wac

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Quantum Chesire Cats(arxiv.org)
1 points by wac 12y ago|0 comments
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UK government to rush through emergency surveillance legislation(theguardian.com)
3 points by wac 12y ago|0 comments
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by wac 13y ago
So this blogger has pointed out 2 problems with a single Guardian quote. The first point doesn't make sense to me as it seems to argue that the Guardian's "be as satisfied with" means the same thing as "increase sat
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by wac 13y ago
>...on a campus of 3,000, only eight people actually asked for a meeting with me to discuss the reasons I banned the book I think this is really the most interesting part of the story- people are willing to complain but not take reasonab
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Hackaday Editors Launch Campaign to Buy Site(hackaday.com)
4 points by wac 13y ago|3 comments
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by wac 13y ago
I've wanted to join the London Hackspace for a while now so should probably look into freeing up a Tuesday to attend an open evening. You're even closer to where I live now!
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by wac 14y ago
There was an episode of _Frasier_ where they did this. I think it was near the end of season 6.
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by wac 14y ago
I always that thought that the only language that made logical sense for philosophers to use was prolog.
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Automated reconstruction of languages using probabilistic models(pnas.org)
2 points by wac 14y ago|0 comments
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by wac 14y ago
I'll second Gandi. Moved to them a few years ago during another GoDaddy scandal and have been very happy with my decision.
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by wac 14y ago
I believe that you could probably extend Godel's theorems to argue that this isn't feasible.
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by wac 14y ago
Can I just point out that the BMJ's Christmas issue always includes 'humourous' pieces of research: In 2011: "Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? Retrospective cohort study" http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7799 or "Orth
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by wac 14y ago
I felt like this for years- annoyed at the insistence that I pay the fee even though I don't own a TV. Then, in a moment of inspiration, I took 2 minutes to fill out the online form and haven't been bothered since. However, the BBC offers