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by wamatt 13y ago
Since you asked so politely, I'll attempt, albeit somewhat hesitantly, to offer some feedback. So looking back on my encounters with Aubrey, I can only say he seems perfectly content appearing old and wise. In fact he's well known
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Bellamy salute(en.wikipedia.org)
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>EDIT: As an interesting additional note, all salaries (beyond a token minimum) at Berkeley (and the whole UC system) are publicly available at http://ucpay.globl.org/ . Fascinating, I had no idea this was public. Look
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Warren Buffett could be considered conservative, and having a generous aversion to all things tech. a16z, OTOH is almost on the opposite side of the spectrum when compared to Berkshire Hathaway. And yet, they both appear to following a simi
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Ranking Your University Using PageRank on Wikipedia(blog.argteam.com)
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Neat. Analogous to using a personal firewall (eg Little Snitch), except for the browser.
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What is the Difference Between a Sweetpotato and a Yam?(ces.ncsu.edu)
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Might be system dependent, though couldn't help but notice a non-trivial difference in the OpenGL rendering quality, between Firefox and Chrome. Chrome 32 beta on OS X, produced an anti-aliased canvas, whereas Firefox 25 had the dread
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Ferro: A keyboard interface to Chrome(getferro.com)
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Some Parts Of Your Body Age Faster(businessinsider.com)
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[FoRK] And then there's Haskell... (was: Bone / Greenspun, etc.)(xent.com)
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Turtl: An encrypted note storage app(turtl.it)
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Talkilla(wiki.mozilla.org)
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Gyrobus(en.wikipedia.org)
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by wamatt 13y ago
BrendenEich said this of Dart, 2 years ago on HN, and might help explain OP's sentiment: For the record, I'm not worried about JS being replaced by a better language. I am working to do that within Ecma TC39, by evolving JS aggre
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IllumiRoom: Peripheral Projected Illusions for Interactive Experiences(research.microsoft.com)
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Can caffeine and alcohol really prolong your life?(haaretz.com)
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by wamatt 13y ago
See also previous HN discussion, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5355248
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by wamatt 13y ago
I enjoyed reading the report back. The author laid it out clearly and informatively. However the dismissal of the top HN comment, appears unfounded. [1] It reads like a case of minimizing dissonance. In other words, it seems the author is
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Ask HN: Have you considered switching from OS X to Linux?
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The Structure Sensor is the first 3D sensor for mobile devices(structure.io)
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Stanford trio explore success formula for Reddit posts(phys.org)
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Healthy Soil Microbes, Healthy People(theatlantic.com)
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For anyone interested, the above appendix comes from ET Jaynes's [1] magnum opus, "Probability Theory: The Logic of Science" [2] . Which, IMHO is deserving of it's grand title and provides an excellent framework for us
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by wamatt 13y ago
Seems like a smart move. It could help to dampen the perception of evil attached to EA's reputation, whilst making a sizable ($1m+) difference to a number of charities. That said, it would be nice to see a greater choice in the number
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There is likely an element of truth to OP's general point. For example, journalist and author, Joshua Foer [1] , talks about the astonishing feats of memory by average people. It becomes more persuasive, when it turns personal. While h
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Flynn - Open source Platform as a Service powered by Docker(flynn.io)
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Dat: collaborative data(github.com)
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I believe Clickpass was YC '07. Falling short of a Series A raise, Yola/Synthasite acquired them in 2008 [1] Then a few years later (2012), Yola sold the IP and users to Janrain [2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com
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H2O - Open source Big Data platform(0xdata.com)
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