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by gabaix 9y ago
There is a 3-minute video from BBC Planet Earth showing an infected ant and its demise. https://youtu.be/XuKjBIBBAL8 It is like watching the Alien scene, except this is real.
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by gabaix 9y ago
Growing up in the French side of the Pyrenees, I concur with the article. Traveling on the other side of the border was barely special. The road signs would have a dialect very similar to our own Gascon , and there was no need to switch to
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by gabaix 10y ago
I was once in a small crash flying United. There was no major injury, but a lot of scare and a day of travel lost. United took good care of us, then I receive a 'sorry, here's $50 in credit' mail. I was stunned by how small t
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Earth 'entering new extinction phase' – US study(bbc.com)
1 points by gabaix 11y ago|0 comments
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Immigration is about talent, not costs(aerofs.com)
468 points by gabaix 12y ago|618 comments
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by gabaix 13y ago
"What is a man in the infinite? But to show him another prodigy no less astonishing, let him examine the most delicate things he knows. Let him take a mite which in its minute body presents him with parts incomparably more minute; limb
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Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool(realdanlyons.com)
2 points by gabaix 14y ago|0 comments
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Seven-Year Facebook Study Warns of 'Silent Listeners'(threatpost.com)
1 points by gabaix 14y ago|0 comments
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James Bond: Cars, catchphrases and kisses (nice effect)(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by gabaix 14y ago|0 comments
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by gabaix 14y ago
disclaimer: I work for eBay Inc. David Marcus was CEO of Zong, a small mobile payment startup who got bought by PayPal last year. When buying the company, the CEO of eBay Inc. asked him to change quiet a few things in the company culture. T
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by gabaix 14y ago
At the end of this Reddit comment is a link to an alleged screenshot of Romney tax filing page 1.
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by gabaix 14y ago
Why does this article feel like a YC ad? "Plivo makes it to 50 countries in 30 days". and "In many countries, setting up a phone solution is challenging and involves negotiations with carriers, hardware, and network configuration." Wouldn't
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by gabaix 14y ago
Google now makes it easier to find illegal content. The link http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/... is a one stop shop. I am wondering if that is annoying DMCA even more?
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by gabaix 14y ago
I got 50 shares from e-Trade. Never used eTrade before. It was one of the few platforms that were open for retailers. eTrade mentions that if I flip those shares in less than a month, I might not be able to get access to future IPO shares.
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by gabaix 14y ago
"name" is also in the URL of namecheap. It is very hard to counter legit sites with the exact keyword match in their URL, even if you have many more quality links going to you. Try "hosting" and you'll see what I am talking about.
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by gabaix 14y ago
What happens when you travel abroad and your phone does not work? I am wondering if Gmail could implement security questions to avoid cases where the 2-step verification works against the user
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Quora question on Instagram - Facebook board conflicts of interest(quora.com)
2 points by gabaix 14y ago|0 comments
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PayPal Alternative to Square is a Triangle(paypal.com)
11 points by gabaix 15y ago|2 comments
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PayPal to take on Square with lower fees and spiffy blue design(venturebeat.com)
3 points by gabaix 15y ago|1 comments
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Google's ski resort mapping goes live(tahoedailytribune.com)
2 points by gabaix 15y ago|0 comments
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by gabaix 15y ago
On his Twitter account, CTO Luis Corrons continues taunting Anonymous after the facts. I don't understand why Panda lets one of his employee behave like this. He looks emotionally involved. He's making those hacker's efforts more visible.
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Stanford offers more free online classes for the world(news.stanford.edu)
2 points by gabaix 15y ago|0 comments
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by gabaix 15y ago
Good point. This is where it gets tricky: in large groups with big decisions, people rely almost exclusively on data. A bad design decision can propagate to an entire organization because there's data to support it.
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by gabaix 15y ago
I often find it hard to settle design arguments when: - we lack data - business is at risk - there's some organization quarrel going on Unfortunately that's too often the case. I am still unsure how criticizing your own work help
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by gabaix 15y ago
Every time I Facebook Connect to an app, I check my profile that nothing was posted. Even if Facebook does say if the app will post on my wall or not, I am just confused on what is going to happen next. It is one of those things that preven
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by gabaix 15y ago
square(333) is the addition of 999 + 9990 + 99900 = (1000 - 1) + (10000 - 10) + (100000 - 100) = 111000 - 111 The more '3' you add, the more '1' and '0' you get. square(333) = 11110000 - 1111 It is actually a very binary computing.
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by gabaix 15y ago
It's worth repeating: Facebook have only a very limited aspect of our social experience. Weaker social connections - reading someone's review, tweet, repin, commenting on YC - are a magnitude more numerous than our limited circle of acquain
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by gabaix 15y ago
mmm... never thought this way. You're actually right.
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by gabaix 15y ago
Mark Zuckerberg's perceived public figure does not inspire confidence either. His first actions with Facebook and the story around The Social Network have tainted Facebook for good. Note this might be far from his real personality. People I
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The share of U.S. workers in engineering and science fields below 5%(twitpic.com)
2 points by gabaix 15y ago|1 comments

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