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by divia 19y ago
"As a baseline, anyone with above average willpower has a busy enough life not to have time to participate in psychological surveys." I wonder if that's true. Aren't a lot of psych experiments done with college students? I think I know a
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by divia 19y ago
This paper is a more detailed examination of this phenomenon: http://www.sss.ias.edu/publications/papers/econpaper69.pdf
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In the short term, you should spend your limited willpower budget wisely(nytimes.com)
33 points by divia 19y ago|7 comments
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by divia 19y ago
I think that at least some bipolar people would gladly trade the increased creativity during the highs for greater stability, and I think it would be a good thing if they had the ability to do so.
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Adobe Bringing Flash to the iPhone(macrumors.com)
6 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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by divia 19y ago
I use it too, for about 10 years now. I agree with what everyone else is saying--it may not be faster, but it is definitely more comfortable. I use emacs, and I've never found the commands to be a problem.
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by divia 19y ago
I have one that I often read on the subway, and I get a lot of questions about it. I've never seen anyone else carrying one around.
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by divia 19y ago
Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly
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by divia 19y ago
This reminds me that a while back I read a theory ( http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2005-06-19-1.html ) that dogs and humans domesticated each other, and that "We remain deficient in the things dogs did for us; they continue to depend
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by divia 19y ago
This came up a while ago. pg's answer was "Because we're smart enough to realize that html is object code?" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50154
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Mixed Feelings(wired.com)
49 points by divia 19y ago|11 comments
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by divia 19y ago
I see it has been mentioned, but I'd also like to recommend omega-3 supplementation. Seth Roberts has experimented a lot and recommends a dose of 2-3 tablespoons every day. You can look at his blog if you're interested: http://www.blog.s
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by divia 19y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=85273
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In Search of Inexperience(blog.guykawasaki.com)
12 points by divia 19y ago|1 comments
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Aaron Swartz launches Job Book, an encyclopedia of jobs(blog.sethroberts.net)
29 points by divia 19y ago|33 comments
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The Nobel Prize in Literature from an Alternative Universe(greatbooksguide.com)
6 points by divia 19y ago|1 comments
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by divia 19y ago
I agree that it sounds plausible, but it seems like his math just might not hold up. If you want to see a detailed analysis of the issue, check out http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/miron/papers/Comme... .
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Core Memory--Computers Are Sensual(blog.guykawasaki.com)
2 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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Programmers and Bees(things.org)
2 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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Glenn Kelman's Financial Model(blog.guykawasaki.com)
5 points by divia 19y ago|1 comments
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Encouraging and amusing PG comment from last cycle about the odds of being accepted(news.ycombinator.com)
12 points by divia 19y ago|1 comments
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Ten Questions with PostSecret's Frank Warren(blog.guykawasaki.com)
3 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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Ask PG: What Counts as a Founder in the App?
9 points by divia 19y ago|3 comments
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by divia 19y ago
Perhaps because they are hackers not painters? :-)
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Financial Models for Underachievers: Two Years of the Real Numbers of a Startup(blog.guykawasaki.com)
54 points by divia 19y ago|6 comments
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Ballmer Peak(xkcd.com)
23 points by divia 19y ago|6 comments
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Ten Questions with Chris Brogan(blog.guykawasaki.com)
6 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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Examining rich datasets: spiderweb science and click trails(blog.sethroberts.net)
3 points by divia 19y ago|0 comments
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Checkers Is Solved: Perfect play by both sides leads to a draw(sciencemag.org)
18 points by divia 19y ago|5 comments
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by divia 19y ago
Anyone who has always wanted to write a novel should consider doing National Novel Writing Month ( http://www.nanowrimo.org/ ). I did it last year, and even though my novel was pretty terrible I still had fun and learned a lot from writing

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