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by chris11 18y ago
I am surprised that the site and tracker is still staying up. I was under the impression that the prosecution was also going after the site.
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Pirate Bay officially loses case(torrentfreak.com)
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by chris11 18y ago
While I see your point, I'd argue that some expressed creativity is easy to see. I'd argue that an accomplishment in a domain marginalized in a person's environment requires some creativity. When I am not in school, I live in Colorado. So t
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by chris11 18y ago
Scientific America had a good article on creativity: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-unleash-your-crea... Brief guidelines for creativity: 1. Get a good system for capturing and preserving new ideas without judging their merits
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by chris11 18y ago
Same here. I am really not that confident in the value of ebooks. And besides I usually like to read a book before I'd buy it. But that is just how affiliate marketing comes across to me. And that type of marketing seems to work on some pe
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by chris11 18y ago
That is how I thought it usually works. When you start filing paperwork with the state, eg: getting a driver's license and renting, they try to tax you.
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by chris11 18y ago
While access to textbooks would be nice, it wouldn't need to be a major selling point. If the book is for a class in my major, I want to own a copy so I can use it as a reference after the class is over. And used textbooks can be had for a
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by chris11 18y ago
Yeah libraries are awesome. I grew up going to the library. That does mean that I am used to not spending money on books. I usually only buy a book if it is going to be read more than once and I know will find it useful. So I really want fu
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by chris11 18y ago
Something like a Netflix for books and articles. I'd pay just to rent textbooks for general education classes. It would need to have a gigantic library though, big enough to guarantee that I would be able to find any book through there if
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by chris11 18y ago
I had decent Mexican food in London. It wasn't spectacular, but I remember enjoying it.
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by chris11 18y ago
Thanks for the response. I'll probably be emailing you my resume and a few questions later this evening once I get my resume cleaned up a little. And thanks for offering to answer any questions I have. I find it a huge complement to know t
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by chris11 18y ago
Thanks for the response. I decided to sign up for an account. If anyone else was wondering what the Sign Up button does when logged in, the button turns into an I'm Interested button. This lets SnapTalent release your contact info, and sinc
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by chris11 18y ago
I like the layout of the JamLegend page on Snaptalent. The job is something I'm interested in and Snaptalent seems to do a good job aggregating info about JamLegend. One quick question though. What are the benefits to signing up? The sign u
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by chris11 18y ago
Basically the sellers end up bidding for the opportunity to sell. So basically some sellers won't be willing to sell below 89, more won't be willing to sell below 88, and even more won't be willing to sell be 87. And it works the other way
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by chris11 18y ago
Here's a forum with the type of questions that more likely to be asked. These questions are more difficult. http://www.wilmott.com/categories.cfm?catid=26 : Example brainteaser: "Last night I sat behind two wizards on a bus, and overheard
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by chris11 18y ago
Yeah, I found the site when I was looking for material to study for the Putnam. It is a great site for learning about advanced math topics and even finding more challenging pre-college math material, by the way. I got the impression that h
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by chris11 18y ago
I really like the New Yorker, especially the comics, but that has already been mentioned. Harvard Business Review (hbr.com) has some well written free articles. Makezine.com has interesting projects to work on.
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Zecco says it was a bug, not a prank(consumerist.com)
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by chris11 18y ago
Right now, I am having trouble believing that this was a prank. I just can't believe that anyone would be stupid enough to do this. And if it were a prank, why would Zecco let trades be executed? I doubt that any prankster would want the co
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by chris11 18y ago
While I agree that Radiohead makes money from all the publicity of their DRM free stance, I don't really think they are losing money by giving it away. Radiohead's net profit has been estimated to be between $6 and $8 a cd downloaded. Most
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by chris11 18y ago
I wonder if the ranking had anything to do with the lack of motivation. Joel system had managers sitting down with people and talking about their work and what level they deserved. So the employees basically knew what they were doing and w
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by chris11 18y ago
I really doubt you could buy a CDO for a fair price. The banking crisis basically happened because banks had their assets overvalued and over leveraged their securities. And I believe that through some accounting tricks, most bulge bracket
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by chris11 18y ago
I am slightly interested in finance, mainly quantitative trading. While looking into the field, I found that the more selective banks and hedge funds asked for SAT scores. I got the impression that the only companies that really care about
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by chris11 18y ago
It is not as easy as it seems. I use facebook because it easily allows me to see what is going on in a lot of people's lives. There are no huge technical or design hurdles to beating Facebook. The problems are social. Only sites with a lot
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by chris11 18y ago
Good for them. I really don't see this as a sign that investor confidence is increasing though. Rosetta Stone is probably the most recognized names in computerized language instruction, and I am sure it is profitable. The company is also ar
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by chris11 18y ago
I found a pretty fascinating article on zdnet about suppliers.It seems like most warez scene material comes from a few source. Physical insiders who actually work for the the company who produces the software. Company employees have easy a
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by chris11 18y ago
I'm not totally sure how accurate this is anyway. I think the administrators increase karma thresholds sometimes to account for karma inflation.
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by chris11 18y ago
Not really, though it has been discussed. From what I've read: upvote comments: 10 downvoting and flagging: 51 make polls: <=150 change top bar color: 250 See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=438936 To search yc vist http://search
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by chris11 18y ago
You are not the only one. Supposedly someone is offering to pay 25k to a fund in support of a class action lawsuit. http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1650-get-satisfaction-or-...
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by chris11 18y ago
DHH wrote a comment that I really agree with: "Brian, that language adequately reflects the feeling we have when we discover a site that is accepting questions and requests from users who expect an answer there - and will be disappointed wh

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