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by aik 14y ago
Concerning #2: I would love to hear a discussion on why Caecilia is great, or not in this instance. Or why font __ is great, or not in this instance. Gruber goes into that a little (which is insightful), however as most typography relate
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by aik 14y ago
True but you have to agree that opening HN and seeing, "NASA: Mars rover Curiosity finds bright object" is a bit humorous on several levels. The dichotomy makes it so: 1. Big impact: Science and our understanding of the universe is being ex
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by aik 14y ago
>> Lists like these recognise in public University's that are good and gives all universities a reason to improve. I very much hope universities aren't shallow and lacking of a reasonable vision and mission to the point of requiring
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by aik 14y ago
>> others were that special kind of lecturer who resonates really well with students but produces limited academic work. Interesting. This is definitely in agreement with the point that many "[research]" universities exist for the
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by aik 14y ago
>> Elon Musk is one of the most under appreciated entrepreneurs of our time. I'm sure his time will come (already starting to). He's built and talked, but other than Paypal the world hasn't yet in a huge way reaped the benefits of
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by aik 14y ago
Honest question: What value do these rankings provide to society? [1] Ie. Practically what am I supposed to gather by the fact that Caltech is rated #1? Or Stockholm University #117? Should that mean I would benefit from attending Caltech
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by aik 14y ago
If the hole is only 30cm wide, and it's going to take 8 years to complete (complete in 2020), isn't there a decent chance that there will be movement in the plates that will close up the hole?
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by aik 14y ago
Standard release I'm fairly sure. Version 22.0.1229.79 m
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by aik 14y ago
I completely agree. The latest version especially has rendered the browser nearly unusable for me (among many other things, pages just don't load, and the browser freezes constantly). Seems a bit serious... I'm guessing they will resolve i
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by aik 14y ago
Very interesting. Though I'm not finding it overly surprising based on everything I've read on effects of environment and nurture on growth and potential. Few snippets I found interesting: "These and our other results, together with the fa
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by aik 14y ago
I believe this statement about college guaranteeing a job has become the poster-motivational-tool used on kids and parents in an effort to motivate them. Concerning failing graduates: I think the problem is that many graduates today are at
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by aik 14y ago
New entrants into markets with innovative new technologies often have products that are worse off in many areas than existing companies (ie. existing gas car companies), however are vastly superior in some specific new way(s). That is true
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by aik 14y ago
>> the pain of switching ecosystems far outweighs any benefit to be gained by switching ecosystems. Not sure I agree. Most people I know ended up with their phone because that's what was popular at the time, or because it was pushe
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by aik 14y ago
Could you explain "WP layout is just boring"? How so? What does this mean? I used a loaner WP7 phone for a month when abroad and when I came back to my iPhone I actually felt a longing for the WP. It was like iOS felt bulky, old and clut
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by aik 14y ago
>> that the IQ test actually is precisely a measure of potential in various abstract areas. I'm trying to understand this. Here's my understanding: That it is possible to take an IQ test and have score x, then perform activities y,
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by aik 14y ago
I think it would be fascinating to view the outliers (low IQ when measured=high performance) and investigate the reasons. (My hypothesis:) Naturally what I would expect would be found is that IQ is just one measure that sometimes correlates
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by aik 14y ago
I think the main point is that IQ measures some sort of current fluid intelligence. It doesn't measure other types of intelligence, and most importantly it doesn't measure potential. So the blanket concept of it defining someone's common-
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by aik 14y ago
>> I think cheating is one of the signs of the crumbling of our civilized society. I think cheating is a sign of an over emphasis or overly large focus on external motivators (or artificial targets) rather than on things that actual
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by aik 14y ago
>> His style of running a business as likely maximized his personal happiness, and possibly his employees. Rather than the main focus being happiness, I think the main focus is: Are you building something great? And he believes maxi
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by aik 14y ago
On a slightly different note concerning privacy: How much more of this will we take before enough people demand privacy again? What event has to happen? On our phones, applications can't even be downloaded until monitored and approved by
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by aik 14y ago
I agree with this first point -- the samples appear unimpressive as they are and actually hurt my chance of buying. A PDF or a complete sample of one of the interviews would be great. If I feel it provides me insight, I'll be excited to r
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by aik 14y ago
I'm in a very similar position currently. Do you have any recommendations on resources/books to study? Actions to take? I've been in the process of trying to redefine how we talk and show our product, build product flyers, discount flyers
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by aik 14y ago
I think the main point is that any time value in a monetary unit is measured over time, it is naturally adjusted for inflation. This is done with basically everything. So it's not necessarily a "neener neener" situation, it's applying sta
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by aik 14y ago
Have you been through Dev Bootcamp? Did you find it immensely useful? Did it help with getting hired? I ask because it has quite a large upfront cost... perfectly reasonable if it really is that great.
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by aik 14y ago
We must have very different definitions of innovation, or even success. So you're saying the Windows Phone and Metro isn't at all innovative? How do you figure?
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by aik 14y ago
Maybe Microsoft discovered a process of getting out of an event horizon. The work they're doing right now is very interesting.
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by aik 14y ago
I don't think they mean that Sweden/Norway don't value equality, but that there seems to be more focus on other aspects that are focused on in the US (e.g. competition, mix of private/public schools, options of cheap/expensive schools, poss
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by aik 14y ago
From the article: Key point: "The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.... The problem facing education in America isn't the ethnic diversity of the population but the economic ineq
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by aik 14y ago
I appreciate the attempt at trying to instill some realistic expectations, but beyond that I'm not sure if I'm missing something -- I find this article to be toxic for multiple reasons: - The thought that "superstar"/top entrepreneurs "neve
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by aik 14y ago
Odd. Trello is the first task list tool I've actually enjoyed because of its simplicity. To add a task I just need to click, type, and press enter. Done. To reassign a task I click and drag. Done + the satisfaction of seeing my todo list

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