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by bigwill 11y ago
“There is still something in Japanese culture that demands the warm, personal feelings that you get with a handwritten fax,” said Mr. Sugahara, 43. A quote from the article. Never in my life have I imagined nostalgia power of the fax machin
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Dropbox Forums: New Sharing Model(forums.dropbox.com)
125 points by bigwill 16y ago|38 comments
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Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?(nytimes.com)
13 points by bigwill 16y ago|23 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
"Save as PDF..." + Dropbox + Dropbox for iPhone/iPad and you're done :)
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by bigwill 17y ago
This "hidden tax" applies to the government as well. Inflation expectations are baked into the valuation of financial instruments. For example, if investors think inflation is going to be high they'll demand a higher interest rate on their
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Economic Lessons From ‘Mad Men’(economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
25 points by bigwill 17y ago|3 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
The relevant changeset in Three20 where Joe resolves this should answer your questions: http://github.com/facebook/three20/commit/8183ae25528bbc575a...
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by bigwill 17y ago
Best single sentence in the article (referring to management gurus rules/habits): "But most of these rules are nothing more than wet fingers in the wind."
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Dropbox (YC S07) looking for Android Developer(dropbox.theresumator.com)
40 points by bigwill 17y ago|37 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
One-off: FMDB, Three20, MPOAuth
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Dropbox Acquires The Domain Everyone Thought It Had: Dropbox.com(techcrunch.com)
108 points by bigwill 17y ago|56 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
Finally, my baby is born! We'd love it if you could Digg this article too!!
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Dropbox’s Web Interface Gets An Overhaul(techcrunch.com)
56 points by bigwill 17y ago|14 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
he's making a case for the product with this statement.
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by bigwill 17y ago
McMafia by Misha Glenny. Interesting read on globalization and organized crime as circumstances have materialized since the end of the Cold War.
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How big is $9 trillion?(krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)
2 points by bigwill 17y ago|1 comments
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by bigwill 17y ago
Very Nassim Taleb. These are great books NT's written that discuss our susceptibility to survivorship bias and other rational failings we have: Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan .
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by bigwill 17y ago
Though less well known than Les Paul, Tom Dowd ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd ) was another amazing recording industry hacker. If you're interested in the Les Paul story, you might also like the documentary about Tom Dowd: Tom Dow
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by bigwill 17y ago
Great start. You could definitely get a more musical sound out of it by mapping it onto a scale rather than just the full range of MIDI notes. Also, this approach operates on fixed note lengths--another interesting idea might be to use one
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by bigwill 17y ago
I hear what you're both saying. But I wouldn't call beating roulette in the short term a legitimate strategy exactly because it only works in the short run--strategies are supposed to work for longer than that! The only legitimate value I c
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by bigwill 17y ago
Yeah, I like the comments in this sub-thread. These protocols can suffer from Maginot Line type of security. Also, they can provide an illusion of propriety that cheaters can point to when accused and use that to distract, say, a jury from
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by bigwill 17y ago
Definitely agree. Generally, I think good hacking music is unobtrusive (doesn't become a distraction), and somewhat repetitive (causes me to maintain focus). I hate a lot of electronic music because it's often too formulaic, but when it's r
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by bigwill 17y ago
Those Tapbots apps are snazzy looking, but a bit overkill for unit conversion :) I think the workflow is less intuitive than maybe a table/nav-based design would be w/ picker wheels or some such. Anyway, the eye candy is getting in the way
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by bigwill 17y ago
Agree on the uninspired point. Yeah, Shimomura's role may well have been embellished, but as described in Takedown (there's some controversy around the veracity of the story), he was supposed involved in some fairly sophisticated stuff to h
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by bigwill 17y ago
The list of the most famous hackers has been made over and over again and hasn't changed a whole lot (RTM, Mitnick v. Shimomura, ...), but it seems like the list of famous hacks continues to grow. Are these old school famous hackers really
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by bigwill 17y ago
Wow this is right on (PG and this author both). I particularly like this line (insert "product" or "release" in place of "book" and he's nailed my experience, particularly the gnawing part): "A book is like a child who never naps, never goe
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by bigwill 17y ago
As an iPhone developer, Apple vs. developers reminds me a hell of a lot of the MPAA vs. filmmakers as documented in "This Film is Not Yet Rated". The more I've experienced, the more it amazes me how true this analogy is.
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by bigwill 17y ago
I think this characterization of HFT is a bit overblown. The activity he's calling unethical--offering a security at price, getting hit at that price and continuing to raise your price until you stop getting hit--is exactly what market make