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by gmarx 12y ago
So very correct. I've solved the problem but, unfortunately there is no way to graft it on to current solutions. There is no way to take data from an inherently low resolution, poorly modeled system and turn it reliably into complete,
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by gmarx 12y ago
Also, more important than amp transparency (which is pretty easy these days) is how the amplifier reacts to the difficult loads many high end speakers present
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by gmarx 12y ago
I agree and have often thought that code is an interesting analogy to study to get insight into biological life. Since the widespread adoption of the internet we have an ecosystem in which different species emerge (commercial and open sourc
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by gmarx 12y ago
Excellent advice. I've had this problem myself. When you think (rightly or wrongly) that you have amazing, near unique, technology which has multiple amazing aspects, you struggle to tell a concise story about why any specific user sho
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by gmarx 12y ago
Pretty sure they were called "Angels" back then too
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by gmarx 12y ago
The Walgreens on University ave., yes
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by gmarx 12y ago
Why and why?
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by gmarx 12y ago
I take crap at work for wearing sport coats and pants made of wool. I've given up on ties and suits unless there is a customer visit. A workplace has a culture and though you can exist at the edge of it, you'd better not go outsid
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by gmarx 12y ago
Generally? That doesn't sound like an argument against the basic idea. If they only contest when they fins a specific error, I would agree. If they contest everything hoping the police won't show...it's a short term hack. If
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by gmarx 12y ago
I was wondering that myself. One guess- the proportions are important and they don't know what culture medium to use. The gut is a complex environment. What if they grow it in a lab and some unknown minor microbe is selected out? On th
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by gmarx 12y ago
Try to accomplish something in a large organization and it will become intuitive. I think it was covered in "The Mythical Man Month". The more programmers you add, the worse it gets and all that.
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by gmarx 12y ago
Even if you haven't maybe it is. I might be overly cocky here but it seems obvious what kinds of costs these are and why the simple model is the way it is. Why is the exponent on N greater than 1? Because otherwise coordination costs w
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by gmarx 12y ago
For Edison and Ford at least I guess a lot of those later patents were done by underlings and the boss man put hsi name on it. I couldn't tell if the analysis accounted for that
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by gmarx 12y ago
I had the same problem. This must happen all the time. It just isn't complained about as prominently. It's always a bad idea to found alone. I knew that going in...
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by gmarx 12y ago
There are also plenty of "business guys" who know very little about business
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by gmarx 12y ago
You'd need to take account of differences in patients lest you discourage doctors from treating the more unhealthy. You also need to alter the way we define and punish malpractice.
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by gmarx 12y ago
They are intended to. Even if ACA isn't the ultimate form, most healthcare reform involves paying for performance rather than procedures and this implies outcomes tracking of some kind. You've got some serious chicken/egg pro
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by gmarx 12y ago
Freaks and Geeks was amazing. That 80s show was dumb but featured a super hot girl who sported an extremely punk spike hair-do which challenged the viewer to recognize her hotness. It was two levels of difficulty above the thick frame glass
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by gmarx 12y ago
Those are just the very low interest rates the central bank sets. In practice there will always be higher rates for higher risk loans, especially corporate bonds. The point is valid to some extent but must take account of all investment alt
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by gmarx 12y ago
I hated the sampling rate far more than the low resolution. Old TV, over an antenna was maddening. On the other hand, analog movie resolution was noticeably superior in resolution until recently. The only serious artifact I recall was the j
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by gmarx 12y ago
Sorry. I have failed you
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by gmarx 12y ago
I don't want to discourage you so much as warn you; I too have spent a lifetime dieting and have lost and gained back weight many times. All working diets feel like you to maintain them for ever during what I call "the momentum ph
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by gmarx 12y ago
I saw a study online that showed music hadn't changed much since then. I suppose the test would be to ask the same question of a group of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s,50s, 60s etc. In contrast BTW, I think television from back then se
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by gmarx 12y ago
I too saw it in a theater when it came out and I recall thinking "who the fuck orders a tab? Have a Diet Coke" and that it was a pretty awkward way to make the gag. We knew about the 1950s from "Happy Days" which, in ret
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by gmarx 12y ago
Medicine has a data problem. It is multifaceted and far more difficult to fix than it should be. I've worked on these problems for years and it is immensely frustrating. Incentives just aren't set properly to solve them. For examp
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by gmarx 12y ago
Love this post but I do not understand your example about frequency response. Are you an audiophile whose friends refuse to believe that one amplifier can sound better than another? or are you a guy whose friends mistakenly believe one ampl
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by gmarx 12y ago
It sounds like a good idea. As with any website like this, it's success will depend on whether, on the average, when people look for information on the site, they find it and/or are entertained. So many ways this can go wrong with
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by gmarx 12y ago
You're welcome
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by gmarx 12y ago
Agree in general but remember the case of Ranbaxy? FDA oversight is not uniform and becomes weak outside the US
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by gmarx 12y ago
My apologies in advance for being pedantic on the web but I think there is a chance a HackerNews reader would appreciate this: "Misnomer" means something is improperly named. It doesn't mean merely misleading.

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