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science_robot

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About science_robot

Austin G. Davis-Richardson

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    Comment #4681693

    (I'm not a cryptographer) Imagine a web where all links were magnet links. Each site could also have a magnet link to another site containing a diff in case of updates which the br…

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    Comment #4647816

    This would make for a great election stats website displaying live sentiment analysis. EDIT: Even better if you could even annotate each point with the most tweeted quote.

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    Comment #4227234

    Yes, exactly. Travelling Salesman with distance being measured in dollars.

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    Comment #4227187

    Why would you use a human flight expert instead of an algorithm?

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    Comment #4132580

    You can't? Here's a MacRuby script that can take a photo with your webcam: https://github.com/pioz/snappy .

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    Comment #4084200

    Sometime in the 90s there existed a Windows application that added a chat overlay to any webpage. Users had small rectangular icons and could move around the webpage. You could als…

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    Comment #4050545

    My browser crashes presumably because I use 'while true'. Chrome Version 19.0.1084.52

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    Comment #4050520

    I can't seem to find the end condition for the Maze demo. There is no 'goal_reached?'

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    Comment #3914755

    Cool idea. Reminds me of the novel _For The Win_ by Cory Doctorow.

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    Comment #3864749

    Why are 4 CS geniuses from MIT using their talents to build pretty file uploading UI? Pretty file upload UI is easy!

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    Comment #3829702

    Facebook has gone full circle.

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    Comment #3774256

    The logo reminds me of how the 256 color palette was augmented by combining them in patterns.

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    Comment #3766942

    They could only succeed in delaying the propagation of changes to DNS records; ISPs have their own copies.

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    Comment #3754967

    Why not use the tweet's ID? That would preserve the conversation/context as well. Also, I've seen the word "tweet" used to describe posts on Seiba Weibo. It's possible that the ter…

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    Comment #3729911

    What gets sent when the form is submitted?

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    Comment #3429453

    Suggestion: add sort by state.

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    Comment #3389657

    in domains not dollars.

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    Comment #3382994

    Next: SOPA could ban USB thumb drives