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by dbul 18y ago
Fixed
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by dbul 18y ago
Great returns because the market is down now and will go up in the next 4 years. If you think about this in relation to the stock market it makes perfect sense. People are investing now because they think the bad times are over (even if the
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by dbul 18y ago
I suppose my point was that iterative loops didn't make you think very much and so sometimes you become careless as was the case with that Zune bug from January. Recursion keeps you on your toes and if you practice enough then you can manag
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by dbul 18y ago
Smart. This is a good move. The chances of companies going public is greater because you'll have more companies and the economy will be better at the same time so it makes more sense to go public (for some startups) because the market will
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by dbul 18y ago
I thought he would be more articulate for a Swatty. In order for linked data or semantic web to really take off someone really needs to break through with a proof of concept. Right now it is just extra work.
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by dbul 18y ago
There is truth to giving more thought in functional programming. Writing recursive functions requires thought especially when implementing tail recursion.
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by dbul 18y ago
Excellent idea. I've been looking for something like this for a while. One criticism I have right off the bat is that it is too busy. A lot of news sites are like that and maybe there is a reason, so it may be worth it to spend a few days w
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by dbul 18y ago
Think very basically. Just program with the tools you have and do research as you need to implement something you aren't familiar with. If it is your first time writing a site, you may end up having to scrap it and go to the beginning (with
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by dbul 18y ago
Aesthetics. Marketing, including domain names, is terribly important. Why did all of the Facebook clones which existed pre-Facebook fail? Is it because of the unwelcoming black screen of ConnectU or ConnectU's name itself? Were Zuckerberg o
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by dbul 18y ago
True. But I don't think he would have been satisfied with some fee -- he would have been prudent enough to realize the possibility of success so the contract was inevitable. The woman who designed the Nike Swoosh was simply paid. Several ye
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by dbul 18y ago
I have a good friend who I've known for many years. Very smart. So I ask him if he would be interested in coming up with a domain and told him he would be rewarded if we became successful. His response was that he would, but he wanted me to
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by dbul 18y ago
CMU has been working on facial recognition for a long time. VASC and the now defunct MAPS lab did quite a bit of research for recognizing objects in general as well as facial features. It is good to see a spinoff company that can make money
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by dbul 18y ago
Exactly. If you want to be good in options trading, be good at physics. Acceleration and deceleration of options values are very interesting (and very valuable) in volatile markets. And as the article states there is no Pi solution. It's
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by dbul 18y ago
"At least in the traditional sense." It was subtle, but if you have looked at Machiavelli's original political theory, you notice it has been grossly mischaracterized in today's society. If I were to sum up what Machiavellian means, in the
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by dbul 18y ago
Might I suggest an antonym: Machiavellian. At least in the traditional sense. The Prince is a good start. Those who are looking for "resources" may want to read this -- front cover to back cover. Indiana University sometimes offers a good
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by dbul 18y ago
One thing I just noticed is that these fonts do not support Japanese. In earlier threads there was mention of adding more fonts so I'm sure you'll add them eventually.
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by dbul 18y ago
Absolutely Genius! I've never wanted to pay for something more in my life. Why not use the ycombinator startup tipjoy? ( http://tipjoy.com )
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by dbul 18y ago
This is the problem with engineering. People spend all of their time trying to figure out how to solve a particular problem (original RHex). Then, the context changes, so you have to go back to the drawing board. If they put some intelligen
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by dbul 18y ago
Interesting first lecture. I think the great Oscar Waddell (a wizard though no longer in academia to my knowledge) wrote a Scheme program centered around beer for our first lecture at IU. Now that caught the attention of many students and
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by dbul 18y ago
Agreed. You don't take Google to small claims court to win $761, you take them to small claims court and win so that you can write about it in the Huffington Post and have a bunch of nerds react to it.
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by dbul 18y ago
There's nothing wrong with placing ads on a site where there is nothing but ads. What if someone was looking for something? They click the ad. If you are buying ads space from Google I'd be more concerned about their endorsement of people a
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by dbul 18y ago
Agreed. It is possible Facebook doesn't care because many people do have accounts, but I would take non-users into consideration.
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by dbul 18y ago
Because it isn't necessary for my robot to carry around a programming board. If I come up with another application that uses a microcontroller, I have to pay for another USB programming board/AVR combo.
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by dbul 18y ago
I was just about to look for a brain for my robot. Excellent! The only concern I have is that the AVR is soldered down; it won't do unless there is a socket.