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How Many People Are In Space Right Now?(howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com)
106 points by jonmc12 15y ago|41 comments
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MapCrunch - Random Google Street View - teleport around the world(mapcrunch.com)
2 points by jonmc12 15y ago|1 comments
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by jonmc12 15y ago
I built similar functionality using Pusher recently. Probably the easiest way to multi-cast meow in real-time from browser to browser.
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by jonmc12 15y ago
I'm not sure it is a sound argument because most of the valuations in question are being set by private and institutional investors. So, the evidence of this phase of the bubble (as measured in the Blank paradigm) would be a survey of the
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Meta comment - this article was originally submitted 7 hours ago ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2678163 ). The article was then submitted a second time just recently with an alias url '/?p=291', presumably with the proper voting rin
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by jonmc12 15y ago
In addition to number of communication channels on a team, the article neglects the complexity of communication. Creating economic value through code is currently an extremely complex process. When you consider what goes on between the ear
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by jonmc12 15y ago
When I did the slow carb diet earlier this year, all I wanted my phone to tell me was where I could get some meat, nuts or veggies. Starting with one local niche (like vegan) sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure if there is one food ni
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by jonmc12 15y ago
"These problems are easier than human-surpassing machine intelligence. While I don't have a problem with believing machines will one day be smarter than us, I find it offensive that this guy continues to sell us on it happening within our l
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Also on the latest n-back study: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/a-simple-exercise-... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230443230457637...
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Can intelligence be boosted by a simple task? For some… (latest n-back study)(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
2 points by jonmc12 15y ago|1 comments
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I was in the Entrepreneurs Organization ( http://www.eonetwork.org/ ) for a few years, and the organization had a required protocol for advice sharing called 'Gestault Protocol', loosely derived from principles in Gestault Therapy ( http://
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Are there benchmarks of Opa vs Node or Erlang?
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by jonmc12 15y ago
This study may be related to recent studies examining creativity driven by D2 receptor levels in the brain. http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/05/19/mental-health-creati... - “Fewer D2 receptors in the thalamus probably means a lower degre
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Totally agreed, but dosage is just one dimension of marijuana that is generally misunderstood. The other 2 dimensions are consumption form and cannabis strain - combining these 3 dimensions results in very different mental states. However
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by jonmc12 15y ago
"How to accept a compliment. Thanks or agreement feels egotistical." Say thanks and smile.
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Ask PG: have you seen a change in the cumulative comment karma?
32 points by jonmc12 15y ago|17 comments
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Perhaps snarky was not the right word - the article contains little/no sarcasm. I think myself and others are reacting to the general feeling of a largely negative criticism without any focus on good design done by engineers (or anyone). W
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Tapjoy says Apple has banned lucrative pay-per-install apps(venturebeat.com)
5 points by jonmc12 15y ago|0 comments
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by jonmc12 15y ago
I dunno.. your article only has 2 links - 1) 'Websites that suck', 2) your own article about how 'incompetent individuals tend to overestimate their abilities'. The last 6 paragraphs are fairly obvious points where you do not go into detail
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by jonmc12 15y ago
It could very well be that the relationship between NFC and certain forms of social interaction in general is very strong and Facebook is simply a reflection of that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_cognition cites a few surveys. H
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Sensor Data up for Grabs(technologyreview.com)
1 points by jonmc12 15y ago|0 comments
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by jonmc12 16y ago
"I think most people think their bargain with Facebook is like the one they had with broadcast television." Kind of reminds me of when Europeans came to the new world. FB is living in an advanced environment where data is gold. Consumers
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by jonmc12 16y ago
Nice article.. some examples would be helpful in understanding the author's thesis. "I believe tests should be written in the language most natural for the problem" - I agree with this. However, to assume natural language is the most fit e
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Drawter.com - DrawAble Markup Language(drawter.com)
1 points by jonmc12 16y ago|0 comments
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by jonmc12 16y ago
Amazon requires "developers to guarantee Amazon a minimum list price that matches the lowest price on any other market". So you would have to price your app out of others markets to employ this strategy on the Amazon market.
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by jonmc12 16y ago
Agreed. The facts about malnutrition and fitness are interesting, but more important is the author's point that historically 'Might makes right'. The biggest 'mistake' of the human race is that we created surplus without any mechanism to d
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by jonmc12 16y ago
Ideally, I'd like the voting history - both upvotes and downvotes in a little sparkline (or at least the %). That can tell me more about the comment than upvotes alone. If there will be no points on comments, it would be very beneficial to
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by jonmc12 16y ago
I graduated in '01 with an EE degree. At that point in time, engineering, including software, seemed like a field where you were ushered down a career path towards a pigeon-holed role at a large company. The advice was to get into a) tech
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by jonmc12 16y ago
From whois - Enrique Allen registered domain. According to his linkedin / crunchbase profile he is a Stanford researcher / TA, and founding member 500 startups. Sounds interesting. Also, http://venturebeat.com/2011/04/06/500-startups-des
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by jonmc12 16y ago
Just call it a pre-emptive talent acquisition. Since both Twitter and Google know that these product guys could go start their own venture, raise $20M, and then sell the team to the highest bidder, they are just preempting the process. Go

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