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by hamax 14y ago
The biggest problem A/B testing is ethical. Every patient deserves the best medicine we can provide, so A/B testing, even though it would work in the long run, is unethical.
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by hamax 14y ago
@Samuel_Michon Acupunture isn't accepted into western medicine because it doesn't actually work. It performs as good as any other placebo (reduces pain, makes patients feel better). It's getting more mainstream, but that doesn't mean it's a
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by hamax 14y ago
Plenty is a bit of a stretch.
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by hamax 14y ago
Because it (mostly) doesn't actually work. It looks like it works because it exposes bias in both patients and researchers. This is why it's more effective with subjective and self reported symptoms like pain, nausea, etc. A great short art
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by hamax 14y ago
I'm seeing adds for cabelas.com but not for amazon.
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by hamax 14y ago
Maybe a great number of them are people like me who haven't actively used google reader in years but are willing to give rss readers another go after reading about them non stop for the last few days. Just a speculation.
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by hamax 14y ago
I'm not associated with feedly or their user but I'm guessing they need those permissions for getting the rss feed url from the web page and for detecting the current active tab. Probably to display an appropriate icon. It does sound scary
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Why Google Reader (and RSS) Really Died?(andraz.wpengine.com)
1 points by hamax 14y ago|0 comments
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by hamax 14y ago
This article made me switch to Gentoo Linux. I'm only replying to you comment because it's the top voted one.
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by hamax 14y ago
I don't hate this decision. I probably won't upgrade as soon as it comes out, but in my opinion linux ecosystem needs competition in the display server segment. If they screw it up there are plenty distros to choose from.
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by hamax 14y ago
Yes, on workstations. Not on laptops.
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by hamax 14y ago
How public reacts to Canonical announcements: https://plus.google.com/104354412340246703061/posts/TUCPE7JE...
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by hamax 14y ago
Most of my personal projects are at least a bit embarrassing, but those two are the worst: XML to LaTeX parser (failed proof of concept) https://github.com/hamaxx/lml And shell simulator in JS (just for fun project) https://github.com/ha
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by hamax 14y ago
Because support is already awesome, right? :)
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by hamax 14y ago
> Facebook hides privacy settings I have a direct link to privacy settings in the header. I don't know how can they make it more visible.
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by hamax 14y ago
Would I commit a felony if I'd enter the mall the next day anyway? Would wearing a fake mustache to avoid security change anything? How many years in prison would I get for it?
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by hamax 14y ago
> But lets remember one thing, a deregulated work environment in USA has led to engineers getting paid 2 or 3 times as much Are you sure you're not confusing correlation and causation? China for example has no work regulations but eng
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by hamax 14y ago
This is true in most European countries too.
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by hamax 14y ago
How so? Didn't we all profit from it? Even(or especially) if he's taxed 75%.
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by hamax 14y ago
Relevant Fry and Laurie sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoAe6LanFkg
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Downloading the Internet with a single machine(zemanta.com)
17 points by hamax 14y ago|3 comments
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by hamax 14y ago
> It would be far easier if they simply sold the new version. How would they do that without breaking user experience? (and gpl licence).
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by hamax 14y ago
Building browser extensions with trigger's tools is really straightforward if you're familiar with Chrome/Safari/Opera/...'s extension api. The most surprising thing for us was that IE extension mostly(3 lines of IE specific code) just work
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So you want to offer a public API …(zemanta.com)
101 points by hamax 14y ago|61 comments
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by hamax 14y ago
> a violation of evolutionary norms What king of bullshit is this?
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I bet you over-engineered your startup(zemanta.com)
152 points by hamax 14y ago|100 comments
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by hamax 14y ago
Very nice and simple. I took the opportunity to hack together a notification plugin for irssi. https://github.com/hamaxx/irssi-pushover
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by hamax 14y ago
What are they brutally honest about? That women aren't welcome in the IT community? And what kind of context are we missing here?
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by hamax 14y ago
I had the same feeling at the BBuzz. I like gummy bears and all, but this is not how you win over developers. Nobody was paying any attention to those women and nobody was paying any attention to Azure. I'm hopeful that sexism will eventual
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by hamax 14y ago
The Other Side of the Story: "We are not patent trolls, we are entrepreneurs and developers, and here's what we're struggling with." https://whoshere.zendesk.com/entries/21514943-the-other-side...

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