afriesh123

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Metrecal(en.wikipedia.org)
25 points by afriesh123 13y ago|18 comments
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by afriesh123 13y ago
google cached his linkedin profile. sigh. i feel bad for the guy, you just can't escape a bad move made in a consumer-facing market like this. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:X821DtR... i challenge
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Australian scientists discover the secret to hydrating beer(australiantimes.co.uk)
4 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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by afriesh123 13y ago
Yet the market cap of the company is currently $111 billion. There's a lesson for us (or an opportunity) in there somewhere.
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by afriesh123 13y ago
BTW - the link disproves your point somewhat - voters approved a $10bn train, which is now expected to cost over 10x that. Brings into question what exactly they approved, or what it means to "approve" if there is no cost control
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High-End Smartphone Boom Ending as Price Drop Hits Apple(bloomberg.com)
1 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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by afriesh123 13y ago
If you combine the point on what constitutes a normal count and the point on the hostile environment, you get the answer. Also - related point - for IVF, they have very strict quality standards. Using the measurement standards for IVF would
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Why Shouldn't I Work for the NSA? (Good Will Hunting)(youtube.com)
8 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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US-China Talks Delve Into Central Banks as Snowden Casts Cloud(bloomberg.com)
3 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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The Moriarty MOOC(westhunt.wordpress.com)
2 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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by afriesh123 13y ago
Next thing you know, they'll tell me that hollywood actively collaborates with the government on portrayals of the military. "The major exception here is the Department of Defense, which has an ‘open’ but barely publicized relatio
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by afriesh123 13y ago
Michael Crichton: “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the jour
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by afriesh123 13y ago
it's also interesting to me that a former economist in the obama administration is writing an article about college grads driving taxis, right around the time the powers that be are trying to implement immigration reform to make it eas
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Xinhua: Washington owes world explanations over troubling spying accusations(news.xinhuanet.com)
1 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments
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by afriesh123 13y ago
Why stop with the person we expect to be? Who's to say we're the people we think we are today? Or the person we think we were in the past? If self-perception is biased, it has to be across the spectrum.
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by afriesh123 13y ago
Related, on a recent riot in china which was caused when authorities tried to crack down on cheating. The rationale of rioters was that since everyone cheats, the crackdown put kids at an unfair advantage: https://news.ycombinato
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Rapiro Kit Robot For Raspberry Pi Gets Funded On Kickstarter In Two Days(techcrunch.com)
4 points by afriesh123 13y ago|0 comments