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by jpwagner 16y ago
He was right about the error, but wrong about it being hard to follow.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=...
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Ask HN: Interested in a hacker newser poker meetup in the Bay Area?
1 points by jpwagner 16y ago|1 comments
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by jpwagner 16y ago
change the url to see what others have summarized. odd content...
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by jpwagner 16y ago
If only you had noticed that the other response to the comment confused the requirement... good luck!
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by jpwagner 16y ago
what a worthwhile response!
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by jpwagner 16y ago
google's a number. and i bet the added benefit of calling wherever they worked the google-plex cinched the deal.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
...reword: some way to quickly perceive each entry's change from the previous time step. Maybe color? Separate the requirement from the solution.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
well, it would likely work on checkerboard, but not for say a marble on a bed of mixed color paperclips.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
No, I bet the idea came from an annual event at MIT's DU chapter. The name of the event is "Message Party" and the idea is the same but with physical messages and takes place at a frat party. It's been going on for years and years.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
I can't help you clean up the calculations because the entire premise that the probability of "your vote mattering" times your potential financial gain from one candidate over another gives any reasonable estimate of utility of a vote is ab
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by jpwagner 16y ago
There's no point in putting it to "hard numbers" if you make terribly impractical guesstimates.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
In democracy, the job of the "average voter" is to represent himself. Expecting the "average voter" to have an understanding of issues at the level of the person running for office is a misinterpretation of their role. What a jerk I would
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Your odds of swinging the election with your vote are 1 in 100 million This assumption doesn't make sense
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by jpwagner 16y ago
i guess no one else liked the allegory
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Afterparties?
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by jpwagner 16y ago
I haven't seen it yet, but I'm hoping it's better than http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Why should I not steal his car if he steps out of it and leaves his keys in the ignition, and place the blame upon 'the system' if Lessig summons a policeman to his aid? The value of his car stems from its current configuration as a vehicl
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by jpwagner 16y ago
services like turbotax could distribute these sorts of receipts.
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HP "PalmPad"(venturebeat.com)
2 points by jpwagner 16y ago|0 comments
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by jpwagner 16y ago
if there's something awry, it affects potential founders a great deal. it's not analogous to politicians talking about the economy.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
I guess sarcasm is a big no-no around here (for various reasons.)
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by jpwagner 16y ago
I'm so glad you pointed this out. I was getting extremely confused by the bias of the author toward Bachelors of Arts degrees over Bachelors of Science degrees. In fact some degrees were not mentioned at all in the article such as S.B. de
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Frontend - Backend = Profit Awesome
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Did you read the explanation? I thought the context method abbreviations was brilliant. The chess one got second place. I like it too, but it was not really a "playable" game, more a demo of some cool hacks. I DID however find it interest
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by jpwagner 16y ago
nah, coins aren't needed. cash is in general, but not coins.
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by jpwagner 16y ago
i don't understand their vision and sifting through their blog posts and faq for 5-10 minutes did not teach me. can anyone articulate it?
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by jpwagner 16y ago
first time I ever saw a "-4" comment and laughed out loud
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by jpwagner 16y ago
how often do you buy or sell something on craigslist and coins are involved?
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by jpwagner 16y ago
Zed Shaw imitation fail

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