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prog21: On Being Sufficiently Smart
I'm proud to have created the wiki page for the phrase sufficiently smart compiler back in 2003 or 2004. Not because it's a particularly good page, mind you; it has been endlessly rewritten in standard wiki fashion. It's one of the few cases where I recognized a meme and documented it. I'd been seeing the term over and over in various discussions, and it started to dawn on me that it was more than just a term, but a myth, a fictional entity used to support arguments.
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Robotic Technology to Help Understand and Treat Strokes - NYTimes.com
Consider the 1,001 little movements we take for granted, like reaching a few inches for a salt shaker or trying on new shoes.
Most involve simple reflexes and signaling from the brain to our arms, hands and fingers. But for many people — 750,000 have strokes each year in this country, and an estimated 60 percent of them suffer injuries that could include a partly paralyzed arm — those acts are nearly impossible. -
The end of the world, in 14 days, according to Reddit. [more inside]
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Audioboo / Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
posted by Jofus at 12:50 PM on January 4 [157 favorites]
Monday, January 16, 2012
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