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The fig filling in fig newtons is crunch because it contains seeds. ;)

Most of the commercial figs grown in California are wasp pollinated. If a fig is crunchy, it contains seeds, and if it contains seeds, the flowers inside it were likely pollinated …

That does not appear to be true. For instance, here is Walter Willett, chair of the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health: From many kinds of studies conducted…

not to mention that the X200 (X301 too) has got an excellent keyboard and is built like a tank the only thing I don't like about mine is the poor quality of the screen (low maximum…

There are objects in the modern day Squeak image that were created when Smalltalk-80 was released. In fact, if you explore around Squeak's image, you can find all sorts of disconne…

"Whenever I see a brilliant kid decide to join Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, or Google, I think to myself: a startup just died" Many smart "kids" (gee, thanks dad, glad you know what's …

"We're still rolling out Buzz to everyone, so if you don't see it in your Gmail account yet, check back soon." (doesn't work yet for me either)

When I'm reading something it helps me find my place again if I get interrupted or need to look up something in a different browser tab. It also makes text more readable when sites…

One problem: humans, even in western societies, aren't strictly monogamous. Men and women both can, and not infrequently do, have more than one partner, even when married.

By promoting Ive, didn't Jobs actually affect a fairly large change in design talent? According to wikipedia: "He is internationally renowned as the principal designer of the iMac,…

Consumer Reports has no advertising and they buy everything they review. When possible, they test items in blind trials. The magazine is also published by a non-profit. On the othe…

Probably, but all I see is a graph and the abstract. It also depends on how the model is being used in the paper. Unless I'm mistaken, Nature puts papers through peer review, which…

It is probably a case of overfitting, but it could also be the case that they are fitting an existing model that really has 17 parameters. Without more context, it's a little hard …

Hypothetically , if all I want to do is exchange emails and browse the web, why should I have to learn how to use a "real desktop computer" or a "full UI"? I'd be learning a whole …