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Localizing Papers, Please(dukope.tumblr.com)
198 points by baxter 12y ago|58 comments
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by baxter 14y ago
I'm not sure if my brain is failing me but... "I calculated a less than 0.001% chance of posts (content) making the front page of Reddit. That is a 1/1000 chance." Surely 1% is a 1 in 100 chance, 0.1% is a 1 in 1,000 chance, 0.001% would be
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2D Boids in Coffeescript and HTML5 Canvas(paulboxley.com)
6 points by baxter 14y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 15y ago
As someone who was 13 years old in 1996, I take exception to this. It looks like it was made by an 11 year old in 1996.
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Children's science questions 'stump many parents'(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by baxter 15y ago|2 comments
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by baxter 15y ago
The OP links to the Popular Mechanics article in the first paragraph. I don't think it was intended as a replacement for the Popular Mechanics article, but as an addition to it.
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by baxter 15y ago
AFAICT they are a registered charity with the goal of promoting computer science education, so I suspect large profit margins matter less than if they were a business.
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by baxter 15y ago
I would be surprised if his current keyboard had LCD keys.
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by baxter 15y ago
That's an excellent point! Perhaps I will put something together anyway. Thanks for this :)
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by baxter 15y ago
It's so strange, I was just playing with pathfinding algorithms in CoffeeScript this weekend and thought about putting something like this together, but you have beaten me to it :) Really nice work.
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by baxter 15y ago
Since up votes are hidden now, just want to make it clear that I +1 this.
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by baxter 15y ago
The original NASA article: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorit...
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by baxter 15y ago
I wondered this when she said "WYSIWYG". There are a few points where the tone of her voice suggests she is either at the start or the end of a sentence, but in fact she isn't.
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by baxter 15y ago
I hadn't heard of namecoin until you mentioned it. It looks interesting. But shouldn't it be called bitname?
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by baxter 15y ago
I think you mean phishing, not pishing. :)
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by baxter 15y ago
Many cinema chains in the UK have offers like this. My girlfriend has a cinema card that costs her £15 a month and allows her to see any film she likes (although she has to pay about £1.50 extra to see 3D films). This is an offer that's bee
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by baxter 15y ago
Yeah, just encountered the same problem.
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by baxter 15y ago
Have a look at the diagram under the heading "History of National Debt". http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/uk-economy/uk-national-deb... The British welfare state, including the National Health Service, was created around 1948 at the heig
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Black Holes Spin Faster and Faster(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by baxter 15y ago|0 comments
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Democracy in the UK?(4therecord.org)
2 points by baxter 15y ago|0 comments
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by baxter 15y ago
I'm getting a 509, bandwidth limit exceeded. Here's the Google Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...
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by baxter 15y ago
You're right, it was an oversight, sorry about that. I've posted the source code to GitHub now. https://github.com/baxter/csterrain
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by baxter 16y ago
"Considered harmful" considered harmful?
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by baxter 16y ago
"Google does not associate sensitive interest categories with your ads preferences." Does this really mean "We know more about you, but we're not going to tell you what it is?"
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Apple: if we get you subscribers, we deserve a cut(arstechnica.com)
36 points by baxter 16y ago|71 comments
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by baxter 16y ago
Hadn't heard of this. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2151768
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by baxter 16y ago
When this was first mentioned at E3 last June Tycho from Penny Arcade had this to say about it: For people who game primarily on consoles, you might not know what it means to have Steamworks integration. It varies depending on the implement
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by baxter 16y ago
I think the reason for this is that when you move an object further away from a surface the shadow becomes less pronounced and more diffuse. I agree that it doesn't look quite right, though.
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by baxter 16y ago
With no description I almost didn't click on this link, but I'm glad that I did. The title of the paper it links to is "29+ Evidences for Macroevolution, The Scientific Case for Common Descent" and is worth a look.
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by baxter 16y ago
I was under the impression that artificial speciation had been achieved. Have I misunderstood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation#Artificial_speciatio... ?

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