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Thanks, Google, that's... uhm... helpful (pic) (40)
on Google Blogoscoped (3026) permalink[The screenshot shows a Google currency converter onebox result for Google.ca. Thanks Ron!] [By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Thanks, Google, that's... uhm... helpful (pic ... | Comments][Advertisement] Want to advertise here? Your ad will show in the blog and feed.Shared by 4r1f (8) Abhishek (126) AJ (1003) Andrew (151) Azeem (108) baron (42) bodzasfanta (183) Deborah Petersen (769) Fanatyk (66) ghosttie (133) Gil (369) Greg (36) guercheLE (145) Jester (23) keith (134) Kevin Donahue (29) Leon Ridge-Cooke (62) macbeach (23) Mladen (178) msanders (56) Murilo (30) PoppyD (6) Prakash G.R. (28) Priyadarsan Venugopalan (116) Rizzn (269) Rob (106) rOckY (716) Sai Gudigundla (47) Santosh (70) sarah (917) Setu (45) Shachi Chandrashekhar (19) Shogun (34) Sravana (25) Steven M. Cohen (150) Venci (85) Voyagerfan5761 (408) Will (33) Wojciech Beling (42) Wyctim (92)
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Today I Learned That… (28)
on Abstruse Goose (216) permalinkHave a good weekend everyone.Shared by 4r1f (8) Adam (304) adam (1971) Arul N S (44) Benjamin (2145) blogcreatio (8) Christoph Kratistos (12) Cristos L-C (41) dagorret.digg@gmail.com (835) David Arcos (79) Dechsiri Ulit (1130) Felix Bredoteau (804) for4saken (50) Kris (89) Leena (3091) Lorenzo (100) Magnus (39) Maki (127) Mike (18) Pickles (93) rony john (259) Sharath (57) tabo (68) Tarun (26) Tim (832) tweez (292) Yuvi (141)
- Cristos L-C said: From now on I'm going to learn one thing a day, too! (and go to a kegger afterwards)
- tabo said: bah, math > beer
- Mike said: Lower Standards = More Fun
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- rushabh doshi said: ridiculously funny!
- Greg Blevins said: I'm speechless from laughing so hard...
- Rainer said: God this is so funny.
- Chynna said: Teehee..
- zappy said: I never tried to solve one of these.
- Federico Pistono said: This guy is a genius.
- Oskar NRK said: Ahahahahah fantastico!
- HelloKit said: /me giggles.
- Alex Resta said: Bah, la tècnica està clara:http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/how-to-remove-a-bra-with-one-handVal a dir que no sé si aquest paio.. bé és igual :p>Pere comparteix silenciosament
- John MacAdam said: I have felt this way many times!
- David Arcos said: Si fuese tan sencillo como un rubik... :roll:
- Mikey said: ha!
- H. Mueller said: also notice the alt-text!
- Chris K said: See, now this one I can giggle with my wife about
- Mark said: Ha ha ha.
- Puck said: one handedly - that`s just me!
- 4r1f said: hilarious!!
- Patrick said: hehehe
- Skrud said: I relate all too well.
- Kingsley said: managing a lingerie factory was worth the few skills I picked up.
- Jared Cherup said: So very very true.
- Armish said: daha iyi anlatilabilir miydi bilmiyorum...
- androcles said: LOL
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Google Homepage Links to Randy Pausch's Last Lecture (76)
on Google Operating System (3778) permalinkYou may have noticed that Google's homepage has a small message at the bottom: In Memoriam Randy Pausch (1960-2008)."Pausch, the married father of three, was an energetic and fun-loving computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh when, in 2006, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A year later, despite surgery and chemotherapy, physicians discovered the cancer had spread to his liver and spleen. He had been told he had perhaps six months to ...Shared by 4r1f (8) Adam (36) ali (50) Ananya Walia (2077) aqeeliz (47) Archimedix (25) Arindam (29) atul (550) Ben Shoemate (230) Brent (136) CB (181) chachra (39) Cogo (98) Compuwizard123 (229) Costi (19) Dev (253) dH (26) Dirk Schrama (20) Dzu (41) Erik (34) Ethan (66) Fazle Rahim (7) forcey (71) fyc (123) gautamg (13) gisc (80) guercheLE (145) Ihar Mahaniok (39) Isaac Roca @SiKNUS (58) Jdorfman (129) JeDa (72) jerobins (67) Jessica (28) jetienne (53) John (51) John (65) Jonathan Sterling (160) jonezy (113) Josh Stone (61) Joshua (38) Kaleb (13) Keshav (166) Kris (89) Lu Tao (65) LUCCHINA (413) Lucindo (41) Mathieu Ravaux (11) Mike (114) Mike F (2153) MiramarMike (104) Miss P (92) mnvamsi (336) Neil (81) Nick (49) NOLFXceptMe (24) Petre (37) ricardo (70) Rick Butterfield (58) Rodrigo (37) S Anand (33) Sai Prasad Kothapalle (40) Sam (93) senpi (21) Shankar Ganesh (336) Siva (47) Stephen Lark (73) timbevil (46) totalpardo (3) veronicaromm (124) Vovasty (41) webtime (1337) WherestheBox (33) xrx (131) Yvette (68) Zaki (217) 猫影 (77)Explore read seven notes
- gautamg said: worthy tribute for one of the best among us who brought out the best in those around him.
- Josh Stone said: I am way late in watching this video, but wow! It's truly inspiring.
- forcey said: Pausch的演讲很幽默，很乐观
- Ihar Mahaniok said: R.I.P.And everyone should see his speech.
- Nick said: Amazing person. Good bye...
- totalpardo said: why?
- MiramarMike said: Nice touch Google ... go watch the video, it's quite amazing and inspiring
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Dr. Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon CS professor, Dead at 47 (79)
on TechCrunch (26182) permalinkNoted Computer Science professor Randy Pausch passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Pausch was a founder of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University and worked on the Alice program, an animated educational system for high school and college students. It’s not difficult to find educators in CS who are as personable as Dr. Pausch was but it is definitely rare to find one filled with such kindness and ...Shared by 4r1f (8) Adrian (72) AJ (1003) Aju (6) Amer (24) Andy (44) Anting Xu (68) Antony (14) av8612 (27) Bhavesh (91) Bill (18) Bob (8) Brent (22) Brian Junyor (160) Brian Phillips (6) Cale (25) Chris (61) Cleber (37) Dan McCall (76) dann (46) Derek (120) DigitalMike (128) div_conspiracy (26) DXL (29) Ed (34) Edin (55) Eduardo (34) FelipeC (50) guercheLE (145) hoosteen (171) Javed (561) jccamus (120) John (44) Jonathan Sterling (160) Jorg (36) Kesor (25) Kyle (73) Levon Karayan (23) Loyolny (61) mabisa (96) Maksim Ananjev (15) Mark (25) mark (21) Mark Whiting (79) metaeuphoria (49) Michael (66) Munsifali Rashid (10) Nitya (32) NunTiuX (28) omars (16) Pascal Sijen (39) Pat (98) Patrick (169) Peter (64) ph. diddy (67) R (115) Radu (29) Ranvir (23) Rob (16) Rob (19) Sam (194) Sh (17) Sheng (67) skyler (31) technorandy (53) Teri Sawers (0) The Mason Technologist (45) Tim Probst (75) Toco (175) Todd Mundt (101) Vahid (1220) Vanguard (103) Vinod (10) Vishal (34) WHB (29) Zoram (116) 猫影 (77) 雨声渐弱 (277) 이장 (31)Explore read 11 notes
- WHB said: Beeindruckend!
- Brian Phillips said: Wow - worth seeing again
- Kesor said: His last lecture is remarkable. I have seen it several months ago.
- Mark Whiting said: A memorial fund is the opposite of the right way to morn such a man but anyway, it is a sad day for the world of CS, it looks like he died on my birthday.
- Mark said: This guy seemed very cool. Looked death in the eye and seemingly said "FU". Probably something kids should watch...
- Aju said: Rest in Peace
- NunTiuX said: You have to watch this video... amazing guy!
- Brent said: :(
- John said: scares the shit out of me
- Nitya said: A great educator. An even more inspiring speaker -- tuned in to the Last Lecture when it was delivered live and it really did make an impression that has lasted to this day!
- Ranvir said: just watched the whole lecture start to finish. a rare individual: a truly inspirational geek.
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Delivering 8K VFX Shots For the Dark Knight (8)
on Slashdot (10718) permalinkagent4256 writes "Barbara Robertson over at Studio Daily put forth this article featuring the technical background for the production of The Dark Knight. With most of the film shot with IMAX cameras (producing a theoretical resolution of 18k), the studios could not handle the size. Instead, they cut the resolution by more than half, down to 8K, the maximum resolution for scanned film. 'A single 8K frame requires 200 MB of data,' Franklin says. 'So ...Shared by 4r1f (8) Bill Glick (31) div_conspiracy (26) Jim (3) joshb (23) lmjabreu (121) Marin Purgar (90) Zaki (217)Contribute comment
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Coding Without Comments (127)
on Coding Horror (2775) permalinkIf peppering your code with lots of comments is good, then having zillions of comments in your code must be great, right? Not quite. Excess is one way good comments go bad: '************************************************* ' Name: CopyString ' ' Purpose: This routine copies a string from the source ' string (source) to the target string (target). ' ' Algorithm: It gets the length of "source" and then copies each ' character, one at a time, into ...
