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I would say that the "opening your mind to grammar" is true of learning any new language. Obviously one like Latin where the grammar is very different than English might be more ef…

The return of the blink tag?

Although I don't agree that the name "Drake" is an issue, I do find it interesting that an even more apt name for an application of this type might be "Usher"!

I believe I read this in Bill Bryson's `A Brief History of Nearly Everything', which is a great book if anyone is interested in the history of how scientific discoveries are made a…

I have really internaized this recently; more specifically I have made sure to think about my code from an outsider's perspective and address complaints this person might have.

I was thinking about this just yesterday. I think Google's spam blocking accuracy is just a reflection of their advertising acuity. The better their advertising becomes, the better…

The headline should read: "Fish Use Laws of Physics, Become Mirrors."

I think that the news article is a result of the Sixty Minutes Episode that aired yesterday on Huawei. The points I got from their report were: 1. Huawei (like many Chinese compani…

The article's statement that these bikes wouldn't get stolen didn't really assure me, so I looked at the stats for my city's bike sharing service. According to one news report: > O…

Only if you take 'ten' to be a number in base 10. /s

You can always tell a left-handed person when they say they like a pen because it dries quickly!

Nope, In the US it is illegal to deface currency for any reason. ---------------------------------- Title 18 United States Code, Section 331 Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, m…

Here is the comparison between different web browsers. Note that the image does not even load in IE8, so it is not included. http://i.imgur.com/ibi7I.png

I think my current terminal window is prior art...

I would assume their 'anti-gaming layer' is perfectly adequate. Admins and employees have stated multiple times that much time and effort goes into making sure that Reddit is run b…

I agree with you, but you can see that this test only had a moderate correlation with successful hiring. In the same way that screening for free-throw percentage doesn't provide th…

Richard Feynman answering the question "How do magnets work" in an informal pick-your-brain type interview: "I can't explain that attraction in terms of anything else that's famili…