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by gyeh 17y ago
Heck, you can take this to the next level and make it a guitar hero game for real instruments. A lot of music teachers wouldn't have jobs anymore...
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The Toyota Witch Hunt(businessweek.com)
149 points by gyeh 17y ago|105 comments
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The Real Genius Of The Kindle? The Return Of ‘Unitasking’(paidcontent.org)
24 points by gyeh 17y ago|11 comments
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by gyeh 17y ago
I would be more interested in their search infra, specifically scaling that "highly optimized in-memory index". I'm guessing it's similar to LinkedIn's Zoie ( http://code.google.com/p/zoie/ ).
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by gyeh 17y ago
"I’ve always figured out that there 24 hours a day. You sleep six hours and have 18 hours left. Now, I know there are some of you out there that say well, wait a minute, I sleep eight hours or nine hours. Well, then, just sleep faster..."
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How the Tech Community Can Reinvent Risk Ratings(youtube.com)
1 points by gyeh 17y ago|0 comments
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by gyeh 17y ago
Try Wikipedia searches using Google: "<query> site:en.wikipedia.org" It enhances the Wikipedia experience to a whole new level.
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by gyeh 17y ago
And Kindle with native PDF support.
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by gyeh 17y ago
From the Taipei Times ( http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/05/10/20... ): "A Crime Investigation Bureau [in Taiwan] official said there was no plan, but the bureau was working on allowing Chinese law enforcers to be statio
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by gyeh 17y ago
An alternative business model for the textbook industry (even with rampant piracy): "... publishers could move to a more sustainable model in which the textbook is priced close to the cost of printing and shipping (say, $20), while all stu
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First Thoughts on Google App Engine and Java(blog.foofactory.fi)
1 points by gyeh 17y ago|0 comments
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by gyeh 17y ago
Equa XR: Quality of Herman Miller. Bargain prices of Costco. http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductGroup.aspx?Prodid=113004...
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by gyeh 17y ago
"Socrates wasn’t wrong—the new technology [writing] did often have the effects he feared—but he was shortsighted. He couldn’t foresee the many ways that writing and reading would serve to spread information, spur fresh ideas, and expand hu
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by gyeh 17y ago
It's interesting to note that the author plans to release a book regarding the same subject later in the year: http://www.amazon.com/Management-Myth-Consulting-Present-Lar... . While it should be a good read, it's bit too opportunistic IMO
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Why do professional paths to the top vary so much?(economist.com)
1 points by gyeh 17y ago|0 comments
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by gyeh 17y ago
Sorry for being nit-picky, but Singapore still vigilantly holds on to certain authoritarian practices (not to say some liberalization didn't happen). It is important to note that many people in China look to Singapore to be the ideal politi
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by gyeh 17y ago
The "Newspapers Are About to Die" message has been repeated over and over again since the mid 90's. Because of the recent high-profile closings/cost-cuttings of newspaper organizations, the last 15 years of gloomy prognostications have ess
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by gyeh 17y ago
From my personal experience, it's a bit overrated. After 45 min. of standing, my knees and feet start to hurt -- resulting in an irresistible urge to find the closest chair. Perhaps, its best to have access to a variety of working position
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Twitter Office Tour(kara.allthingsd.com)
1 points by gyeh 17y ago|0 comments
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by gyeh 17y ago
Very nice job! One potential customer/institution to cater to: western-based Chinese schools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_schools , http://www.ncacls.org/ncacls_frm_intro.htm These community based organizations often rely on ea
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by gyeh 17y ago
Here's a rebuttal: http://bryant.livejournal.com/672165.html While the method is plausible, the rebuttal is plausible as well. Who to believe?
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by gyeh 18y ago
Heh. I had an Erlang question classified as "art". It would be interesting to understand how they build and categorize their vocabulary dictionaries.
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by gyeh 18y ago
The Economist has an article regarding the recent resurgence of "Atlas Shrugged" sales: http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1...
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by gyeh 18y ago
A really bad case of OCD.
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by gyeh 18y ago
Thank god, he didn't say "hope" and "change" that much...
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Digestable Primers on the Financial Crisis [video](marketplace.publicradio.org)
1 points by gyeh 18y ago|0 comments
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by gyeh 18y ago
I honestly love this show, especially when Charlie has an opportunity to interview for an hour straight, uninterrupted. It is very difficult to spit out crafted sound bites and PR scripts, when you're under the camera for a hour. And even
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by gyeh 18y ago
I think part of the fear regarding for-profit aid organizations is this: the pursuit of profit will create an incentive for organizations to follow the money. As a result, more resources would be allocated for the problems in more wealthy n
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by gyeh 18y ago
Give NYT some credit, in the sense that not all their opinion pieces must adhere to some liberal ideology. As you mentioned, it is an "op-ed", not the NYT editorial board. The very fact that they have William Kristol as a regular columnis
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by gyeh 18y ago
I just cringe every time he says "magically" in reference to software.

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