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'Rhythm' of protein folding encoded in RNA, Stanford biologists find(news.stanford.edu)
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This article discusses Dialects of America English in terms of relation to British migration between (1607-1775): http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test3materials/Amer... Interesting that drawl in South of US came from drawl in Sou
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Interesting to compare against Path (they announced search on 12/20 - http://www.wired.com/business/2012/12/path-social-archive/ ): Path: search personal events; discovery via proximity (nearby) Facebook: search graph events; discovery via
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by jonmc12 14y ago
To all those replying to edw519 - please stop witch-hunting. First prosecutor, then MIT, then.. edw519? Its possible any of these parties made a mistake.. now that they can look back and reflect. But, even after reflection its very possi
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http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/01/07/mnr...
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.. and, they still ignore detail in their content.
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“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol I'm not
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by jonmc12 14y ago
Given Kurzweil's age and stated goals, I'm thinking there is no way he is going to Google unless they are investing in life extension / prevention of death. Read between the lines - "next decade’s ‘unrealistic’ visions" - is likely nothing
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Intentions may be good, AIA may be better than previous. But, when we have public officials that can't even articulate logically how patents enhance / protect innovation, there is a bigger problem. It's the hill-climbing problem, and empt
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by jonmc12 14y ago
I've been looking for a similar product. Wondering if anyone is aware of a product that has following features: 1. Upload web app interaction design specs (wireframes) from psd 2. Link related graphic specs (pixel perfect) from psd / png
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by jonmc12 14y ago
This particular feature may been less a function of Apple design philosophy and more a function of Siri being built on top of a contextually-sensitive disambiguation engine.
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by jonmc12 14y ago
Stereotyping is such a sloppy way of perceiving the world, and dangerous - especially when others can relate their own experience and feelings to a misguided abstraction (and subsequently support it in a public forum to make it seem validat
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There is a correlation between social status, density of D2 receptors, and creativity: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203084254.ht... , http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/05/19/mental-health-creati... As others have said,
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by jonmc12 14y ago
+1 for tldr inserts on The Atlantic articles. Always have found their articles meaningful but verbose.
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You Can’t Be Effective When You’re Too Smart for Your Own Good(lifehacker.com)
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Einstein and Darwin were studied for correspondence patterns and replied to 25%, 32% of letters, respectively: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2005/oct/26/what-do...
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Is a liquor license required to deliver alcohol in CA? I don't see Instacart on a quick scan of CA ABC - http://www.abc.ca.gov/datport/LQSMenu.html If a license is required, and they did not have one when applying to yc, it makes this st
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Olympic Medals per Capita(medalspercapita.com)
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I'm hoping service succeeds also - its an awesome value proposition for consumers. However, I've built a few real-time delivery businesses, and I'm pessimistic. Real-time operations are costly to manage even though the software has become
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by jonmc12 14y ago
I took this picture in a Paris McDonalds about 2 weeks ago (near the Hotel de Ville, not the Champs Elysees location): http://cl.ly/image/1g1b3Q0j152V Notice that the employee is covering her face. She yelled at me after I took the pic -
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by jonmc12 14y ago
Silicon Valley is a funny place, a lot like Wall Street where the big winners are viewed to have the absolute qualities of success. In reality, even once you reach a threshold of competency and capability, its still a big gamble and the bi
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you are a piler: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archiv...
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fwiw, Mark Cuban seemingly forgot about the judicial branch also when examining problem recently ( http://blogmaverick.com/2012/03/13/i-hope-yahoo-crushes-face... ) - "Rather than originating in Congress, its going to take a consumer uprisi
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by jonmc12 14y ago
Seems like the x-axis of founder distribution is characterized by external perception - is this person "like" me? do I see characteristics in them that I relate to myself? Liking is mentioned at least once in the article, ie "lest the peop
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The problem Steve Blank is pointing out is one of solving quality of life problems, and sustainability problems when there is easier money to be made in entertaining consumers. Facebook just accentuates the point. Its a bit idealistic to
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Exactly, this is likely the most meaningful statistical correlation. Here is a map by county: http://www.americanobesity.org/obesityInAmerica.htm Obesity has been found to take 10yrs off lifespan. Also, smoking: http://labs.slate.com/
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Cupcakes: the secret to product planning(adaptivepath.com)
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Adoption by ventures is interesting, but I think the real power here falls in the ability of inventors themselves to 'unionize' in a sense. Say a movement began where a significant portion of the top patent producers took a pledge to one a
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by jonmc12 15y ago
Criticisms of World3 model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World3#Criticism_of_the_model The new book, Abundance, has an informed point of view that speculates an opposite reality in future: http://www.abundancethebook.com/qa-2/
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My favorite (paraphrased from audio) quote from presentation specific to principle of immediate feedback: "I can make these changes as I think of them. That is so important to creative process. If there is any delay in that feedback loop be

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