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by dean 6y ago
According to the book "The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator" by Timothy C. Winegard, the mosquito has killed an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion people that have ever lived. (Not sure how
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by dean 8y ago
> We as programmers get paid very well, we're not in need of money. Speak for yourself.
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Searching for Positive Returns at the Track(researchgate.net)
1 points by dean 8y ago|0 comments
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The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code(bloomberg.com)
2 points by dean 8y ago|0 comments
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by dean 9y ago
"the right way to build a remarkable life is to first identify the traits that define your vision of “remarkable,” then pursue only jobs that will reward you with these traits if and when you master rare and valuable skills." That
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Cybersecurity firm: US Senate in Russian hackers' crosshairs(tampabay.com)
3 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Having a Heart Attack? This AI Helps Emergency Dispatchers Find Out(fastcompany.com)
2 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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by dean 9y ago
This thread is not talking about Vegas. It's talking about genocide. If internal strife gets to the point of extreme hatred, then you don't need guns to kill each other. Not saying I agree that would happen in the U.S., but that&#
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Minix Inside(i-programmer.info)
3 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Send scam emails to this chatbot and it’ll waste their time for you(theverge.com)
1 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Photo Enhancing Software Transforms Low-Resolution Images into High-Resolution(mymodernmet.com)
2 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Online image upscale and enhancement using neutral networks(letsenhance.io)
4 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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by dean 9y ago
I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying, but "you get used to it". Like sitting behind someone with a big hat in the movie theatre, after awhile, you don't even notice. Personally, I change seats i
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by dean 9y ago
> They are instantly executable by a small VM written as a JS library Guess you have download the VM on initial page load.
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by dean 9y ago
At least Ontario has increased the price for 1 million litres of water from $3.71. The popular assumption that future wars will be fought over water is overblown when you consider water prices like this. I couldn't understand why the g
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by dean 9y ago
"The aerospace giant [Boeing] has received more state and local subsidy dollars than any other corporation in America" https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/17/t...
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by dean 9y ago
> The plain email—which took no time to design or code—was opened by more recipients... That's interesting. I wonder how this would have any effect on opening an email. In my mail clients on mobile and desktop, I cannot tell if an e
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by dean 9y ago
Oops. Didn't even notice.
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Airbus and Bombardier will join forces on the next-generation C Series airliner(businessinsider.com)
12 points by dean 9y ago|5 comments
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Study finds auto-fix tool gets more programmers to upgrade code(phys.org)
2 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Try Microsoft's 'code-writing', Question-Answering Stack Overflow Bot(techrepublic.com)
2 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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by dean 9y ago
The conventional wisdom in software development is to never rewrite your application from scratch. Typically it's much more difficult than you thought it would be, and it takes too long. Meanwhile, competitors pass you by (remember Net
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by dean 9y ago
I find this title a bit misleading. I thought the article was going to be about how the typical interview process is broken, and that plenty of good programmers are being missed by the process. Or that employers are way too fussy about cand
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Google's plan to best Amazon rests on one piece of software(businessinsider.com)
3 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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Lack of ethics education for computer programmers shocks expert(i.stuff.co.nz)
3 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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by dean 9y ago
My kingdom for a horse?
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Machine learning is being used to uncover the mass graves of Mexico’s missing(qz.com)
1 points by dean 9y ago|0 comments
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H-1B Visa Petitions Exploratory Data Analysis(blog.nycdatascience.com)
3 points by dean 10y ago|0 comments
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by dean 10y ago
“Never memorize something that you can look up.” -- Albert Einstein
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by dean 10y ago
A few years back, I had a 6-year-old white uni-body MacBook with a swollen battery that was long out of warranty. I made an appointment at the Apple Store, and when I took it in, they took one look at the battery, gave me new battery and se

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