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Yes, there are other parties that exist in Turkey. The people protesting are from different backgrounds, educations, futbol teams and political parties, and have joined together to protest the brutality that was exhibited by the police, the media censorship and the built up frustration with the government's policies.

Yes, the AK party receives a substantial amount of the votes as they are the unified religious based party that appeals to the majority of the country.

(http://occupygezipics.tumblr.com)

While the title is clearly suggesting that an entire jet engine is to be printed. The details of this application as stated in the article point to the specific method of laser sintering, which as a form of 3D printing, is useful to creating specific parts.

This article does illustrate the different methods of 3D or additive printing capabilities, outside of the common knowledge we seem to be exposed to through the maker movement. NASA / Military has also explored a multitude of options with additive printing, battle field printing and space station printing.

In regards to parts such as fan blades, which are mainly composite materials in recent engines, this would not be applicable. Where there are parts that are subject to extreme heat and must retain certain properties, therefore, expensive to manufacture, this process has many benefits as highlighted.

EDIT: In the case of "extreme heat", it may apply for certain types of metals.

http://machinedesign.com/article/new-superalloys-boost-direc...

http://www.onlineamd.com/amd-0310-laser-sintered-titanium-eo...

Can someone who is better versed on voting theory comment on this paper? It was published by the oddly but interesting Saxophone Man on Stanford's conference. It seems that no academic will review his work (http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/11/30/the-saxophone-mans-s...)

[from a my recent post - Go Pavlov Yourself]

This is my new technique to jumpstart the creating and coding during a long arduous day. There is a sound, a bell, provided by an iPhone app. I am using this bell to condition myself. Since we are humans and humans are evolutionarily based, we can be conditioned just like the dog in Pavlov's lab. We have willpower and self-control, but many times that innate power cannot be wielded to avoid distractions. Therefore, let's use conditioning to reduce the conscious decision and provide a signal that the mind can follow without significant effort. Ding!

Ding. I sit down, close out all browser tabs. Open sublime, a blank Chrome page, iterm2 and the requirements doc. Deep breath and go!

Now, practice ten times.

it is not streaming anymore, but if someone can post their notes of the session it would be helpful.

Good point, the coaches/players. nytimes article on the subject. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/sports/football/ipads-repl...

Yes, they have stats and applications to apply some of the variables prior to the game. Even at the Division 3 level we had binders with probabilities based on formations. This was a fun brainstorm to see how far the technology could be applied.

These methods are also very useful, however, tags have been beneficial in many ways in other communities. Specifically, tagging could be useful for determining location, as seen recently, we now have hackful, an entire site just for the EU.

We have potentially lost additional insight, thoughts and view points that could be very useful for the HN community.

If tags were available, one could quickly sort for types/areas of posts/comments and allow experts or rookies in that area to interact. Similar to stackoverflow or reddit. It is a thought and suggestion to test.

quick note - upon submitting the link, there could be a lookup function on the keywords of the title or linked story title, which shows similar submissions...replicating the Google instant search functionality.

yes, there would be obvious issues with keyword overlap and would not apply for customized titles.

Upon reading the article about TaskRabbit, I think Airbnb can apply the same type of checks:

"Since many common tasks are carried out in the senders’ homes, runners are vetted through a three-step process..

which starts with an application form and progresses to an automated phone or video interview that poses a series of questions designed to weed out deadbeats.

Finally, TaskRabbit pays the database giant Acxiom to perform a federal criminal background check on each prospective worker."

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/mf_taskrabbit/

good for those learning to code or want to see how other programmers use their tools.

Line from the article, "But for all the potential benefits the new technology may bring, the report said, there will be unpleasant ''trade offs'' in ''control."

That surely came about in ways they could not have imagined.

Alex, thanks for the post. This is definitely how I read HN and the links to the learning resources has helped accelerate learning new material.