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by amohr 17y ago
I just thought de Gray's work was relevant because it addresses the counterpoint to the author's central thesis. The underlying assumption here is that the body has a built-in expiration date that we cannot avoid, but I didn't think it eff
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by amohr 17y ago
The MIT Technology Review held a contest of sorts, offering $20,000 to anyone who could prove that Aubrey de Grey's "Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence" was "so wrong that it was unworthy of learned debate." They received 5 ent
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Limitations and egos(mohrslaws.blogspot.com)
1 points by amohr 17y ago|0 comments
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by amohr 17y ago
Aka: "proof that Arthur C Clarke does acid"
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by amohr 17y ago
A friend of mine won a 4-wheeled knock-off segway in the fall and kept it in our basement and it was one of the best things that ever happened to us. We set up a little solo cup marked course and ran through it all the time. The really coo
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by amohr 17y ago
Circle jerk? I was pointing out unproductive behavior - the tendency to simplify a problem such that it fits into a stock solution or counting on a miracle. Neither of these actually confront the original problem - just duct tape and wishes
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by amohr 17y ago
I think that concisely encapsulated the two go-to solutions for so many hackers: a) create a complex system that will postpone or perhaps solve the problem; and b) make the problem irrelevant with a miracle stroke of genius solution to be
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The Fundamentals and Flaws of Elementary Education(mohrslaws.blogspot.com)
2 points by amohr 17y ago|1 comments
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by amohr 17y ago
I think there is one glaring flaw in the paper wherein pg assumes that nobody would write academic papers if there were no structure of competition necessitating such papers. I have two problems with this: 1) I know several people who do i
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by amohr 17y ago
Actually, with unit conversions, the solution is often parenthesis. http://www07.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1+attoparsec+%2F+%28m... totally works
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by amohr 17y ago
Too late to edit, but I realized I should be prepared to provide a comparably personal answer to such a personal question, and I've done so on my blog, if you're interested: http://mohrslaws.blogspot.com/2009/07/fear.html
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by amohr 17y ago
That's really cool, I've talked to psych people and publicly logging your progress when dealing with an anxiety problem is a really good way to keep you on track. From my perspective, I love the insight into the process - especially becaus
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by amohr 17y ago
Well the idea is that fear is often times hyperbole - an unnecessary exaggeration of a natural and healthy response to a legitimate threat. So if you're mountain climbing or skydiving, a fear-adrenaline response mechanism is natural. A fe
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by amohr 17y ago
Another thing I would add is "knowing the skills and strengths of those in your party is just as important as knowing your own." If you know what your party members are capable of, it makes planning your own actions easier and significantly
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Ask HN: What are you afraid of?
5 points by amohr 17y ago|19 comments
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Free Journalism Masters for Hackers (NWU)(medill.northwestern.edu)
2 points by amohr 17y ago|0 comments
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by amohr 17y ago
It was a social music site, it stretched fair use within reason, but we would have had to strike deals with the major labels to be fully functional. We ended up in a meeting with Hank Barry (CEO of Napster in 2000) and he straight told us
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by amohr 17y ago
Add an egg and cayenne. Or just become more profitable, I guess?
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by amohr 17y ago
There needs to be an option for Bootstrapped + shot down by lawyer-types
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by amohr 17y ago
But from the side of the company, how do you determine if an applicant is unmotivated or incapable as opposed to just unchallenged and stuck in unproductive environments?
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by amohr 18y ago
When I was a kid, I accidentally sprayed wasp spray in my eyes, I had to wear a bandage on both eyes for a couple days and one eye for several weeks thereafter. I have distinct memories of lying in the ambulance with my eyes covered and la
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by amohr 18y ago
Just signed up! I'm really impressed with the service so far. As ALee put it, it's really refreshing to see a company that gets it. I've been having a hard time finding appropriately aimed job postings as a soon-to-be-recent-grad and you
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by amohr 18y ago
So your Snaptalent profile says it's 1-10 employees, and there's 4 positions for interns. That seems like a pretty high intern/fulltime ratio. Are you planning on filling all 4 of those?
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by amohr 18y ago
But the existence of the stub indicates an external link instead of a job posting, AskYC, or poll.
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by amohr 18y ago
I think a lot of people come to the mistaken conclusion that smoking pot makes you "stupid." I don't think it necessarily impairs cognitive performance as much as it makes it seem less important. If we were passing around a joint and befo
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by amohr 18y ago
I have spent a decent amount of time in and around the drug community and one thing I've noticed is that many drug dealers are actually very bright and talented individuals. Were it a legal product, they would be entrepreneurs. There are
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by amohr 18y ago
Unfortunate, then, that this article is from September, 2008.
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by amohr 18y ago
I don't know if this is still the case, but when my team applied for YC there was a specific question about 'hacking' something, specifically, not a computer. So I would say this sort of news would fall within the scope of the community. T
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Ask HN: Do you look at who wrote a comment before you read it?
4 points by amohr 18y ago|2 comments
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by amohr 18y ago
An old parkour friend of mine started doing 10 pushups on the hour every hour he was awake. Then after a week, he would move up to 11, 12, etc. When he got to 25, he started over with inclined pushups. If you're into rock climbing, you c

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