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by wihon 16y ago
Flying cars have long been a symbol of the possible technological height of human transportation. But we're not exactly surprised by their absence. Similarly, can't Drexler's '90s idealism be regarded as the possible peak of nanotech? Does
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Ask HN: Hacker Chemists?
3 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Scientists have created the world's strongest ferroelectric ferromagnet(rsc.org)
2 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Government funding for stem cell research blocked by US court(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Photocatalytic production of hydrogen - under visible light(rsc.org)
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Prosecutors may decide today (24/08/10) on charges against WikiLeaks founder(guardian.co.uk)
3 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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MS and arthritis linked to lack of sun(guardian.co.uk)
3 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Pakistan flood aid pledged - data broken down, country by country (guardian.co.uk)
2 points by wihon 16y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What exciting Ruby projects do you know of?
4 points by wihon 16y ago|1 comments
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by wihon 16y ago
Hah that sounds pretty cool. You started pretty young then? I'm just in the process of building a program in ruby inspired by a comment in Learn to Program (Chris Pine). I want to make a interactive 'pet' (or plant, for that matter) with an
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Ask HN: What was your first programming milestone?
1 points by wihon 16y ago|2 comments
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Best books for a Ruby beginner, plus general feedback(wihon.tumblr.com)
2 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Google Launches Chrome’s ‘App Store For The Web’ In Developer Preview(techcrunch.com)
1 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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by wihon 16y ago
That is one damn cool application process!
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by wihon 16y ago
This isn't necessarily the place to bring this up, but I take it I'm not the only one who finds 4sq and pals a bit creepy? The 'scary' side of social media has long been a favourite topic in the mainstream press - and in this case, I think
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Ushahidi: giving citizens the power to put news on the map(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Places location tool unveiled, sparking fresh privacy concerns(guardian.co.uk)
1 points by wihon 16y ago|0 comments
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by wihon 16y ago
Is there any way we can unite the global community and ditch IE? Or at least make it catch up with everyone else? I've only been involved in the world of web for a short time - but even for me IE is a massive clumsy thorn in my ass. I agree
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by wihon 16y ago
Well. Yeah, I guess it kinda did. Sorreee muuum. :) And you guessed right. Someone has to make all those liquid-center scented baby-dolls, right? And it just so happens that doe-eyed deer are particularly capable. Just a bit work-shy, whi
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by wihon 16y ago
Oh jeepers! - definitely not work safe. My boss was pretty much directly behind me when "MOTHERFUCKING LASERS" appears on my 24" screen in massive letters. This is the one time I'm glad the place I'm working is so backward web-wise, as the
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by wihon 16y ago
Cheers for the tips, guys. However, I was slightly put off joining Quora by the following in their privacy policy: "Quora may share your personally identifiable information with third parties for the purpose of providing the Service to you.
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by wihon 16y ago
It was definitely interesting, but it wasn't the breakthrough it was hyped-up to be. Seeing it as a 'hello world' is a cool idea, though. The hardware of the cell was ready and waiting. So Venter and his team rewrote an old program and gave
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Ask HN: Plans for/existing Stackoverflow-style sites with a different focus?
2 points by wihon 16y ago|4 comments
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by wihon 16y ago
Thanks again for all the tips! Much appreciated. :)
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by wihon 16y ago
I know, literally, nothing about ML. Why's it better for a beginner? Can you recommend any implementations in particular? davidw above mentioned getting involved with open source - have you got any suggestions for how to get stuck in? Thank
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by wihon 16y ago
@tokenadult that's some good shit. :) This is slightly off-topic, but here goes anyway. I've long had an issue with the huge disparity between what humanities/arts people (including the large majority of the press) know about science, and
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by wihon 16y ago
I'm all on my lonesome atm, so all these choices are mine. The college IT guy at my university (he's just completed a PhD in quantum computing - and he's been forced to work as the maintenance guy because of the recession, poor guy) works w
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by wihon 16y ago
His last comment, The media will not end their infatuation with this pseudo-scientific dingbat chimes with the large majority of bold scientific claims that appear in the press. For example, not that long ago the press jumped on Craig Ven
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by wihon 16y ago
Thanks! > * Get involved with open source. Say, by helping improve the code of open source apps, etc? And if you had to choose between directing my attention towards Ruby or Python...? I'm currently in desperate need of a new laptop. Ca
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Ask HN: Advice for a fledgling hacker?
2 points by wihon 16y ago|9 comments

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