science_robot

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by science_robot 14y ago
(I'm not a cryptographer) Imagine a web where all links were magnet links. Each site could also have a magnet link to another site containing a diff in case of updates which the browser would automatically check. The content hash in the mag
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by science_robot 14y ago
This would make for a great election stats website displaying live sentiment analysis. EDIT: Even better if you could even annotate each point with the most tweeted quote.
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by science_robot 14y ago
Yes, exactly. Travelling Salesman with distance being measured in dollars.
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by science_robot 14y ago
Why would you use a human flight expert instead of an algorithm?
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by science_robot 14y ago
You can't? Here's a MacRuby script that can take a photo with your webcam: https://github.com/pioz/snappy .
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by science_robot 14y ago
Sometime in the 90s there existed a Windows application that added a chat overlay to any webpage. Users had small rectangular icons and could move around the webpage. You could also create a "bus" and drive people around the web.
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by science_robot 14y ago
My browser crashes presumably because I use 'while true'. Chrome Version 19.0.1084.52
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by science_robot 14y ago
I can't seem to find the end condition for the Maze demo. There is no 'goal_reached?'
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by science_robot 14y ago
Cool idea. Reminds me of the novel _For The Win_ by Cory Doctorow.
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by science_robot 14y ago
Why are 4 CS geniuses from MIT using their talents to build pretty file uploading UI? Pretty file upload UI is easy!
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by science_robot 14y ago
Facebook has gone full circle.
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by science_robot 14y ago
The logo reminds me of how the 256 color palette was augmented by combining them in patterns.
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by science_robot 14y ago
They could only succeed in delaying the propagation of changes to DNS records; ISPs have their own copies.
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by science_robot 14y ago
Why not use the tweet's ID? That would preserve the conversation/context as well. Also, I've seen the word "tweet" used to describe posts on Seiba Weibo. It's possible that the term will be become ubiquitous to describe micro-blog posts. ED
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by science_robot 15y ago
What gets sent when the form is submitted?
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by science_robot 15y ago
Suggestion: add sort by state.
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by science_robot 15y ago
in domains not dollars.
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by science_robot 15y ago
Next: SOPA could ban USB thumb drives