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by 10ren 17y ago
> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Retaliation is ac
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by 10ren 17y ago
He meant it the other way round, for you to learn from others, not that you should teach them. Confucius was a famous teacher, but the quote is about how other people were his teachers. tokenadult then says of himself, that "[I] expect to
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by 10ren 17y ago
That video is a chilling cautionary tale.
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The Outsiders(prometheussociety.org)
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by 10ren 17y ago
Using adwords, bloggers put up advertisements for companies they don't run, and affiliate advertising (which is the idea starting this thread) is similar. I see what you mean though, that it would seem rude for BRK to make up their own ads
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by 10ren 17y ago
Why would it not be logical, because he owns a part of a business and not all of it?
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by 10ren 17y ago
hehe, it does look like an affiliate link now that you mention it. Logically, BRK should also link to Coke, American Express, and all the companies it holds share in/owns outright. Not only as advertising, but also to give them some googl
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by 10ren 17y ago
BTW on just the beginning of your comment: This might explain why I sometimes get "correct" replies that totally miss the point: they've seen it in the newcomments page. It's really baked my noodle a few times, that a seemingly intelligent
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by 10ren 17y ago
I've noticed that sometimes interesting answers get downvoted, and irrelevant/badly thought-out answers get upvoted. So I don't take downvotes so seriously now. However, there's a backlash: if I get a bunch of upvotes, I'll now think that
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by 10ren 17y ago
Yup, it worked for my test comment. So that's a (terribly minor) bug in HN.
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by 10ren 17y ago
The last guy says you have to start with an intuition, and then prove it. But I think you can start with the proof, and an intuition can come to you along the way. It's just that it probably won't be about that proof.
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by 10ren 17y ago
That is what the article says. This thread raises the issue of cell phone fidelity vs. skype (or land line etc) fidelity being a factor.
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by 10ren 17y ago
I wonder if talking on any phone puts you in a disconnected and disembodied world. Conversing on a phone is quite unnatural.
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Well, let's see
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by 10ren 17y ago
Well, there is opportunity cost. Could the time and effort spent on Java be better spent elsewhere? It may be because I'm still feeling the glow Java had when I learnt it in the late 1990's, but I really like a lot of things about it. It's
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by 10ren 17y ago
I am always surprised by the power of framing. It's like a weak form of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, where language shapes your thinking. nb: it's "always surprising", because that is the nature of framing and then noticing the frame...
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by 10ren 17y ago
Pre-built packages sounds perfect! Though I think you deserve a rest while you bask in adulation. :-) Your idea is worthy of the original unix hackers... and, in keeping with their spirit, made real. BTW: I actually took a little over 2 wee
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by 10ren 17y ago
Can you elaborate please?
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by 10ren 17y ago
This is the kind of project I really like; it's the way things should be. Very awesome. This should become universal. A barrier to adoption is that the installation process seems a bit scary/involved - if it was straightforward, this wou
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by 10ren 17y ago
As the title says, he's talking about technology. Everyone knows technology is a young man's game. The law is an old man's game. When you read an article about the latest case or legislation, the first thing they talk about is what the law
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by 10ren 17y ago
Counter to the linked-comment: maths is not pure problem solving. There are a lot of facts to be learned in mathematics; it is more like a language, with a huge vocabulary. And, like language, very little of mathematics is actively justif
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by 10ren 17y ago
I wonder why the "reply" after your correction comment (the one which just said "best") is in italics? (I'm replying to this comment instead of that one so I don't destroy the thing I'm commenting about)
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by 10ren 17y ago
There isn't proper quoting on HN, but three popular conventions are: 1. italics - to this with asterisks ( * ). To operate, they must be adjacent to the text that is being quoted, and end up looking like this . If not adjacent, you get * t
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by 10ren 17y ago
High production values, lighting, editing, music and so on. This is a professional mini-doc.
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by 10ren 17y ago
I wonder if we'll ever know, factually, who wrote to whom first? I don't mean to slight wired; but I'm sure that many technology companies would like to be covered by wired, and if they have any sense, they'd prepare an article in the most
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by 10ren 17y ago
It supports ARM; and a bunch of ARM-based netbooks are due out soon. They are cheaper and much more power efficient than intel's Atom etc. And Windows doesn't run on them (yet). I'm not a big linux vs. windows or ARM vs. intel fanatic, but
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by 10ren 17y ago
Good link, but you should know he mentions that aspect and disputes its sufficiency: something more is needed because recent research shows that other nations had respect for property rights, good government and so on.
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by 10ren 17y ago
24,000 in 1920 dollars = $ 253,532.93 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=24%2C000+in+1920+dollar... 24,000 in 1940 dollars = $ 362,138.28 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=24%2C000+in+1940+dollar... (yes, deflation. the dollar was
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by 10ren 17y ago
Just BTW: Regarding the time to prepare the article itself, it's standard practice for companies to send press releases to magazines/articles that are already ready for publication as is . It makes sense: they will benefit massively from t
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by 10ren 17y ago
This is at the same time really cool and horrific.

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