kokofoo

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by kokofoo 2y ago
Hitler had to learn the true nature and the power of nonviolent resistance the hard way. These were Hitler's words in 1943, admitting privately to his lieutenants the difficulties of ruling the conquered regions such as Denmark, Norway
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by kokofoo 3y ago
I always wonder why no one plays with forehands on both sides, i.e., a right-handed forehand and a left-handed forehand. I think that would be such an advantage.
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by kokofoo 13y ago
Congrats on your marriage. I really enjoy your blog posts and podcasts and comments here on HN. They taught me a lot. Thank you.
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by kokofoo 16y ago
I actually told my wife (who knew the correct answer - Chicago) half jokingly that perhaps it was the sportsmanship built into Watson to throw away an easy answer once in a while, because he was on a hot streak up to that point.
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How to explain your research at a party(languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
2 points by kokofoo 16y ago|0 comments
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by kokofoo 16y ago
I'm wondering what you think about Wun-Yi Shu Universe ( http://byrev.org/tech/wun-yi-shu-universe/ ). I saw a post about his paper here on HN a while ago.
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by kokofoo 16y ago
Centrifugal force is also used to achieve the concept called artificial gravity, which is the reason why characters in Star Trek walk around like normal in their starships.
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by kokofoo 16y ago
I grew up near a lake and always used to hearing those drowning stories. One of the guy I met told me about a similar story. He was trying to rescue a kid who was drowning and he started to grab/climb him as soon as he reached him. He sa
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by kokofoo 16y ago
I recently read an article in which they say one can solve problems in their dreams [1]. I could swear it has happened to me at least a couple times. [1] http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37926551/ns/health-behavior/
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Is Apple becoming the Microsoft of mobile?(cnn.com)
1 points by kokofoo 16y ago|0 comments
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by kokofoo 16y ago
This is a much harder problem to solve than terrorism itself.
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by kokofoo 16y ago
I can see the opposite side too. Prestige isn't worth much if nobody willing to pay for it. But the fact is there are people willing to pay for it. EDIT: I guess that's what you're saying as well.
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Astronomers detect earliest galaxies (eurekalert.org)
1 points by kokofoo 17y ago|0 comments
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by kokofoo 17y ago
The Lions book. http://www.amazon.com/Lions-Commentary-Unix-John/dp/15739801...
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Philip Greenspun explains California fiscal crisis(blogs.law.harvard.edu)
4 points by kokofoo 17y ago|3 comments
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by kokofoo 17y ago
The extreme example would be Mozart and Gauss. I don't think either one could have become one another, even though both of them possessed one-in-billion IQs.
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by kokofoo 17y ago
According to weather services, the storms at the region towered as high as 50,000 feet, an altitude higher than maximum ceiling that most commercial jetliners can climb.
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by kokofoo 17y ago
A chip that implants inside your brain so that you can surf the web with sheer thought.
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by kokofoo 17y ago
I have not read this before. But I heard this story told by a college professor Michio Kaku when I was in his astronomy 101 class. Yes, he is the author of the book, Hypersapce.( http://www.amazon.com/Hyperspace-Scientific-Odyssey-Paralle
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by kokofoo 17y ago
> eaching is a skilled craft. A good teacher will work a classroom to keep all manner of kids involved and engaged. We've all had teachers like that. Amen to that. Not only is teaching a craft, I think it's a passion. I took College Ph
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by kokofoo 17y ago
I would guess somebody or something need to catch the passengers from the other side of the hole; otherwise, it would fall back and forth forever like gigantic pendulums..
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The calculus of saying "I love you"(inklingmagazine.com)
1 points by kokofoo 18y ago|0 comments
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by kokofoo 18y ago
If you want to boggle your mind this Christmas I suggest you read GEB. It's not just Math, but Philosophy, AI, programming, logic, human mind, etc. I started reading it last year, and I'm still reading it this year, probably will be next