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by freyr 12y ago
Yes, many endeavors (sports, music, science, business, writing, etc.) rely on an array of talents and skills. Through deliberate practice we can move forward along these some axes, while others we cannot (e.g. height, for basketball). But e
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by freyr 12y ago
Regardless of the screenshots, when I search for "RSS reader," it first shows 8 free apps with many (mostly) excellent ratings. It's not at all obvious why I should pay $4.99 for an RSS reader when popular free alternatives e
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by freyr 12y ago
There's a big difference between a hope and a promise.
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by freyr 12y ago
> by offering them an incredible education Even this is debatable. [1] >The legacy students ... are the majority of graduates. Well, the legacy students are probably closer to 10% to 15% of the student body. Certainly not the majori
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by freyr 12y ago
Exactly, it should be held to the same standard as all the other companies that rapidly transformed from an online bookstore to the leading online retailer. The same standard as all the other online retailers that helped create and then dom
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by freyr 12y ago
No. In California, in particular, fast food competition is fierce and very few people seem to choose Burger King. They're most notable for their advertising campaign featuring the King mascot. It was entertaining in a creepy/surre
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by freyr 12y ago
Getting into an Ivy League school means you had the foresight and intelligence in high school to create a truly outstanding college application -- you're smart, but also willing to play the game and jump through hoops. That's an i
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by freyr 12y ago
"Indispensably useful" has positive connotations, yet most people I speak to (even outside the HN/tech crowd) do not speak of Facebook in positive terms. Some use it simply because it's addictive. They don't want to
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by freyr 12y ago
Correct. A pop star needs a few ingredients: * Have at least some baseline modicum of talent * Have access to talented songwriters * Have access to talented producers * Be attractive, or at least interesting to look at * Have a stage presen
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by freyr 12y ago
> Plenty of them Wall Street does draw some students from the math/physics/EECS departments of the very top ranked schools, but this represents a tiny percentage of students graduating nationwide with STEM degrees.
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by freyr 12y ago
It's in the best interest of a nation to welcome the best and brightest workers with open arms. H-1B visas are a very bad approach towards that goal. The H-1B program, in its current form, suppresses wages because employees have no lev
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by freyr 12y ago
Perhaps an Internet-connected thermostat is something I need to try to fully appreciate. No doubt the costs will come down, and capabilities will increase. And as costs and capabilities increase, potential for innovation will increase. But
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by freyr 12y ago
There's a critical difference. Although the cloud and the IoT both began with buzzwords and vaporware, the cloud had clear and compelling potential benefits for customers from the start. For every "cloud," there are many ove
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by freyr 12y ago
> I'm personally waiting for my refrigerator to detect my food inventory, and auto-order grocery delivery once a week I imagined this as well, and it would be pretty cool (although I actually enjoy grocery shopping). As you say, it&
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by freyr 12y ago
The Internet of Things hype hasn't hit HN hard yet, but it seems to be ramping up. Is anybody else skeptical? The strongest push for IoT seems to be from the wireless hardware manufacturers (Cisco, Qualcomm, etc.) and of course, they h
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by freyr 12y ago
> Above all else - working with smart people is its own reward Of course, there's also the reward of building, creating, and contributing to something that extends beyond yourself. It's hard to believe that a career at a secret
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by freyr 12y ago
I think many of us are finding ourselves in a weird middle ground. The younger generation has moved on to Snapchat/Instagram/whatever to chronicle their lapses in judgement and youthful indiscretions, which used to be Facebook&#x2
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by freyr 12y ago
I think your list of features is spot on, but I don't think their mainstream popularity had much to do with artistic expression. I'd include one other big feature: - They are dead simple to save (or link to) and drop into you
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by freyr 12y ago
Not me. Though the author is gracious to Mhyrvold and recognizes the rare opportunity to join in this meal, he does not seem especially complimentary to the food. Actually, he seems unimpressed. Despite all the technical wizardry, the meal
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by freyr 12y ago
They're throwing spaghetti against the wall. They don't want to waste engineering talent on a product that doesn't even register on their bottom line, and shows no promise of explosive growth. But on the other hand, they want
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by freyr 12y ago
> A website displays on _my_ computer. I should have more control over that "space" than a "public space", for sure. There's nothing wrong with wanting complete control of how my computer is being used. Who car
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by freyr 12y ago
Mobile shook things up. Zoosk got in early, and they're consistently among the top grossing apps. Tinder's taking off too.
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by freyr 13y ago
As a talented developer, I expect my hiring manager to look beyond a scummy, spammy social network to do their job. If he or she refuses, that's fine. That's a big red flag, and I can look elsewhere for a better fit.
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by freyr 13y ago
I doubt it, since the dashboard was a main selling feature of its Kickstarter campaign. A move like that would probably sacrifice any goodwill its garnered among early adopters.
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by freyr 13y ago
It gained a lot of its initial traction by unveiling a very slick, built-in dashboard. This was a design concept, and hasn't materialized (yet). In its current state, it's an extremely basic blogging platform with a built-in Mar
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by freyr 13y ago
The Angular Tutorial App is an excellent demonstration of Angular's off-the-shelf features. In fact, it's designed precisely to demonstrate Angular's strengths. Angular reduces boilerplate but it's a heavier, more opinio
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by freyr 13y ago
I use Twitter to get news and updates from a few sources. And in this case, the headline is like saying the majority of newspaper readers have never written a newspaper article.
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by freyr 13y ago
When I worked for a defense contractor (with many older employees), I really enjoyed the occasional social outing. People at different stages in their life often have different perspectives, and have access to that perspective is a gift. Bu
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by freyr 13y ago
>> it looks like each frame has the fragment at about 3 feet from its last position How did you arrive at this number? What distance do you estimate between the camera and the falling rock? > If that's a 60fps camera (I thi
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by freyr 13y ago
For those of us who can't view his LinkedIn account, that still doesn't offer much information; anybody can call themselves a consultant. Regardless of the details, it's an inspiring story of someone persisting with their dre

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