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by ashwinl 17y ago
Great idea. thank-you! Will "share the love" after receiving. http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=017SVVsVRfJMC1XmE9Td3T0g==...
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by ashwinl 17y ago
A good 10 min. documentary excerpt on 'The Death of Alan Turing' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7_WzNzHwJY "I am rather afraid that the following syllogism may be used by some in the future Turing believes that machines think Turing lies
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by ashwinl 17y ago
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycVLooZJhuw
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by ashwinl 17y ago
related: GE's CEO, Jeff Immelt recently argued ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124603518881261729.html ) that an American renewal will come from a culture that celebrates invention over consumption. "Engineering has been underemphasized i
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Scientist shortage? Maybe not(usatoday.com)
10 points by ashwinl 17y ago|6 comments
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by ashwinl 17y ago
video with minor failed audio at the beginning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfNayaL9MYc
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Larry Page's University of Michigan Commencement Address, Spring 2009 [video](youtube.com)
7 points by ashwinl 17y ago|2 comments
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by ashwinl 17y ago
"So I’m here today to set this goal: We will devote more than 3 percent of our GDP to research and development. We will not just meet, but we will exceed the level achieved at the height of the space race" -Obama at National Academy of Scie
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Invoking the Sputnik Era, Obama Vows Record Outlays for Research (nytimes.com)
1 points by ashwinl 17y ago|1 comments
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by ashwinl 17y ago
a couple recently-uploaded videos of Gates Sr. talking about the book http://www.youtube.com/user/TriFilmProductions
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Venture Capital Investing Hits 11-Year Low In 1st Quarter(online.wsj.com)
10 points by ashwinl 17y ago|2 comments
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Andy Grove on battery power - The answer may lie in Silicon Valley.(money.cnn.com)
4 points by ashwinl 17y ago|2 comments
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by ashwinl 18y ago
the periodic hand-clapping while talking was annoying. good talk nonetheless "it's so much better to be lucky than right" "3 months later, we got a call from HP and we're trying to figure out how much to charge them... we're like: 'what's t
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by ashwinl 18y ago
thanks for the suggestions
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Ask HN: Is there online service like Delicious that saves series of URLs for later viewing?
1 points by ashwinl 18y ago|3 comments
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by ashwinl 18y ago
Q: What one quality do you think has most contributed to your success? A: Willingness to be misunderstood, willingness to fail and willingness to be long-term-oriented. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4056722386095778405...
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A conversation with Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com(charlierose.com)
7 points by ashwinl 18y ago|1 comments
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by ashwinl 18y ago
I don't like that getclicky does not allow specific URLs (i.e. http://www.abc.edu/~username ) For the above URL, it cuts it down to http://www.abc.edu/
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by ashwinl 18y ago
Risk is great. Does anyone know a good online community for Risk (i.e. where you can play Risk online)?
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As a founder of PayPal, Elon Musk made $250 million. But then he got bored(men.style.com)
28 points by ashwinl 18y ago|20 comments
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Dreamers and Doers - 'teaching' entrepreneurship at University(nytimes.com)
8 points by ashwinl 18y ago|1 comments
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Timeline of World Inventions(herd.typepad.com)
1 points by ashwinl 18y ago|0 comments
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by ashwinl 18y ago
A managing director of Draper Fisher Juvertson, Scott Lenet gave a talk at the University of Michigan on the same topic. IMHO, the quality was better. Also, it's good to have sound/video attached to a presentation. http://inst-tech.engin.u
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How to Stage a Revolution(ocw.mit.edu)
12 points by ashwinl 18y ago|2 comments
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by ashwinl 18y ago
As a student at U.Michigan and member of its local student entrepreneurship organization, I would also add south-east Michigan as another prospect, particularly the UM in Ann Arbor. @incomethax, like Wisconsin though, VCs around UM are skew
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by ashwinl 18y ago
PreSat - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/PRESat.html NanoSail-D - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/nanosaild.html
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by ashwinl 18y ago
Anousheh Ansari, first female private space participant, founded and sold Telecom Technologies, inc.
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by ashwinl 18y ago
"Why would any company rely on a yet to be successful rocket to launch them into space?" 2 of the 3 payloads, PreSat and NanoSail-D, were paid for by NASA. With NASA retiring the shuttle in a 2010, the Falcon rockets are looked upon as the
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Interactive Journey Through NASA's First Fifty Years of Exploration(nasa.gov)
2 points by ashwinl 18y ago|0 comments
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HP, Intel and Yahoo study ways to make Web a utility(uk.reuters.com)
2 points by ashwinl 18y ago|0 comments

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