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by akgerber 15y ago
I graduated in 2010 with a ECE degree and learned all of this. Essentially all of that material is covered in CMU's 15-213 "Introduction to Computer Systems", which is taken by a huge proportion of the undergrad CS & ECE program. It loo
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by akgerber 15y ago
As an aside, I use vim under Dvorak without too much trouble. I find that reciting the letters of keyboard commands in my head while executing them keeps them from becoming pure muscle memory, and I am able to do the same recitation when I
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by akgerber 15y ago
Virgin Mobile uses Sprint's CDMA network. Sprint has very good coverage in most major cities and along most interstate highways. That covers most of most peoples' lives, except the relatively small percentage of Americans in rural areas.
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by akgerber 15y ago
In the United States, penalties for drunk driving vary by state. Wikipedia says that in California first-offense drunk driving is a misdemeanor crime, and one of the penalties can be a four-month driver license suspension. Since public tran
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by akgerber 15y ago
I've always wondered why newer ATMs like to retain the card until after the transaction. I've left my card in an ATM two or three times while in a rush on account of that.
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by akgerber 15y ago
Note that US traffic law generally uses the term "highway" for any public road.
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by akgerber 15y ago
http://www.mirasoldisplays.com/ Interferometric Modulator MEMS screens are about to enter mass production.
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by akgerber 15y ago
ING Direct offers this option. https://home.ingdirect.com/products/products.asp?s=ElectricO...
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by akgerber 15y ago
Mark Gorton also bicycles to work, though from somewhere fancy in New York. Biking to work isn't a financial decision for a lot of people though.
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by akgerber 15y ago
Most Americans don't live in particularly low-density areas. The Los Angeles metro area is about as dense as that of New York; the fact that LA is car-based whereas New York is based on rail is due to infrastructure choices made based on pe
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by akgerber 16y ago
Look like a dignified adult with some grey hairs & some worthwhile life experiences behind her, given that she is always growing & learning?
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by akgerber 16y ago
When I was younger all the grownups would offer advice like "Don't choose an immature name like Goat Butt to use online. No one will ever take you seriously." Remember that? I'm glad you're dedicating yourself to proving them wrong.
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by akgerber 16y ago
Smartphones are only getting cheaper. My smartphone is an LG Optimus V, which was $150 without a contract (but it's bound to Virgin Mobile, a prepaid carrier). By my estimation the phone is all-around better than a 3G iPhone. Obviously I pr
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Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepreneurship?(sciencedirect.com)
85 points by akgerber 16y ago|140 comments
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by akgerber 16y ago
Usually those CS students have had multiple internships and/or research experience, however.
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by akgerber 16y ago
One big thing: you probably need to maintain one car per adult member of the household in Houston, but can live well with <=1 car in San Francisco proper. With insurance, maintenance, and amortized vehicle cost, you're probably $1500/ye
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by akgerber 16y ago
In the year I've had my current MacBook, I've used the optical drive maybe 10 times: -I've started burning CDs again because I just bought a car from 2003, too new for a tape adapter and too old for aux input. -Occasional DVDs, but most vid
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by akgerber 16y ago
Qualcomm's recent apps processors are in-house designs by an ex-IBM team. I believe Nvidia's are, as well.
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by akgerber 16y ago
I see a lot more real people using netbooks as opposed to tablets. Tablets still seem like a toy for older rich folks while netbooks are a viable cheap computing option for a lot of people who don't need a machine that does any heavy liftin
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by akgerber 16y ago
It's not hard to build another small company when you're incredibly rich.
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by akgerber 16y ago
Libraries are also available just about everywhere in the US. I was bike touring this summer and was doing a little freelancing on my netbook. I could stop in a good library in just about any town of 500+ (and definitely a county seat) and
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by akgerber 16y ago
3. Create some of the best hardware out there, as Nokia does.
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by akgerber 16y ago
They're apparently pretty well locked down, device-wise. So presently you can choose either a crappy Samsung Android device or this reasonable competent device.
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by akgerber 16y ago
The really important thing is is that the phone is $25/mo. as the full usage fee. That's less than half the price of what I'm paying right now on Verizon, and less than a third of what people can pay for the iPhone. I'm considering downgrad
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by akgerber 16y ago
The enclosed yard/patio of the house the first floor of which my roommates & I rent.
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by akgerber 16y ago
MAKE MILLIONS OR BILLIONS in less than three years in business utilizing new technologies! We provide capital. Biggest money-maker out there! Receive assistance from established men. Write P. Graham, Y-Combinator Inc., Mountain-View Station
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by akgerber 16y ago
Have you ever been to the Midwest? Especially outside of Chicago.
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by akgerber 16y ago
This sounds like a combination of Wolfram Alpha-esque search experience with APIs. But I think this fellow is discounting how much value a good UI/UX is a part of what makes an application valuable. Every transit system out there had some c
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by akgerber 16y ago
I've been a night owl since, more-or-less, middle school. Lately I've been imitating my roommate & sleeping outside some days, and I've found that makes it a lot easier to wake up earlier. It is, of course, much easier to do in Californ
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by akgerber 16y ago
All current Windows Phone 7 devices are restricted to the Qualcomm QSD8x50 platform, so there isn't much customization to be done as the hardware is nearly the same for every vendor.

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