theblackbox

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Hydridic Earth theory(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by theblackbox 16y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 16y ago
http://www.deityproject.com/Delbruck.WMA also of interest, http://www.deityproject.com/Kuipers.WMA Ben Kuipers takes us through his investigations to date on the subject of robotic cognition - using some very adorable footage of a "rese
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Saw a lecture by Tobi Delbruck at my uni last month and was really impressed by this application among others. Seems like some really interesting technology. Can post a link to the lecture recording (audio) if anyone wants it?
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by theblackbox 16y ago
"dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder" has been all but dropped by mainstream psychology. It's considered to be an artifact explained as being induced by a number of factors including attention seeking, desire to ple
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Human Rights Charity targetted by "sophisticated... cyberterrorist attack"(offline.survivalinternational.org)
1 points by theblackbox 16y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 16y ago
A possible title for such an article is a word I first read about when reading Isaiah Berlin and his students for some philosophy of mind work I was doing a few years back. The term they use is "Einfuhlung", which translates to a "feeling i
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Once again the YC community surprises me in both it's depth and it's breadth. From someone who has found your (and Russell's) text invaluable, I say - thank you, sir. And thank you PG/YC for giving me the opportunity to do so.
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Royal Society - Web Science: A New Frontier (live webcast today)(royalsociety.org)
16 points by theblackbox 16y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Yeah, I thought as much as well. It was said more in jest. I know a guy who put tonnes (3 or 4 I think) of slate tiling in his stern end and it only dropped it down half a foot or so in the water. Narrow boats usually have a flat bottom and
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Some sort of Gyroscope might appeal to both your sensibilities?
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by theblackbox 16y ago
"Autowash!?" </Obligatory Fifth Element Quote!> I highly recommend a hammock to anyone that is wanting to save space. I slept in one for 2+ years, and haven't found anything as comfortable since. It takes a little while to get used
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Ahmen, I'm aware of my inability to grasp "design" myslf, but it's application by skilled tradespeople always delights me. When I found AL I too spent unreasonable amounts of time trawling through it all! My favourite would have to be the s
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Wasn't going to post as I struggle to justify the relevance of the parent and my response to the community, but think it's ultimately of little consequence and the words themselves are important to me, so... ~OT: I once worked as a charit
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by theblackbox 16y ago
Herman Hesse - The Glass Bead Games (though I would hazard to say any of his famous five are worth reading - haven't got round to them all myself yet , though) I read The Glass Bead Games after I happened across Timothy Leary's "The Politi
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From Sunflowers to Abacabadabacaba's(ac.wwu.edu)
1 points by theblackbox 17y ago|0 comments
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Good luck. And thanks for the links, I'll be looking into it. You mind a PM if it get's interesting (just to bounce ideas off someone)? I'm looking into machine learning stuff myself and can imagine some interesting integrations with this s
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by theblackbox 17y ago
any idea where I could learn more about curent implementations of (1) ?
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by theblackbox 17y ago
you heard of this technique? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8404025.stm Relies on a person's vocabulary and writing style more than the actual words. [edit: disregard - I hadn't read deep enough to see that this was essentially the approach y
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I was just taking a look at the Openmoko dev progress yesterday, been wanting one for a while, but like with software it's always best to check up on the issue queue and the pace of developments. I've not been so impressed recently. This lo
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by theblackbox 17y ago
There is a really annoying one that used to haunt me when being forced to enjoy watching football (soccer) with my dad: ALL video replays had the exact same audio on it. It really used to grate on me as it was really obvious once you had go
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Ahhh, Alastair Reynolds strikes again! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_spheres_in_popular_cultur... I love it when reality leaks into my head from the world of imagination!
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by theblackbox 17y ago
from what I've heard (I cannot remember where, but it's likely some discovery channel gumph about the "10 000 year wave") it's the best kept maritime secret that one large boat a month goes under... ... keeping in mind that these ships are
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by theblackbox 17y ago
haha: Viewed 126526 times Favorited 4 times hmmm, pretty high attrition rate there! It reminded me of a cross between Kings of Leon and Talking Heads, thankyou for bringing this absurdity to my attention!
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by theblackbox 17y ago
"It is impossible for matter to travel at the speed of light, yes?" isn't this an oft quoted erroneous conclusion? I thought the correct statement was that matter could not accellerate to the speed of light. Thus something could instantan
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by theblackbox 17y ago
This is a theory, by definition it is "widely accepted" until falsified or until a "better" theory is proposed.
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I thought this was already widely accepted as simply a control issue? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine http://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.html
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Seriously? You failed at that? I'm intrigued because it always occured to me that you were a particularly fastidious person (with all due respect). I often come accross issues that would seem for all the world to be a pointless artifact o
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by theblackbox 17y ago
Worth noting: We had something quite inspirational up in the Lakeland fells recently. One villiage (Alston Moor[1]) was so sick of constantly being set back by ISPs, that they organised a community action group to lay their own fibre optic
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by theblackbox 17y ago
I know it's probably more reddit, but I don't do reddit and thought it was worth throwing in on HN due to all the app store vitriol that has been surfacing in the wake of this "app spamming" nonsense.
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IPhone development team - Julian Smith parody (video)(youtube.com)
4 points by theblackbox 17y ago|1 comments

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