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by kalid 17y ago
Almost every online service I've seen has a "pricing" tab along the top. The prices don't need to be on the main page, but they should be easily discoverable. It seems suspicious to me when it's not there. My 2c.
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by kalid 17y ago
Not to pick on you, but this is a great example of why open source usability languishes. Customers don't want to get into the nitty gritty on anything. A stock iPhone "just works" (syncing, videos, etc) without needing anything extra. It's
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by kalid 17y ago
I can second this. When I learn about new topics I like to blog about them (betterexplained.com) to help cement what I've learned, and have a way to relearn (in my own words) a topic once I've inevitably forgotten. I think you'll find this
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by kalid 17y ago
Unfortunately, smaller independent films and authors probably do hope you stumble upon their works -- it's notoriously difficult to sell books unless you are picked up by a major publisher. I think his point is that things like the App stor
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by kalid 17y ago
Seconded. I started blogging at betterexplained.com to tutor myself; I wanted to store just the 'aha moment' that made a concept click. Writing helps you remember ideas and discover new ones in the process.
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by kalid 17y ago
"This single statement, apparently written by some sub-contractor they had outsourced admin interface programming to, cost them millions of NOK in lost sales." The company didn't intend to block opera. Also, it's shortsighted to take a vind
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by kalid 17y ago
Thanks -- yep, I'm definitely more in the physics camp vs. the pure math. On convolution, it's an integral and can be thought of as a type of multiplication too, right? :)
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by kalid 17y ago
Hi, thanks for the comment. My main point is that going beyond the "area" understanding leads to a better understanding of calculus: * Finding area does not readily imply an inverse operation, but multiplication does ("division" is differen
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by kalid 17y ago
Not even the PR implications, but just the security/technical. How does an OS vendor block access to a website? Deny it in the hosts file? Add a default firewall rule? Code a special case in IE? Any such incident would cause irrevocable dam
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by kalid 17y ago
Not even for premium parts, but just for everyday items. Coat hangers, hooks, cups, stands, all those random little plastic connectors that are sold at huge margins. Heck, even plastic army men, or miniature figures for various board games.
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by kalid 17y ago
I'm not a math expert, but I like trying to follow these proofs as a puzzle. Here's my handwavy, intuitive take: 1) Setup a matrix to advance fibonacci numbers Define a matrix A so that A times (Fib1, Fib2) = (Fib2, Fib3) That is, A "advanc
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by kalid 17y ago
Just took a look as I'm very interested in education. Clean design, but the purpose was unclear. * Screenshots too zoomed out to be useful. Looks like some type of list, but of what? * List concrete examples of what the site does. "Organize
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by kalid 17y ago
Great analysis. I can't put my finger on it either, but there is something about the colors and spacing that makes me implicitly look away / be unable to read the bing results. I've been conditioned to ignore any text that has a certain for
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by kalid 17y ago
Hi Amy, thanks for posting! You're helping me with B) -- I'm working on an ebook for my website ( http://betterexplained.com ) and your first-hand experience is really useful. Unfortunately many of the ebook tutorials seem to be of the "get
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by kalid 17y ago
I'm also really interested in improving the state of education (I blog at http://betterexplained.com ). I'm dropping you both a line [Gustavo, I think our paths have crossed before :)], but anyone can ping me at kalid@instacalc.com.
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by kalid 18y ago
Unfortunately I think it works in the reverse. Cultures that have arranged marriages tend to have fewer women's rights (how easily can the wife initiate the divorce?), social stigmas against divorced women (who would want you?), lack of fea
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by kalid 18y ago
Get logmein. It's free and will save you hours of potential tech support headaches :).
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by kalid 18y ago
I agree. I've long chased-after a notion of "information density" -- you want to get the best bang for your (written) buck. Zinsser's book is one of my favorites.
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by kalid 18y ago
I agree. It was a well-written, entertaining post that went through the why and not just the how. It's definitely worth a read and a bookmark.
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by kalid 18y ago
Completely agree -- I had written the same thing and removed it after seeing this.
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by kalid 18y ago
Thanks -- ironically, I was planning on spending this weekend writing some more :)
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by kalid 18y ago
Thanks for the kind words! It really means a lot knowing it's coming in useful.
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by kalid 18y ago
Thanks :). Complex numbers befuddled me for a long time too.
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by kalid 18y ago
@drhowarddrfine, @neovive: Thanks, it's nice hearing when people find it helpful :).
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by kalid 18y ago
Shameless self-promotion, but I write about math in an intuitive way here: http://betterexplained.com I think the key is realizing that math is about manipulating a mental model of an idea. The wrong model can make certain tasks impossibl
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by kalid 18y ago
I totally agree -- epsilons and deltas were invented to deal with issues of rigor that were raised 100 years after Newton. In the meanwhile, he was getting stuff done with his "nonrigorous" Calculus.
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by kalid 18y ago
I have on briefly heard of him, but love reading well-done explanations. This is going on the wish list.
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by kalid 18y ago
Agreed -- sometimes the surrounding environment changes.
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by kalid 18y ago
Seconded. Also, it helps to dynamically load jQuery into the page so you can use its CSS selectors, etc. from the Firebug lite console. http://www.command-tab.com/2008/03/13/jqueryize-bookmarklet/
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by kalid 18y ago
I'm not sure if this is a list about intellectual honesty, but it's a good way to see if someone is interested in finding the true answer to a question, vs. being "right".

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