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by fortes 18y ago
Some people (often the most vocal) just hate change. Being beholden to these customers, who will hate anything you change regardless of quality, is a surefire way to fail in the long run. ( p.s. how you been? :) )
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by fortes 18y ago
I thought these two parts were the most interesting: "A clue to the underlying problem with the planning algorithm was uncovered by Newby-Clark et. al. (2000), who found that: Asking subjects for their predictions based on realistic "best g
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The planning fallacy, and how to fix it(overcomingbias.com)
25 points by fortes 18y ago|12 comments
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by fortes 18y ago
Sometimes decent solutions come from not being at one extreme or the other. Not always, but sometimes.
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by fortes 18y ago
I'm still pretty new to git -- care to give some spoilers and explain some of the "wow"?
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by fortes 18y ago
Sure, you might see that something happened -- but you get no details at all, and you have to know what to search for.
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by fortes 18y ago
Is arguing against H1Bs a goal?
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by fortes 18y ago
Yup, it's definitely not winning any awards for insight. One of the current top tips: "Bring your lunch to work once or twice a week instead of buying it."
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by fortes 18y ago
I loved this bit: "Alcoa, the biggest aluminum company in the country, encountered [problems] peculiar to Iceland when, in 2004, it set about erecting its giant smelting plant. The first was the so-called “hidden people”—or, to put it more
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by fortes 18y ago
But the application doesn't scroll, it pages. That would only make sense if you're trying to flip through pages quickly (which is quite rare)
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by fortes 18y ago
I just downloaded it and took it for a test drive with my existing Kindle books. It's great, really. The UI is distraction free (just a page of text). Page advances are done with the standard flick, and are actually faster than a kindle due
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by fortes 18y ago
At least back in 2006, Beijing was more polluted than most other Chinese cities (a notable exception be Lanzhou, which is ridiculous). This is in part due to the huge population, but also due to the geography (there are mountains nearby tha
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by fortes 18y ago
I've had the Kindle since it first came out in late 2007. Here's my take (warning, probably won't be that new / insightful): Good: * Excellent for traveling. I have a 2GB SD card and more books then I'll ever read on any single trip. * Fair
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by fortes 18y ago
Note that they'll also be reducing the free bandwidth and CPU-time quotas. Bandwidth goes to 1GB in/out per day and CPU to 6.5 hours / day
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by fortes 18y ago
Some links (not that I necessarily agree, just giving you info): http://www.videonewslive.com/view/288549/peter_schiff_on_200... http://www.naturalnews.com/019659.html
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by fortes 18y ago
FYI -- it's significantly faster in Chrome than FF3, work a look.
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by fortes 18y ago
> The solution begins with the removal of homeownership from its long-privileged place at the center of the U.S. economy. Substantial incentives for homeownership (from tax breaks to artificially low mortgage-interest rates) distort dem
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3D on 2D HTML Canvas(gyu.que.jp)
95 points by fortes 18y ago|38 comments
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by fortes 18y ago
> What we need is some time of cultural incentive to read the new page, and pages 2/3/4 of the new page. Definitely. I'll admit that I never spend the time to go through the queue, let alone a few pages deep. How does one encourage this
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by fortes 18y ago
I assume they're counting New York city and State taxes, which add up to a little over 10%, iirc. However, you're right that, with the help of a decent accountant, they can get out of paying the full tax rate normal people pay.
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by fortes 18y ago
A good reminder that success doesn't always come overnight, or without sacrifice.
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by fortes 18y ago
I'm not super-familiar with Feedburner, but sure :) To make sure we're talking about the same thing, I mean that I want to be able to subscribe to a feed that gives me stat information so I don't have to go into my analytics tool.
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by fortes 18y ago
This is quite simple, so I wouldn't be shocked if it's been done before, but providing an RSS feed for stats/new referrers, etc.
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by fortes 18y ago
Most interesting quote (in my opinion): Job vs. Calling The distinction is artificial but worth drawing. A job will never satisfy you all by itself, but it will afford you security and the chance to pursue an exciting and fulfilling life o
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by fortes 18y ago
http://planet.intertwingly.net/ is a solid aggregation of various tech blogs, you can milk the blogroll there for some good links.
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by fortes 18y ago
I would love to see a site that tracks predictors' prediction records. It seems that almost all predictors' (or maybe all of them) have a dismal accuracy record. (Especially in the financial sector as we've seen this year)
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by fortes 18y ago
I read about a book a week, more if I'm traveling. Currently, I read while working out on the elliptical for an hour every weekday. This has me going through a lot of books (I have a Kindle, and many friends who are avid readers as well, so
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by fortes 18y ago
Various ETFs. Start with SDS
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by fortes 18y ago
It's also about the rate of absorption into your body, as well as the consistency of flavors (packaged food is very uniform, and creates strong associations)
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by fortes 18y ago
I find it funny that, typically, these companies want 'rock stars,' but are unwilling to pay a commiserate rate. If you really believe you want a star, say John Resig or someone similar, you better have a kick-ass project and be prepared to

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