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Re: on Monday August 09, 2010 @10:16PM (#1590225)

dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1590122

How To: Take Notes Like a Champ

Posted by semmons on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @11:27AM
from the robots.thoughtbot.com dept.

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/836560565/how-to-take-notes-like-a-champ

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Re:NoSQL, Heroku, and You on Monday July 19, 2010 @10:22PM (#1530950)

dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1530812

NoSQL, Heroku, and You

Posted by semmons on Monday July 19, 2010 @09:13PM
from the blog.heroku.com dept.

http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2010/7/20/nosql/

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Re:Full Trailer For Facebook Movie ‘The Social Network’ Hits The Web on Thursday July 15, 2010 @02:15PM (#1518603)

Here's a direct link to the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUuPPC9YaVo

Teambox on Heroku

Posted by semmons on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @06:51PM
from the blog.heroku.com dept.

http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2010/7/7/teambox_on_heroku

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PragPub #13 (2010/07)

Posted by semmons on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @09:56AM
from the pragprog.com dept.

http://www.pragprog.com/magazines#201007

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If Cantor Were A Programmer...

Posted by semmons on Thursday June 24, 2010 @02:40PM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/06/if-cantor-were-programmer.html

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Re:John Hughes on Why Functional Programming Matters on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @12:54PM (#1417516)

Here's a link to a readable transcript: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATkBKEXbo6n8ZGdrNzhoM2dfNT...

Statistical vs. Practical Significance

Posted by semmons on Sunday June 06, 2010 @07:31PM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/06/statistical-vs-practical-significance.html

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PragPub #12 (06/2010)

Posted by semmons on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @11:35AM
from the pragprog.com dept.

http://www.pragprog.com/magazines#201006

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Crazy violent explosion shoots out two cosmic bullets

Posted by semmons on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @11:46AM
from the blogs.discovermagazine.com dept.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/25/crazy-violent-explosion-shoots-out-two-cosmic-bullets/

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Announcing MulletDB (Formerly NoNoSQL)

Posted by semmons on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:12AM
from the sheddingbikes.com dept.

http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1274762986.html

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There Once Was an Ugly Duckling

Posted by semmons on Sunday May 23, 2010 @06:07PM
from the smbc-comics.com dept.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1890

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Everything You Need to Know About Unicorn

Posted by semmons on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @08:58PM
from the engineyard.com dept.

http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/everything-you-need-to-know-about-unicorn

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The Why, What, and How of Rubinius 1.0’s Release

Posted by semmons on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:11AM
from the rubyinside.com dept.

http://www.rubyinside.com/the-why-what-and-how-of-rubinius-1-0-s-release-3261.html

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Building Battle Bots with Clojure

Posted by semmons on Monday May 17, 2010 @01:32PM
from the bugsplat.info dept.

http://bugsplat.info/2010-05-16-building-bots-with-clojure.html

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Why does the Moon look so huge on the horizon?

Posted by semmons on Thursday May 13, 2010 @09:51AM
from the blogs.discovermagazine.com dept.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/13/why-does-the-moon-look-so-huge-on-the-horizon/

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How will Jupiter hold up his pants?

Posted by semmons on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @03:50PM
from the blogs.discovermagazine.com dept.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/12/how-will-jupiter-hold-up-his-pants/

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Things that Saved Apollo 13

Posted by semmons on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @11:24AM
from the universetoday.com dept.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/08/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/

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Computing P-values

Posted by semmons on Friday May 07, 2010 @01:01PM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/05/computing-p-values.html

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Introducing MinMVC

Posted by semmons on Monday May 03, 2010 @08:35AM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/05/introducing-minmvc.html

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A Little Intro to Time Series

Posted by semmons on Saturday May 01, 2010 @09:04AM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-intro-to-time-series.html

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Startup Lessons Learned

Posted by semmons on Friday April 30, 2010 @05:58PM
from the adam.blog.heroku.com dept.

http://adam.blog.heroku.com/past/2010/4/30/startup_lessons_learned/

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Thoughts on Horses

Posted by semmons on Friday April 30, 2010 @12:55PM
from the axian.tumblr.com dept.

http://axian.tumblr.com/post/560040213

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A Note About Git Commit Messages

Posted by semmons on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @10:14AM
from the tbaggery.com dept.

http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html

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Heroku (YC W08) Update & Roadmap

Posted by semmons on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @07:35PM
from the blog.heroku.com dept.

http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2010/4/27/update_and_roadmap/

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Discovering Fractals: Brownian Trees

Posted by semmons on Tuesday April 27, 2010 @06:16AM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/04/discovering-fractals-brownian-trees.html

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Why Are Nerds Unpopular, An Alternative To PG's Essay

Posted by semmons on Monday April 26, 2010 @01:15PM
from the skepticblog.org dept.

http://skepticblog.org/2010/04/26/why-are-nerds-unpopular/

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Discovering Fractals: The Lorenz Attractor

Posted by semmons on Monday April 26, 2010 @06:25AM
from the lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com dept.

http://lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/04/discovering-fractals-lorenz-attractor.html

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