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This would really appeal to the Neo-Luddites[^].
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Kent wrote: "Recursion: see Recursion."
I don't know how you picked it. But there is tech joke says
In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion 
Wonde Tadesse
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Recursion: see Recursion."
In other words, this study added one more to that.
A question arises: Has the increased number of scientific studies decreased the 'unscientific-ness' of the general populace? I guess not.
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Go offers speed, concurrence, and portability, but it's still young and might be too simple. Do not collect $200
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Some guy on the web wrote: while many modern languages force programmers to front-load the design aspect of a program
Which is bull. It takes a certain restraint to not use features available, and opinions which features are "good old" vs. "a burden" may diverge in a team. Yet no one forces you to use lambdas or polymorphy or generics / templates or whatever irks you.
Simplicity is probably good when projects see high employee turnover.
Plus, "Google backing" can be a fickle beast.
The rest can probably be said about every young language.
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Google Apps has leaked hidden names, phone numbers, and more since mid-2013. You'd think they'd be able to keep that off the search engines
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Microsoft is planning to bring its Cortana digital assistant to iOS and Android as a standalone app. Siri vs. Cortana: The Squabble in the Mobile
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One feature buried deep in the settings of the OS that paves the way for how future updates will be delivered to your machine has been uncovered. "I want your person to person. Bring your big fine foxy self on home!"
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The proposed digital currency system would work in a similar way. [..] Unlike bitcoin, where the network is decentralized and there is no overseer, the proposed digital currency system would be controlled by central banks, the source said. Interesting times ahead.
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It looks like Iron Man's arm, but it's actually a fully-functioning bionic prosthetic for a seven-year-old kid. Electronically wired and capable of moving, it can, for instance, open and close its hand if the user flexes their bicep. The limb was created by Limbitless Solutions, a non-profit made up of engineering students from the University of Central Florida, using donations and money they saved by sacrificing coffee.
Cool!
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I really loved this, the way that little kid behaved (in happiness) and how Robert was integrated into all of this as expert bionics (Iron Man -- Tony Stark[^]; if someone doesn't know why Robert was there in this video) engineer good step by One note and others... Truly amazing.
In case somebody missed to see the video, you can see it at Robert's official Facebook page, URL to video is: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=406208302880974[^].
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I don't know about the 'sacrificing coffee' part, but good on them (the Uni students) - to me, this is one of the best uses for this emerging technology - sure it'll get corrupted and misused (already has, plastic guns etc), but sometimes I think there's almost hope for mankind when I see this sort of thing
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I really liked her in-depth, 5-star review of the Minecraft guide:
I'm not really a fan of minecraft but with the help of this book, I became interested. I learned a lot from this minecraft guide. because of this book, I was intrigue and more interested in playing minecraft knowing different tips and tricks that can help me to win the game. Good job to the author! Wll-written! Highly recommended!
Yeah, that's the sort of crap you're getting.
I've actually read about a quarter of this book, it's really good and it sucks that the author has to put up with crap like this!
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Beginner's SEO tools. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I have even participated in paid reviewing, of products, not books, but have always tried to be as honest as possible, by scouring the nets to find positive aspects of them, and not claiming to have owned or used them. During hard times a few years ago, at the fantastic rate of $1/500 words.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Who reviews the reviewer?
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I've published 6 books on amazon and at various times I will also check out reviews and such.
I've noticed there are numerous trolls and troll companies who create these fake reviews also.
It's funny because the book mentioned in that original post I had just noticed and was very curious how it had received so many reviews.
Statistics
The reason I question the reviews are because of statistics.
You see, i've sold a few hundred copies of my book, Object Oriented JavaScript - amazon link[^], but I've only had 2 reviews.
People just don't review that much. It's about 1% or so. So if a book has 10 reviews it means it has sold 1,000 copies. And it is unlikely the book in question has sold 25000 copies.
Anyways, I see that quite a few people have given it 1 star ratings nows so that is good.
It hurts us selfpub authors who write real books with real information, because then people think our books priced at $2.99 are fake too.
Thanks for the post.
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Quote: I've dug into some of the books as well as I can and it looks like someone is copying material from Wikipedia, a few online tutorials, and putting together cheap, poorly written eBooks with only a few pages of material.
Abusing Wikipedia's CC license to sell "books" of scraped content on Amazon is an old swindle... 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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“There is no need to change your life,” Jean Baudrillard once wrote. “All you need is to have two.”
Interesting article by Ross Ulbricht (the Silk Road guy)'s roommate.
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http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/ntps-fate-hinges-on-father-time/d/d-id/1319432[^]
It seems that the big IT companies (pretty well all of them) have learned nothing from Heartbleed, and leave NTP to flounder with a single person managing this important protocol, relied on by Apple, Microsoft and Google (and many others). A total of 6 companies contribute financially significant money, the poor guy gets by on 25K a year, and may well give up the effort soon.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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 Nice read.
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Could the internet ever be switched off – or destroyed? Chris Baraniuk investigates what it would take to bring down the network we all now rely on. Ain't no party like an Internet party, 'cause an Internet party don't stop
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Quite a nice read
According to my calculations, I should be able to retire about 5 years after I die.
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