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by ximeng 15y ago
Did you read the article? It mentions that.
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by ximeng 15y ago
Slightly OT, but I've read that humans simplify ball catching by moving in such a way as to keep the ball in the same place in their field of view. There might be more details in the papers below, but paywalled so I don't know: http://www.
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by ximeng 15y ago
See also MP Louise Mensch's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/#!/LouiseMensch/status/10175449570018508... "And really, stop w/ all the dramatics. Nobody is talking about "shutting down Twitter". It's about listening to police & a coup
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by ximeng 15y ago
I met a manager at a major bank who had taken a year from application to being hired. He was happy enough, he said sometimes these things just take a long time before the right opportunity comes up. By applying you get yourself in the queue
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by ximeng 15y ago
Companies may have to talk to five other people before they can decide whether to progress or reject your application. Those five discussions might take time to arrange and complete. Companies may have liked you enough to consider you for t
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by ximeng 15y ago
More laundry automation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMBOwWEPUbc&feature=relat... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAXAMonops&feature=relat... And getting beers from the fridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Cq0sy4TBs
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PR2 autonomously pairing socks(youtube.com)
1 points by ximeng 15y ago|1 comments
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by ximeng 15y ago
People can just sit around going to restaurants, doing art, doing exercise, travelling, sitting in cafes, surfing youtube. Lots of jobs today are of dubious utility, and lots of people with jobs waste a lot of their time surfing the interne
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by ximeng 15y ago
Promotional videos from a company involved with Foxconn robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa8qCj1oQn0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpvIc0Zd2E And another asking if they'll still need humans (spoiler: no): http://v.youku.com/v_s
940.
by ximeng 15y ago
I'm more curious than angry, I want to know AirBnb's side of the story. Unfortunately brianchesky's comments here are brief and he ignores the replies: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=brianchesky AirBnb are giving low-key responses
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by ximeng 15y ago
Entire article is copied from here: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/28/data-stolen-from-...
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by ximeng 15y ago
Interesting story, keep it up. I submitted it at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2816167 on the chance it reaches a wider audience.
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A prelude to eternity (HNer on setting up a popular MMORPG server)(shenglong.posterous.com)
2 points by ximeng 15y ago|0 comments
944.
by ximeng 15y ago
I'd be interested to see the results (email in profile). But I suspect the answer to this question will depend a lot on what your startup is doing and what skill level you are looking for. We have different programming tests for different r
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by ximeng 15y ago
Submitted 0400 hk time!
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by ximeng 15y ago
I think you're replying to the wrong person, I just translated the Chinese. I agree with you, and think the Chinese quote doesn't speak to the power issue.
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by ximeng 15y ago
「車載卡」外形及大小與電子手帳相若，以雙面膠紙牢牢黏在車廂內的車頭玻璃上，儀器背部螺絲位更蓋上保護貼，防止有人私下拆開儀器。 Something like "The 'car card' is about the same size and appearance as a PDA (?), it's tightly stuck to the inside of the front car window with double-sided tape, the screw hol
948.
by ximeng 15y ago
I suspect the downvotes come from around the world, not just California. http://www.hackrtrackr.com/ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=752262 (shame can't see the vote counts on this one any more)
949.
by ximeng 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise says 90 to 880mm, with average estimate of 480 mm, i.e. 4 feet.
950.
by ximeng 15y ago
"Blue army" is just a generic term used for "the other side" in military exercises, as opposed to "red army" for "our side". E.g. see this story from 2006 about blue versus red drills: http://www.china.org.cn/english/China/181264.htm More
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Brent Hoberman and lastminute.com(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by ximeng 15y ago|1 comments
952.
by ximeng 16y ago
How do you get the median of 5 items in 6 comparisons? I can see how to do it in 9, but not 6. Edit: Found an answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4761405/compute-median-of...
953.
by ximeng 16y ago
I agree that it's a leap to establish a connection with the Chinese government based on the information in this post. However the Chinese government or internet providers are presumably in a position to track down and remove the control ser
954.
by ximeng 16y ago
This article is better: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870454760457626... Comments from someone who reviewed the paper and was skeptical of the findings are available at: http://www.cslu.ogi.edu/~sproatr/newindex/atkinson.h
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by ximeng 16y ago
Already asked below http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2450521
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by ximeng 16y ago
one of them resubscribed after seeing how I handled it Could you explain more about how you handled it?
957.
by ximeng 16y ago
If I do not have Brown eyes that means each of the brown eyed people can see 898 browns. If that is the case, then on day 899 all of those people will kill themselves. No - if I do not have brown eyes then the knowledge that everyone shar
958.
by ximeng 16y ago
I disagree with you. Try jotting it down and then reasoning it out as an individual in the tribe. (1) Suppose there are 4 browns, b1 to b4, and b1 is trying to figure out if his eyes might not be brown. (2) b1 wants to know if it's logica
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by ximeng 16y ago
My gut reaction was also positive, but then I realised I miss being able to see what comments the community finds valuable. Ordering within a thread as a measure of value only works if there are multiple child comments for a particular comm
960.
by ximeng 16y ago
I didn't say it was a couch surfing site. There are plenty of people who you wouldn't want to meet, but I've also seen a phd running a high tech startup on it, who might be more interesting. If you're going somewhere regularly you can try a

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