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by Freeboots 12y ago
The original study by K. Anders Ericsson involved how top athletes became the very best in their highly specific field. Since then it has been diluted to say that you need 10000 hours to become an 'expert' (definition required); t
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by Freeboots 12y ago
i was referring more to the original 10 000 hour rule proposed by K. Anders Ericsson & co. I would also say that in Outliers, Gladwell seems to implying that while 10 000 hours of practice is common in such 'outliers', simple
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by Freeboots 12y ago
How about 20 hours? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MgBikgcWnY The 10k hours thing is based on how long it took athletes to become the very top of their field. The very top of their highly specific, highly competitive fie
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by Freeboots 12y ago
http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Faq_licensing Looks like they discourage the use of artwork and text, but dont actively self police. "The vassalengine.org web site owners do not verify whether or not uploaded mod
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by Freeboots 12y ago
what about all the 2048 clones?
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by Freeboots 12y ago
You probably should at least phonegap it asap, someone is bound to copy this, its a good game! well done
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by Freeboots 12y ago
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/a... Translate page button.
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by Freeboots 12y ago
You can tell if its mining, your machine, laptops especially, will let you know something is up. I do think its an interesting area for development though. I would be ok with a low mining instead of ads.
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by Freeboots 12y ago
thats really cool. My first thought was that it could be useful for people like you with several side projects that they dont really spend a lot of time actively maintaining, to get 'at a glance' stats to see that things are ticki
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by Freeboots 12y ago
Out of interest, how is briefmetrics doing? Its a good concept, and nice clean report structure
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by Freeboots 12y ago
You could also prioritize your search area, assuming you're searching official Wheres Wally? images. "53 percent of the time Waldo is hiding within one of two 1.5-inch tall bands, one starting three inches from the bottom of the p
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by Freeboots 12y ago
This looks pretty polished. The custom pricing plans is cool, maybe you want to set up presets or suggested plans?
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by Freeboots 12y ago
I published my first chrome extension the other day. Its a very simple UI tweak ( http://i.imgur.com/QoTK0N6.png ) that adds buttons to move through Youtube videos frame by frame. You can also use mouse wheel to scroll throug
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by Freeboots 13y ago
its way dangerous for everyday craft. Im mildly surprised the arnt restrictions on commercially available versions.
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by Freeboots 13y ago
For sure, lets see it on github
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by Freeboots 13y ago
I'd like to see these pro democracy leaflets if possible, Im interested to see what aspects of society/culture are displayed.
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by Freeboots 13y ago
Im not sure if it would be helpful for your exact vision, but there are several open source social network platforms like www.elgg.org which could give you a jumpstart on the backend to get underway.
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by Freeboots 13y ago
lol americas stupid-low petrol prices catch up with them faster than expected. This seems like a crazy attempt to use tech to confuse people and trick them into paying higher tax. Tax which could/should come by the far more simple mean
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by Freeboots 13y ago
Whose read Snow Crash?
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by Freeboots 13y ago
ikr, people in this thread seem to be reading this into the context of the 'living wage' idea floating around. But its nothing like that. These are one off grants to people living in completely different circumstances. In developi
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by Freeboots 13y ago
Im not sure if you're taking purchasing power into account, but if not, be aware that US$1 a day is doable in many countries, but very much not in america. Poverty is relative, just saying. And for what its worth, i live in cambodia an
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by Freeboots 13y ago
The selection process is usually along the lines of 'the poorest of the poor'. Organizations such as this identify an area or ethnic group, then a village, then a family. The recipients are selected, then approached, in such a way