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I think this can only be addressed by stating it clearly and upfront. "Automated cars will kill people. They will kill people every year. The only thing they have going for them is…

Unfortunately decimals seem to be harder for computers than people :) http://screencast.com/t/ZjUwOWRl

Let me save you the trouble. This guy is a crackpot who doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Though if you've ever been persuaded by an article extolling the virtues of hom…

An interesting point from the wikipedia articles: One version of the theory, that the nemesis star is a brown dwarf, should be testable in the next year or so. The WISE mission is …

Can you tell us how you found this tutor? Did you interview multiple people? And finally how much did this kind of tutoring cost?

I'd like to share a couple gems that psychology has actually produced: 1. One of the most important skills for success is the ability to distract yourself from immediate desires . …

Were you able to accomplish this transition while maintaining a relationship? (Genuinely curious, no insult, slight or negative implication intended)

Can someone from mint.com confirm these figures? Surveys are fine but I trust transactional records more. The figures don't seem far off as I compare to my mint.com breakdown, but …

I lost my wallet last night. Thanks for the thought HN but a little too late.

Old hat. The reverse is actually more interesting! The representation of the brain is reflected in body parts. People think about the brain as being the seat of neuroplasticity but…

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Hints, CamelCase and, it's not done yet. Contribute!

As always these articles are wonderful to read. I think the hardest thing for people without depression to conceptualize is the crushing weight of insignificant tasks. How picking …

Perfectly in tune with On Intelligence - go read it if you found this article insightful.

Creature creator only. Torrent of same available at usual places.

There are some fairly strong reinforcement schedules which can create motivation, however they rely on one of two things. 1. The desire for the reinforcer never wanes. or 2. The re…

Why would I want to? I share my network and my neighbors share theirs. I get to help provide the kind of ubiquitus wifi I want everywhere and get connection redundancy while I'm at…

I seem to be an outlier. I need about 10 hours but can easily enjoy 12.

I enjoyed this piece, now whenever I find a loophole in a law that I can exploit for my own benefit I can blame the law! I'm not a bad person, it's a bad law! Along with the invisi…

No. From my background in Physics: Qubits decohere at anything like room temperature. From my background in Neuroscience: 100 trillion connections is sufficient for all cognition. …

Facebook is sitting on an ad-targeting gold mine and media companies are looking for new ways to monitize their content, so why isn't there a "TV" tab in Facebook that has shows wi…

From the name I assumed I would get more points for being creative with my flying. Here's my idea: Sky write with their trails and get uber bonuses for making certain shapes. Make …

This falls into a class of technologies which can be described thus: It would be awesome if it worked but probably won't. On 15 search queries which I regularly perform on Google S…

Sounds like you read: "On Intelligence" - if so, cool, if not do so. Then do this: break CAPTCHA There are plenty of people who will pay for that, and a successful implementation o…