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And of course - theres a javascript library for that: https://peeinears.github.io/MagicEye.js/

Another fun search on GitHub - looking for the code paradox i.e. this should "never happen".

https://github.com/search?l=c&p=7&q=never+happen&ref=searchr...

Article was removed - but google is all-seeing:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.the...

Look it up and you'll _realize_ that "realise" is the non-Oxford English spelling, and the Oxford English spelling is realize.

It's the same with many words with the -ize suffix - we seem to have subconsciously accepted -ise to the point that spellcheckers demand it, when in actual fact the OED form of a word typically uses -ize.

Most British newspapers use the -ise form. The Oxford University Press use the -ize form. So it isn't as clear cut as you think.

I recall reading that the -ise alternatives have some roots in Australian us of the language.

I've been saying this for a while now.

Programming _can_ be like an art form and appreciated in isolation.

In most cases though programming is a means to and end. In that case you've got to not only enjoy programming - but also believe in that end. When you do you'll happily wade through all kinds of language, system, and framework quirks and frustrations to get to that end.

As someone else in the same position (young and mild hypertension) I too was told to cut back. I am a CS PhD and have no medical/nutritional background. Everything I know came from Google, PubMed, and my GP - so (for want of a better phrase) take what I say with a pinch of salt ;)

The causal relationship between salt and blood pressure appears to have historically been under debate. I don't however think it should be so readily dismissed as not backed by "Science". In fact the evidence appears to suggest that there is now little to debate.

A study called INTERSALT [1] in the late 1980s appears to have muddied the waters, and is often brought up. It supported the causal link - but was subsequently seen to be the victim of poor statistical analysis.

This seems to have been the theme of those arguing pro-salt, finding flaws in studies. Fair game - but it doesn't disprove the link. More recently though the general consensus seems to be that a long term reduction sodium has a measurable and beneficial impact on BP[2]. A key study in demonstrating the link was the DASH-Sodium study, a randomized controlled trial [3].

The Harvard School of Public Health has some great articles[4][5] discussing the "Salt Debate" and points to a number of papers.

Personally, having taken time to read (and understand what I can), I think the evidence supporting is pretty compelling so have reduced the levels of sodium in my diet.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersalt_study [2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23558162 [3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11136953?dopt=Citation [4] http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2010/07/10/its-t... [5] http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt-and-heart-d...

Wham! [1]

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham!

I don't work for Yahoo, but I must say I would seriously consider working there now with Marissa Mayer at the helm.

Mayer appears to be doing everything she can to drag Yahoo back to being relevant, and to me that sounds like an interesting (and potentially rewarding) challenge.

I just hope she is looking for innovation from within as well as from acquisitions.

It is on the front page because enough readers of hacker news considered it interesting and [hacker]newsworthy, and therefore up-voted it.

Looks like they have gone down the flash route - so no.

I assume part of that decision is to make sure it doesn't work on mobile and avoid cannibalising their premium subscriptions where playing on mobile is a big feature.

Paragraph 4 on the first page:

"The taxi company argues Uber operates a taxi service without bothering with any of the rules and regulations that govern the industry."

I too hate the page breaks in order to get more eyes on more adds - but this article seems fairly balanced to me.

I can think of two reasons: (1) Because he has others commenting on his issues and suggesting fixes, and probably more importantly (2) because github is already part of his workflow.

The main reason I never stick with TODO applications is because I can't get into the habit of using it. I often think this is why so many persist with email as a todo list.

Tried and failed to sign up for an account before the promo ended. Seems like it was just timing out. :(

An augmented fourth sounds great as long as it is then resolved e.g. to the fifth. See "Maria" from West Side Story[1] for the probably the most well known use of an augmented fourth. The first interval when he sings "Maria" is an augmented fourth.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

It's a Mark Twain quote where Twain was making the point ironically.

Unfortunately there are a number of circumstances where they are within their rights to withhold information. One of these situations is where the information relates to another individual.

If information is withheld she my be able to infer that the offending account to which she is linked is held by someone else - though the identity of the account holder would understandably not be given.

The lack of transparency from Amazon here is worrying.

Because it appears to be Amazon UK dealing with the account holder I'd be interested to know if she would get anywhere by submitting a Subject Information Request [1].

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 an individual can submit a request for personal information held by an organization and they must comply within 40 days.

Whether she would get the information she is interested in, i.e. which account she is linked to, is another question.

[1] http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_the_public/personal_information/ho...

I consider HN to be an intelligent and well informed corner of the internet - so I would be curious as to what readers think of TPB, the Pirate Party and "illegal" distribution of copyrighted material in general.

I don't agree with some of the practices of the copyright holders; and agree that copyright law is somewhat outdated and needs revisiting. However, I equally have trouble with distribution of material such as that described in correspondence above (an unreleased version of Mac OS X), a product that employees have worked hard to create, and don't accept the "information must be free" argument/mantra.

Others opinions?

If you click on yourself then you switch to a ghost - in that state you can pass through objects.

Explore away!

Add to this Berners-Lee's rejection[1] from HyperText 1991 for his paper proposing the Web because it was a) too simple and [2], b) not really a very good Hypertext system [3].

[1] It was actually relegated to a poster. [2] http://www.w3.org/2007/04dc-rdu/w3c-stripes.html#(7) [3] http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/258701/1/youveGotHypertext11b.pdf

The Atlantic recently had an interesting POV that puts a positive spin on the high dropout rates of MOOC courses[1]. Essentially claiming that it is a by-product of the great fact that these courses are free and therefore have a low barrier to entry - in contrast to traditional higher education.

[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/overbl...

Yeah - a common test law for 'passing off' in trademark cases is exactly along those lines. It's referred to as "A moron in a hurry"[1] i.e. even a moron in a hurry wouldn't confuse the two brands.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_moron_in_a_hurry

I would add near the top of your list the awesome (and free[1]) book by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg that accompanies their Cornell undergraduate course:

Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World.

[1] http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/

I'm going to avoid clicking too many times - Apple has previous in charging people multiple times, e.g. when Lion was released last year [1].

[1] http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/27/paypal_users_m...

Does it crawl revision history as well? I can deal with the gigabytes - it's the terabytes that scare me! (i.e full revision dumps).

Agreed - though without the slow animations I think you might be on to something. I know a lot of people who hate video/screencasts.

I'm a big fan of horizontal scrolling as it is the only scrolling my Apple Mighty Mouse will do these days!

It isn't perfect but you also unfairly set up a few straw man arguments.

>>Greater recognition needs to be given to the value of data gathering, analysis and communication

>By whom? I think most experimental scientists are pretty convinced of the value of gathering data!

Yes experimental scientists are convinced - this is why it needs to be recognised - i.e. by hiring committees

>>Publishing data in a reusable form to support findings must be mandatory

>Fine but probably pointless. The raw data is available, it's the data processing that is the argument.

Not pointless. The raw data is commonly available in Astro-Physics maybe - this isn't the case for nearly all other sciences.

I agree though. The bigger challenge is the publishing model in general, which is supremely broken.