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by cal2 10y ago
On a similar note, a full dictionary of the Assyrian language is available online through the University of Chicago. [1]: https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/assyrian-dicti...
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by cal2 10y ago
Much of the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was due to the discovery and the analysis of the Rosetta Stone. An accurate translation was made by Jean-François Champollion in 1822. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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Ask HN: Inquiry About Apple and a Potential Job Offer
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by cal2 11y ago
I've made the publication available here: http://cl.ly/3O2q291Y362s?_ga=1.160823550.2112655899.1426272...
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by cal2 12y ago
I very much like to see this type of pseudo-science on HN. I read the article a few weeks ago and was pretty iffy about it, but I didn't really have a venue to converse about it. The comments that are already here, yours included, ha
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by cal2 12y ago
Before I finished reading your reply, I was going to say "but someone just submitted a formula for libbpg!" Thank you, sir. :)
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by cal2 12y ago
Not to mention that it is essentially Franklin's medal anyway...
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by cal2 12y ago
It's entirely possible that I'm being biased as an American, but I've never really felt this way. I love public transportation whenever I'm in cities like Chicago or New York City. My issue is that my state (and someti
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by cal2 12y ago
This is purely anecdotal, but one of my favorites is "Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations." http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/2/152.abstract
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by cal2 12y ago
It should also be noted that (as of now) there are no immediate citations for these claims.
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by cal2 12y ago
Very cool, thanks!
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by cal2 12y ago
I personally feel like the colors shouldn't affect color blind individuals (e.g. light blue and orange). But great job overall!
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by cal2 12y ago
I go between hating transparency and loving transparency. The "Reduce Transparency" option in Universal Access is useful at times.
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by cal2 12y ago
Hah, that sounds really, really painful. Wouldn't you take to finding a way to compiling it yourself or committing a Formula for it instead of installing MacPorts? But if a VM works, don't fix what isn't broken, I guess. (
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by cal2 12y ago
I find it very mildly ironic that the author is comparing these "ancient" versions to MacPorts. Am I naïve, or do the overwhelming majority of OS X developers use Homebrew nowadays? I've always thought Homebrew to be much m
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by cal2 12y ago
Can anyone clue me in as to why (ex-)soviet regions have such an adamant opposition to anything other than heterosexuality? I'm an odd case I guess since I'm an American who is both gay and deeply interested in "all things&qu
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by cal2 12y ago
neocomplete.vim[1] and neocomplcache.vim[2] are nifty alternatives if you don't prefer YouCompleteMe. [1]: https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim [2]: https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplcach
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by cal2 12y ago
I agree. Regardless of one's stance on drugs and their respective online black markets (the latter of which I had a sizable knowledge), I don't really see what Shrem's expected outcome of this could have been other than, w
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by cal2 12y ago
I really need to educate myself further about these sorts of things. Great tip, much appreciated!
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by cal2 12y ago
I appear to be the only one who thinks it looks like an "A". The loop reminds me of something an air plane would do in the air . I can see the sexual resemblance, but only if I concentrate hard enough on it, then it just goes
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by cal2 12y ago
I'll preface by saying that I used to smoke a lot of weed, but I haven't in quite some time. > it is fat soluble, and you can end up high even years later if you burn enough calories Please cite this extensively. Many bioactiv
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by cal2 12y ago
If you aren't obtaining medical-grade ketamine or if you aren't synthesizing it yourself, the drug is highly variable. For example, you could be getting a different isomer or different ratio of isomers every time (pure R, pure S,
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by cal2 12y ago
I don't dispute that ketamine may perhaps have some clinical relevance for humans, but unfortunately it wreaks too much havoc on the kidneys for me to consider it as a viable option for treatment of depression.
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by cal2 13y ago
> Out of genuine curiosity, what's the advantage from your point of view, other than being able to communicate to other people who use the same system, at the cost of not being understood by everyone else? What other advantage, you
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by cal2 13y ago
I'm American, so I use imperial units in my everyday life. I'm also a (bio)chemist, so I do use metric units about as often as I do imperial units. While I might be slightly biased ("M" is molarity gosh dangit), I don
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by cal2 13y ago
Thanks for bringing these two things to my attention. It's incredible what I can overlook in tools I use everyday. I love it when I learn something new though!
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by cal2 13y ago
I agree with simias. When I want to read memes, popular quotes, etc, I go to reddit or something. When I want to read potentially interesting technological discussions, I come to HN. These aren't the right words, but even if HN is &
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by cal2 13y ago
I'm not sure if this is what you want, but NERD Tree[1] works for a lot of people. Here's a tutorial[2] for NERD Tree that I quickly found. [1]: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree [2]: http://c
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by cal2 13y ago
I agree with you. At first, I would use TikZ anywhere and everywhere I could just because it was so novel to me. I've found that TeX's and TikZ's novelty can fade pretty quickly, but their usefulness when used appropriately o
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by cal2 13y ago
TeX and TikZ were my saving grace in college. I really don't know where I'd be without it. Seeing your code work is great, but seeing the results of my TeX and TikZ code personally provides me with an additional level of gratifica

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