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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Fair enough. There are plenty of studies out there regarding this topic, though a definitive conclusion is probably beyond any one single study. See papers Justin McCrary have published (he's done quite a bit of work in this area). One such
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
> if someone can pull up a study showing that prison sentences don't have any deterrent effect over other forms of punishment then I'd accept I'm wrong... Certainly: http://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/e199912.htm This is not some joe-s
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
> Even if he lost, and spent a year or a few years in jail (potentially out on appeal), he wouldn't have been dead, and could have continued the fight. How optimistic of you. The chargest totaled over 50+ years in prison[0][1]. [0] htt
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
I was ecstatic when I saw the link, then my heart drooped after clicking and seeing only 4 hackers were part of the group :(.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Probably because they don't always make the front page. See this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4845645 Posted again, today (as of writing, of course).
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Something I've been curious about that wasn't entirely discussed, but briefly touched upon in the article: Convertible notes are normally assigned some value upon a more 'official' valuation being made by some VC firm. What happens, then, i
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
I'm pleasantly surprised that PyPi will be prominently featured on the official python.org redesign!
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Look at how similar this copy looks to any other SV startups these days (minus some buzz words like "Cloud", "Social", "Disruptive", etc). It goes to show that hiring (well) is hard. Even harder to gauge whether or not a company is worth ap
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but "no". Whether or not a particular software can be used in a commercial context has more to do with licensing than how "full version" it is. In fact, even Trial versions of softwares can often b
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Anecdotally, I find myself now to be lost more often than prior to. Before GPS/Mapping on smartphones became common place, I would acquaint myself very well with where I was going, whereas now I'm much more care free about it--but on the of
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
First: What kind of working definition of "developer" are you using? I'm inclined to say "yes". I am a front-end developer, working on everything from HTML/CSS + JS to the RoR app (controller & views, mostly. Rarely do I make changes to
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Or no revenue at all, in the case of Instagram.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
https://bitpay.com is working for me.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
That had me scratching my head as well... Ugh. Can anyone actually shed some light on this conundrum?
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Giving money to charitable organizations that have 30~% waste ratio isn't the way to go. What you want are driven, motivated and open-minded individuals that can create disruptive innovation; entrepreneurs. Edit: typos.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
No, if the government pulls the Dropbox servers (my original stated scenario), your client will not be able to communicate with Dropbox servers, ergo your files will stay intact. If you mean to say that the government will maliciously delet
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
The main difference between Dropbox and any "web only" hosting solution is that Dropbox replicates the file on all your machines that are sync'd with Dropbox. So the file is both in your hands and replicated in the 'cloud'. So unless the
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Indeed. Link to a site that details the 85th-percentile speed limit in a logical fashion: http://www.safespeed.org.uk/speedlimits.html (Disclaimer: The site links to a study done in British Columbia, Canada and I'm from British Columbia,
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The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation(technologyreview.com)
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Congrats :)! Now that you mention it, I believe I recalled incorrectly. I think PG mentioned that you guys used the proceeds to bootstrap your next business, Justin.tv, not that you guys didn't make anything out of the eBay auction (strictl
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
You've just reinforced the OP's post by this. That torrent was posted OVER a year ago, has ZERO replies, and only 14 seeds? Really, if this stuff actually was worth any amount of money, it would be much more prolific than that.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
You registered 10 hours ago to post this. Really?
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Not fixed for me. And presumably for anyone else, either.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
$10 billion by 30? How old are you today? Is this just a ego-stroking joke?
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
I believe pg mentioned somewhere that they didn't actually make anything out of the whole ordeal after paying back their investors; fees were probably the least of their concerns ;). Still, an interesting use case of eBay.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
I don't find my current font rendering on my 1600 x 900 and 1920 x 1080 displays "unclear", though.
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Interesting to note that Jeff was so very wrong with his prediction. Only half a decade after his prediction, we're already past 2560 x 1600 on the MBP Retina displays :). Pretty soon PC manufacturers will also catch up. Technology generall
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
Wow, really? Do you have a source for this? Anecdotally, this seems untrue. I was back in China for 2 months earlier this year and milk (fresh, no less, with expiration days of literally 3 days or less) are sold everywhere. Clearly there is
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
If you don't like this particular article, Peter Norvig goes over the same topic (problem?) much more rigorously: http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html
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by Pwnguinz 14y ago
When I first saw the title, I was thinking it was an implementation of the ADOMAH Periodic Table . But alas, it was not. http://perfectperiodictable.com/home031909.html

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