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experiment0

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About experiment0

Currently doing a PhD in computational materials design at University College London.

https://utf.github.io

I use gmail: alexganose

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    This is a great paper. As a counterpoint, one place where determinants are incredibly useful is in Hartree-Fock theory, where they effective encode the Pauli exclusion principle (o…

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    We really don't have a shortage of space to put solar panels. The challenge is making solar panels that are cost effective (e.g. $ per Watt). In response to your edit: That is a po…

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    Comment #9250897

    We are already struggling to make low cost solar panels that have a high efficiency using light absorbed from the visible spectrum (which accounts for most of the sun's spectral ir…

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    Comment #9074009

    He delivered the BBC Reith Lectures this year too, which were fantastic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9

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    Comment #6075424

    Gay marriage has this week been legalised in the UK. I'm really not sure what else they can do.

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    > So a person who lays the iPad2 on their chest while napping, or holds one on their chest while reading, could trigger magnet mode. I think the point the article is trying to make…

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    Comment #5617948

    Why would you suggest to ignore me when I was aiming to promote discussion. I was primarily questioning the science behind the post as there's a lot of questionable reporting on to…

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    OK. I understand what you were trying to put across. But ultimately what you described was a set of symptoms of a disorder that you didn't fully explain, so I found it confusing re…

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    I'm really not sure what this means: > My brain works a little differently than most people’s. My body doesn't balance chemicals like serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine well an…

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    It still doesn't tell you who it is on the about page though, just that he's on the AppKit team.

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    Hey so did I! My first programming experience was working on RS2DBase. It was pretty popular back in the day. I met loads of great people through those forums and I don't think I'd…

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    Comment #5391672

    I've done the same thing, I've customised holmans dotfiles and just replaced the content with my preferences. I really like the rake mechanism for symlinking. Simple and convenient…

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    Comment #5225817

    Well Lisp is dynamically typed and Javascript, Ruby and Python seem to be doing pretty well.

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    Comment #5164961

    Only one submission on the page you linked to was actually a comparable tool tip.

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