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what worked and what did not with GFS - 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

"I think Farmville is more addictive than it is fun." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

@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

Cookie Monster looks so happy, how can you not love this? - j1m

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

love! - Ashwin Bharambe

I didn't like Computer Modern or Times. I used Century Schoolbook for my stuff, I think (\usepackage{newcent}). - Amit Patel

really liked the numbers, much better than just saying "registers < memory < disk" - Ertuğ Karamatlı

Interesting stuff. I'm downloading the PDF now... - Tyson Key

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

netflix manipulating demand for blockbusters. clever. - Gregor J. Rothfuss

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

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

flash based. who needs desktop apps? - Gregor J. Rothfuss

A mini-essay I wrote, for Hacker News. - Michael Nielsen

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

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

"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

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

Awe! That's the cutest thing with Panda's in the Winter ever! - Matt Ruiz

adorable buddies! - Susan Beebe

"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

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

Undo send. We're going to add some longer time options. - Keith Coleman from Bookmarklet

For use this function, I changed my Gmail from Japanese to English version. - @Renchin@

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

Alex: The alt text is just the title of the strip; the funny stuff is in the title attribute. - Gabe

"We know from general relativity that the causal structure is a complicated dynamical object" -- of course. lol - ta√i

"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

Damn - the Muppet ones didn't show up on FF! - Mona Nomura

My favorite photos were: http://weburbanist.com/wp-cont... and the Wall-E ones. http://weburbanist.com/wp-cont... - Will Higgins™

The Mario ones are cool, too. But Leia stripping with the Storm Troopers watching cracked me up haha - Mona Nomura

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

thanks ƃuɐʞ - Larry Greenfield from Bookmarklet