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Gut instinct: Tantalising evidence that intestinal bacteria can influence mood(economist.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|0 comments
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Quantum Processor Hooks Up with Quantum Memory(technologyreview.com)
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by brianl 15y ago
Do not hire as employee. The collective cost of dealing with the annoyance will far outweigh the geek's contribution. However, consider hiring him as an on-call "consultant" for "special projects" in case the team falls behind schedule. It
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Former F1 Ace Takes on the Best — Online(wired.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|0 comments
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by brianl 15y ago
I am really grateful that I had great friends who were able to notice when I was totally burning out. They talked me into taking some time off to go on a road trip with them and pulled me out of a dark and ugly hole. I had to deal with the
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Impulsive? Indecisive? You May Have “Decision Fatigue”(sloanreview.mit.edu)
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BMW begins testing autonomous car tech on highways(autoblog.com)
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by brianl 15y ago
Original report summary with links to more details: http://bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm The non-management homicide figures seems to be slightly higher at 11%.
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by brianl 15y ago
My personal experience is that about 20% of bosses (I'm including my boss's bosses) were so often out of line that there were employees hoping to meet these guys in a dark alley. 70% of my bosses were varying degrees of competence/incompete
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by brianl 15y ago
corrected. thanks!
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1 in 10 Dead Bosses Are Murdered.(gizmodo.com)
6 points by brianl 15y ago|5 comments
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by brianl 15y ago
I regard startups that cannot get funding beyond friends/family as hobbies.
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by brianl 15y ago
This isn't going to win the Loebner Prize..., but it strangely reminded me of a VERY similar conversation with somebody that looked like a real person. The other co-workers always joked about that person being a space alien or a robot.
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AI vs. AI. Two chatbots talking to each other(youtube.com)
2 points by brianl 15y ago|1 comments
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American Identity and the Threats of Tomorrow(stratfor.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|1 comments
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The Long, Strange, Inspirational Trip of Dave McClure(chrisyeh.blogspot.com)
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How dead is dead?(economist.com)
93 points by brianl 15y ago|21 comments
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Iceland's On-going Revolution(dailykos.com)
6 points by brianl 15y ago|0 comments
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by brianl 15y ago
You can tell that the pop culture geeks put this together... still worth a smirk. There are many more species of tech geeks than all others combined. I'm glad that they at least branched us tech geeks before the steve urkel ubergeek.
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Evolution of Geek(flowtown.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|1 comments
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by brianl 15y ago
no. yes. sometimes. if you're having a crisis, i suggest you really try something else. you will either: (1) love the new thing (2) realize how much the new thing sucks compared to the old thing and rekindle the love with the old (3) realiz
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Renewable Energy Consumption Tops Nuclear for First Time(techcrunch.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|0 comments
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What if... tax(short term investment)=60% & tax(very long term investment)=10%
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by brianl 15y ago
(1) How easy will it be for the startup to find your replacement? If they can they list a position on Craigslist and get a bunch of qualified candidates at $80/hr, that will likely be the compensation. (2) What is your opportunity cost? If
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Philips wins DOE's $10 million L Prize for 60W incandescent killer(fastcompany.com)
2 points by brianl 15y ago|0 comments
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Why hackers write viruses?(gizmodo.com)
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11 Secret Meanings Behind Punctuation in Text Messages(wired.com)
1 points by brianl 15y ago|1 comments
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Call from VC for my Hacker News post on TripDibs
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by brianl 15y ago
Thanks!
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by brianl 15y ago
Thanks, Yid. We're expecting several more hotels to sign up within a few days. When we get the new inventory, the sold out deals will disappear.

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