, and I doubt that it would add much intuition besides the fact
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by udev 10y ago
I run a Canadian price comparison site: http://pricefu.com
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by udev 10y ago
I had a very similar experience. The interview guy most likely first saw my resume a minute before the interview. Clearly did not see the code I wrote for them.
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by udev 10y ago
I don't know what triggered the author to write this, possibly a personal experience. But whatever it was, he seems convinced that he has seen the light, and even distilled the message to "Never accept a counter-offer", which
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by udev 11y ago
Gotta say UK salaries compared to cost of living are pretty bad.
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by udev 11y ago
The nature of the typo "fandation" instead of "foundation" makes me think the perpetrators were from a Russian speaking country. edit:spelling
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by udev 11y ago
How about lubricating the cube so that it rotates faster? Lots of people do that. Would that count as a modification?
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by udev 11y ago
What if the cube would be manufactured so that the middle squares were removable, and replaceable with alternative ones with holes? Would that still be horrific? Or would that cube be considered easier to solve? If so, would you solve it fa
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by udev 11y ago
This is one of those cases that neatly separates the (ivory-tower) academic types from the (getting-hands-dirty) engineer types of people. People who say that drilling the wholes in the cube diminishes the achievement, the perfect-or-nothin
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by udev 11y ago
Brilliant execution! Congratulations! My Folk song sounded pretty cool, and couldn't help but imagine some video game action that would fit the music.
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by udev 11y ago
This would be a good occasion to have scrutinize the compression algorithm in BPG image format http://bellard.org/bpg/ .

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