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by jfornear 18y ago
What about Toyota, Honda, or Mazda? Volkswagon/Audi? I'm just wondering. Are you basing your entire assessment on these brush motors?
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China 'using cyberwarfare to challenge US power' (telegraph.co.uk)
1 points by jfornear 18y ago|0 comments
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by jfornear 18y ago
Sometimes I catch myself Getting Awesome when I work on things like open-source codebases, user interfaces, and relational databases. I wrote a book about it 5 years ago but I still blog about it in your faces.
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by jfornear 18y ago
Interesting. Can you use this same reasoning (bound by law to maximize shareholder value) to sue corporations for not operating in developing countries where they can take advantage of lower wages, cheaper labor, no unions, etc? Think GM or
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by jfornear 18y ago
I just wrote this for the school paper, thought I might as well submit it here. I would love to hear what HN thinks.
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Help Hack the Water Crisis(jessefornear.com)
1 points by jfornear 18y ago|1 comments
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by jfornear 18y ago
Thanks, I'll look into it.
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by jfornear 18y ago
I agree, Posterous is awesome. It would be even more awesome if you could somehow just embed a little code on your own template in order to display your blog on your own design. As far as I know, you currently have to learn the platform (Wo
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by jfornear 18y ago
On the topic of blogs and CMS... Does anyone else think that Wordpress is getting too complex with all the added features due to it being open source? I feel like people like my dad, who would be happy with a very straightforward and simple
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by jfornear 18y ago
How are you coming to these conclusions? The latest IRS reports show that the wealthiest 10% and large corporations still pay over 60% of all taxes despite loopholes and creative accounting techniques.
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by jfornear 18y ago
bubbles?
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by jfornear 18y ago
I was expecting a more thought out post from such a strong title. I don't think it makes sense to support this argument by correlating the value of advertising with the health of the economy or whatever he was trying to do. He should have l
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AT&T launches video aggregation site(venturebeat.com)
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Reflections on Social Media's Next Phase(centernetworks.com)
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by jfornear 18y ago
> people who believe in gods RARELY think as deeply about atheism as people who don't believe in gods think about religion. Where do you draw this downright ignorant conclusion? Have you heard of William Lane Craig, Alvin Plantinga, or
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by jfornear 18y ago
Hacker News? How does a slate.com article like this get on the front page? I've read freshman philosophy papers that were more intellectually engaging than this.
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by jfornear 18y ago
Under this logic, Ron Paul had much more support from the internet during the primaries than his opponents, and look where that got him. Hillary had a tough time because of how many people didn't like her when it came down to it. http://la
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by jfornear 18y ago
I disagree that you can give this much credit to the Internet. You can't deny how important the bad economy and low incumbent approval ratings are. Historically, with these two variables alone, change is a shoo-in.
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by jfornear 18y ago
Shameless plug for my school :D > The goal was to use weather data to predict flight cancellations and pre-reserve hotel rooms and rental cars for stranded passengers. This kind of stuff is fascinating.
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2008 Data Mining Shootout(smu.edu)
2 points by jfornear 18y ago|1 comments
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by jfornear 18y ago
What are the advantages for Microsoft if they were to make the change to WebKit? I know developers would love it, but is it really worth giving up complete control on their end? When it comes down to it they have their own best interest in
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by jfornear 18y ago
I figure my thoughts are just as randomly justified/qualified as Wired's: If Facebook replaced Zuckerberg, I bet users wouldn't be opposed to paying a monthly subscription. I agree that the Blockbuster CEO needs out. I think he has even bee
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by jfornear 18y ago
I'm not a fan of the consensus based argument either, but the reality is that it is used quite often to bully "skeptics". Related from today's news: http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/69623
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by jfornear 18y ago
I agree that a consensus needn't have every single person on board, however, the way people/journalists throw around that word in the context of Global Warming is as if every single person were on board. The verdict is far from unanimous
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by jfornear 18y ago
I keep hearing people/journalists say scientists share a consensus, but a simple google query "global warming climatologist" gives you: 1. Climatologists (scientists who study climate) have analyzed the global warming that has occurred sinc
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by jfornear 18y ago
If they were to argue: Your vote doesn't count. Therefore, everyone's vote doesn't count. ...it would qualify as a fallacy of composition. This conclusion is not included in their argument.
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by jfornear 18y ago
What value does your single vote add? In regards to this argument, a single vote has no value because the outcome of a single mandate election of this scale is never determined by 1 single vote. The outcome would remain the same with or wit
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by jfornear 18y ago
While you are 100% right, this is irrelevant to the argument. As a voter you only have 1 single vote. You are using the word "you" in the plural sense. voter != demographic, voter < demographic
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by jfornear 18y ago
Those elections are single mandate as well. Your vote only counts if the election is decided by 1 vote, which is never the case. On an unrelated note, I'm so tired of Freakonomics.
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by jfornear 18y ago
Blaming the educational system without even a mention to family values is the same old ineffective approach we've been taking for years. A good education starts in the family. Good students have a positive attitude toward learning and they

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