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by Kuiper 14y ago
I personally believe the future of social networks is to niche, with disparate social networks connected via a Distributed Social Networking Protocol. This sounds a lot like the subreddit system.
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by Kuiper 14y ago
"But using motivation to determine whether or not something is a crime, just feels ridiculous." But there are crimes that are determined by intent. For example, providing incorrect information is not inherently criminal, but knowingl
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Where I am (midwest USA) technical interns are typically paid at least twice minimum wage; offer anything less than 175% minimum wage and engineering students will dismiss you entirely.
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by Kuiper 14y ago
As jolhoeft remarked, sealing the e-reader in a plastic bag will do in a pinch. You can't (comfortably) do this with a bound volume. How exactly is this a point in favor of dead trees? I worry less about water damage to my Kindle than I w
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by Kuiper 14y ago
CrunchyRoll offers unlimited 1080p streaming for a $7 monthly subscription.
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by Kuiper 14y ago
Actually, according to this article, certain kinds of insurance are less effective at optimizing happiness, because we are psychologically equipped to adapt to new (bad) circumstances: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dtg/DUNN%20GILBERT%20&
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by Kuiper 14y ago
I worked in a university's IT department for most of my undergraduate career and have nothing but good things to report about their business class laptops. Their low-end consumer grade laptops are, well, low-end. Most of the tales of disa
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Google would be empowered to a live/recorded stream of video of every user. This sounds like the kind of feature that some users would embrace, and could even become a selling point. Remember justin.tv?
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by Kuiper 15y ago
It's worth noting that this story is a year old and the price figures and remarks about Kindle's lack of touch screen are a tad obsolete; a Kindle Keyboard with 3G is only $140 if you get a "sponsored" version (and removing the ads is trivi
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by Kuiper 15y ago
I think that a lot of westerners fail to realize the impact of the "otaku as superconsumer" effect on the Japanese media industry, in part due to the way that anime is priced in western territories. In Japan, anime blu-ray volumes are trem
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Why you shouldn't make a game(kineticliterature.com)
1 points by Kuiper 15y ago|0 comments
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by Kuiper 15y ago
I found Wolfram Alpha to be immensely useful when doing chemistry work back in undergrad. Just input a chemical compound and see what it spits out. Now imagine being able to call any of those pieces of data during calculations using a s
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Both uses of "amoral" are correct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoral "Amorality, the absence of morality; for example, a stone, a chair, or the sky may be considered amoral" , http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amoral "not invol
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Sorry to pick on semantics, but wanted to clarify this because I initially was confused when reading your post: you meant "immoral," correct? "Amoral" does not mean "morally wrong," but rather refers to things which are morally agnostic.
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Is BMI a relevant factor in this discussion? The author's point is that higher weight = higher cost of transportation due to fuel costs. If you're a tall person, it may not be your "fault" that you are heavier than average, but that doesn
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by Kuiper 15y ago
"In fact, I'd be hard pressed to think of a single moment in my life where "meet a random stranger based on an algorithm" is a substantially more attractive option than what I'm doing at that moment." As someone who hops around the countr
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Counter-Strike is actually one of those instances where DRM adds value to a product for paying customers. Counter-Strike is a very popular target for cheaters using client hacks like like aimbots and transparent wall hacks, and one of th
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by Kuiper 15y ago
I was under the impression that Mozilla also got a sizable chunk of revenue from Amazon. Every time I search Amazon, I do it via the browser search box, and there's a referral code appended. Even if Mozilla doesn't have a special agreemen
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Humble Bundle sales stats presented visually(cheesetalks.twolofbees.com)
1 points by Kuiper 15y ago|0 comments
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Having a good idea is very important to the success of a startup. However, their market value is lessened by the fact that the supply of "good ideas" greatly exceeds the demand. Between the idea, the talent, and the elbow grease, the idea
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by Kuiper 15y ago
This seems to be the same WSJ article that was submitted several days ago under a similar title: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298171
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by Kuiper 15y ago
HN seems to have a different set of values. While there's less tolerance for jokes and culture references for the sake of culture references, HN tends to house a lot of intellectually frank discussion that a lot of other sites discourage.
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by Kuiper 15y ago
The author seems to focus on the number of bodies/man-hours invested in each startup weekend. These are hardly the most important metrics to consider. One of the main advantages that startup weekends have is that the groups present are se
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by Kuiper 15y ago
To extend the video game analogy, one activity that some video gamers have made a sport of is "speed running," or trying to completely a single-player game in as little time as possible. Sites like http://speeddemosarchive.com/ host vi
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by Kuiper 15y ago
A significant portion of the undergraduate population at my school receive scholarships that are recurring on the condition of maintaining a 3.0 GPA. We're talking non-trivial amounts, on the scale of $18-22k scholarship money per year for
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by Kuiper 15y ago
What search engine do you use now, out of curiosity?
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by Kuiper 15y ago
I think that this may in part be due to the fact that the idea of "inviting someone over for dinner" is beginning to erode away culturally. Some of my best friends have never been inside my home, and visa versa. I think this is a large pa
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by Kuiper 15y ago
Malcolm Gladwell talks about this in "Tipping Point." Early adopters tend to be disproportionately passionate about the platforms they sample (they wouldn't be early adopters otherwise), and as a result more likely to share and report abou
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by Kuiper 16y ago
There is a difference between focusing on a certain part of the whole and speaking as though that certain part is entirely representative of the whole. It's less like talking only about China in a discussion about Asia, and more like using
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by Kuiper 16y ago
I was going to suggest registering betting.ly since it seems like an obvious domain hack, but it looks like it's already taken.

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