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by jmckib 12y ago
I understand that it's useful for a taxi driver to have this knowledge, but do we really need the government to impose it as a strict requirement? One could imagine multiple taxi services that compete on different axes. One service, co
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by jmckib 12y ago
I bet that if we switched to vouchers then you'd see a lot of new private schools catering to a wider audience. It also might be reasonable to exclude private schools with religious instruction from the voucher program.
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by jmckib 12y ago
> As opposed to what? Controlled by Coca-Cola? Starbucks? -- "Do you have a degree?" -- "I sure do, I graduated with MS in coffee arts (MsCA) from Starbucks University, Phoenix". Or just got a "PhD in applied lob
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by jmckib 12y ago
It seems that Kevin Warwick is well known for doing this sort of thing, so I wonder why it isn't evident on his wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Warwick
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by jmckib 12y ago
From the article (which I'm doubting you read): > Isaacson does a fine job of showing how Jobs’ engagement with Buddhism was more than just a lotus-scented footnote to a brilliant Silicon Valley career. As a young seeker in the ’70s
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by jmckib 12y ago
Very relevant and useful, thanks a lot!
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by jmckib 12y ago
We'd probably be better off if every drug got a priority review. The FDA's incentives are warped: they get blamed for releasing a drug that causes harm, but receive little blame if a drug that would have prevented harm is delayed
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by jmckib 13y ago
In order for the human race to survive, we need a foothold in space. The Earth, or even our solar system, won't remain habitable forever.
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by jmckib 13y ago
Very misleading title, economists absolutely do not agree on this point, just read the responses to Card/Kreuger. My view after taking all of this in: there are valid theoretical models that both support and disagree with the view that
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by jmckib 13y ago
Wow, I'm shocked by the destructive anger in your post. Does it really bother you that much that someone owns a Land Rover, so much that you wish someone in the Mission would vandalize it? It's not enough that almost everyone owns
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by jmckib 13y ago
Just bought it and played a round by myself (wife promised to play a game with me later). Seems simple, but fun. I can immediately see it would be even more fun with 3 or 4 players rather than 2. I haven't deeply explored the game yet,
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by jmckib 13y ago
If I might ask a meta-question, how could this story have gotten on the front page? The vast majority of the comments vehemently disagree with it.
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by jmckib 13y ago
Interesting blog post on it here http://toway1234.tumblr.com/post/16021243707/hacker-news-hel...
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by jmckib 14y ago
I just started doing CNC machining. So far I've just been making silly things, but feel free to message me if you've got questions. For the simple one-off stuff I've been doing mold-making is too much of a hassle, but the above guide certai
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by jmckib 15y ago
You can still find the old version of Readability if you google around. For example, http://www.tobez.org/download/readability.html
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by jmckib 16y ago
Link to the actual paper, for the mathematically inclined: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~glmiller/Publications/Papers/KoutisAp...
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by jmckib 17y ago
Could you (or someone else) possibly expand on that? Is writing in raw HTML generally discouraged? I am totally ignorant in this area, but I am curious about it since I admire Mark's formatting and he seems to get a lot done.
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by jmckib 17y ago
I'm currently a senior math major at Emory College, looking for an interesting entry-level job or an internship with the possibility of being hired afterwards. I've taught myself C, Python, ObjC, and Mathematica; I'm very fond of learning
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Ask HN: What's a math major to do?
6 points by jmckib 17y ago|5 comments
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by jmckib 17y ago
Just to add my own data point: I've had the Droid for about a month, and I've never had to force quit the phone, maps, or browser (which I consider the three most important apps). The scrolling on the menus and desktop sometimes feels lagg