MSexton's comments

When I took an acting class on accents, I learned about the International Phonetic Alphabet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipa). It is surprisingly handy, although most Americans have no idea it exists, much less how to read it.

I knew a veterinarian who gave herself the vaccine. She claimed to have done research before doing so, so I think the answer is yes.

First, it didn't do anything on his phone.

Suppose Alice and Bob are friends, and have each other in their contacts. Alice uses a simple, prepaid phone that only handles texts and calls. Bob has a smartphone.

Bob installs the Facebook app on his phone. The app wants permission to see his contacts, and he grants it. Maybe he's not paying attention, maybe there's a useful feature that needs his contacts, maybe the software asks the phone for permission, and the phone allows it without asking Bob. Whatever. Facebook now knows Alice's phone number.

When Alice gives Facebook her phone number to get a text (remember, that's all her phone can do), Facebook recognizes that it has seen this number before. Since Bob has this number, he is probably connected with Alice in some way.

Alice sees a recommendation for Bob when she logs on again.

Alice only gave permission for Facebook to text her. It didn't look through her phone at all.

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

GP is talking about "less attractive industry for women", meaning an industry women would be less attracted to, as in not want to work for/be part of.

When was all this? I just graduated from there last May. I didn't see a lot of this, but I also didn't look and fore the most part didn't socialize with people in my major. And I did avoid certain professors.

An airplane can easily go off course and (busses don't work too well off road), and hit anything, taking down large buildings and downtown areas. A bus could easily kill the 100 passengers and some nearby cars.

Any data to contradict GP?

I graduated last May with a degree in CS. I had several friends who were Bio (Pre-Med). The math I was required to take started at a number higher than their highest math requirement. Likewise with statistics -- I saw some of their stat class work, and seemed like a joke to me. Incidentally, in my statistics course, we talked about how doctors don't (as shown by studies) grasp basic principles.

EDIT: I went to a fairly small, but locally very well respected school.

> According to this paper [1], mean comfortable walking speed for a male in his twenties is 253.3 cm/s (~5.67 mph).

It's been my experience that 3 mph (the speed I tend to default to) is considered fast by most of my peers. I'm in my twenties.

That paper is from 1997. I suspect a lot has changed.

Oh, I don't know, there were over 180 comments on that story here at HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3783114

Newer varieties of fruit actually have much more sugar than many heritage breeds. I wouldn't go as far as to say you should avoid them, but that's probably not a valid argument against the rule.

Yes, I do this too. It annoys me that it is 'necessary' to do this. I can only hope others agree with me.

It's actually fairly well written. It's also from 2001, and I have heard elsewhere that a lot of it is outdated now, due to the increased use of the internet to research cars.

GSoC 2008 participant here. arjunnarayan is correct, you're not applying to Google. I hung around the forums for months leading up to the application process. I had also created a crude prototype already. I mocked up some screenshots in GIMP of what I envisioned the finished product, which I think helped a lot.

Be passionate about the group (Twitter), as well as your project. Answer questions people have about your proposal.

> Something is going on here and it's not based upon rational prioritization of targets, going after the loudest and most powerful purveyors of misogyny. It's quite the opposite: going after the weakest.

It seems rational to me. I don't know Jessamyn Smith, but I personally don't listen to rap, I don't meet rap stars, and none of my friends like rap. I don't hear rap.

Co-workers? An IRC bot on a channel she's logged on to every work day? A rational response would be to target the things that are affecting you, constantly.

On a larger, societal scale, sure, stopping to misogyny in rap would help more. And it contributes to a culture where it's okay to create an TWSS bot. But it wouldn't help that situation in the short term.

It would make me uncomfortable. I wouldn't say anything, because I'd be told to 'lighten up'.

Why would it make me uncomfortable? It would subtly remind everyone in the room, including me, that I'm different. And it would place an (unintended, I'm sure) emphasis on my physical attributes, which have nothing to do with my ability to design or program software.

"Cargo-cult numerology"? It's a fun excuse to eat pie. Most semi-educated people have an idea what pi is, and can easily make the connection.

The problem with this, of course, is the immediate (ie, sudden and possibly very visible) danger posed to people with devices embedded in them. Pacemakers and MRIs do not interact well.

Drones wouldn't have people in them.

I had a hard time reading this and extracting "the limitations of this guy's studies", do you have any more details?

The University's press release: http://www.uhasselt.be/UH/Tijdschriften/ToonPersmededeling.h...