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Lies, damned lies, and medical science: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-dam...
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"A special natural ability or aptitude"
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I totally disagree with this article. Some people are naturally better at some things than others. Sure, it helps if you work at something and are focused. But when it comes to doing something of difficulty, some people just "get it" and ot
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This is exciting. If you can get groups of people to collaborate on topics of shared interest then you could build dedicated pages ("information hubs"?) for every conceivable topic, sort of like wikipedia, only better. Then advertising woul
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Getting out for a 10-15 minute walk can work wonders for body and mind. I try to do that in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon to break things up and re-energize.
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"There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more." -Bjarne Stroustrup
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If you're worried about inflation, consider TIPS (US treasury inflation-protected securities) or an index fund that consists of them (e.g. TIP or VIPSX). That way you're less likely to lose a lot of your savings suddenly. The stock market c
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Some people don't want potential future employers googling them by name before making an offer and finding something that turns them off. For example, perhaps you are an atheist (and revealed that in your comments somewhere) and the future
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Maybe there are some highly specialized occupations (e.g. theoretical scientist) where the high cost of education is justified. But the point is that most people don't go into those fields.
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I want to be able to retire one day, I have no pension, so I figure I need to know about this stuff.
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What a beautiful project!
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I like it a lot so far - a very nice start to a book that is very different from the typical beginner book (in a good way).
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Comcast's customer service isn't as bad as DirecWay (satellite internet provider) in my experience. When I had DirecWay my wait for service was typically over 30 minutes on the phone. So I had to find a big block of time before calling. My
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by bufordtwain 17y ago
Yes but it's expensive to live there. See this article which was posted today which may be as relevant to people starting software companies as it is to writers: http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/blog/2010/02/fanmail-q-advice... . You can hav
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Why do you think you need to move to SF? If it's a software startup couldn't you just do that now (on the side) instead of moving?
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Head over to the bogleheads forum, they give excellent advice: http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1
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Next time can you put the tldr; at the beginning? Thanks!
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It's worth remembering that how fast you master programming has something to do with your innate ability as well.
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"Working" by Studs Terkel is a great book on the same subject.
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Personally, I do not think a machine will ever be conscious. Machines will always be as dumb as a box of rocks and will need to be told what to do. A machine follows rules - maybe complicated rules, but rules nonetheless. I cannot conceive
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You might be a little crazy. Why don't you put the money in the bank for now and find some entrepreneurs to talk to in Chicago instead of chasing all over the place? You have 37signals in Chicago and Adrian Holovaty of Django/Everyblock and
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Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
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Thanks for posting the data/results. Only 2% of the respondents are female. Wow.
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A realistic yet inexpensive robot hand that can curl its fingers in response to a remote wearer (wearing a glove). Would enable physical handshakes over the internet. And probably other things as well, people being as creative as they are..
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A portable camera/audio system transmits what the wearer is seeing and hearing to an online audience in real-time. The wearer would be a "remote virtual tourist" and would respond to directions from the online viewers and would walk around
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"and he had no choice but to attend high school for several more years" This is a very common misconception. It's quite possible and legal in many (most?) US states to remove a child from school and keep them home to let them learn at their