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by kiddz 13y ago
This is a good example of the promise of distributed learning where "admissions" is based on progressively better performance. In a world where anyone can take an intro Harvard class online and their performance(s) earn them more
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Http://www.wired.com/design/2013/12/terminal-cornucopia/
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by kiddz 13y ago
I hate to think that my neighbor buying a hdmi cable means that my backyard will get a fly over by a camera enabled amazon drone. This does seem magical though.
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by kiddz 13y ago
Why would they announce it now. . . let's see a day before Cyber Monday and my guess is that 1) they are sincerely doing this, but 2) they are aware up the inevitable PR uptick the day before the busiest online shopping event of the y
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by kiddz 13y ago
The best discontinued feature is the experimental browser on 3G. Traveling abroad and being able to pull up nyt or gmail is like a permanent tether to home.
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The USPTO should see this as an opportunity to have a mail-in form which would create redundancy and also obscure these problems.
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by kiddz 13y ago
Fantasy talk for a second. . . ok, so if robots have far greater accuracy and of course options for self-exposure within a battlefield, why can't their primary directive be to shoot (literally) the guns of the enemy. It would be great
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by kiddz 13y ago
I'm completely taken back by the simplicity of this + that it's free. So many times have I paid a contractor via PayPal as a "friend" to reduce PayPal's fees. Moreover, why hasn't a bank or credit card company
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by kiddz 13y ago
The round of applause from the students was likely because they were relieved to have the validation. I went to great schools and it seemed like many of us were always thinking that none of us were as smart/gifted/different as th
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by kiddz 13y ago
You have accomplished far more by writing a note that becomes popular on HN than by reading all the HN submits for the last X months. To the extent that being an entrepreneur is a for profit endeavor, you've wisely set up a dragon-- th
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by kiddz 13y ago
Money only gives you options, even if it's other peoples' money manifested in the resources of the State via taxation and public spending. First world problems/opportunities . . . the underlying story here is that nearly non
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by kiddz 13y ago
Nice post Gulnara :) As one of the first people you interviewed back when you had the webcast, I think it's also clear that you have an infectious personality that now pairs well with your new skills. Quite brave too, to not stay in
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by kiddz 13y ago
Sure. . . will send an email. But just a point of advice, even at $800 per month, that is quite an investment in faith when there are not any profiles of "lead geniuses." And as many folks who do sales, it generally takes a nuan
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by kiddz 13y ago
I was close to signing up, until I went to the about page; isn't this a pivot/spinoff from a VA service you guys launched several months ago. I tried that, and was not too impressed by the research. This seems like taking the VA
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by kiddz 13y ago
I have rented up to four apartments at a time on AirBnB in both DC and LA. Also I advised a good friend of mine, GSB grad and former investment banker, on how to use AirBnB so he could pursue a comedy career in NYC. From my experience, if