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Science and religion(latimes.com)
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National IQ and National Productivity: The Hive Mind Across Asia [pdf](adb.org)
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'Brain Bugs': Cognitive Flaws That 'Shape Our Lives'(npr.org)
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The Procrastinating Caveman: Human Evolution and Procrastination(calnewport.com)
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Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops(wired.com)
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by da5e 15y ago
When I was a kid I had the top score in Galaga at my local arcade. I held the spot for months. Then one day I came in to find my score doubled by someone. The arcade owner told me that it was a guy who went around to each arcade and ran up
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by da5e 15y ago
"lenguages" was weakly typed.
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On Minecraft and the Launch of Project Remarkable(calnewport.com)
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by da5e 15y ago
7 dollars for life, but it looks like you have to pay some sort of per message price a la this line... "JUNE SPECIAL: 100 more free SMS credits, Login & go here!"
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by da5e 15y ago
Perhaps this is a naive (or dumb) question, but what will all those new engineers do? Reddit is doing what it has always done why does just scaling up require so many more engineers?
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Networks Are Smart at the Edges(lixo.org)
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by da5e 15y ago
The story is that Alcatraz had very warm showers for the inmates to prevent them preparing for the long cold swim to freedom.
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by da5e 15y ago
No one can accuse Bill of having a sense of irony. This makes me think of recently deceased poet, Gil Scott-Heron's Whitey on the Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBy_ppG4hY
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Iteration, Feedback, and Change: Artificial Life(headinside.blogspot.com)
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A Day Without Distraction: Lessons Learned from 12 Hrs of Forced Focus(the99percent.com)
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It’s Not About You: David Brooks’ Contrarian Advice for College Graduates(calnewport.com)
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PBS hack: the HOWTO?(boingboing.net)
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Anatomy of an A+(calnewport.com)
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by da5e 15y ago
"To further my ambition, my mother “hacked” the system by using her co-workers’ address in a more affluent neighborhood to ensure that I received the best public education possible." Oops now she would be a criminal for doing that.
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Why Being Stupid is Close to Being Smart(thetalentcode.com)
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by da5e 15y ago
This previous Hacker News thread might be helpful for language learning. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1603562
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by da5e 15y ago
I use memrise.com for French and it incorporates these techniques in language learning. Greg Detre and Ed Cooke have a great site there. For general info about the memory methods I recommend Mnemotechnics.org
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by da5e 15y ago
The main reason that American times in memory events has improved over the past few years (besides more people spending more time and effort) is that we have started using the more advanced techniques of the Europeans. We have gone from one
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by da5e 15y ago
This is a helpful article, but the theme of the site it's on is really tacky with its faux wood paneling which sort of takes away from its message about awesomeness.
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Do The Work Wednesdays: Resistance and Addiction(stevenpressfield.com)
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Why Donald Knuth Checks E-mail Only Once Every Three Months(calnewport.com)
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I Spent 42 Hours Last Month on the Activity Most Critical to My Success(calnewport.com)
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by da5e 15y ago
digitizor.com has a couple of off-putting features. Their ad placement is very obtrusive. And when i clicked on the "beta" link it took me to a Microsoft ad which purported to be "informative".
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Ask HN: Is the charting capability down at Google spreadsheets?
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The Angry Birds Theory of Success(thetalentcode.com)
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