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by basicxman 14y ago
I have Bing Get MeThere in the Canadian app store as well, but it doesn't appear to search any Canadian addresses.
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by basicxman 14y ago
Went to BlackBerry Jam in Waterloo with a co-worker who did a co-op at RIM previously. They played a similar music video and the key joke from my co-worker was "The cost of that music video could've paid the salary of the guy who used to b
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by basicxman 14y ago
Not to mention, using high resolution graphics when only displaying at a lower resolution increases battery usage and lowers performance of the webpage.
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Computing In the Net of Possibilities(phys.org)
1 points by basicxman 14y ago|0 comments
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[Reddit AMA] Luke Muelhlhauser (CEO of the Singularity Institute for AI)(reddit.com)
3 points by basicxman 14y ago|0 comments
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Nano breakthrough boosts data security(phys.org)
1 points by basicxman 14y ago|0 comments
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Transparent Solar Cells Help Windows Generate Electricity(designnews.com)
2 points by basicxman 14y ago|0 comments
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Interview with Prof. Robert Dorey on Energy Generation with Nanomaterials(azonano.com)
1 points by basicxman 14y ago|0 comments
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Harvard Researchers Use Quantum Computer to Fold Proteins(sacbee.com)
18 points by basicxman 14y ago|4 comments
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by basicxman 14y ago
VxWorks as well, http://www.spacex.com/downloads/dragonlab-datasheet.pdf
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by basicxman 14y ago
The typography also drives me insane. Add some margin between headings and text, reduce kerning, get rid of p::first-letter { font-size: 200%; }
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by basicxman 15y ago
Complimentary to Introduction to Algorithms you might enjoy The Algorithm Design Manual ( http://www.algorist.com/ ).
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by basicxman 15y ago
Taking a look at Amazon's past user interface and experience choices, I'd say they skipped every third idea to make the site simple and user friendly.
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by basicxman 15y ago
Like most articles, can't trust this one at all. Gruber has some excellent thoughts (with actual reasoning) on this which contradict much of what this guy and his "source" is saying.
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by basicxman 15y ago
Yes but I could write this as 1 * 10^(-inf)
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by basicxman 15y ago
Agreed with GED.
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by basicxman 15y ago
As much as I love Ender's Game I've turned my head away at it since I found out that Orson Scott Card was an extreme right-wing mormon. While I don't like to attribute a book's content to it's author I feel like this sort of ruins a bit of
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by basicxman 15y ago
I wrote a script to use Wikipedia:Random to check as many trails as possible (still data logging with it now!). http://github.com/basicxman/extended-mind
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by basicxman 15y ago
I don't think this analogy really carries over to software development. I think being able to develop quality code in X time even using libraries is a great demonstration of experience.
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by basicxman 15y ago
I'm currently 16 and have a job making five figures as a software engineer at a company making millions. There is no reason to not start right now. On the matter of education, I'm taking independent learning at home - this allows me to get
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Click a location on sidebar to watch awesome robots [FIRST Robotics Competition](mmrambotics.ca)
1 points by basicxman 16y ago|0 comments
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by basicxman 16y ago
Locally.
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by basicxman 16y ago
Well, - Vim - Google Analytics - Dropbox - Git - Linux - Google Docs - Skype Not a cent paid, not a single complaint.
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Plead HN: Please help improve our new robotics website(spreadsheets0.google.com)
2 points by basicxman 16y ago|0 comments
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Tips for writing 2011 New Year Prediction articles. (or 'Stop doing this')
5 points by basicxman 16y ago|0 comments
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by basicxman 16y ago
My whole family felt entirely spoiled this year so next year we're ditching gifts and donating to the Pinball Clement Foundation ( http://www.mpcf.ca/ ). Anywho, Neoprene iPad Case, microSD card for phone, desperately needed wallet, RobotSh
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by basicxman 16y ago
It's a shame so many young people these days don't have her spirit. You don't save a years worth of allowance, you go find what you're good at and share it with others.
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by basicxman 16y ago
I commented on the blog about how she was overreacting and told her to think about how the TSA agent must have felt (having to do that several times per day). My comment got deleted.
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by basicxman 16y ago
This is so scarily complimenting my life I'm paranoid of this throwaway account.
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by basicxman 16y ago
Non-Facebook URL: http://www.ted.com/talks/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_the_art_...

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