chalmerj

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by chalmerj 14y ago
All the commentary here and no one has mentioned Google's effort to automate a similar task: building 360° rotations of children's toys for holiday shopping. [1] [1]: http://www.google.com/shopping/product/4502510368537277191?p...
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by chalmerj 14y ago
I'm curious: What could another viable business model be for a search engine? Back in the days of something like the yellow pages, it was also an advertising supported model (or pay-for-placement, something that might damage the credibility
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by chalmerj 14y ago
The filtering/search interface on this looks really interesting. Recently I've been using (and am very happy with) RockMongo [1], a drop-in PHP solution that doesn't require its own database. [1]: http://code.google.com/p/rock-php/wiki/roc
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by chalmerj 15y ago
It was about context: The item in question appeared under the heading "Great Perks" – as if to say that women were one of the 'perks' in question. Out of context, it appears as though they're addressing women directly. In context, they're o
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by chalmerj 15y ago
I've had decent sucess with pandoc ( http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/ ). MutiMarkdown also allows you to put raw LaTeX inline if you specify the right flags.
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by chalmerj 15y ago
This article ( http://www.telecomlawmonitor.com/2011/04/articles/access-cha... ) explains th FCC decision against the company for trying to exploit this model.
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by chalmerj 15y ago
There's an interesting book on the topic, focusing on the way human behavior affects traffic patterns. It's similar to other behavioral anthropology books like Dan Ariely's 'Predictably Irrational'. Tom Vanderbilt - Traffic: Why We Drive th