jpulgarin

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Khan Academy Internship, Summer ‘11(bjk5.com)
1 points by jpulgarin 15y ago|0 comments
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Do you have any links that backup your assertion regarding antidepressants?
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Localization doesn't seem to work very well. I'm in Waterloo, Canada. This is what the script outputs for me: > session.locale.country "US" > session.locale.location undefined
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Khan Academy ( http://www.khanacademy.org/ ) runs on App Engine.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Why don't you add your real friends to Facebook and/or remove your "friends".
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Yes, to make money.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
No.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Why? Not implying this is the case here, but what if the research is trivial, but requires billions of dollars?
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Christopher is largely dismissive of the life-extension techniques that transhumanists espouse, such as cryogenic preservation I should have been clearer: "Christopher Hitchens believes that most of the techniques that transhumanists thin
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
In Catholic doctrine one who commits a mortal sin without repenting is bound to hell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin#Roman_Catholicism If you look at the three conditions that a sin must meet to be considered a mortal sin, I thin
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Instead of "which in turn" I should have said, "and further assuming", sorry about that. I am almost certain that there are some Christian denominations under which Christopher is now believed to be in heaven, although they are in the minor
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
I will sacrifice a chicken for you.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Christopher is largely dismissive of the life-extension techniques that transhumanists espouse, such as cryogenic preservation: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/11/hitchens-...
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Christopher has stated multiple times that he finds the Christian idea of heaven unappealing. Furthermore, if the Christian heaven does exist (which in turn implies that Christian doctrine is true), Christopher is most certainly in hell.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Even as a startup founder you are working to enrich other people: venture capitalists. VCs are able to diversify themselves by investing in multiple startups, knowing that most of them will fail, but that 1 or 2 will make the investments wo
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
http://www.spencergreenberg.com/2011/07/do-we-really-read-no...
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
No idea why you're getting downvoted. (ex-Khan Academy intern here, good luck!)
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Care to elaborate? Why is running a company the only avenue for you to get what you want out of your life?
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
You can avert an infant death for $1000.
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Ethical career? Doctor vs Banker(eightythousand.org)
2 points by jpulgarin 15y ago|0 comments
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Backify to delete all free accounts in 7 days(i.imgur.com)
3 points by jpulgarin 15y ago|4 comments
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Have you read the cited study? Maybe we just don't want to deal with salespeople but instead judge the product on our own without being harassed. How is that supposed to be competitive? If that is true then why do women respond better in
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
The risk adjusted returns of a venture-capital funded startup for a a founder with assets < 100k and non-entrepreneurial opportunities of > 100k is about negative 100-200k. In other words, you'd pay money to not be a venture-capital
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
I'll take you on that bet for $100. (And a timeline of 5 years.)
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
As of this past May, only twelve of the Fortune 500 companies were run by women. So no.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
The incentive to respond is the content of the email (or the identify of the sender). If I want to "offer" the receiver of the email an added incentive to respond I can say so in the email. "Respond to this email and I will give you $1000."
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
This is THE most confusing thing I have come across.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Interesting - a lot of professional hypnotists (Derren Brown for example), and scientists deny the existence of a hypnotic state.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
Link to them please.
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by jpulgarin 15y ago
I'm confused. GiftRocket sends the recipient the money via PayPal, so they can spend it anywhere? What's the difference between this and PayPal?

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