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by yan 17y ago
Some podcasts are excellent. Check out radiolab.org edit: I have family+friends 4 hours away and gf 2 hours away, so I spend a huge amount of time behind the wheel as well. I download courses from iTunes U, OCW or individual universities' w
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by yan 17y ago
I love my Kindle DX and share the author's sentiment, except I do use mine for reading PDFs and, while not perfect, does the job exceptionally.
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by yan 17y ago
If you already have a workable computer, give it to a relative who needs one, or sell it. No need to stock up on hardware other people can find useful. You can also keep it as a spare, but that's wasteful. Computers are a commodity.
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by yan 17y ago
Some of his writings is how I'm getting my introduction to neuroscience. Also, following stuff like the brain science podcast and reading any popular science books dedicated to it. I'd love to get more in depth, but currently lack direction
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by yan 17y ago
For me, it's getting over the attrition of not starting what I really want to work on.
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by yan 17y ago
Steven Pinker is amazing. From what I've read from his other articles, books, etc, it's always been enlightening. He also does a beautiful job communicating his ideas.
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by yan 17y ago
The above post. I used to think that Dawkins & co's books were just preaching to the choir. Yeah, I found them fun to read and nod along, but I didn't believe they'd change anyone's mind. I assume that this isn't an issue of logic, and
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by yan 17y ago
For those interested, the language used wasn't entirely obvious. It's Sleep[1], and it was also created by raffi. "Sleep (as of Simple Language for Environment Extension Purposes) is a procedural scripting language inspired by Perl and Obje
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by yan 17y ago
Based on a quick run-through of the site, this looks absolutely amazing. I've been following Processing and openFrameworks for a bit, and this looks far more intuitive and mature.
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Windows 7 is all its hapless precedessor should have been(economist.com)
1 points by yan 17y ago|0 comments
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by yan 17y ago
Well, firstly that post was written eight years ago. Secondly, OS X might surpass it on Desktops, but what about servers, computing clusters and so on?
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Psystar taunts Apple a second time (releases $50 'one-click Hackintosh' tool)(hackaday.com)
19 points by yan 17y ago|3 comments
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by yan 17y ago
This is obvious, since Linus is known to hail from Sardinia or parts of West Africa and the gesture is targeted to his fellow countrymen.
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by yan 17y ago
If you have to make your own install packages, look into /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app. (Need dev tools to be installed) You can bundle all your apps and installer packages into one install package that makes roll out e
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by yan 17y ago
That paper is fantastic
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The life and views of Ayn Rand: Capitalism's martyred hero(economist.com)
3 points by yan 17y ago|3 comments
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by yan 17y ago
Wrap some preprocessor macros in a header file, if you must. Or use a macro language to preprocess your source, such as m4, although that's probably dirty.
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by yan 17y ago
You should create a poll if you're polling. http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll
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by yan 17y ago
Hm, I was sure this was an even smaller version of busybox.
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by yan 17y ago
Well, I don't know if it's that clear. Knowing the math behind differential analysis or the reasons behind the values of AES s-boxes won't make you any better at assessing the standing of a web service or a daemon. If it's not too technical
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by yan 17y ago
Pentesting/security analysis has been my hobby in high school/early college and I ended up getting BS and MS degrees in CS, with concentration in security. It's also my day job. It's unclear what exactly you want to concentrate on. Do you w
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The IT business rebounds: Betting on bytes(economist.com)
8 points by yan 17y ago|1 comments
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Why Saving is for Suckers(articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
27 points by yan 17y ago|39 comments
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Finance Professors Won’t Bet on the Market(overcomingbias.com)
1 points by yan 17y ago|0 comments
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by yan 17y ago
All of them. Under that light, the world is full of opportunities.
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B&N Nook's first close up (with video)(engadget.com)
1 points by yan 17y ago|0 comments
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Well engineered DIY Segway(hackaday.com)
1 points by yan 17y ago|0 comments
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Kindle 2 Fails Man's Drop Test, Forces Amazon To Pay Him $400(consumerist.com)
77 points by yan 17y ago|40 comments
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by yan 17y ago
To be honest, it is pretty small but it's very usable. In well-let areas that aren't moving, the scaled-down PDFs look readable and 'good enough'. If you want, you can send me a PDF and I'll take a picture of what it looks like on the DX. I
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by yan 17y ago
Ah, next time I'll make sure to read everything before chiming in.

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