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by ippisl 16y ago
One question you could ask is :are there any big industries that hasn't used the full potential of the web yet ? the answer is clearly yes: just look at education,health-care, web-video,human-resources and there are probably others. Another
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But isn't R is already a standard part in the curriculum of undergraduate social sciences degrees ? I think that part of the issue is integrating programming not only in one course , but as a general useful problem solving technique, that
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using animal mineral supplement is interesting , But what about minimal and maximal concentrations needed for humans , vs animals ? do you of an animal mineral product, with mineral levels that are proportionate to human minerals ? do you
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I agree with your idea , but: In many programs today , you're pretty far removed from the problem domain by all kinds of technical stuff. just look at web development , when you have to learn python/JS/HTML/css/framework/scaling+deployment
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I know there's application simulation tools , that let business users build a running simulation of an application, and let them improve and test it. from it they can generate more accurate specs for the development teams. The claimed bene
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How easy it is to convert the reactor itself , into one that can make weapons grade plutonium? i read somewhere it takes 3 months, is this true.
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It's not only on the app layer: """ One is a provision that would let broadband providers offer "additional, differentiated services," that would be not be subject to the same rules as the open internet. These would possibly include "health
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I'm not sure the normal group discussions are better than the threaded discussions like we have in here. And creating small group face to face dynamics could be achievable using group video chat/telepresence. and : """ A recent 93-page repo
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There already some companies working on medical simulators. and some medical schools use them. but some simulators need special manipulators to be effective , so it's hard to deliver them over the internet. And obviously , using simulators
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AceWiki:an open-source wiki, that can understand english(almost)(attempto.ifi.uzh.ch)
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With today's technology there are enough technologies to scale a great teacher. youtube(especially with it's minute by minute engagment measurement), stackoverflow (for questions and answers), and others. And you can see this happening, slo
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Research has shown that rapid feedback is a needed element in rapid learning. this has been proven true in many fields. REPL gives you this. And from my experience , with a REPL , making things is easier and faster. And in languages without
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Some research on business strategy, by rita mcgrath("discovery driven growth") found that many successful entrepreneurs have changed their initial idea while building their business. This is specially true for very dynamic/chaotic business
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Modafinil-data on results and side effects from 2000 patients(patientslikeme.com)
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Doesn't amazon tote use freelance shipping companies?
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Yes , ordering that toothpaste alone is more energy wasteful , but: 1.amazon has a really strong incentive to prevent too many "single toothpaste" scenarios. 2.e-commerce delivery (from warehouse to home) takes 1/3 of the gas of driving t
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Yes , they are all over the place, but some see it as trying to optimize and defend the whole value chain of their main products. sort of vertical integration , in the unique form it shows on the internet.
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You just described 2 of the ways that the competition is being limited by law and politics: 1. Controlling the number of doctors graduating per year. 2. Making medical training very long and expensive(even when it's not needed - for exam
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Using the internet it's possible to verify a doctor's job(assuming access to medical charts and lab results). I think the thing that separates licensed professions from unlicensed ones , is usually issues of safety,i.e. when the price of an
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Also non-doctors have a much higher usage rate for expert systems and data entry systems. and their work patterns are usually highly formalized and verified by expert docs. So in practice , non-doctors might be able to offer better medical
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I can think of three categories helpfull when looking for "root causes medicine": 1.Better more in-depth information, using tools like genetic medicine and new bio-markers that can give us a more precise diagnosis(using genetic medicine , h
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by ippisl 16y ago
Both partnering with an experienced developer , and outsourcing to a low cost country can offer a better route for development (if done well), and could really help your ideas to succeed. If you want to build businesses out of your ideas ,
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Kids experiment with 'video playdates'(telepresenceoptions.com)
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i think that the chip also suits the ARM architecture without changes.
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Some see the move to many-core ATOM servers , as a move to put financial pressure on intel(since ATOMs are cheap). And this move helps the future of ARM based servers , since ARM is more similar to ATOM than to XEON.
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The problem with outsourcing everything , is that you gain somethings(speed , access to talent, sometimes cost savings) , but you loose the tighter integration that a single unified company has. This integration leads to better information
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Those companies begun operating in such a different era , and such different fields , that it's really doubtfull that today's technology companies should copy their strategy.
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there are higher level HDL's , that are c-like. i know of impulse c. it gives you more power , and you suffer some loss of speed/efficency(as usuall) . might make it simple enough to develop a lisp machine.
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i think google voice does something like this(only for phone calls). If google can take this and make it usefull and profitable , the distance to recording everything you say is not long.
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Intel did made a very serious move on the low cost front, by letting TSMC sell SOC's with ATOM cores. that was really against the standard intel profit model , but they knew they had to do it. The last i heard is that nobody(or maybe a sing

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