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by diN0bot 18y ago
word. the whole getting users to register is a big problem with lots of paths. you know, you probably don't need email addresses, though. you just need people's phone numbers, right? the whole thing could be sms based, right? nothing wrong
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by diN0bot 18y ago
and yeah, the giving up of passwords to other services is a little tricky. i'm not opposed to it, but you have to prove yourself to be completely trustworthy and honorable. i mean, paypal?! also, the 5 number password consisting entirely of
903.
by diN0bot 18y ago
instead of emailing passwords to the user, send them a link to a confirmation page where they can enter their own password (twice) to complete the registration process and sign-in. security might be an issue otherwise when sending passwords
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by diN0bot 18y ago
same here. the community is awesome. when we have couch surfers we lend them bikes and take them to local hacker spaces. it's a great way to meet interesting people. the cs website is community driven in its infrastructure, too, not just we
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by diN0bot 18y ago
the moral of the story is that advertising in place of information gets consumers/users to act.
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by diN0bot 18y ago
most of us have trouble with "all" and "never" qualifications. it's one thing to be reasonable, not make excuses, and do one's best, but when one starts thinking deeply about various scenarios, then the "right" answer seems like an overly s
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by diN0bot 18y ago
http://github.com/sproutward/kraplan/tree/master "The Kraplan project grew out of parodies of some awful Kaplan advertisements in the Boston subway. Kraplan is a project to use humor and invective to get people thinking about standardized
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by diN0bot 18y ago
the affordable self-sufficient housing units make use of the tepee design. a tiny fire in the middle of a tepee keeps one cozy in winter (MA, USA) with most of the smoke going out the top. materials are pretty cheap, too (few thousand, depe
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by diN0bot 18y ago
not necessarily true. it's much harder to "bother" someone who is visually and audibly giving cues he doesn't want to be bothered, than with someone whom you simply skype in with once a day. maybe you can "communicate" more frequently with
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by diN0bot 18y ago
what do ya'll think about couch surfing? http://www.couchsurfing.com/ "creating a better world, one couch at a time" not entrepreneurial enough?
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by diN0bot 18y ago
good ones: * http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gs... * http://projects.csail.mit.edu/gsb/old-archive/gsb-archive/gs... girl scout benefits
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by diN0bot 18y ago
the other interesting thing is that a persons perceptions of statistics and the statistics of different situations is all kind of skewed. the first question is how did psychologists ascertain and normalize someone's perception of the chance
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by diN0bot 18y ago
sometimes i get worried that i'm not as good at thinking for myself as i used to be before the web2.0 "voices in my head".
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by diN0bot 18y ago
the data doesn't necessarily back up that leaders aren't good writers. maybe recent american politicians, but what about Jefferson, Lincoln and Franklin (not a President, but on the $5 note), not to mention the writers of the federalist p
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by diN0bot 18y ago
yes, but not always. usually it's something informal 'yo'. a good idea, regardless of salutations, is to gently focus your readers into your email. would you like it if someone immediately rushed into their idea? it'd be a little jarring. o
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by diN0bot 18y ago
> "5. Don't send HTML or pictures. Personal email doesn't, why are you?" uh. shouldn't you just do what you normally do? just like the "keep your salutation normal and un-merged" rules? i personally prefer text only emails, though attac
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by diN0bot 18y ago
i use a lot of google's services, including gmail and google docs. it's nice to see that they care (in some cases) about a user's freedom with respect to his or her own data. i know some people get upset wwhen open source and open data are
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by diN0bot 18y ago
not so surprising, but an interesting comparison: > "A recent report by Gartner, the industry analysts, said the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines - about 2% of global CO2 emissions." also, to a
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by diN0bot 18y ago
snap. how long do i have to run my macbook for (say 50% cpu) to boil a pot of tea?
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by diN0bot 18y ago
In terms of article content, academics and education seem to be of interest to the HN community, both because it tends to be a college-age and college-going crowd and because change often starts with education. In terms of article quality,
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by diN0bot 18y ago
I like the "vote up smart comments regardless of agreement" approach. My Kantian nature then expects to see interesting comments at the top. I also like the "vote to agree or disagree with the 'poll' (aka comment)". This prevents dozens of
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by diN0bot 18y ago
great idea. i made a pinhole camera a few years back from an oatmeal cylinder. here's a picture of 77 Mass Ave http://bilumi.org/lucy/OATMEALPINHOLE.jpg
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by diN0bot 18y ago
the blog is hilarious to read. surely her book sold well!? > re: 2. This is his world record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pWKB2D23k weird. the show spells his name wrong: 'Ferrioss'
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by diN0bot 18y ago
i assume there are tons of millionaires out there who do as little (if not less!) work than Frind. espeically considering inheritance and resting on the laurels of subordinates or slaves (re: recent alavery article that appeared on hn a few
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by diN0bot 18y ago
i love his attitude. he's being friendly and having a good time, while also making progress towards real work.
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by diN0bot 18y ago
> "doing/saying stupid things" if you think something is stupid slow down. stop. try and understand the other person's perspective and the root of their concerns. be respectful. i find this easier when i'm in a good mood and my mind is
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by diN0bot 18y ago
that's a good point. it is also true that us geeks tend to be too into technology, rather than understanding the people and situation actually using the solution. i don't use twitter or SMS, and i use my cell phone simply for free calling w
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by diN0bot 18y ago
it depends on where you go. people from one university will say they weren't taught to think, just to write code. people for a different university will say they weren't given enough hands-on experience, just computability theorems. the rea
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by diN0bot 18y ago
Interesting article, but unfortunately lacks references. I wanted to find out more about kinetic muftis but according to Google Ramachandran is the only one to use that pairing of words. After that I realized that many claims were being mad
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by diN0bot 18y ago
"The company recently held a party to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the last time [Semler] made any decision at all. " http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2003/apr/27/theobserver.o...

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