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jyzzmoeon Random hex generator , SOLID COLORS

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jyzzmoeon Solving Verbal Questions in IQ Test by Knowledge-Powered Word Embedding [pdf]

Humans are able to recognize these as optical illusions. (otherwise we wouldn't be calling them "illusions") Further, none of the optical illusions shown are so wildly "off" and "crazy" as the algorithmic goofs demonstrated in the paper referenced above.

jyzzmoeon Solving Verbal Questions in IQ Test by Knowledge-Powered Word Embedding [pdf]

And yet ...

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.1897v1.pdf%EF%BB%BF

jyzzmoeon Graphical Linear Algebra

A whiff of crankery about this site...

jyzzmoeon Paper on Copulatory Vocalizations in Women Not a Reflexive Consequence of Orgasm

Something that married men have known since ... we've had marriage.

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tard

jyzzmoeon Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision

Remember the gorilla arm.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/G/gorilla-arm.html

jyzzmoeon A dog has the same ecological footprint as two Toyota Landcruisers

Bullshit.

jyzzmoeon Functional programming can save billions

Insanity = {x + "can save billions" | x in {"functional programming" ,"object-oriented programming" ,"structured programming" ,"pair programming" ,"static typing" ,"scrum" ,"scripting" ,"generic programming (aka STL)" ,"LISP" ,"C++11,14 ..." ,"Clean room development" ,"Component-based programming" ,"Domain specific languages" ,"XML" ,"HTML5" ,"X Windows" ,"Termcap" ,"git" ,"Windows 8" ,"Neural networks" ,"Machine learning" ,"Deep learning" /gag/ ,"Visual programming" ,"JSON" ,"Java" ,"Java Beans" ,"Enterprise Java Beans" ,"Relational databases" ,"NOSQL databases" ,"MFTL" ,"Unix" ,"golang" /* and whatever the hell else you want to throw in there*/ }

jyzzmoeon Why Learning to Code Is the New Black

How to make people stare at your blog:

1. Cartoon pictures of hot, well-endowed chicks.

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jyzzmoeon The End of the Anthropocene: E. O. Wilson at 85

Worst. Ads. Ever.

jyzzmoeon Oracle Thinks Programmers Are All White Dudes

http://i.imgur.com/6FUlWJR.png

Fixed. Thank you for bringing this important matter to my attention.

jyzzmoeon The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation

Only a gullible pinhead would think that this is true.

jyzzmoeon This is what happens when you blow soap bubbles at -9°C

blogspam

jyzzmoeon Online Advertising's Shady Core: Jesse Willms, the Dark Lord of the Internet

Enabled by the MagicalHypeFactory (aka Google), Bing, Yahoo! etc. as explained in the article.

jyzzmoeon Tim Draper Gives Details on Initiative to Split California into Six States

This will amount to exactly nothing.

jyzzmoeon Ask HN: What chair do you use when coding?

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jyzzmoeon Google's Eric Schmidt wants a ban on Amazon's drones

Don't worry, Schmidt is also confused.

jyzzmoeon 50% of students at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton can't answer this question

"suck it half of MIT"

It is not clear if 50% means:

(1) "50% of the total"

(2) "in each school, 50% of those asked could not answer the question".

jyzzmoeon 50% of students at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton can't answer this question

And 0.10 popped into my head as well. However, the fact that this was even asked as a question would cause someone to stop and think a bit more analytically I would think.

jyzzmoeon 50% of students at Harvard, MIT, and Princeton can't answer this question

A = bat price B = ball price

(1) A + B = 1.1 (2) A - B = 1

(1) + (2) : 2A = 2.1 => A = 1.05 => B = 0.05.

I don't understand the fuss.

jyzzmoeon Google Terminal

Don't waste your time.

jyzzmoeon Google's 'home of the future' is an on-message eye-opener

And an ad company is designing the home of the future because!?!?!