guimarin

17 ms·

121.
by guimarin 13y ago
Yet another problem that will be eliminated by Autonomous Cars.
122.
How Timers at Traffic Lights Cause Accidents(blog.priceonomics.com)
5 points by guimarin 13y ago|2 comments
123.
by guimarin 13y ago
You can make moral judgments all you want, that is of course your capability. That doesn't absolve you of racism. Let me make an observation. The average Chinese person has much less real 'wealth' than the average American, and when you h
124.
by guimarin 13y ago
I am shocked by your comment, and I disagree with your implicit definition of cheating on multiple levels. Your miss-application of 'morality' in the US/China example is blatant racism, and should not be tolerated. It's also completely fal
125.
by guimarin 13y ago
I think this is a complex and naunced issue. I have a number of thoughts on your arguments. Society doesn't set up rules and systems, they seem to emerge as a consequence of beneficial cooperative behavior towards a 'goal'. When it's no l
126.
Being Really, Really, Ridiculously Good Looking(blog.priceonomics.com)
116 points by guimarin 13y ago|142 comments
127.
by guimarin 13y ago
I am constantly surprised that we have a 'moral' aversion to cheating. IMO school teaches two strategies for success. 1.) work hard within the rules and 2.) cheat but don't get caught. Each is equally valid in society, even without a 'mo
128.
by guimarin 13y ago
This would have been more interesting to me as a study in game theory, if some of the 'mob' had given false or incomplete answers to the rest of the group on a minority of the questions, saving the 'fully-correct' answers for themselves. T
129.
Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians?(blog.priceonomics.com)
230 points by guimarin 13y ago|407 comments
130.
by guimarin 14y ago
Foursquare is not going to be an important company in Meat Space search and discovery. At best they're a niche company. Google is the clear leader. Maps is the killer product, and no one can touch Google, because it takes time and billion
131.
by guimarin 14y ago
A common complaint among technologists will be that it's a waste of resources to keep multiple copies of the same 'recording'. I don't dispute that. However, thankfully there seems to be an upper bound to the size of a recording, and as st
132.
by guimarin 14y ago
I hear your points and thank you for making them, as my post is totally all over the place. As to your point about societal senescence, I was wondering if you had a ready example of regulatory capture in a non-mature market.
133.
by guimarin 14y ago
don't forget hotel rooms ( airbnb ). I think you're point of frustration is not really about economic freedom, but a recognition of the senescence of our society ( in the US ). As societies get older, literally and population wise, they te
134.
by guimarin 14y ago
youtube appears to be doing QOS throttling on some of their named fe's you need to pick one that isn't in your usual path if you're having issues. edit: It appears that the 173.194.55.0/24 and the 206.111.0.0/16 range belongs to Google. Som
135.
by guimarin 14y ago
How crazy would it be if Samsung was looking for a Search Engine? Can you imagine Bing, Blekko, or DDG on all the Samsung phones? Totally cut google out. Things might get interesting in search again.
136.
by guimarin 14y ago
I'm positive that North Korea wants the world to believe that they're testing nuclear weapons, because that is their only bargaining card, but that doesn't mean they made a successful test.
137.
by guimarin 14y ago
This is sensationalist news at its finest. There is only one way to confirm that a nuclear bomb test has occurred and it is not by measuring 'resulting' earthquakes. Until either the US Gov't or the very top at the IAEA states there was a
138.
by guimarin 14y ago
I'm really curious about all the research coming out of Iran. would not have expected a country under lockdown to be doing so much research.
139.
by guimarin 14y ago
Wow. The infographic is cool but some of the copy is incredibly snarky. On Mark Zuckerburg under 'intelligence' "Sister Randi likes to pretend she was a television production assistant." That said I think it's more interesting to see who t
140.
by guimarin 14y ago
This guy is clearly in the wrong business. Books, who cares about books, he should turn his system onto writing patents.
141.
by guimarin 14y ago
"List Games" -> Select #4. -> slow smile. :-)
142.
by guimarin 14y ago
endoftheinter.net and it never ends. there is always something beyond the end of the world.
143.
by guimarin 14y ago
A somewhat tangential point. Like how lawyers have to specify that they're not giving legal advice. and how it's 'best practice' in auto-journalism to disclose when a manufacturer has provided you with perks while 'reviewing' their vehicle
144.
by guimarin 14y ago
tl;dr Apple is not building any features that MSFT can't copy, because Google gives it away for free it must be a toy to them. Sounds more to me like an analyst who either a.) bought a lot of MSFT shares or shorted Google/Apple, or b.) work
145.
by guimarin 14y ago
What I find most interesting were Maples comments on only about 10 'good' companies a year. If I think about the early majority and late majority segments, this makes a lot of sense to me. Friends in those segments are just barely starting
146.
by guimarin 14y ago
It's a bit disingenuous to lump everyone in the 'government' together. It is perfectly reasonable for the NSA to be conducting a massive illegal wiretap of all digital communications for all persons on the planet creating 'profiles' for ea
147.
by guimarin 14y ago
The world economy ( the west + china ) is collapsing. Investors are seeking yield frantically. It's not surprising that high-tech is flourishing in this climate. It's also not surprising that high-tech is now being applied to new industrie
148.
by guimarin 14y ago
I see your transmitter, and I raise you three equally cheap receivers and a machete.
149.
by guimarin 14y ago
sounds like a plug for using blekko's slashtag system. You could always create your own, and then never have to see techcrunch/other spammy blogs ever again.
150.
by guimarin 14y ago
"...You could have a plan that gives you unlimited access to data for specific apps like Facebook, but pay as you go for services that you don’t rely on so much." The big guys get to put themselves on the 'basic' data plan, and everyone els

More ›