quasistar

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   by quasistar 14y ago

   Just a few reasons today's Web trumps anything from the 'Technorati' (seriously?) era: Open API's that reply in JSON, Cloud VPS's at $0.02 per hour, 10 Gb ethernet, 54 Mb fiber in my house, multicore computers in everyones pocket, GPS at ev
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   Lunch with Warren Buffett(newyorker.com)

   1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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   by quasistar 14y ago

   That the Brubeck obit is a Top 10 HN story puts a smile on my face ;) If you're in a jazzy mood tonite, I can strongly recommend the recent Shinichiro Watanbe anime "Kids on the Slope" (坂道のアポロン Sakamichi no Apollon). http://www.crunchyroll
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   The Universe At Extreme Scale: Multi-Petaflop Sky Simulation(arxiv.org)

   5 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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   The Smarter, Safer, Stronger, Far-Out Materials of our Future(popsci.com)

   1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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   Universe Has Almost Stopped Making New Stars(wired.com)

   1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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   by quasistar 14y ago

   Video of moxie at BlackHat 2012 for deep essential background on the subject: SSL and the Future of Authenticity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wl2FW2TcA What's the status of the Convergence SSL alternatives that were going to be built
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   The Blue Collar Coder(dashes.com)

   6 points by quasistar 14y ago|1 comments
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   by quasistar 14y ago

   Gods they must be cray Lyrics over HTTP? What would Kool Herc say? Venture valuation Drifting to the perihelion Maboo with the Bently scout Now Marissa's got her checkbook out Annotations the new cream Even writin up your daydreams Like Cob
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    UF Sparse Matrix Collection(cise.ufl.edu)

    3 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    by quasistar 14y ago

    Uncanny. I can claim in true honesty that I had a remarkably similar vision for a comprehensive life 'experience quotient' app not even 2-3 weeks ago. The travel portion looked very similar: GPS enabled tracing of a global map space with pe
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    Controlling Brains With A Flick Of A Light Switch(discovermagazine.com)

    1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    by quasistar 14y ago

    Indeed, this cogent essay has been a long time coming and should be a pre-requisite for anyone thinking of getting in the game. "A barbershop isn't designed to grow fast. Whereas a search engine, for example, is." Brilliant.
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    by quasistar 14y ago

    Both the app and the team made a strong impression on me. There is some real heat here. 3x3 is soo much better than double dating. And the 'bathroom intercourse' metrics are certainly a unique measure of 'penetration'. Interested to hear wh
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    The Dog and the Frisbee(kansascityfed.org)

    2 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    High Weirdness By Mail(metafilter.com)

    1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    by quasistar 14y ago

    Congrats, Kurt! An entire generation of game devs bestow their most humble appreciation for showing us the path to enlightenment. Hopefully the new content will reflect the changing state of the field, for example: OpenGL ES 2.0 hacks for
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    Graphene in High-Frequency Electronics(americanscientist.org)

    3 points by quasistar 14y ago|1 comments
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    by quasistar 14y ago

    While the author of the linked article expiates the hit coding performance can take when fasting I have personally observed an interesting phenomena during my observation of Ramadan. Namely, I can experience moments of acute lucidity and pe
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    Ask HN: So, who's moving to Kansas City?

    6 points by quasistar 14y ago|3 comments
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    What's Wrong With Pakistan?(foreignpolicy.com)

    1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    Bret Easton Ellis and his terrible Twitter feed: A necessary intervention(nydailynews.com)

    1 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    Reminder: Google Code Jam 2012 Starts Today At 23:00 UTC

    2 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    The Originality of the Species by Ian McEwan(guardian.co.uk)

    2 points by quasistar 14y ago|0 comments
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    The Song Machine: How Music Hits Get Made

    1 points by quasistar 14y ago|1 comments
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    by quasistar 15y ago

    'Cambridge Seed' sounds like a reality TV show about a sperm bank that only accepts donors from elite universities ;) Congrats to everyone who has ever applied and the YC team! You have changed the rules of the game for the better...
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    by quasistar 15y ago

    Not sure current technology is capable of yielding real creativity. Perhaps as we enter the era of quantum computing. But fun level design and infinite gameplay generated using AI/ML techniques are a welcome addition to casual games.
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    Reid Hoffman: the network philosopher (wired.co.uk)

    2 points by quasistar 15y ago|0 comments
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    by quasistar 15y ago

    Congrats! Looking forward to amazong browser centric gaming. Question: Does GameClosure have any plans to use WebGL? Also wanted to give you a heads up re: Art Hack Weekend SF http://www.gaffta.org/2012/02/13/art-hack-weekend-sf-a-webgl..
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    Problems With Popper(arxiv.org)

    1 points by quasistar 15y ago|0 comments