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by akman 10y ago
Also waiting on mine from a little over 6 months ago (the Black Friday deal). It's supposed to ship sometime this month according to when I purchased it. But really, at $8 (+shipping), I see it as one of those things that if it comes
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by akman 10y ago
Fermi's paradox is relevant: http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html Maybe Bostrom's option 1 happens due to the Great Filter...
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by akman 10y ago
> https://www.particle.io/button 20 $ Since this was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, this is actually $49. With a little work, the $19 Photon could certainly do the same.
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Open Source Drives a Virtuous Loop for Innovation(thoughtworks.com)
1 points by akman 10y ago|0 comments
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How Facebook turned itself into one of the world’s most influential tech giants(economist.com)
2 points by akman 11y ago|1 comments
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by akman 11y ago
Interesting to see similarities between this and Camille Fournier's post on the same topic 11/2015: http://www.camilletalk.com/whilefalse/2015/11/truth-and-cons... The common message is you often ha
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by akman 11y ago
Completely agree on Stoicism and A Guide to the Good Life. Gratitude, as you describe it, goes a long way for life satisfaction.
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Secretary Problem(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by akman 11y ago|1 comments
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Prosecutor's fallacy(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by akman 11y ago|0 comments
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Prosecutor's fallacy(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by akman 11y ago|0 comments
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by akman 11y ago
ad hominem :-)
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77 blue-collar Chinese migrants that Kenya is calling “cyber-hackers”(qz.com)
1 points by akman 11y ago|0 comments
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by akman 11y ago
Not much besides the textbook gets destroyed, so no more margin notes or highlights.
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by akman 11y ago
another option that's roughly $1 for 100 pages: http://1dollarscan.com/pricing.php This is a good option depending on your needs (e.g., only select books, smaller collection, you don't want to do any of the work,
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AA flights grounded due to computer issues(star-telegram.com)
1 points by akman 11y ago|0 comments
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Google Plans to Be a Wireless Carrier, but at Small Scale(recode.net)
2 points by akman 12y ago|0 comments
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by akman 12y ago
You're implying that stasis = we're all car pooling already. The reality of stasis is that we're NOT leveraging the car pooling opportunities there are, and so Lyft is helping to resolve that. That's a step forward.
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by akman 13y ago
iOS app has subscription-based guided meditations
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by akman 13y ago
Because we're still in the stage of figuring out the different and optimal ways of communicating with each other, let alone presenting all choices to a sender.
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Leap Motion Leaps Forward with Software(forbes.com)
1 points by akman 13y ago|0 comments