websevenpointoh

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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
i've got to agree with the other comments.... there's nothing impressive about url shortening. the idea behind it is incredibly simple -- nowhere near impressive. sites like this have been around for a while already so i'm not sure why al
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
I've always been of the belief that humans are incredibly complex, deterministic machines. It would be fascinating to see some people make some breakthroughs in understanding the inner workings of humans although it seems a ways off.
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Earthquakes' Many Mysteries Stymie Efforts to Predict Them(nytimes.com)
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
While the (few) screenshots look beautiful, it's hard to find... well... anything on their site. I've been unable to find any detailed API information in their documentation section (although it appears to be a WIP).
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
yeah, thanks. i suppose that's why we're all taught to read closely. scary to see things like this coming from south korea as well!
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
Agreed. It seems as if the page has simply been re-engineered to put stories in an arbitrary number of columns. Readability is all but slain. My eye jumps all over the page before focusing on a single story. The only thing I really like
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
The state of many nations (China, North Korea) is quite scary. Anonymity is a requirement if the people are to be given free speech (without fear of their government -- although people should never fear their government).
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
I both agree and disagree. I think computer science as a whole has changed (not hindered) social interactions. As an undergrad student I'm constantly whipping out of different social scenes -- from working and hanging around my fellow com
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
Although not a regular user of digg (for many of the reasons this site exists), I don't see what's so vastly intrusive about it. For a site that aggregates links, it's not totally nonsensical to frame the pages it links to. Also, clicking
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
I've loved thesixtyone since the moment I came across the site. It's exactly what music needs in the digital age. I've been exposed to so much more independent music than would have ever been possible without this site. I completely agre
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
The way these things turn out is both sad and terrifying.
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
That's a pretty awesome story -- I've always wondered whether it was our memories or our ability to recall them that faded! Does anyone know of good reading on the subject?
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
I have to agree... a friend of mine has been using the public beta and, after tinkering with it for a while, I found it to be a very functional, rather natural step for Windows.
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
not worth reading. the article is poorly written, the content is completely summarized by the title and the 'data' the author has collected is merely the result of him crawling a few job search sites.
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
its just the mooninites taking pictures
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by websevenpointoh 17y ago
i'm going to use this to create a graph detailing the number of twitter-based programs/startups over time. maybe someone will come up with an idea of their own soon.