rl41

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by rl41 14y ago
This is true, though you still have to be lucky enough for a civilization to be existing at your destination in both space and time. Perhaps a civilization could exist at your destination in the perceived time when you depart, but upon arri
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by rl41 14y ago
Extraterrestrial life may not just be separated from us by space -- time is also a huge issue here. Long ago I heard an explanation from Neil DeGrasse Tyson on this, though my google skills are failing to excavate it. I'll make an attempt t
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by rl41 14y ago
This is the project that convinced me to enroll in Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo!
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by rl41 14y ago
Adam Sandler really shines in Reign Over Me.
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by rl41 15y ago
This isn't my field at all, and to be honest I have a very shaky understanding of what's communicated in the article. I find it extremely interesting, though my lack of knowledge leaves me with little to say. Most of the time when I read th
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by rl41 15y ago
Another discussion here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2847028
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by rl41 15y ago
Didn't freeze for my Opera 11.50. Great job, I like musical tools this this a lot!
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by rl41 15y ago
Does anyone here remember the Mozilla Seabird concept? If not, here is an overview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg Think it could be related to this?
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by rl41 15y ago
Hopefully this sort of technology is expanded upon, with two directions possible. The first is creating more self-diagnosis tools for smartphones (more relevant to those who are likely to own one). The second is creating tools for those 99.
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by rl41 15y ago
This could easily mangle the original meaning of the message, as www.translationparty.com gracefully demonstrates. I suppose that the user could take a second to approve the recycled message before sending it though.
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by rl41 15y ago
Homeopathy?
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by rl41 15y ago
How many generations have you seen?
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by rl41 15y ago
The aim here isn't to bow to the demands of users, but to maintain the quality of discussion on the site. Seeing comment scores can easily lead to disproportionate scores as the ones with high scores are read more and consequently voted up
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by rl41 15y ago
The article neglects that facebook is always looking to expand its feature set, with things like email (on top of existing chat) and music [1]. Also neglected are statistics pertaining to new account activations and account reactivations (s
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by rl41 15y ago
I think that's the joke...
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by rl41 15y ago
On Grooveshark though, attribution to the artist is actually unavoidable.
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by rl41 15y ago
Thanks for this, much more informative.
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by rl41 15y ago
I realized this while typing, but decided to go with it just because it was in the spirit of mocking the comment I was replying to. Interesting bit about jail times being increased for possessing a firearm while committing a crime though.
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by rl41 15y ago
Indeed, if these entrepreneurs moved to the US then they could coerce the parking tickets with firearms. Efficiency would skyrocket! Take the internet tough guy act somewhere else...
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by rl41 15y ago
"Compared to other illegal activities they might have engaged in such as selling drugs..." The author didn't really assume they would be dealing drugs, he just wanted to show the advantages of their current scheme over another common illega
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by rl41 15y ago
Listening along with a friend who appreciates music as much as you do is great. Sometimes you don't have the liberty of be with them physically, so facebook is ready to provide the next best thing.
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by rl41 15y ago
I think that leasing plans (such as the $20/mo student plan) and the fact that all your data is stored on the cloud are bigger factors here. There's more to Google's new approach than just a browser-based OS. Hardware is completely intercha
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by rl41 15y ago
Turns out the most spectacular part of it was how dedicated he was to it, with apparently hundreds of flash drives full of emails. Even that isn't so spectacular though, considering this is someone dedicated enough to his cause to successfu
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by rl41 15y ago
I wonder how the second chart would look if all countries were split into four economic groups, not just the US.