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Gregor J. Rothfuss
GFS: Evolution on Fast-Forward | March 2010 | Communications of the ACM - http://cacm.acm.org/magazin...
what worked and what did not with GFS - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Gregor J. Rothfuss
Where the operation of bombardment might fail, I would contrive catapults, mangonels, trabocchi, and other machines of marvelous efficacy and not in common use. In times of peace I believe I can give perfect satisfaction and to the equal of any other in architecture and the composition of buildings public and private; and in guiding water from one place to another. - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Amit Patel
Gamasutra: Mark Newheiser's Blog - Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction - http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs...
Gamasutra: Mark Newheiser's Blog - Farmville, Social Gaming, and Addiction
"I think Farmville is more addictive than it is fun." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet
"The game is also more than happy to bribe players for participating in its viral spread: cute lonely animals will show up on your farm periodically and as a player you face a dilemma in sentencing them to virtual abandonment and death unless you post on your Facebook wall that you need one of your friends to start playing Farmville and "adopt" the adorable little self-promoter. " - bob
That's less bribery than blackmail. - Jim Norris
True - these things are popular and addictive, but hardly social and you don't learn anything. (And I would have said so as a comment on the blog post, but woo-wee that's a lot of information they want for a registration!) - Ciaoenrico
I'd have not problem sentencing an IMAGINARY animal to the death chamber. It's make believe! Then again, I don't spend my time playing these silly time wasting games either.... - Jeff P. Henderson
What Facebook really needs is BRE. :) - James Leard from iPhone
@James: there's this group: http://www.facebook.com/group... but I don't know of anyone working on a BRE for Facebook. - Amit Patel
Cee Bee
1 guy in cookie monster outfit on xylophone + 1 guy in pink gorilla outfit on upright bass + nyc subway = XYLOPHOLKS: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
1 guy in cookie monster outfit on xylophone + 1 guy in pink gorilla outfit on upright bass + nyc subway = XYLOPHOLKS:  http://bit.ly/kJd8
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Cookie Monster looks so happy, how can you not love this? - j1m
Of course Cee Bee beat me to it. Man I miss him here on FF. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
*kicks dirt* MAN. I was all "OMG CEE BEE POSTED SOMETHING!!". Anyway, yeah, I miss him too. - Yolanda
Sorry about that, Yolanda. Any idea what happened to him? He seems to have abandoned Twitter and Tumblr, too :( - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Not a clue. I know he took a vacation. He was active for a little while after he got back ... then poof, gone again. Hope he's okay. - Yolanda
Rob Schonberger
In Japan, Even the Barcodes Are Well Designed - http://www.fastcompany.com/blog...
In Japan, Even the Barcodes Are Well Designed
Bret Taylor
Google Chart API can generate LaTeX equations - http://moultano.blogspot.com/2009...
Google Chart API can generate LaTeX equations
love! - Ashwin Bharambe
Quite useful for some. :) - Daniel Schildt
Yay! - Simon
Am I the only person who absolutely despises Knuth's "Computer Modern" font? I don't know what it is about it, but it just looks awful to me. And I'm one of those people who used TeX for everything including drawing finite automata and analytic tableaux back in college. - Jim Norris
I'm with you, Jim. That's why, following the book _TeX Unbound_, I used other fonts in my LaTeXed thesis. From the colophon: "I used mathinst to make a mathematical font family of Monotype Bembo Semibold (from Agfa-Monotype), MathTime (from Y&Y), Chantilly (from Softmaker, similar to Gill Sans), Typewriter (from the Electronic Font Foundry), and a few others, with which I typeset this dissertation." - Ruchira S. Datta
I always had \usepackage{times} in my LaTeX documents. - Tudor Bosman
Times is almost as bad though. At one point I figured out how to use Adobe Garamond, but it was kind of flaky. - Jim Norris
I didn't like Computer Modern or Times. I used Century Schoolbook for my stuff, I think (\usepackage{newcent}). - Amit Patel
Paul Buchheit
Great systems presentation by Jeff Dean: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/project... (I especially like slides 23-35)
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really liked the numbers, much better than just saying "registers < memory < disk" - Ertuğ Karamatlı
I liked this part: ---Users specify high-level desires: *“99%ile latency for accessing this data should be <50ms” *“Store this data on at least 2 disks in EU, 2 in U.S. & 1 in Asia” - Ahmet Alp Balkan
Don't just like it - read it. - Hayes Haugen
I would love to see more information like this :) Ideas on where I should be looking (other than FF of course!) - Susan Beebe
Interesting stuff. I'm downloading the PDF now... - Tyson Key
Peter Norvig
CMU Machine Learning students at the G20 protests Pittsburgh - a set on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
I confess I don't understand the "Bayesians against discrimination!" sign. As Ng and Jordan have shown, Bayesians can make good use of both discriminative and generative methods. - Peter Norvig from Bookmarklet
"Support vector machines" is my favorite sign :) - Simon
Gregor J. Rothfuss
netflix manipulating demand for blockbusters. clever. - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Gregor J. Rothfuss
How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...
It rejected advice to hire retired generals to curry favor with the agencies and hired young government analysts frustrated by working with slow-footed technology. - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Kevin Fox
Wow. Google Maps now has traffic data for El Camino Real. #siliconvalley http://maps.google.com/...
All yellow in front of my house and red if I head your way. - Louis Gray
They started doing this a couple of weeks ago. Very useful in figuring out traffic patterns especially in the PA/Menlo areas where traffic can get intense. - Mark Interrante
Gregor J. Rothfuss
Online image editor - Aviary.com's Phoenix - http://aviary.com/tools...
flash based. who needs desktop apps? - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Rob Schonberger
On the plane to SF, with free inflight wifi;.
Michael Nielsen
How to read mathematics and physics - http://news.ycombinator.com/item...
A mini-essay I wrote, for Hacker News. - Michael Nielsen
Wish I could go back in time and take your advice :) - Steve Koch
So do I :-) - Michael Nielsen
I like this one in the first comment: "My strategy: Buy problem books instead of text books!" I heartily agree.. - Daniel Swan
I have spent nearly 2/3 year to study Walter Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis, and resolved almost all the exercises; but another 1/3 to attack Hungerford's Algebra, where I got stuck since then. I haven't been doing math for long. Seems I shall try it now? Thanks, Michael! - Juvenn Woo
Gregor J. Rothfuss
To fight deflation, abolish cash. Could Japan do it? - http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
this would allow the setting of negative nominal interest rates. about time some country does this. - Gregor J. Rothfuss
Interesting tidbit: "Nevertheless, the country remains a wholeheartedly cash-based consumer society. Currency in circulation is about 16 per cent of its GDP, compared with the levels of 2 to 3 per cent in most developed countries." - ta√i
RAPatton
Erase wrinkles with skin cancer treatment | Efudex - http://www.smh.com.au/lifesty...
Erase wrinkles with skin cancer treatment | Efudex
"A cream used to treat the early signs of skin cancer may erase wrinkles and leave behind younger-looking skin, US researchers said on Monday. They said Valeant Pharmaceuticals' cream Efudex, which is used to treat actinic keratoses, a precancerous form of squamous cell carcinoma, improved the appearance of skin, smoothing out rough spots and wrinkles, improving skin color, and erasing brown spots. Sachs said the cream appears to be causing a wound healing response that leads to an increase in collagen production, which is improving the appearance of wrinkles. "The drug has been around for many years," said Dr. Dana Sachs of the University of Michigan, whose study appears in the Archives of Dermatology. Sachs said it has been used for four decades to treat actinic keratoses, which appear as a scaly or crusty bump on the skin. They most commonly appear on sun-exposed areas such as the face, neck, forearms or lips." - RAPatton from Bookmarklet
"They studied 21 people aged 56 to 85 with actinic keratoses and sun damage. The volunteers used the cream twice daily on the face for two weeks and the team measured changes in the skin, taking facial biopsies over a six-month period. The drug had a significant effect. "People's skin was much softer," Sachs said. "The texture was improved. There are fewer wrinkles around the upper cheek and eyes." The researchers also noticed skin appeared less yellow and more even toned with fewer brown spots." - RAPatton
"The researchers also noticed skin appeared less yellow and more even toned with fewer brown spots. Sachs said for patients with precancerous spots, the findings may be an added inducement to finish treatment. It may be useful at treating the signs of sun damage in other patients as well, she said. Actinic keratoses are caused by years of sun damage and can lead to squamous cell... more... - RAPatton
pretty fascinating. i read about a substance called rose bengal that's currently being tested and supposed to be a possible cancer cure for melanoma, breast cancer as well as work well for some immuno-skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... & http://www.pvct.com/ - Cee Bee
Zee.
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed (check the third photo out!) - http://www.zee.me/blog...
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed (check the third photo out!)
A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed (check the third photo out!)
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Awe! That's the cutest thing with Panda's in the Winter ever! - Matt Ruiz
sorry about the duplicate there guys - Zee.
Double Panda Power - RAPatton
adorable buddies! - Susan Beebe
Piaw Na
Evan Parker
Google LatLong: Bringing the power of Google's data to local businesses - http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009...
Google LatLong: Bringing the power of Google's data to local businesses
"Today the Local Business Center team is rolling out a new feature: a dashboard that will provide you with information on how Google users are interacting with your local listing in Google Maps and Google Search." - Evan Parker from Bookmarklet
moo. bye.
After an idea by MC Escher. Made with Processing.
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James Macgill
Launched geodocsearch on maps this week on maps... who can find queries to trigger it?
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President birth places - http://maps.google.com/maps... - James Macgill
http://maps.google.com/maps... "6 massive ufo's parked on moon. old sighting" - Howard Trickey
Keith Coleman
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Undo Send - http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009...
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Undo Send
Undo send. We're going to add some longer time options. - Keith Coleman from Bookmarklet
haha i just did that mistake. accidentally send an email. ah i wish i had that feature 1 hour ago! - Eren Emre Kanal
That's a BIG Feature! - directeur
Sanjeev will finally be happy! - Bay Chang
Yes I am! - Private Sanjeev
I could have used this a few times when I was working at the G!;-) - John Piscitello
this is awesome ... at this point everyone should be using gmail! - Jay
@Paul Thanks for your original blog post on undo -- It came at a time I was trying to convince some that a 5 second delay would bring way more value than it would harm. It was nice to be able to say, "Well, Paul thinks so." - Michael Leggett
i just used this for the first time a little bit ago. it was awesome! - Dustin
It's very cool. I just used undo on a message I sent in 2002 and now I have my old job back. Thanks gmail! :-) - Kelly Norton
@Kelly Undo Send only let's you undo for 5-10 sec after you send the message. What you want is our Custom Time feature - http://mail.google.com/mail... :) - Michael Leggett
@Michael :) - minus-one
You could always use http://www.deferredsender.com if you want a time window of more than 5-10s - Deepak Jois
I've been waiting for this for a long time. - Benjamin Golub
@Michael Leggett Unfortunately, that won't work either. It will only undo as far back as April 1, 2004! - Anne Bouey
For use this function, I changed my Gmail from Japanese to English version. - @Renchin@
Kevin Fox
xkcd - A Webcomic - Boyfriend - http://xkcd.com/539/
xkcd - A Webcomic - Boyfriend
XKCD's alt text: "... okay, but because you said that, we're breaking up." *My* alt text: "No. You're just a standard deviant." - Kevin Fox from Bookmarklet
Truly awesome use of error bars - j1m
Isn't it supposed to be an extra variance joke in the end? - Лёша
I don't think those are error bars. That looks like a box plot to me. The whiskers (which look like error bars) actually represent the smallest and largest non-outlier values. - Robert Felty
"Because of this variability, it is appropriate to describe the convention being used for the whiskers and outliers in the caption for the plot." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - ⓞnor
Alex: The alt text is just the title of the strip; the funny stuff is in the title attribute. - Gabe
Larry Greenfield
Time: Different from space - http://scottaaronson.com/blog...
"We know from general relativity that the causal structure is a complicated dynamical object" -- of course. lol - ta√i
Tudor Bosman
Supreme Court Overturns Bush v. Gore | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - http://www.theonion.com/content...
Supreme Court Overturns Bush v. Gore | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
"WASHINGTON—In an unexpected judicial turnaround, the Supreme Court this week reversed its 2000 ruling in the landmark case of Bush v. Gore, stripping George W. Bush of his earlier political victory, and declaring Albert Arnold Gore the 43rd president of the United States of America." - Tudor Bosman from Bookmarklet
"President Gore will not be the only new arrival in the White House to face criticism, however. Joseph Lieberman—the former independent senator from Connecticut who in just two months has gone from the short list of possible Republican running mates to nearly being ousted from the Democratic Caucus to becoming the first Jewish Vice President—will also have much to answer for." - ⓞnor
this one is even more hilarious IMHO: http://www.theonion.com/content... - Jérôme
Jennie Lin
Today's creative inspiration from a supposed 12-yr olds amazing fashion blog: tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com . Wowwee.
Mona Nomura
The Private Lives of Your Favorite Toys -OMG SO EFin EPIC - http://weburbanist.com/2008...
The Private Lives of Your Favorite Toys -OMG SO EFin EPIC
The Private Lives of Your Favorite Toys -OMG SO EFin EPIC
Damn - the Muppet ones didn't show up on FF! - Mona Nomura
The Mario ones are cool, too. But Leia stripping with the Storm Troopers watching cracked me up haha - Mona Nomura
Evan Parker
New UI for Street View on Google Maps - http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008...
New UI for Street View on Google Maps
New UI for Street View on Google Maps
Thanks! Most of the work was done by Stephane and the rest of the Street View frontend team. And Tobi helped a lot with infowindow problems at the end. - Evan Parker
I love the new UI for street view. Awesome! - Chieze Okoye
Larry Greenfield
ZooBorns: Lonesome penguin cheered up by his new friend... a stuffed toy - http://www.zooborns.com/zooborn...
thanks ƃuɐʞ - Larry Greenfield from Bookmarklet
Howard Trickey
Wall plays music when it rains... - http://blog.makezine.com/archive...
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