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by EricDeb 14y ago
Facebook has been putting a lot more ads in the newsfeed lately. I find it irritating because I can't just avoid them like I do with the ads on the right! These types of actions may lead more users to Google+
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As a counter to one of his points I've seen developers who are completely oblivious to money management and are always working on their own projects despite having loans and having gone to an expensive school. I'm like you though buddy I di
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by EricDeb 14y ago
Why would they obfuscate this if they intended to publish it? Maybe this means it was not meant to be published...
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I actually believe the mindset this author has (along with many university professors) makes learning far more difficult for students and discourages them from staying in STEM (math and science) degrees. I have consistently found that for m
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by EricDeb 14y ago
The thing is - we really only need one cure for a particular strand of cancer. Once we've actually done it we've done it. Bearing this in mind I think these stories deserve a fair amount of optimism.
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by EricDeb 14y ago
One thing I find a tad irritating about being male and trying to look good (as superficial as it is) is the discrepancy between gaining muscle and losing fat. It seems females only have to go one direction -> be skinny whereas for males
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by EricDeb 14y ago
What I've never understood is what exactly makes a computer snappy. My RAM is never fully used, CPU percentage often in the single digits, Solid state drive - still I feel like it could be snappier. I wonder where the deficit is?
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by EricDeb 14y ago
As someone who has never used git I found this tutorial relatively acceptable. I was disappointed there was not a level 2!
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I do not know the back-story but I think of Groupon as being a startup composed of "hustlers." They created a tremendously successful yet obviously fragile niche in online retail. I think they knew from the beginning it was not sustainabl
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I honestly think "coming up" in drug-dealing or as a rap-star are analogous to running a successful startup. In both professions the system is trying to quell/control your rise to success and it takes an extraordinary amount of willpower/t
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I'm curious - what was the difference in salaries?
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I'm sorry for your loss but to some degree the premise seems a bit idealistic. I have a hard time believing the myth that there are people who truly enjoy every aspect of a job. If one is lucky they enjoy a portion of it. For example I l
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by EricDeb 14y ago
You'll have to excuse my ignorance on politics/government, but under a more libertarian/less government rule who is it that prevents this type of situation from occurring? That is, who ensures that sophisticated financial fraud does not oc
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by EricDeb 14y ago
Another thing that annoys me about southparkstudios is you cannot view a new episode for an extended period of time. Why not just have another advertisement or two for the latest episodes and allow viewers to see them immediately? It's lik
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I remember the SAT as more about checking oneself's first reaction to a problem. They often try to trick you with the obvious answer. The GMAT and GRE were quite similar. I would often have to stop myself from taking shortcuts
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I don't see how this is any sort of revolutionary invention... certainly not an idea that is patent-able. I've already participated in classes where an online code was required to access the publisher's homework... same idea really.
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by EricDeb 14y ago
Nowadays I think a viable substitute is simply exposure to such people through a technical medium. A lot of my friends don't accomplish anything, yet I associate through technology with people and energy that inspires me to accomplish more
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I understand her desire for simplicity and energy conservation but as a male I enjoy seeing women in a variety of outfits :)
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by EricDeb 14y ago
If an attacker gets access to a database of user names/hashes, a salt prevents him from simply checking the hashes against a precomputed list because each hash is totally unique. The attacker would have to recompute all hashes for each user
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I like facebook for its use in corresponding with people I normally would never contact. It gives me all the window I would ever want into their lives. For my close friends, FB is essentially useless and actually encourages me to contact t
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by EricDeb 14y ago
FB really doesn't test all major browsers? That would be very surprising to me as there are only 5 or 6 major ones.
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by EricDeb 14y ago
How does this compare with instagram? (I have yet to upgrade to a smart phone) I wonder if FB could have simply released this as a direct competitor to instagram and crowded them out versus shelling out $1B.
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by EricDeb 14y ago
How sedentary does one have to be to be at risk of a heart attack at age 32? This story seemed a bit odd to me, like it could have been entirely contrived. I certainly hope it wasn't. Exercise (really just walking and getting up on a dail
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by EricDeb 14y ago
it is not necessarily a bad thing that our general populous is more educated. What I am appalled at is the cost of higher level education and those who willingly choose private schools and copious amounts of debt.
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I would go so far as to say the default state of a human is mediocrity and general failure. It takes discipline to achieve even moderate success
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I agree on some level. Certain tasks require sleep, others can be done in deprivation. If I am familiar with a programming language and problem I do okay even if I am sleep deprived, however new tasks or very difficult problems I cannot d
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by EricDeb 14y ago
It's also good to realize that beyond about 50 million I doubt any person would even know what to do with that much money.... you basically end up donating a lot of it unless you are hellishly greedy
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by EricDeb 14y ago
Also good to note that many of these people are not billionaires. They have companies valued at a billion dollars but they will likely never see that much in their bank account.
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by EricDeb 14y ago
I don't know I like to think I'm of above average intelligence and I would generalize and say that some religious groups are "just so stupid." Then again, religion is a great way to cope with the paradoxical and absolutely absurd reality we
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by EricDeb 14y ago
Yes... so instead they accept people who superficially differentiate themselves and pretend to be non-conformists which then becomes another "admission strategy."

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