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by Spyckie 18y ago
on another note... why is google ocean the 5th search result on google?
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by Spyckie 18y ago
So... these are the guys that don't start web companies but build companies based on real science, research, and products?
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Well, right now if you want to move quickly and often, the hassle of moving in and out often makes it not worth it to mobilize, and hence you choose not to take a job that is somewhere else but utilizes your skills more effectively (allows
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by Spyckie 18y ago
This article is well worth the read. This is a perfect example of what makes history fascinating - its ability to make sense of the present and the future. His conclusion, for those who can't get through it: housing is a dead end investment
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by Spyckie 18y ago
They don't want the perfect Pepsi, they want the perfect Pepsence. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spagh... Seriously, the big name brand companies have done a ton of research on this already - we should learn from
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Its amazing how many of these occur just because of the defaults that we set up in our technology. I mean, the default activity with Windows is to go to screensaver mode. If it just slept as default, it would save millions of dollars in pow
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by Spyckie 18y ago
There's some (unofficial) theories that you can judge a person's MBTI type by looking at their facial features. http://www.socionics.com/advan/vi/vi.htm I don't think there's hard evidence of it though - just one's own experiences. I can
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I think this is a great idea, and there's a lot of weight behind it. In trying to teach my little cousin how to code one of the biggest blocks I faced was that there was nothing right at his fingertips to play with. I had to spend an hour o
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Yeah, I learned on my TI-89. Ironically, made a DnD character stat generator and a function to calculate the first 6 elements of an infinite series... (calc class was quite boring). I abused the GOTO statement, though... hey, it wasn't like
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Anyone reminded of those PBS pledge nights right after nature and NOVA?
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I think this article is supposed to be a joke... or, to clarify, its supposed to make bankers feel good about themselves while ridiculing them.
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An alternate solution to the Table/CSS layout argument: an introduction to blueprint.css(therubyway.wordpress.com)
3 points by Spyckie 18y ago|0 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Grids need more coverage, as they are by far the best way to bypass css misery and create a flexible, controllable layout for your website. They require a whole lot less markup than tables, are more intuitive, are much more controllable, an
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Ask HN: CMU's Information Systems or Computer Science?
1 points by Spyckie 18y ago|1 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Since I feel bad about no one answering - You already recognized that opening up is the trend. Using Facebook is really about the target audience that you're going for - Facebook users have particular expectations and habits online. You get
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by Spyckie 18y ago
If you look at any site which you consider has a good quality design, there's one big difference that it has to your own site: it uses images. Lots of images. That's the key to good design that most engineers don't understand. Yes, there is
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Here's a good explanation: http://www.ccheever.com/blog/?p=10 FBML allows you to do specific Facebook-only features easily, like friend requests and searching for your friends. It also has documentation and tutorials, which is not trivial
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by Spyckie 18y ago
A suggestion - your question is too vague. At the very least, tell us if you're looking at Facebook for mass marketing or integration with your site. Without any context, I'm going to assume you're asking about Facebook as a time waster. It
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Hahah, I bet those ties are around 6-10 years old! I should know, I went to his highschool (Exeter) which requires ties as its dress code. Its not like you wear ties at Harvard, is it?
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Advanced Starcraft Theory: HW #2(michaelo.phswebs.com)
1 points by Spyckie 18y ago|0 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Although the issue at hand is not exactly hacker-news, the solution (thatsnotcool.com) and the way they are reaching out to their target market is very similar to a web startup. This article also suggests some new trends that we'll see in t
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Want to make your own judgment about Steven Chu (US Secretary of Energy)? Watch this.(youtube.com)
8 points by Spyckie 18y ago|1 comments
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by Spyckie 18y ago
interesting... I'm taking a class on the economics of Global warming, but as we just started I don't know if I can comment just yet. However, allowance trading worked very well in controlling acid rain - one of the incentives to use it on c
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Doing this kind of thing is good publicity for his blog. I won't use this, but I would think about modifying it to my own tastes.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Upmodded because its a very clear and thorough explanation.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
When I was in this situation, I somewhat wanted advice, but really I wanted someone to just take the time to talk to me. If you feel that way, I'm free to talk - send me an email or aim me - Spyckie (at) gmail or Spyckie on aim.
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by Spyckie 18y ago
1.) automatic smart chart creation - the spreadsheet guesses the kind of data I'm inputting and builds a chart on the fly. 2.) UI that values datasets over data points, or some sort of functionality that defines a dataset. Since most tasks
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by Spyckie 18y ago
How about more top colleges? Incredulous as it sounds, if there's really a flood of qualified (as deemed by college admissions people who aren't just making excuses) students for top schools, then simple supply and demand states that there'
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by Spyckie 18y ago
I'm sure there's a greasemonkey plugin that linkifies urls...
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by Spyckie 18y ago
Ideology makes good dreams but bad practice. In a sense, 'true democracy' is a lot like 'true communism' - both sound good on the outside but have issues when implemented. Like the Digg article, it seems that 'equality of vote' is one of th

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