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Computer scientists study other computer scientists(itworld.com)
1 points by whathappenedto 12y ago|0 comments
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I'm a computer science student and none of your WTFs are WTFs to me. 1) the numbers don't matter much, they're just what they used to rank. they don't have any implicit meaning. Texas A&M is a decent CS program so no
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I completely disagree with your sentiment and think that academia should focus on novel work rather than incremental improvements. Something novel may not be better than the existing techniques right now, but what's to say they won&#x2
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
Please don't make such a blanket statement. Donations do indeed fund scientific research directly. When a faculty member is hired, they get a "startup fund" to get through their first few years before they have grants, most o
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
How is this different from a 64GB SD card?
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I want to add something a lot of people don't know. When you have cable+internet, you end up paying about 20% taxes+fees on the final price. Some of that is government taxes, some are misc fees, but it's a lot more than your state
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
Even better if there was a short menu prompt telling you the price if you want to connect, to give you the option to decline.
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Best Paper Awards in Computer Science Since 1996(jeffhuang.com)
129 points by whathappenedto 13y ago|40 comments
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Reconstructing the Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm(gallium.inria.fr)
4 points by whathappenedto 13y ago|0 comments
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Redditor tracks 96,000 Bitcoin stolen from Sleep Market Place through a tumbler(reddit.com)
2 points by whathappenedto 13y ago|0 comments
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I thought the issue of back pay was already resolved (back pay was approved in congress): http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57606174/government-shut...
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
They'll be paid back when the government is no longer shut down. So if you have savings, it's essentially a forced paid vacation.
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I feel like this particular story is over the line. It's a sob story that's misleading--the USDA didn't say anything about the garden, instead it's the property management that forbid the gardening on their landscaping,
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I used location history a lot, and I am now looking into other gps logging apps because they removed API access to history. The export you can do is only KML and doesn't have information like accuracy for each coordinate, leading to a
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
Where do you see the policy that professors take a sabbatical every three years? I've looked at the Harvard faculty web pages for several of their departments and they all say a most once every seven years after tenure.
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by whathappenedto 13y ago
I played through the whole game but can't figure out what bait was ever used for. My trapped made it but there didn't seem to be any use for it. Anyone know?
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
I think he means he doesn't want to be ostracized at airports. Just because you are out about something doesn't mean you should have to declare it at the airport and make a scene. Plenty of gay people are out but they don't have to be quest
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Search engines have to solve this problem, that the results listed higher garner more clicks, and thus using clicks to rank is biased. They can separate the position of the result from its relevance through something called a click model. T
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
The massages were not free. They were $80/hour plus tip. Or you could sometimes find 2-hour user studies to participate in that would give you a massage coupon, but it still required a $20 tip.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Thank you for saying this. For years I have been slightly ashamed to be browsing at 150%. I occasionally get comments like "what's wrong with your CSS" when my friends are showing me their websites on my computer.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
So according to the article, it's not restricted to the US, it's just that the US decides who gets it and who doesn't. The article says the procedure is tedious, but I imagine it's strict so corrupt countries don't just start passing them o
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Ahh I totally didn't realize that.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Does anyone have a mirror? Link seems to be empty.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
How do updates work for hundle bundles? I purchased Bastion in a previous bundle, which was version 1.3. I recently got a rMBP and it flickers a lot during some screens. I noticed patch 1.4 fixes these issues, but there doesn't seem to be a
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
You could always work from your own home. Fast internet, free food, get in the zone for as long as you want.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
I've seen 15-25% off for being a member of a variety of institutions, like credit unions, AAA, costco, universities, etc., many of which hacker news members are a part of. And you can save a lot with a family plan by adding $5 additional li
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
I should have used the word "non-prepaid" instead of "contract". The non-contract t-mobile thing is not a prepaid plan.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Typical "unlimited" data plans are $30/month. Considering that I use my data freely, and I never use 200mb, I wouldn't benefit from an increase in limit. But you're right that £5 is a little less than $10.
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by whathappenedto 14y ago
Prepaid is not cheaper if you are smart about your plan. With prepaid, you cannot 1) Get the "standard" 20% corporate/education discount that most phone companies offer 2) Get a family plan which can be much cheaper 3) Get data for cheap (t
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by whathappenedto 15y ago
Can someone comment about IP issues around doing a startup during their phd? A few friends of mine are pursuing this route and are worried their university will say they own the IP. My understanding is that universities own all the research

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