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by fludlight 14y ago
How much time and money would have been saved by running analytics on samples instead of the whole population?
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by fludlight 14y ago
I used to hold the Economist in similar high regard in the early 2000's. In 2004 they hired a new editor-in-chief and the quality of their articles began to suffer immediately. Their perceived thoughtfulness (as a function of independenc
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by fludlight 14y ago
> "The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent." As long as we're quoting Keynes, let's also remember this gem from a letter he wrote to the regents of King's College about the performance of their endowment's portfo
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by fludlight 14y ago
I don't see what the big deal is. When I go to http://apple.co.uk I see a statement about Samsung in reasonably sized, clear print: "On 25 October 2012, Apple Inc. published a statement on its UK website in relation to Samsung's Galaxy t
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by fludlight 14y ago
At least the default value is 2.
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by fludlight 14y ago
I did read the rules, but what good is form without substance?
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by fludlight 14y ago
The link to the court rules [1] is a good start, but is not actionable unless the reader is a lawyer. You sound like a lawyer, so that may be fine for you, but most of the HN audience is comprised of non-lawyers. If you are indeed a lawye
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by fludlight 14y ago
This sounds like a great opportunity for developers to send in amicus curiae briefs to the court decrying the absurdity of software patents. Does anyone know what such a letter should look like? To what address should they be sent?
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by fludlight 14y ago
It would be more effective to have the FBI do face recognition on everyone's vacation photos on Facebook. Assuming that the kidnappers want to raise the kid as their own, they are bound to post pictures of him. This won't work for the 75
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by fludlight 14y ago
Direct link to the paper: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~tpc/Papers/P2PSecComm2012.pdf You can find the lead researcher's other papers here: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~tpc/home.html
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by fludlight 15y ago
Rather than focus on any single narrow field, why not add Q&A sections. Start with one section (like "how do I play song x?") and gradually add others ("equipment tuning", "computer generated music", "business questions", "technical s
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by fludlight 15y ago
Yes...borders. Open Street Map looks like it only provides 2D building borders while Google has 3D. Google doesn't even provide an API for accessing it. Bing also only has 2D building boundary data, albeit at a slightly higher level of det
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by fludlight 15y ago
Where does the data for building shapes come from? Both Google Maps and the OP's website incorporate it. What is the format? Can I download the raw data in bulk (preferably for free) for a data mining project?
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by fludlight 15y ago
>> Most people don't even understand what "coinsurance" is. That's exactly why you should add a calculator, so people can see how the variables interact.
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by fludlight 15y ago
Very cool. I wish I had this when shopping for insurance a year ago. A "total annual cost" column would be helpful for making sense of the deductible/premium/co-pay relationship. Think of it as the "Price+Shipping+Tax" on shopping website
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by fludlight 16y ago
This article is an exaggeration. Due to various laws, regulations, and the fear of being sued by their shareholders, publicly traded companies in the US report every risk factor imaginable in their annual reports. The report in question i
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by fludlight 16y ago
CalTrain publishes annual financial reports just like publicly listed companies. Compare fiscal 2007 with 2010. Then check out how much of their total revenue comes from subsidies vs fares. http://www.caltrain.com/about/statsandreports/Co
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by fludlight 16y ago
Better yet, link to the SEC where, eventually, the S-1 will be published in its entirety: http://sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CI... RSS feed: http://sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CI...
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by fludlight 17y ago
I'd like to blacklist about half of these domains. Some people might find Techcrunch, *.blogspot.com, AppleInsider, et al worthwhile, but I just don't care for them.