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First humans to leave Africa went to China, not Europe

Posted by allenwlee on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:10PM
from the newscientist.com dept.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830434-400-first-humans-to-leave-africa-went-to-china-not-europe/

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Re:The Most Misread Poem in America on Friday September 11, 2015 @03:11PM (#10205607)

confirmation bias

Re:PostgreSQL Magic on Friday September 11, 2015 @11:17AM (#10204128)

http://ondras.zarovi.cz/sql/demo/

Re:PostgreSQL Magic on Friday September 11, 2015 @11:15AM (#10204118)

i use arrays as a substitute for app-side caching via materialized views

Re:Bloomberg Runs on 25M lines of Fortran (2006) on Thursday September 10, 2015 @10:48AM (#10198355)

In my mind, Markit is the biggest future threat to Bloomberg

A better way to get film data than IMDb or Box Office Mojo

Posted by allenwlee on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @09:18AM
from the studiocomps.com dept.

http://www.studiocomps.com

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Re:North Korean scientists “develop hypercoal engine run on purified c... on Saturday March 14, 2015 @07:37PM (#9204678)

The following images are pages taken from the 'DPR Korea Business Bulletin', a periodic newsletter published by the government emailed to those who request it.

Text and picture of the engine: http://s16.postimg.org/fxaz0d5hh/Screen_Shot_2015_03_14_at_4...

Cover page of the newsletter: http://s23.postimg.org/8of7rmduj/Screen_Shot_2015_03_14_at_4...

North Korean scientists “develop hypercoal engine run on purified coal and water”

Posted by allenwlee on Saturday March 14, 2015 @07:37PM
from the s16.postimg.org dept.

http://s16.postimg.org/fxaz0d5hh/Screen_Shot_2015_03_14_at_4_21_21_PM.png

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Evolution is weird: Killer diseases save lives and make us smarter?

Posted by allenwlee on Friday March 13, 2015 @04:05PM
from the geneticliteracyproject.org dept.

http://geneticliteracyproject.org/2015/03/12/evolution-is-weird-how-killer-diseases-can-save-our-lives-and-maybe-make-us-smarter/

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A new paper argues that the handshake may have evolved to judge scent signals

Posted by allenwlee on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @12:41PM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/what-a-handshake-smells-like/387325/?single_page=true

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Specialization and group size: brain and behavioural correlates of ant colony size

Posted by allenwlee on Thursday January 15, 2015 @01:54PM
from the rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org dept.

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1801/20142502

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Computer Science in the DPRK

Posted by allenwlee on Friday January 09, 2015 @09:38AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuxlLLeKZZ8

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Stanford psychologists show that altruism is not simply innate

Posted by allenwlee on Friday December 19, 2014 @10:16AM
from the news.stanford.edu dept.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/december/altruism-triggers-innate-121814.html

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Financial projections for your film project starting at $99. We're live today.

Posted by allenwlee on Monday July 07, 2014 @01:29PM
from the studiocomps.com dept.

http://www.studiocomps.com

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Computer Chess: The Movie

Posted by allenwlee on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:18AM
from the computerchessmovie.com dept.

http://www.computerchessmovie.com/

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Asiana Crash and Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes

Posted by allenwlee on Monday July 08, 2013 @03:10PM
from the whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com dept.

http://whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com/2013/07/asiana-crash-and-malcolm-gladwells.html

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Samsung Galaxy S4: Release Date Pushed Back?

Posted by allenwlee on Saturday February 23, 2013 @01:22PM
from the thediplomat.com dept.

http://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2013/02/23/samsung-galaxy-s4-release-date-pushed-back/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+the-diplomat+%28The+Diplomat+RSS%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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Re:Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Mediocre People on Thursday February 14, 2013 @11:23AM (#5220133)

humble brag

South Korea’s Satellite Works and Its Rocket Kicks

Posted by allenwlee on Thursday January 31, 2013 @03:39PM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2013/01/31/south-koreas-satellite-works-and-its-rocket-kicks/?mod=WSJBlog

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How a man's dance moves can not only attract a lover but also ward off rivals

Posted by allenwlee on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:49PM
from the mailonsunday.co.uk dept.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2270179/How-mans-dance-moves-attract-lover-ward-rivals.html

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Two central flaws in US-China policy that promise big problems for America

Posted by allenwlee on Friday January 25, 2013 @10:29AM
from the thediplomat.com dept.

http://thediplomat.com/2013/01/25/contradictions-at-the-heart-of-the-pivot/

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Accelerator Program for Startups Targeting Thai Market

Posted by allenwlee on Thursday January 17, 2013 @05:29PM
from the techinasia.com dept.

http://www.techinasia.com/m8vc-accelerator-program/

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Chinese eugenics

Posted by allenwlee on Sunday January 13, 2013 @06:35PM
from the edge.org dept.

http://edge.org/response-detail/23838

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Re:Show HN: I made a CLI to retrieve info from the IMDB on Monday December 24, 2012 @12:56PM (#4963532)

thanks...i barely even understood your response to be honest...i'm not a programmer but trying to learn. love rentrak--i've been talking to someone there for a while now regarding a data feed.

Re:Show HN: I made a CLI to retrieve info from the IMDB on Monday December 24, 2012 @11:52AM (#4963353)

Very interesting. we've been using TMDB.org for our site filmquotra.com but are not tied to it. how do you distinguish yourself from tmdb?

Re:Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek on Friday December 21, 2012 @05:09PM (#4954779)

Interesting to note that all the snowboarders refused to join the crowd and opted to go their own way. Erin the liftie, who actually took off skiers right on her own; tall Tim, who took off alone hard left; and pankey and Carlson who followed tall Tim and ultimately discovered the bodies. Snowboarders are stereotypically not crowd followers, and that characteristic might have saved them here.

Infographic: A Comparison of China’s and America’s Richest People

Posted by allenwlee on Thursday December 20, 2012 @12:45PM
from the tealeafnation.com dept.

http://www.tealeafnation.com/2012/12/infographic-a-comparison-of-chinas-and-americas-richest-people/

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South Korea elects first female president

Posted by allenwlee on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @02:19PM
from the aljazeera.com dept.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/20121219145148235453.html

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Re:Taleb: The future will not be cool on Sunday December 02, 2012 @11:58AM (#4861704)

haha. me too.

Re:Taleb: The future will not be cool on Sunday December 02, 2012 @03:33AM (#4860576)

do you mean you just stopped reading for pleasure at some point in your life? i can't imagine myself doing that.