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by kalid 14y ago
Totally agree. "This is the worst book I've ever seen" is not constructive. Specifically calling out the type-setting is one of the best pieces of feedback he could have hoped to receive.
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by kalid 14y ago
Market share and mind share don't keep a company alive; profits do. Xbox is not profitable over its lifetime ( http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/07/15/how-one-of-microsofts... ). Windows PC sales are down 20% from last year ( http://reviews.
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by kalid 14y ago
For what it's worth, off the top of my head I picked RunKeeper as an app I'd need before switching platforms. They stopped supporting WP last year ( http://wmpoweruser.com/runkeeper-calls-its-quits-on-windows-... ). It's becoming apparent t
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by kalid 14y ago
Awesome, glad you were able to explore! As the other reply mentioned, it actually turns out that all real (1d) signals are symmetric. The key reason is in order for a circular path to stay on the real axis, it needs to be combined with anot
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by kalid 14y ago
I should probably change that. In this case, a "drop" would be something like a single second of audio. Instead of saying "Does this single second of audio show up in other songs?" we should ask "Do the frequency components in this song sho
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by kalid 14y ago
Appreciate the feedback! Yep, that transition from analogy -> math can get bumpy. Over time I'll keep getting smoother :).
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by kalid 14y ago
Definitely, appreciate the feedback here. It's easiest to share the explanations that come to me, but I love finding a few different ways to look at things, and as they emerge I like to include them. As a simple example, here's the formula
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by kalid 14y ago
Thanks. I love the conversion of equations into "math English" (that particular diagram is from Stuart Riffle).
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by kalid 14y ago
(Author here) I totally agree. There are certain explanations out there which have orders-of-magnitude differences in ease of understanding (seeing i as a rotation, seeing radians as the "mover's perspective", seeing integrals as "better mu
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by kalid 14y ago
This is against my interests, but I was trying to imply that you are undercharging :). 5% is very cheap for hosting, charging, handling customer service, etc. You could probably charge 10-15%, and reduce it to 5-10% in volume (course sells
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by kalid 14y ago
No problem. I'd just add the 5% thing right on the homepage (step 3), don't make me wait until signing up :). [Or rather, I won't bother signing up until I know the cut]. 5% is really good by the way; udemy takes 30%. Customer export would
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by kalid 14y ago
As an e-course creator, some quick feedback: * My very first question: What's your cut? Have a FAQ page listed prominently. * Have a public, no-login, sample course so I can see what it looks like end-to-end. How are courses branded? * How
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by kalid 14y ago
"Rainy" means cloudy -- same psychological effect. Seattle has 58 sunny days a year (I can't believe it) and 220 overcast days a year, the largest of any major US city. http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/119421644.html I live in
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by kalid 14y ago
Imagine you're a user whose "blog" is facebook, and primarily sends texts, tweets, and 2-line status updates / comments. Email is like paper mail, used as an archive for official documents / notices, or used on the work computer for work th
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by kalid 14y ago
I think the change isn't in the exact use of the item, but expectations. Did the 80's Nintendo generation (me) expect more or less video games in their adult lives, compared to other types of recreation? Kids won't do work on the wii... but
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by kalid 14y ago
I'm confused by the sarcasm, since we seem to be in agreement on this "obvious" trend. Yes, tablets/phones are absorbing the "fun" computer scenarios and PCs are left with the "work" scenarios. Over time, will people veer towards doing "mor
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by kalid 14y ago
Ah, now we're getting away from PC (as defined by an OS) to PC as a synonym for having a keyboard :). If your kids had a tablet with an excellent keyboard touch cover, would that be enough to never use a traditional PC? They aren't in a pos
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by kalid 14y ago
> What am I missing? How many people do you know under 10? That's the generation MSFT needs to worry about. Anecdotally, the kids I've seen get tablets/phones/ipod touches and blast away on them. They'd vastly prefer a tablet to a lapto
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by kalid 14y ago
How many people know the difference between Pro and RT? You should see the confusion in the comment threads (on hacker news, of all places!) when the original Surface came out.
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by kalid 14y ago
Competition from companies who continue to think Apple just took an existing phone, and made it slightly rounder, or took existing tablets, and made them slightly thinner, or took existing laptop designs, and made them slightly sleeker, is
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by kalid 14y ago
I think you're grading the product on a curve, relative to expectations of what Microsoft could produce in a few years, starting from scratch. A friend with $500-600 comes to you and asks what tablet he should get. Can you recommend a surfa
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by kalid 14y ago
* No prob :). The beauty of the web is experimentation. Use VisualWebsiteOptimizer.com and run some quick A/B tests with two pricing tables [one at 4.95, another with $5]. * Test that assumption too :). Have table 1 with free/$5, table 2 wi
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by kalid 14y ago
Apple's valuation growth is due to selling enormous quantities of products -- their P/E has roughly hovered around ~15 the entire time. If it were 20 or 30 then there'd be a lot of room to fall. But their P/E is about industry average... th
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by kalid 14y ago
No worries :). I've been playing with stocks lately so am aware of a lot of potential misconceptions [esp. around the raw share price, vs. market cap and P/E being indicators of value]. Apple very well could depreciate in value if their ear
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by kalid 14y ago
I don't know about losing its touch, but wanted to offer some corrections re: "I believe it will be a slow but steady decline in value, down to a more Google-like share price." 1) Comparing share prices between companies doesn't make sense
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by kalid 14y ago
I'm going to channel my inner patio11: * Charge whole numbers, not 4.95. No need for the confusion. Makes the service look cheap. * Double or triple the price (to $10-15/month). $5 vs $10 is nothing to the average dev, but it halves the num
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by kalid 14y ago
I think it's a tremendous strength that the design hasn't needed to drastically change in 5 years and stay competitive. A lot of people are still getting their first iDevice. If you google "android home screen" https://www.google.com/sea
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by kalid 14y ago
I'd have to disagree with "they don't predict anything". Do you think P(intelligent|good at brainteasers) > P(not intelligent|good at brainsteasers)? I'm not saying it's the best test, most accurate, etc. but if someone is really good a
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by kalid 14y ago
It's like grade inflation. You can never give out an F (Mr. Admissions officer, are you so bad at your job that you would admit such an unqualified student?), so a Gentleman's C is handed around. In Amazon's case, it's a gentleman's B+ (gre
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by kalid 14y ago
Hey. I understand your concern about "fluff" posts but this was a very informative article and I think you're giving it a very unfair reading. 1) The post is mistitled. Read it as "Rules to make thousands of dollars from your ebook". The ra

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