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Not all geothermal systems are closed loop. I have an open-loop geothermal system at my house on Cape Cod, MA. It uses the same water pump I use for my domestic water, runs it thro…

couple good ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZqq-zAkGy4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FeZe5P803c

Reminds me of: http://backchannel.org/blog/friendfeed-schemaless-mysql

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth's_law

When I say "they" I don't mean the doctors, I mean the hospital administration. They operate on a different set of incentives and motivating factors. The doctors are usually not in…

I am defining "unconventional" from the point of view of the physician...when compared with the common medications he/she prescribes. An outlier, in other words. Generally in a set…

One problem with most pharmacy dictionaries (e.g. First DataBank) is that it's optimized for pharmacists, not physicians. The docs want to say "give ${x} units of substance ${y}" b…

The problem in healthcare is humans and organizations, not software. There is no will to conform to standards and foster interoperability. You can rant about it all you want, but t…

I just want to second this comment. Focus on solving problems no matter what the technology is. Also, HN talks a lot about web apps, as if they are the only apps out there. Don't g…

I recently discovered Ugarit and although I haven't used it at all, it traces its lineage back to Venti (and also Git). Not sure how mature it is, but might interest some: https://…

This article makes it much more complicated than it needs to be. It tries to be all things to all people. In practice you're going to have to sacrifice some functionality for the s…

I actually think the OP's suggestion is the most elegant of everything I've seen here. It's a matter of aesthetics.

The topic of CTEs was recently discussed (with much vigor) on the SQLite users mailing list: https://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users@sqlite.org/msg8119...

I think this is exactly right. Often people rush to conclusions in favor of the new and shiny, but Python is a great language that works pretty darn well at the moment, even in v2.…

Reminds me of "the highest level feature of C" http://prog21.dadgum.com/166.html "The possibilities when compiling a switch are much more varied. It can result in a trivial series …

I agree. This is stupid and immature.

Appreciate the response. The problem is that the new process introduces another click where you have to select the document format. In iWork '09, you click the menu, then drag to w…

I'm disappointed not to see the "Share" menu make it into this list. In iWork '09, there's a "Share" menu. It has a few different output formats (PDF, Word, etc). When you click an…

I would love a combination Raspberry Pi/hard drive enclosure. This way you could tote the two around in one handy container. I'm thinking 3D printing companies could handle this "e…

I blame the companies providing these services more than the consumers who sign up for them.

At my company, we write new MUMPS code all the time. Some of this is sanely written ANSI standard MUMPS, some uses the Caché extensions. There are techniques and strategies for con…

Came here to plug the GT.M version of MUMPS, which is really great. It uses the underlying UNIX system as much as possible (so, for example, your routines are not stored in the dat…

You're referring to legacy MUMPS code. It's possible to write it more expressively (why do you think the examples on Wikipedia are like that?) People don't usually capture that nua…