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by blakerson 13y ago
The baby-safe variety of Legos? It's hard to imagine a (healthy) case for a device with a screen at that age. But at the very least she can start building motor skills and think about building things.
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by blakerson 13y ago
I was looking to hire out some market research like this! I'll likely be a customer soon.
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by blakerson 13y ago
For assets (data files), I recommend buying the game. Steam would work well since you'd get instant gratification and everything would already be patched - don't forget, Q2 dates back to well before automated patching in games. Ad
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by blakerson 13y ago
I can only speak to audio quality, which is usually the result of a very good microphone. There are probably blog posts from well-known podcasters or video game streamers who might send you in the right direction for hardware.
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by blakerson 13y ago
The Music Virtual University ( http://www.musivu.co ) does four-figure sales+RR monthly, a year after starting and just working nights/weekends.
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by blakerson 13y ago
I'm happy to share what I learned, but sadly, everything I learned was in a classroom lecture, and the course isn't available online. There may be something on one of the major MOOC hubs, though. I'll keep an eye out.
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by blakerson 13y ago
I like the spirit there. I hope it works!
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by blakerson 13y ago
Excitedly tried it but it seems like you've falsely assumed I'm at home when checking. After entering my ZIP I'm prompted with: "Your internet provider is Time Warner Cable, would you recommend their service to a friend?
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by blakerson 13y ago
> Are there examples of startups failing because of too much emphasis of execution? The ones that pivot endlessly and run out of cash?
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by blakerson 13y ago
I'm biased as a non-technical analyst with an academic history, but I'm concerned that the curriculum doesn't meet the most basic needs. Quoting the section 'An Academic Shortfall': "Academic credentials are im
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by blakerson 13y ago
While plenty of comments here are snarky, I didn't think that particular question was.
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by blakerson 13y ago
Non-programmer here. I've gotten great advice on work and links to great resources that have helped me change the way I work. It's not an overstatement to say that great writers like patio11 and Zach Holman have thoroughly changed
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by blakerson 13y ago
Advisories lifted: https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/393815767059148800
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by blakerson 13y ago
pg, please allow me to try another tack to that complaint: Are founders overly homogeneous?
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by blakerson 13y ago
The plot of the TV show 24 is a bit more plausible.
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Who Should Take Music Classes Online? 8-year-olds.(musivu.co)
1 points by blakerson 13y ago|0 comments
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by blakerson 13y ago
Man, the mainstream press (NYT and WSJ in particular, since their Japan reporting is still around and regular) has been very quick to grab their Jump to Conclusion Mats just because the markets have responded strongly to a drastic change. G
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A professor of music theory responds to Hummingbird notation(musivu.co)
1 points by blakerson 13y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Music theory taught by an experienced university professor(musivu.co)
5 points by blakerson 14y ago|0 comments
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by blakerson 14y ago
They just traded the Scientology article back in for HN traffic.
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by blakerson 14y ago
For those following the numbers, it would appear that traffic from HN is worth more to The Atlantic than however much Scientology paid.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Central Tokyo has about as much information as central Pyongyang.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Ignore. If I comment on an image or post that gets very popular, I get notifications about every response, mostly from people I don't know. I'd love to click one button to make that stop.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Halo 4's coming out soon. I'm betting on ARG.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Yahoo Japan thinks you're a typical Yahoo Japan user.
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by blakerson 14y ago
So it's hustle-ish instead of hacker-ish. Still worked. edit: it's worth bearing in mind that this could be still hack-worthy given the unmentioned, and probably many, constraints created by the broadcast TV business.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Would you take said nagging seriously? Being nagged by a peer or even a 'leader' you don't meet may never be as effective as being nagged by an actual classroom teacher, whose authority most students recognize.
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by blakerson 14y ago
Agree d , NPR blog editors. It was 1957. Pretty sure the past tense is warranted here. You got me to click. Congratulations. Still, I'd expect that tactic from Gawker, not NPR.
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by blakerson 14y ago
I've had the same thing happen at least twice. Count me in for whatever the consensus action is, whether that's complaining to the CFPB or a joining a class-action.
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by blakerson 15y ago
Also check out MIT's OpenCourseWare since they use Python in lower-level CS classes. Here's their non-major Intro to CS class, which comes with videos (YouTube or iTunes U), code, and a book or two in PDF form: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/e

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