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by FrojoS 15y ago
I really love the idea of getting a Phd form one of those schools. And its true, people like Paul Graham did it and it seems like it served them well. However, there are just as many counter examples. Elon Musk left Stanford's grad school a
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Sure! The Kindle for instance is one of the greatest pieces of hardware I ever owned.
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So, if that "perfect man", the university advisor ask for so much invention that there is no time for innovation you are warmly welcomed to life in the ivory tower . The best "man" is your free will . Its not the "perfect man" but the bes
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I agree. Don't forget linkedin. I only signed up for Facebook two years, to linkedin and twitter a few weeks ago. They are all mind blogging .
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Helping to connect all humans on the planet is not important? This has been said many time before and you don't have to agree with it, but imho Facebook is a really important and revolutionary tool that has improved many lives including my
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Awesome post, thanks a lot! I saw the headline and the first thing that popped into my mind was "Tesla Motors". My country has spent millions over decades and decades to make German car builders to innovate electric cars. Now those companie
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Christopher Ryan [1] denies this. So which of my down voted post above was bullshit? I'd like to learn. [2] http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sex-dawn/201103/steven-p...
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Not every poster here calls English his or her first language. If you send me corrections, I very much appreciate it.
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by FrojoS 15y ago
(A) It fits into peoples agenda. (B) Most people know almost nothing about statistics. Even those who use it on a every day base. Honestly, I'm afraid, I'm not really an exception. I think if you have to guess between human evilness and stu
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by FrojoS 15y ago
All true, though, as far as I know, hunters and gathers who manage to survive childhood still die quite early, no? [1] They appear very healthy but thats partly because there are pretty much no grand parents. I might be wrong about this. Al
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Come to Germany, Switzerland or any other country with the european Dr. system then. You don't have to take any classes or pay tuition. In fact, you are not a student. We don't call them students and we don't treat them as students. But wat
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I so much second this!
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Liked it. I think he missed one good option, though: Getting a Doctorate aka Grad School aka Phd. At least in Europe its, very well payed if you're an engineer. Depending on your advisor you can have a lot of freedom and still earn similar
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Moon landing with humans has been done before but on Mars there seem to be still a few open problems. [1] However, I would bet all my money and more, that Musk, SpaceX and co. will get the job done within two decades if not a lot sooner. [1
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Good point! So there we have them: The Internets. I find the whole concept extremely discriminating.
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To obvious to be interesting? Its been a while since I read something like that on HN! Why should it not be interesting just because it seems to be obvious?
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Sure, I know, but still, thanks for pointing this out explicitly. Its true, I tried to provoke a bit and its not a totally faire comparison. However, its still against the idea of the Internet, when I can only access certain content from ce
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Thanks! The two names always confuse me. Owning two Acer EEE PC didn't help ;-)
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Yeah, I watched it later the night. Kept me up way to long. I'm still very excited about this!
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Already, to some extend, Europe is not a part of the Internet anymore. At least here in Germany, I personally consider it fraud when Internet Service Provider offer "Internet access". Wrong label! After returning from the US I got extremely
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Aliens? No, these insects are habitants of our freakin planet [pics](spiegel.de)
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by FrojoS 15y ago
I wasn't aware of this huge project [1]. This one seems to be only a smal part of it [2]. This really looks awesome and game changing! I'm very excited to see if I can contribute. [1] http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Main_Page [2] http://ope
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by FrojoS 15y ago
True - you just managed to scare me: I live in Munich. Always better to live the lean lifestyle so you can always leave with your backpack ;-) Still, I'm more worried about other forms of repression in the future. Patriot Act or Telecommuni
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by FrojoS 15y ago
Oh boy, this reminds me so much of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC). Almost every geek cries out "I want this thing now and play around with it." But the inventor is like "No, no, its all for the kids. You can't have it." The OLPC Hardware could
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I totally agree. History is full of, in some way, very smart people who just happend to be powerless at the wrong place and the wrong time. But then again, maybe, time has changed and the comparison to 1920 Europe is not a valid one anymore
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by FrojoS 16y ago
I and most people here, I guess, would find the logic very appealing and accept to use the money as insurance or give it to charity. But then, possession and responsibility can be a burden and fear is the path to the dark side. Consider - w
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Thanks! I wasn't aware of that system. Can't wait till my nephew can watch Khan Academy ..
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by FrojoS 16y ago
Looking at these pics http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/05/05/science/05chip_... its almost impossible to not get the feeling, that we are still in the stone age and a bright future lies ahead of us.
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by FrojoS 16y ago
You're mostly talking about the free git Software by Junio Hamano and Linus Torvalds [1] not the commercial GitHub [2] system, by GitHub Inc., right? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software) [2] Of course, free software on github i

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