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by pook 14y ago
Domainkiller, you have apparently been hellbanned since your one-word comment 38 days ago.
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by pook 14y ago
Wiedzmin, you have been hellbanned apparently. Your previous (first) comment must have annoyed someone.
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From NAND to Tetris(www1.idc.ac.il)
1 points by pook 14y ago|0 comments
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by pook 14y ago
An interesting course and text is From NAND to Tetris [1], which builds up from the raw silicon up to the application layer. [1] http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/
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by pook 15y ago
Point #2 is the Little Coder's problem _Why spoke of: a beginning programmer is likely to be discouraged by the vast difference between the toy programs displayed in introductory books, and the real code that inspired them. I think any purp
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False Vacuum(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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by pook 16y ago
There are Chrome extensions to limit your tab usage: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kokmfemecmlekdnj... https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nddlgphciklkobcj...
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by pook 16y ago
Everyone has great advice. I recommend learning a language or 5. Ocaml, Erlang, Lojban, Japanese, Quenya, etc. Use Mnemosyne and Smart.fm for quick, cumulative study sessions, translate webcomics and such, play golf with old programs in new
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by pook 16y ago
Or we can just adopt the Discordian Calendar and, by increasing confusion, reduce disharmony. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar Hail Eris!
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by pook 16y ago
"I have no recourse because we split the venture 50/50 (no vesting). If I want to continue on the project without him, he can block it. I've tried buying him out and he insists he's committed and will not sell under any circumstance. My onl
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by pook 16y ago
I'm reminded every time I hear about QM being "weird", of Eliezer Yudkowsky's Quantum Physics sequence. "I am not going to tell you that quantum mechanics is weird, bizarre, confusing, or alien. QM is counterintuitive, but that is a proble
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by pook 16y ago
This is a great idea! It would be interesting to see this combined with a project management system. I imagine being able to snap your whiteboard, have the image cleaned, and placed right onto a project wiki, in one move (similar to Postero
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List of articles on nootropics(nootropics.com)
2 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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by pook 16y ago
There is now no point whatsoever buying music. These people should not be supported. I propose a reverse boycott: pirate the hell out of the artists you like, and donate directly to them what you think they deserve. Directly, as in skipping
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Chimpanzee human-like behaviour montage(youtube.com)
1 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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by pook 16y ago
Article summary: "I like shiny things that move, and classic license plates are the opposite of that!⸮" I had to fix that for you. That right there is the Sarcasm Mark. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Irony_punctua... Becau
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Why digital license plates are a great idea(news.cnet.com)
2 points by pook 16y ago|2 comments
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by pook 16y ago
How long before someone hacks this to flip off the other drivers in style? This is definitely one of the least thought out proposals I've heard in a while. At least when it gets completely subverted, it will only embarrass those responsible
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Invitation to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence(ieti.org)
1 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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Nikola Tesla's FBI file(scribd.com)
62 points by pook 16y ago|11 comments
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by pook 16y ago
For fun: go to http://milliondollarhomepage.com/pixellist.php and check out how many of these sites no longer exist. The top site, http://www.rentpixelads.com/en/ , is a placeholder. As are quite a few.
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Caffeine: an interview with Prof Jack James(abc.net.au)
1 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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The 12480 writing system: a binary syllabary(3d7software.org)
5 points by pook 16y ago|1 comments
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Color Phi Phenomenon(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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Dutch Book Arguments(plato.stanford.edu)
2 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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The Rosenhan Experiment(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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Start[ZshWiki](zshwiki.org)
2 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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by pook 16y ago
PG said on many occasions he silently tweaks the backend. Does he do A/B testing?
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Polyphasic sleep wiki(polyphasicsleep.info)
5 points by pook 16y ago|0 comments
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by pook 16y ago
The asymmetry in money spent and effect achieved between the two sides is staggering. Call it the # sign versus the $ sign. The flotilla organizers spent almost nothing and won the day; Israel spent huge amounts of money and ended up with

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