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by whimsy 17y ago
Isn't Akihabara like the tech-mecca of Japan?
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by whimsy 17y ago
Very interesting! I'm noticing that I'm starting to trend in the opposite direction. Yes, the main stream aggregation have too much noise to signal, and niche sites like HN, or certain subreddits, have very high signal to noise and have inv
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by whimsy 17y ago
Could you substantiate your assertion? I don't necessarily disagree, but I've not heard this assertion before.
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by whimsy 17y ago
All the relevant content seems to be at the bottom, no? Most of it seems to be fluff that says "You need to learn math so you can learn more math." The only meat seemed to be: "Math trains and disciplines your mind." "Math helps you learn t
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by whimsy 17y ago
I assume there is a front-loaded initial startup cost of oxygen to initiate combustion that is difficult to do at higher altitudes primarily because the turbines are not spinning (and therefore aren't pulling oxygen into the engines). Air s
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by whimsy 17y ago
If this ISN'T intended as "The Onion" meets "Stat Class" then you're doing something wrong. If that IS the intent, you're spot on.
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by whimsy 17y ago
Ah, perhaps I should have been more specific. Through Neuromancer, Shadowrun, and other Cyberpunk works, I'm familiar with Black ICE. But what's $EIP?
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by whimsy 17y ago
Sweet Minerva, this is super cool! I hope this technology matures. This is one of the promises of sci-fi, right? It seems a heck of a lot easier to do right than flying cars.
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by whimsy 17y ago
My gut reaction is not outright outrage, but I /do/ feel uncomfortable with this. I think I would have preferred not knowing this happened... somehow it's offensive to me, even though I can't point at anything and say, "That's objectively i
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by whimsy 17y ago
Content scraping introduces a much higher load than mere URL regex magic...
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by whimsy 17y ago
Ah, by "the user" I meant the user that was upset, not the target of the ID hunt. My apologies for being ambiguous.
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by whimsy 17y ago
Perhaps someone could explain this.
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by whimsy 17y ago
The problem I noted is that 99% is nonsense when your sample size is 40. 39 out of 40 kids is 97.5%. The next gradation, all 40 kids, is 100%. The small sample size is also a concern, of course.
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by whimsy 17y ago
It does seem like they integrated the faster refresh rate so you can see what your collaborators are doing in real time rather than every 10 seconds. This was one of the features of EtherPad that the EtherPad team considered "a hard problem
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by whimsy 17y ago
The problem proposed is not duplicates (i.e. 3 of the same story from Daring Fireball) but multiple writers on the same topic. URL matching would fail to identify these.
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by whimsy 17y ago
Looked to me like it merely signed in. It didn't ask me permission to do anything, so I assume it didn't do anything. Looks like nothing got posted to my wall, etc... It may have done something, though. -shrug-
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[2004] The Long Tail(wired.com)
3 points by whimsy 17y ago|0 comments
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by whimsy 17y ago
As far as I'm concerned, Piotr Wozniak is the expert when it comes to hacking memory. Recalling important tidbits is inextricably linked to learning, and his methods seem to work best for remembering things.
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What is Web 2.0? (2005) (oreilly.com)
1 points by whimsy 17y ago|0 comments
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by whimsy 17y ago
I assume this upsets the user because using a one time account indicates a desire not to be identified or associated with the posted content, and the user wants this preference to be honored.
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by whimsy 17y ago
Surely the more expedient and effective reaction is to address it immediately, but calmly - inform the person of your grievance and implore them to alter their behavior, but do so without the anger, as that can damage your relationship. Or
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by whimsy 17y ago
I play on a computer because I prefer a keyboard and mouse.
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by whimsy 17y ago
UC Santa Cruz
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by whimsy 17y ago
Hm... this is a very interesting argument. I'm up at UCSC, and so this is a relevant comment for me. I'll bring this idea up at the University Café tomorrow. (Kresge Town Hall, 6:30)
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by whimsy 17y ago
Do you build buildings like that? You certainly do! Please don't tell me each building project reinvents concrete, or steel girders, or cranes, et cetera, et cetera. These are all technological wonders, and using them means standing on the
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by whimsy 17y ago
The UI kind of stinks. Good, intuitive front page, but a page dedicated to comments from the site's users kind of stinks - I expected at least a synopsis on that page, even if it was auto-populated by parsing imdb.com
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by whimsy 17y ago
One way to prioritize information is by how much time it saves you. Knowing how to tie your shoes, or put clothes on, are very high priority - these are quick to learn (for a relatively developed brain) and save a lot of time (small amounts
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by whimsy 17y ago
Try Reddit - I'm pretty confident a very small percentage of HN's user base finds work like this interesting. However, I'm curious: does anyone on HN use Personas? I'm not particularly interested in it categorically - Firefox is already suc
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by whimsy 17y ago
Thanks for introducing me to alternatives; I am of the same predisposition but had not heard of Moria/Angband.
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by whimsy 17y ago
Yes, it definitely depends on how one defines profound. For my own part, this is common sense rather than profundity. I don't have a smart phone, I don't use Twitter, I don't worry about getting my inbox to zero, and I disconnect from the i

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