chrisdbaldwin

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by chrisdbaldwin 9y ago
a decentralized version would be cool
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by chrisdbaldwin 9y ago
The real tragedy is that pure mathematics is hidden from students for too long and many opt-out of that path in favor of "Actuarial Science" and applied maths. Real talk: pure maths was way more fun, interesting, and applicable to
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by chrisdbaldwin 9y ago
Irony being News Corp (owner of Fox) bought MySpace in 2005.
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by chrisdbaldwin 9y ago
make it with blockstack
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by chrisdbaldwin 9y ago
This is exactly how I've used Spotify for 5 years.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
A Gamecube with an extra chip...
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Sorry to burst your bubble, but citing your experience with people is equivalent to trolling. Your anecdotal evidence doesn't agree with what's been studied in Behavioral Economics. The problem is not that a tiny minority are untr
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
when you're also mentoring
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
We're a boring planet in the sticks, and we poisoned our planet with radiation. I'd bet we're in a list of planets to avoid.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
See: Killer Queen Arcade. The underground competitive arcade scene you (probably) don't know about.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Likely due to the advanced, non-intuitive mechanics that have been discovered over the years. The entry barrier may be low, but the skill cap is high.
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Why Arcades Haven't Died in the U.S(arcadeheroes.com)
2 points by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago|0 comments
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Ding ding ding! Each one of those trading cards facilitates trade. When there is more trade, there are more transactions for valve to skim. It's simple broker economics, and it works great for everyone involved.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Their marketing people are doing fine. This service isn't available everywhere, and when it was made available in my city, my local network quickly learned about it and started using it.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Google will want ad revenue from the captive audience in the self driving car. Control the self driving car ecosystem in the long term and avoid the cost of manufacturing and compliance in the short. I like the assumption that they will &qu
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
>The population at large has a very poor level of education We have a general education crisis going on in the United States. We've got some of the best propaganda in the world, and it's making us sick.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Someone doesn't know about Killer Queen yet ;)
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
And who is to stop a software company from doing the opposite? If they want lower wages, they could spam a region with fake workers with lower wages.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
> The teachers consistently failed their students in class, by not providing them with the very basic math skills and confidence that they needed to solve more complex problems. Finding a good math teacher in America is difficult because
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Ask HN: Are there software apprenticeships?
1 points by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago|0 comments
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Probably the encryption one. But you know that your question is silly.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
This is inspiring; thank you for sharing.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
The moon has a weaker gravity well to escape.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
We need to be a peaceful species if we ever hope to commune with ETIs and unlock the inner mysteries of the universe. According to Edgar Mitchell, the ETIs will not tolerate violence. Zero point energy is too powerful to entrust to warmonge
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
It's just mass texting.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Occultists hate her! This one weird trick to read brain waves they don't want you to know!
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Yes, it happened. Thanks Steve!
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
The group projects of 6 people with one person at computer while everyone else watches for an few hours, then it's done. Four people doing nothing, one person coding, and one person searching the internet for help. Typically the four d
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
Stop eating carbs and see what happens. It's surprisingly easy to end up underweight when sugar isn't present.
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by chrisdbaldwin 10y ago
"things you make today are going to break down, wear out, or become obsolete thirty years from now." Planned obsolescence started not too long ago and everything now needs replacing much earlier than thirty years. We can see its i

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