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by blogimus 17y ago
What about all the generic containers for coke, such as the 12 oz can or the 2 liter bottle? They're the same as most of the other mainstream soft drinks, at least in the USA.
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by blogimus 17y ago
Average wages need to be $50,000 or less: From WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405274870453490457513... Tax credits for businesses: Businesses with fewer than 25 employees and average wages of less than $50,000 could qualify f
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by blogimus 17y ago
> In most cases their requirements are well-understood by both the builders and the users. Software has the luxury of the ability to have rapid change in the hands of users. Web startups are a good example. Even desktop software is a
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Web sites that can take a punch(web.mit.edu)
6 points by blogimus 17y ago|2 comments
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Creating Apps Just for Cars(technologyreview.com)
3 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
Does it contain the Ultimate Question?
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by blogimus 17y ago
Well, that's the difference between a black box and a white box.
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by blogimus 17y ago
I agree, and as I said, it really doesn't matter. The vast majority of people are going to get what they need through Google, and to a lessor extent, the other search engines.
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by blogimus 17y ago
Doesn't matter. Most will be found by Google search.
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by blogimus 17y ago
How lightweight are you talking? Are you looking for a hosted tool (like fogbugz) or are you definitely going to manage/host it yourself? I've been using Jira, and there's a $10 version for small groups. Whatever you chose, make sure of one
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by blogimus 17y ago
So from the open req page: You know C/C++ like the back of your hand. So are they looking for C OR C++ programmers, either may apply? or are they looking for strong understanding of the nuances of both C and C++? I encounter a lot of "C
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Hunting Mobile Threats in Memory(technologyreview.com)
1 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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The RadViz Approach to Visualization(agocg.ac.uk)
2 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
Slides are a crutch (but I use them too) Much better if there are very brief (3-5 page) documents with clean multivariate visualizations as appropriate. Then discuss (This is what Tufte recommends). A nice multivariate visualization method
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by blogimus 17y ago
I predict less use of PowerPoint.
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Boiling Frog(en.wikipedia.org)
19 points by blogimus 17y ago|14 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
Add nonsmoker to the list.
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by blogimus 17y ago
The narration about the relationship between Microsoft's "garages" and its entrenched corporate structure reminds me of the Xerox PARC story. All this invention and innovation which is orthogonal to the established corporate bread and butte
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NOAA's Tsunami Warning System(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
NOAA does a lot of cool stuff. Data collected from Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) and modeled with the Method of Splitting Tsunami (MOST) model. http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/model.html
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Tsunami Forecasting(nctr.pmel.noaa.gov)
4 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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Gini Coefficient(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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Sentiment Classification for Online Consumer Reviews(scribd.com)
1 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
Interesting but the article fails to even make a mention of information visualization or visual analytics (how are we going to sift through all that data to see the patterns to make decisions) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_visua
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by blogimus 17y ago
Good lot it did Michael Jackson.
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by blogimus 17y ago
Following the theme of simplicity, will he dump his wife?
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by blogimus 17y ago
This analysis is a joke. Have you looked at the data on this page? It is inconclusive. The context is insufficient. What about overall traffic, weather, non-fatal accidents? other factors such as visiting travelers or data by county. Nowher
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by blogimus 17y ago
Keywords: "taught" "show" "listen" "learn" Let's turn this around a little bit: I believe that instead of automotive safety belts, we should all just teach people to drive slower and more cautiously. That we we are not encumbered by restric
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Dealing With Vendors After You’ve Signed The Deal(theaccidentalsuccessfulcio.com)
1 points by blogimus 17y ago|0 comments
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by blogimus 17y ago
"Until now, psychologists had thought the developing brains were not capable of the difficult art of lying until four years old." Where did the journalist get this bit of fiction from? One simple web search reveals this: "Children first beg

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