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Kent Sharkey wrote: Because manholes are round
* Because humans are broadly speaking cylindrical in shape
* Because cast iron is expensive
* Because a spherical cross-section pipe withstands more pressure than a square pipe
* Because cast iron manhole covers are really heavy so being able to roll them is a bonus
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in fact the only incorrect answer is the "to stop it falling through" one given to non engineers in whatever passes for education in their world, because if the manhole does not have a lip then a circle is the only shape that is guaranteed to fall through as any angle. 
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IBM is expanding its roster of Watson online services that can be deployed by developers to enhance their apps with analysis and data processing capabilities. "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."
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Werner Koch’s code powers the email encryption programs around the world. If only somebody would pay him for the work. "An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it is also more nourishing."
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If you're an Android, iOS or Mac user who doesn't like the stock calendar app on your platform, you've probably tried (or at least heard of) Sunrise, whose socially-savvy software often fills in the feature gaps Microsoft bought the sunrise? Oh great, now it's going to BSOD, and we'll all die.
Oh wait. The Sunrise app. Nevermind.
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When you think everything Google does is a calculation made by some behind the scenes AI, Matt reminds us that it’s humans making these decisions and they generally just do the best they can. How to deposit enormous cheques?
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"What if instead of using all that energy to keep the servers cool we instead focused on capturing, thermally storing, and reusing the heat from the servers?" Put a couple high end graphics cards in there. Mission accomplished.
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There is no correlation between the amount of heat required at any given time in a house and the amount of computing - therefore there will be some time when the the computer is only on to provide heat and some times when the heat has to be dumped while the computing is needed. Net effect - no polar bears will be saved.
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But you've read there is storing involved?
Besides, I personally would like a polar bear's fur here in the office. At least until we'll get up to 20°C.
Ciao,
luker
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The data scientists at networking company Cisco have examined how we used our mobile devices in 2014 and come up with a five-year trajectory of where this is all heading. "Some machine's doin' that for you"
modified 5-Feb-15 16:36pm.
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Developers can write in their favorite Java IDE, and JUniversal will translate it to the appropriate language for the platform. "In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat."
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See, they are playing nicely and in the end this will end iPhone.
If all apps are available anywhere iPhone, WinPhone, Droid then why would you buy a iPhone.
No one likes iPhones and OSX. No one.
Apple is going out of business. Not tomorrow, but the next day after. 
Is this a troll or do I really mean it?
If you reply, I own you.  If you've read this, it is too late for you already. 
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Dammit, you keep pulling me back in. 
I agree with your possible conclusion, but I disagree with, "No one likes iPhones and OSX. No one." This is a definite shot against them though.
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I disagree with, "No one likes iPhones and OSX. No one."
I agree with you on your disagreement. What idiot would say no one likes iPhones and OSX?
People are ravenous for iPhones. They should raise the price on those things because people would still buy them. Seriously.
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TTFN - Kent
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In the next few months, Microsoft will release Windows 10 and it will be a breath of fresh air for anyone who has been using Windows 8 since the platform was launched. Entirely untrue! It was an Operating System. Checkmate, editorialist!
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Free for open source projects, BitHound analyzes JavaScript code to ferret out subpar Node packages. It keeps returning, "You wrote it in JavaScript. What were you expecting?"
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Following Microsoft’s decision to stop selling the ARM-based Surface 2, followed shortly by the Lumia 2520, the tech world began to speculate about the fate of Windows RT. To add salt to the wound, Microsoft announced during its Windows 10 keynote that Windows RT will not be upgraded to Windows 10 and will instead receive an update that backports some of its new features. RT: Resurrected Technology?
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NASA's scientists have been conjuring up mission concepts to Europa for more than a decade, but now they're absolutely sure that the Clipper concept is the one. "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there."
What part of that don't they get? 
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So what NASA is saying is no warp drive in at least a decade. 
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To this day, the Russian Federal Space Agency refuses to talk about the weapon—though it’s an open secret. Astronauts heading to the International Space Station have trained with it, and some have even talked about it. "This is my boomstick!"
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It's to avoid space madness.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: It's to avoid relieve space madness.
FTFY
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In this entry I introduce a new series on NoFlo, a visual programming framework for JavaScript based on the concept of flow-based programming. In it you will learn what it is, why it's important, and how to use it. Because "visual programming" will solve all problems - I think I read that in the 70s. And the 80s
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[ego moment]
The idea is great, and I already implemented something like that 25 years ago (in WinG of all things) for testing different data compression techniques. However, the idea is also obsolete -- the idea of data flowing in pre-programmed ways is so boring, so deterministic, so inflexible. Now, if you have semantic data the components connect themselves[^]. 
[/ego moment]
Marc
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“He has, like, 15,000 edits, and he’s done almost nothing except fix the incorrect use of ‘comprised of’ in articles.” Everyone needs a hobby, I guess
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