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linhchi

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About linhchi

a typical graduate student, trying to figure things out

https://ayaderaghul.github.io/

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    god, this is really bad side effect :( please be mindful

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    Comment #24205978

    ohh, thanks a lot

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    Comment #24196903

    hey, in the slide there was a part that says that surveillance planes typically flight in a couterclockwise circle. does anybody know why and can explain to me? thanks

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    Comment #24141836

    Hey, does anybody have that documents from Spiegel? I clicked the link but it says not found. Probably it is from 5 years ago so they take down the pdf documents.

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    Comment #22063221

    More impressive is the slime molds, since they are not even animated as ants https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brainless-slime-m...

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    I think that when you suppress freedom systematically, stuff find other ways to come out, and it comes out ugly. (Like when you suppress healthy sexuality). That explains the weird…

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    Ask HN: Should i buy a padbot t1 for my grandma?

    Hello, recently i lost my grandpa and it is still an extremely difficult thing to deal with, especially because i'm far away from home. I'm considering to buy a padbot t1 (which is…

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    Comment #12334930

    you just type the text "lambda". some editors (emacs, drracket) can automatically convert it to lambda the symbol.

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    If you get a small phone, what do you need keyboard for? Coding or writing drafts? I think the small phone you get will replace iphone4s but don't you feel the need to get a middle…

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    I use my old smart phone for the things you list also. But i'd like to be more productive. Probably an ultra light laptop or netbook. I'd like to be able to code, read books, scrib…

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    What do you mean by "main computing device"? Do you code on it? Read books? Scribble sandbox idea?

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    Ask HN: What handheld device you are using?

    I can't follow the stream of handheld device fast enough. So i have stopped updating news about them to focus on other skills. I have been working on my laptop (ubuntu) exclusively…

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    Comment #11791546

    Forget about the greater cause, Gawker messes with the wrong guy. i agree w this comment on twitter: Let's say that Thiel & Gawker is a match made in heaven.

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    Comment #11748037

    Because stories like this sell to even the lowest audience target: the lazy but dream big ones. No matter how dumbed-down the tone, for me behind it always lies a figured out perso…

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    Comment #11736683

    I clearly have the mood affecting gut. If i have a sinking feeling in my chest (a devastated one), i immediately have a painful reaction in the bowel (or the gut).

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    Comment #11735656

    So it's like chinese. One word can have several meaning depending on context. And they seem to be able to figure it out.

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    Comment #11723343

    But people with more power are the ones that have to make the hard choices. And hard choices are hard, true by definition. If one never has to burden any thing on one's shoulder, p…

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    I'm not techie, so i'd like to ask if my interpretation is ok. The switch from scheme to python is in the tidal change of conceptual thinking? Previously, giants & pioneers approac…

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    :) oh come on, every field has the problem of faker and pretentious practitioner. Because studying everything takes serious effort, hence if you're lazy, you get empathy, but if yo…

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    It's witch-hunting, isn't it. Amist the hype of fear, you'd better not showing your knowledge on anything, (for the witch, it's knowledge on herb and natural healing).

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    Fair enough, but i add that academic life is sad, one has to pursue one's endeavor at one's own cost. However, politicians and the public want too much from us researchers. So some…