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by gregoreous 5y ago
Those dummies. They had perfectly good time machines in 1999 and they didn't even use them to visit our enlightened era. I bet they did all their calculations on some old Windows 95 system instead of investing in solid multiple core ma
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by gregoreous 6y ago
Congratulations, and welcome back!
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by gregoreous 6y ago
I disagree with his argument of the end of cheap energy. Even if oil were to become very expensive, we could use nuclear power. It is more expensive than natural gas, but it can power the economy. Also, countries with hydro power would have
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by gregoreous 8y ago
I think if you truly obtain a MSc in statistics, you would no longer be a data scientist but a statistician.
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by gregoreous 10y ago
Northern Quebec: say Rouyn-Noranda. Cold, remote and inexpensive and not a long bus ride to Montreal for adventures.
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by gregoreous 10y ago
Toronto actually recently passed Chicago in population.
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by gregoreous 11y ago
"He essentially defines an act as "good" if it's a net increase in human happiness and well-being." John Rawls, one of the foremost liberal philosophers of our time spends the bulk of his most famous book arguing ag
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by gregoreous 11y ago
I hope you don't mind my taking this post as an open invitation for anyone to reply to, but I thought I should reply as well. 1. I love talking to people with different beliefs. If we have a respectful debate based on our best evidenc
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Children learning latin in Suburban Toronto(notesandqueries.ca)
3 points by gregoreous 11y ago|0 comments
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Silver Blackberry Passport(engadget.com)
1 points by gregoreous 11y ago|0 comments
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by gregoreous 12y ago
I vaguely remember that. I also remember one of the characters recoding his camera on the fly to take pictures of people ogling his computer at a meeting. Not too realistic, but cool.
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by gregoreous 12y ago
Surely, there are more than these. I have to confess that Dan Brown would not be my "go to guy" on anything factual.
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Ask HN: What novels or other fictional works have Linux in a significant role?
5 points by gregoreous 12y ago|6 comments
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by gregoreous 12y ago
Looking for a some summer reading? How about leaving a comment below with the author and title of a book in which Linux plays a significant role.
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Summer reading: Novels that get Linux(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by gregoreous 12y ago|2 comments
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Should HN readers be Blackberry users?
2 points by gregoreous 13y ago|0 comments
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by gregoreous 13y ago
Blackberry just can't seem to catch a break in the media these days. I love that articles are coming out in Britain now about how the BB is yesterdays technology about a year and a half after all these articles came out in the US. Th