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by c1sc0 16y ago
Let's see if we can find some numbers & measure this. Anyone know where to find: * Literacy rate over time * Religion over time (how do you measure that? number of Anglican baptisms?) * Acceptance of evolution over time? Would be intere
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I always thought that Adobe can't open source flash because of intellectual property conflicts. Or is that just an excuse?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Yet in most of the middle ages it was common practise to plant oak when a new building in e.g. a monastery was completed, in order to enable the next generation to replace e.g. the roof structure.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Yes, makes me wonder how much 'optimizing for exit' is too much. Small investments, small companies, small 'dipshit' exits?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I stand corrected, but my impression is still that it is going to take a while for them to get over their resentment for all things Japanese.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
sure, but who's going to cash in on those contracts if my horizon is 500 years?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
We're running out of all kinds of natural resources. The main problem I see is that natural resources are way underpriced in current markets since markets only assign value based in the short term. We need a pricing mechanism that spans gen
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Are you kidding me? McAfee creates great UIs? Since when?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Knowing Facebook, I'd expect something ridiculously low at first, then public outrage, then small adjustments until people actually swallow it.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Trust me, the Chinese won't be buying Sushi .
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by c1sc0 16y ago
You got the answer right there in your sentence: educate people. And then make sure the center of power lies with educated people. Only trouble is, that's not how this things called democracy is supposed to work
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by c1sc0 16y ago
"Many of the programs in wealthier Europe require a demonstration that the skills sought are not easily found domestically". Said 'demonstration' is a joke. If you're good, you'll have no problem to get in if the company knows how to use th
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by c1sc0 16y ago
"you get state-financed retirement" ... how old are you? will that still be around when your turn comes to cash in? Retirement is a lie.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
While all of that is nice & dandy, in the real world discrimination does exist. I know I'm guilty of it & I simply consider this as something you cannot rule out, just like bias in journalism. The law in these cases is often just
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by c1sc0 16y ago
So where does that leave us? Sharecropping for those new media moguls? Doesn't matter if you model is app-based or ad-based. You're still small fish.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm looking for a good personal finance tool that is not US-centric & actually considered giving buxfer a try. Not sure now with their ghost-town status. Anyone know good alternatives?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
We just hired an iPhone dev from a freelancing agency for about 100EUR / hour. So yes, that's the normal rate right now.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I think the web is far from dead, but designing for web browsers first is becoming a deadly strategy. Most interesting bit from the article: "In a board meeting yesterday, the founder said, 'everything we do is cloud-based, with an API, a
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I still remember this about-face, makes me chuckle every time: "Now, don't get me wrong: there's nothing wrong with Java as an implementation language. Wait a minute, I want to modify that statement. I'm not claiming, in this particular art
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by c1sc0 16y ago
So wrong, I don't know where to start ... "The Internet will change our lives for the better. In reality the Internet facilitated the outsourcing, accelerated the impoverishment of the middle class, destroyed the creative class – musicians
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Interesting bit: "The most memorable point Kurzweil made was rather refreshing for me to hear him say: consciousness may be too subjective to measure. Sure, the Turing Test may let you know whether we believe an AI to be conscious, but cons
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Summary: "They want to show off that they have an iPhone. They want to be excused for typos or short sentences"
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Let's assume the big crash will happen before the end of this year: what do you do? As an angel? As an entrepreneur trying to raise money? As a funded startup with a limited runway?
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I remember reading that article, I remember downloading that Pointcast thingie & I also remember being completely left in the cold because the only crap being pushed down my throat was US-centric.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Don't agree, just start by charging the early adopters to cover your costs & figure out a more freemium-like pricing model later on. Congrats!
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by c1sc0 16y ago
Interesting that you point out the delay between your brain giving an order and your body responding. I've had similar experiences where initially there seems to be plenty of time for your mind to assess the situation & make decisions.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I think there's a major difference between 'doing' and 'experiencing'. I know e.g. that in a skydiving emergency my actions have always been automatic & fast, but the experience of the situation made it seem like it lasted for ages.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'm intrigued because my understanding of drills is that it turns the required response (e.g. in skydiving trying to get stable when things get out of control) in something instinctive that will take far less time than normal to execute. Wh
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by c1sc0 16y ago
I'd love to see how people are running map/reduce jobs on AppEngine.
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by c1sc0 16y ago
About the only advantage I can see is the ease of accepting payment. For a lot of devs I guess that is the number one thing going for the Apple AppStore.

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