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by brianchu 13y ago
These are all pretty and nice, but the majority of them are UX regressions. 1. App icons without app names. 2. A keyboard where the button edges are less clearly identifiable. 3. An app switcher that takes you completely out of your current
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What If the Tsarnaevs Had Been the “Boston Shooters”?(newyorker.com)
17 points by brianchu 14y ago|14 comments
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by brianchu 14y ago
Everyone here talking about how this definition is stupid is seriously missing the point. Just because the legal use of a term doesn't fit in with your conception of what a WMD is doesn't make it a stupid definition. I think it's clear that
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by brianchu 14y ago
I'm also concerned that the information (such as a confession) he gives may be rendered inadmissible in the future by the Supreme Court if it ever rules that the public safety exception was improperly applied in this interrogation.
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by brianchu 14y ago
> Furthermore, even if the probabilities were known, what matters is not just the weighted relative costs and benefits, but the potential for absolute disaster. If there is a 1% chance the world will end unless we do x, we shouldn’t do
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by brianchu 14y ago
I am going to address some of the sentiments expressed in this thread. 1. This is not a choice between having a minor and not having a minor. This is a choice between having a minor and having a certain amount of free time slots available f
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by brianchu 14y ago
While I generally agree with this sentiment, I think there are other good reasons to intern at big companies: getting contacts, learning from more experienced engineers, learning industry practices that you would never pick up through tutor
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by brianchu 14y ago
What is "human nature?" Anyone making the claim that "X" is part of human nature, but "Y" is not part of human nature, needs to be very careful. Because the fact that humans do both X and Y is already evidence that both are a part of human
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Ask HN: Is using Node.js overkill for a SaaS CRUD app?
3 points by brianchu 14y ago|4 comments
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by brianchu 14y ago
Finland does not collect data on the ethnic makeup of its population, so I had to flip around with race and immigrants.
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by brianchu 14y ago
It's interesting that the PISA scores are always used to declare that the school system of X is vastly superior to Y, (usually some other country in comparison to America), a conclusion that ignores the fact that test scores are affected by
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by brianchu 14y ago
I grew up and went to high school in Palo Alto, so let me add my thoughts: 1) The schools in SV (not SF) are quite good. Both public and private schools are some of the best in the United States and are comparable to top magnet schools in N
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by brianchu 14y ago
1) Yes, price does not necessarily mean value. But that is a really philosophical tangent (What is "value", bla bla bla etc.) that is pretty irrelevant. For all intents and purposes the two are interchangeable on the market. For all intents
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by brianchu 14y ago
1) If you read in a literal manner the reports companies file with the SEC, you'd think each and every one of them is going to fail . Know that when companies list all the "threats" they "believe" they face in SEC reports, you have to be a
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by brianchu 14y ago
A friend of mine was in the same situation, and I compiled some articles for him. His situation had to do with negotiating equity, so keep that in mind. Here they are: http://mba-mondays.pandamian.com/tableofcontents/ Read from "Employee
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by brianchu 14y ago
Again, things are not as clear as you try to paint them. Better health leads to more productivity and higher GDP because instead of sitting in a hospital, being miserable at home due to disability, or dying prematurely, you are productive,
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by brianchu 14y ago
No, what you have just described is the epitome of increased productivity and therefore increased GDP. In fact, productivity gains are the primary contributor to rising standards of living (higher GDP per capita). Take self-driving cars.
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by brianchu 14y ago
In order of easiest to hardest... For your health: 1. Get a standing desk and foam pad (the foam pad is for your feet, because they'll get sore without it. I think the term for them is "anti-fatigue mat"). Alternatively get a chair with pro
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by brianchu 14y ago
Did you read the article? How in any sense of the phrase are these people taking shortcuts? The one inmate cited in the story acknowledges that he has a lot to learn and that he's not actually going to start a startup after being released.
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Ask HN: Any companies or startups using AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
5 points by brianchu 14y ago|0 comments
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by brianchu 14y ago
When you're in school, you tend to become friends with people you're placed together with - people you were placed with in dorms, people who had the same classes as you and with whom you did projects/psets, and people in the same clubs as y
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by brianchu 14y ago
I would shorten that to just: "We help you learn foreign languages by setting up one-to-one meetings with native speakers." I'd also strongly consider testing a question-answer type headline. Something like: "Want to practice a foreign la
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by brianchu 14y ago
No, the OP is right. The economy would collapse. 70% of US GDP is personal consumption. About half of that is spending on consumer goods and frivolous services. So you're hitting 35% of the US GDP [1]. Let's assume that if people across t
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by brianchu 14y ago
Keynesianism used to be the consensus after WWII. Keynesian economists did, though, lose influence in the 70s due to economic stagflation. The crisis of 2008 and its response didn't necessarily cause Keynesianism to "switch over" into the m
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by brianchu 14y ago
On the contrary, for economics in the context of academia (i.e. economists, rather than politicians) Keynesianism is the consensus view. Though the consensus is not as ironclad, as, say, evolution is for biologists. Even monetarists (i.e.
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by brianchu 14y ago
How do you define "left-leaning"? In my view, The Economist is actually quite centrist, and to some extent right-leaning. For example, both the Democratic Party (US) and the Labour Party (UK) are left of The Economist on economic issues. I
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by brianchu 14y ago
Most of the arguments over our meritocracy come down to a matter of semantics. People seem to have wildly different definitions of a meritocracy. If you define (as I do) a meritocracy as a society in which power is given according to abilit
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by brianchu 14y ago
Not to nitpick, but the fact that we can't rule out that possibility is nothing special. You cannot rule out the possibility that when you drop a ball it won't fall to the ground. Empirical reasoning does not operate in absolutes. Onl
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by brianchu 14y ago
There are aspects of GHB that are most certainly more dangerous than alcohol. It is much easier to overdose on GHB - several grams will do it. GHB is often used as a recreational drug which explains why it is a controlled substance. Combini
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by brianchu 14y ago
When I saw Vine I instantly thought of Cinegram [1]. Basically it's like Vine but it allows you to selectively animate portions of the video. This leads to lots of hilarious gif-like clips which IMO are much more shareable (and addictive) t

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