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On a similar note, a full dictionary of the Assyrian language is available online through the University of Chicago.

[1]: https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/assyrian-dicti...

Much of the decipherment of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was due to the discovery and the analysis of the Rosetta Stone. An accurate translation was made by Jean-François Champollion in 1822.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Champollion

I've made the publication available here: http://cl.ly/3O2q291Y362s?_ga=1.160823550.2112655899.1426272...

I very much like to see this type of pseudo-science on HN. I read the article a few weeks ago and was pretty iffy about it, but I didn't really have a venue to converse about it. The comments that are already here, yours included, have got some cogs turning in my brain and I see some good thought and discussion to be had about the article.

Before I finished reading your reply, I was going to say "but someone just submitted a formula for libbpg!" Thank you, sir. :)

Not to mention that it is essentially Franklin's medal anyway...

It's entirely possible that I'm being biased as an American, but I've never really felt this way. I love public transportation whenever I'm in cities like Chicago or New York City. My issue is that my state (and sometimes my commute) is bigger than most European countries. I've never felt a deep cultural barrier between public transportation and me, it's personally just incredibly inconvenient. I would very much love to see more public transportation options in America, though. But your argument is quite interesting, so thanks!

This is purely anecdotal, but one of my favorites is "Medical researcher discovers integration, gets 75 citations."

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/2/152.abstract

It should also be noted that (as of now) there are no immediate citations for these claims.

Very cool, thanks!

I personally feel like the colors shouldn't affect color blind individuals (e.g. light blue and orange). But great job overall!

I go between hating transparency and loving transparency. The "Reduce Transparency" option in Universal Access is useful at times.

Hah, that sounds really, really painful. Wouldn't you take to finding a way to compiling it yourself or committing a Formula for it instead of installing MacPorts? But if a VM works, don't fix what isn't broken, I guess. (Biochemistry is my day job, so forgive me if I'm missing an obvious detail of full-time development).

I find it very mildly ironic that the author is comparing these "ancient" versions to MacPorts. Am I naïve, or do the overwhelming majority of OS X developers use Homebrew nowadays? I've always thought Homebrew to be much more robust than MacPorts. However, I've never actually used MacPorts heavily (and probably never will).

Can anyone clue me in as to why (ex-)soviet regions have such an adamant opposition to anything other than heterosexuality?

I'm an odd case I guess since I'm an American who is both gay and deeply interested in "all things" Russian. (My boyfriend is even more so since he's currently studying in Rostov).

I had the opportunity to visit Tallinn and St. Petersburg (along with Helsinki and Stockholm) last year and the perceivable difference in atmospheres was quite significant between cities.

I suppose it's difficult to describe, but the western cities (like Tallinn) felt so much more easy-going and "happy" compared to St. Petersburg (even though every Russian I conversed with was deeply proud of their city).

I'm sure I subconsciously projected my own biases onto the cities before I visited them, but I also feel as if there's objective credibility to what I observed (i.e. that you can "get a solid feel/understanding" of the city just by being there).

I just don't know why eastern countries like Russia have always felt so hostile towards same-sex individuals.

Thoughts? Comments?

neocomplete.vim[1] and neocomplcache.vim[2] are nifty alternatives if you don't prefer YouCompleteMe.

[1]: https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim

[2]: https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplcache.vim

I agree. Regardless of one's stance on drugs and their respective online black markets (the latter of which I had a sizable knowledge), I don't really see what Shrem's expected outcome of this could have been other than, well, what happened.

I really need to educate myself further about these sorts of things. Great tip, much appreciated!

I appear to be the only one who thinks it looks like an "A". The loop reminds me of something an airplane would do in the air. I can see the sexual resemblance, but only if I concentrate hard enough on it, then it just goes back to being an "A".

I'll preface by saying that I used to smoke a lot of weed, but I haven't in quite some time.

> it is fat soluble, and you can end up high even years later if you burn enough calories

Please cite this extensively. Many bioactive molecules are fat-soluble. Just because a substance is fat-soluble doesn't mean it can be stored indefinitely and readily metabolized.

> The real reason Pot is still illegal is that it is dangerous to those who aren't consuming it. A stoned Doctor might not smell of it, might not have any real outwards signs, and then could get the giggles when he nicked an artery.

I disagree with you 100% here. I can tell when someone is stoned, regardless of physical side-effects, changes in mentality or demeanor, etc.

Regardless, in my opinion, your argument crumbles if we clarify stoned to be under the influence of well-concealed alcohol, benzodiazepines, opiates, barbiturates, excessive stimulants, or, hell, maybe even ketamine, methaqualone, etc.

I (unfortunately, I suppose) have had experiences with pretty much every drug and RC under the sun, and I personally think it's very easy to detect when someone is under the influence of marijuana compared to any of the substances thereof (well, maybe except the dissociatives or excessive alcohol).

If you aren't obtaining medical-grade ketamine or if you aren't synthesizing it yourself, the drug is highly variable. For example, you could be getting a different isomer or different ratio of isomers every time (pure R, pure S, racemic, etc).

I don't dispute that ketamine may perhaps have some clinical relevance for humans, but unfortunately it wreaks too much havoc on the kidneys for me to consider it as a viable option for treatment of depression.

> Out of genuine curiosity, what's the advantage from your point of view, other than being able to communicate to other people who use the same system, at the cost of not being understood by everyone else?

What other advantage, you ask? Well, I'd say that there is none. I was merely trying to convey that being fluent in both imperial and metric is better than being fluent in only metric. As long as it doesn't hurt me (which imperial doesn't) the more skill-sets I have, the better!

I hope you better see where I'm coming from now. You didn't work me up though, and I also didn't mean to work anyone up either. :)

I'm American, so I use imperial units in my everyday life. I'm also a (bio)chemist, so I do use metric units about as often as I do imperial units. While I might be slightly biased ("M" is molarity gosh dangit), I don't think I would confuse "M" for "meters (m)" simply because I use imperial units in my everyday life.

I bring this up simply because I've seen a few comments over the past few days to the tone of "imperial sucks" and "imperial is clearly inferior."

To me, I only see using imperial units as an advantage. As Americans, the metric system is already hammered into our heads in grammar school anyways. Some might see it as Americans being uninformed or accustomed to antiquated methods, but I see it as Americans being able to speak two languages (at least the Americans I'm most familiar with).

Thanks for bringing these two things to my attention. It's incredible what I can overlook in tools I use everyday. I love it when I learn something new though!

I agree with simias. When I want to read memes, popular quotes, etc, I go to reddit or something. When I want to read potentially interesting technological discussions, I come to HN. These aren't the right words, but even if HN is "uptight" and "only serious business", that's pretty much why I come here.

I'm not sure if this is what you want, but NERD Tree[1] works for a lot of people.

Here's a tutorial[2] for NERD Tree that I quickly found.

[1]: https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

[2]: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vim-essential-plugin-nerd...

I agree with you.

At first, I would use TikZ anywhere and everywhere I could just because it was so novel to me.

I've found that TeX's and TikZ's novelty can fade pretty quickly, but their usefulness when used appropriately only grows with time. They are, however, very situational tools.

> I sat down and read most of the manual in one sitting...

Dear God, man, are you sane!? I'm joking. :)

But sometimes I would just look at the manual in my spare time because it really is that beautiful.

TeX and TikZ were my saving grace in college. I really don't know where I'd be without it.

Seeing your code work is great, but seeing the results of my TeX and TikZ code personally provides me with an additional level of gratification. It's awesome!

My friends would spend several (painful) hours in Word trying to format our (bio)chemistry lab reports perfectly to the professor's/TA's specifications.

I would just punch in my numbers into a text file, run it through a LuaTeX template I wrote, and would end up with a perfectly formatted lab report.

Now, I work in R&D for an IVD company and employ the same logic for my notebook studies (which require lot #s, expiration dates, asset #s, locations, etc).

I realize TeX isn't for everyone, but you should seriously look into it if you think you can benefit from it.

TeX has saved me days, if not weeks, such that I can focus on more important stuff rather than struggling with Word.

I think this should be step #1.

Even if everything is in fact kosher, approving/solidifying any money-related operations would be a great idea (especially with Bitcoin's increasing relevance and scrutiny).