Shenglong

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by Shenglong 14y ago
This is a really cool initiative. I've been organizing Canada's largest student tech conference for a few years now, and one issue that comes up year after year is selecting engaging speakers (and how to be an engaging speaker is definitely
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Your last point is actually quite alarming: I have often been told that in order to be successful, I should surround myself with people much smarter than I am. But, when I see all these Facebook notices and FREE $500 COSTCO GIFT CARD shares
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Alternative: Provide them false information; if they are who they say they are, they'll be confused, at which point you know it's probably the bank. :)
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by Shenglong 14y ago
This kind of thing doesn't just happen in education, and it's difficult to say how to really stop it. For example: My aunt had surgery about a year ago, and our family paid out quite a bit of money to everyone involved in her surgery. On to
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Somewhat off topic, but I can wear my solid steel watch through the metal detectors at airports, and it won't set off the alarm (SF, Seattle, Toronto, Halifax, Chicago, etc). Yet, a coin or a belt buckle will. Anyone have an idea as to why?
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Monitor Group files for bankruptcy(businessweek.com)
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by Shenglong 14y ago
"I am giving this place 1 star because the server looks like my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me". Hardest I've laughed in about a week. +1 I guess the problem is that objective information is hard to standardize in a reviewing system. Plus
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by Shenglong 14y ago
It might not be that she's overthinking--it could just be that the test-writers don't have as much education/intelligence. I use ad-hominems sparingly, so let me offer a specific example for the beginner's license test in Halifax, NS, Canad
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by Shenglong 14y ago
|Cow, hen, pig, sheep The standard answer is supposed to be hen, as it is the only bird. I believe the standard answer is a "hen" because it's the only one that is gender-specific. In fact, it is distinctly the odd-one out because it do
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by Shenglong 14y ago
though not in the Americas, Australia, or the Far East. Does anyone know why some East Asians (such as myself) are lactose tolerant? Is that evidence of interbreeding in the past?
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by Shenglong 14y ago
That's a completely illogical conclusion to make. Whether it is true or not, blocking a page does not imply admission of guilt. If the article was complete bullshit, they still would have blocked it. B (Admission of guilt) -> A (Truth
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by Shenglong 14y ago
I meant socially, not for push notifications. Since, after all , the goal is to engage more users. You don't need push notifications here at all.
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by Shenglong 14y ago
You may certainly be correct, but part of your viral coefficient is likely driven by continued usage of your application. As such, I guess there are two ways you could go about it: 1. Spam user's social network on sign up; 2. Send out perio
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by Shenglong 14y ago
You can likely mitigate the drop off at the signup stage quite drastically by first creating value, then asking users to sign up. Signing is a conscious decision on part of the user to accept the possibility that your app will spam their wa
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by Shenglong 14y ago
I've been put into a similar situation before, but I couldn't find any convincing evidence that I wouldn't be extorted in the future, even if I did pay. What's the logic behind this? After all, DDoSers probably aren't upstanding citizens.
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Does anyone actually pay?
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by Shenglong 14y ago
CYAE has been a dominant force in government for years now.
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Rogers Wireless becomes world's foremost authority on spam(shenglong.posterous.com)
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by Shenglong 14y ago
You can also file a complaint with the CCTS: http://www.ccts-cprst.ca/ They've helped me in the past with stupid things Rogers and Bell have done, but they don't have any legitimate power. I'm usually for deregulation, but this market is
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Rogers is actually pretty ridiculous. I was about to make a post about this, but: Rogers also sends text message spam every month. You can't opt out. I have called on 4 separate occasions and spoken to a manager, asking to be opted out of t
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Time to go for 100% map completion...
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High-Level WoW Players make better employees than Harvard MBAs(smartblogs.com)
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by Shenglong 14y ago
This isn't a mathematical theorem, and you can't use anecdotes to disprove a claim. I am not claiming that creationists in general do not advance scientific knowledge - I am claiming that creationism as a whole does not aid in advancing sci
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by Shenglong 14y ago
I'm actually not following your logic. We'll never be able to prove everything in this world, but the important distinction here is the quest for knowledge--an answer. Even those scientists who may not fully understand the chemistry behin
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by Shenglong 14y ago
It hurts science because it's wrong. I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but believing in creationism is the same as saying "I believe acceleration at the Earth's surface is exactly 10 km/s^2 because it says so in the Bible." (it doesn't..
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I had the pleasure of meeting Bill Nye about three years ago, where I told him that as a kid, he was my scientific inspiration. I never imagined at that point, that he'd still be fighting my battles, even now.
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Tesla had a 250 million dollar operating loss in 2011 and 106 million last quarter. Add 700 million of debt onto that, and... I wonder how long they can keep up this kind of expansion. This however, is really cool.
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I may definitely be missing something here, but I find it difficult to believe not a single packet from that attack made it to their network or affected their operations . I understand how the amplifications were mitigated, but how do you
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by Shenglong 14y ago
From my experience and that of others who’ve suffered the same, it’s clear that PayPal are interested in buyers, not sellers. Why else would they provide customers with refunds at the drop of a hat, but withhold money amounting to thousand
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by Shenglong 14y ago
Went through extra scanning at the airport and are angry? No worries, here's a lottery ticket for a Bespoke suit!

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