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Another theory for the periodicity of the extinctions has to do with crossing the galactic plane: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/perturbing-the-o...

Could this be used to improve the list of suggested words for Android text entry boxes? It seems like something that is aware of grammar could help filter that list, but I don't know if it would work on partial sentences.

Someone should accidently send some confidential info to the judge's email account.

What if they are trying to appeal to people who need less than 3 years to decide if their business is going to be successful? If it is successful, the money won't matter. If it isn't, the money won't matter.

"Radiation" means a lot of different things. Decay of nuclear materials != cell phone emissions.

The theory I've heard is that a blue iris makes it easier to see pupil dilation, which is an indication of attraction. People are more likely to hook up when they can tell the other person is attracted to them, so...

If you want a mantra to remind yourself of this, I like "fast is slow and slow is fast".

I love seeing these AR apps, but being able to integrate with some kind of lightweight head mounted display will make them vastly more interesting. Anybody know what the state of the art on those things are yet?

To be clear, he hasn't sold his stake yet, so this is still a paper "profit".

Did you try the windows low-fragmentation heap? I've seen it used very successfully.

This article in particular crystallized a thought I've had about this site, and sites like this in general. I would love to see a wiki-editable block attached to each submission that tries to describe, in as few words as possible, what information the article contributes.

Think of it as compression, where a basic knowledge of computing is assumed. More interesting articles would have a lower compression ratio, which might be a fun thing to filter on. This article might go down to, "C is generally unsafe, and you probably aren't skilled enough to make it safe, so don't use it". Or maybe, "I needed to write something for my company blog, so I found a recent security hole and added some vaguely related platitudes".

You say that like it is his job to speak the truth and accurately describe the world.

You may like some other opinions on that article as well: http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/matt_ta...

Neat, but I wish they had per-capita numbers. I'm guessing Wisconsin would look even more interesting then.

I completely agree.

Maybe Wolfram Alpha is fighting dirty :)

Use a standing desk. Odds are your body evolved to spend more time standing than sitting in a chair.

I used to do a bit of work at cable access in Austin in the 90's. Alex was around quite a bit and always interested in talking about conspiracy theories, the new world order, etc. He just radiated mania and paranoia. His online/on-air personality is really not a act -- he was dead serious about everything he said.

A flat out blacklist of prisonplanet would be just fine with me. I've spent some time with Alex. He is not someone you want to get your news from.

Block all those sites at your router. My firmware (tomato) lets me block some sites all the time (digg) and some for certain times of day (hn).

Convince yourself that every line of code you write is worth $10k.

Finally, make this your mantra: http://seoblackhat.com/2007/01/29/do-it-fucking-now/

Humanity has frequently built dams/drainage systems for several orders of magnitude less money than the value of the items protected by the dam/ drainage systems.

Just out of curiosity, how do you compare those 2 items( Benefits to global trade/oil reserves vs damage to the Netherlands)? Do you have some expertise in the area, or is that just a hunch?

Just use a hash table.

Bad headline. This is what the columnist said about pirating movies: "Later tonight I may finally catch up with Paul Rudd in I Love You, Man. It’s so much easier than going out in the rain!”"

Perhaps "News Corp Fires Columnist for Encouraging Piracy"

Which companies/products were those?

I'm curious how new users from Atwood compare to new users from TechCrunch.

it was a response to Joel's claim that the only thing this guy did at msft was have lunch with Bill G. The links backing this up are on the reddit thread.

If I called you and said, "Hey, would you like me to tell you your site has been cracked?", would you really say "no"? I would argue that the cost of adding a canary is similar to the amount of time that phone call would take.

I'm guessing that after that call, you'd go through your logs and attempt to find out how the site was cracked. Then, if you find some anomalous behavior, you might be able to isolate the component that was being exploited and fix it. Maybe you wouldn't find it, but maybe you would.

They've got a twitter account: http://twitter.com/milw0rm