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by klbarry 16y ago
For instance, if a spam site ranks for a query, it is only super last resort to ban them manually - they would prefer to change the next incarnation of the algorithm to block that spam.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I don't think google would manually repair the data but rather just fix the part of the data collector that made the mistake.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I certainly don't mind the scanners or the check as long as it's done respectfully and professionally.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Kiss Metrics e-newsletter is one of best online, they consistently have useful emails with unique information.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Let's see: There's 44,000,000 Americans living below the poverty line. Times 20,000 a year (ignoring administrative expenses) is 880,000,000,000 (880 billion) yearly. I'm not sure where we could take this out of the budget.
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by klbarry 16y ago
If you're in NYC and an early start-up freelancers union can be useful.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Wow, I appreciate your comments. There's a lot of great Ted talks for marketing, Dan Gilbert is one, Dan Ariely is another.
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by klbarry 16y ago
I didn't check what it looked like visually after I posted it, I meant to have them in a line going down, oh well.
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My Guess at the truths of marketing
2 points by klbarry 16y ago|6 comments
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by klbarry 16y ago
Keep in mind sites like Reddit and HN are pretty addictive in a chemical way (so can your email be). When you see something interesting or that agrees with your identity your brain gives you a hit of dopamine. You browse and look for the fu
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by klbarry 16y ago
It is so hard to tell what is crap though - often there is such a sharp tipping point. I can't tell you how many times in my life the golden egg came from the very last email I sent out, etc. It's super common. Sometimes I've quit when it w
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by klbarry 16y ago
The "Poor Jack" song in Nightmare before Christmas is one of the best songs for this purpose ever written, in my opinion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXOO3Wd_5Q . The basic message is: I'm klbarry, I can do whatever the fuck I want.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Well, I think it's fair to say all entrepreneurs are persistent, but that's about it.
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by klbarry 16y ago
It's almost impossible for me to get a ride out to Ozone Park in queens, but reading this totally makes me understand why.
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by klbarry 16y ago
"...it's a problem of approach and mentality in staffing and HR" This seems to go deeper than that - in economics class, they teach that labor is always an easily variable input, that can be changed more or less instantly. Especially after
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by klbarry 16y ago
"What is somewhat puzzling, as Rodriguez and Samman also note, is that these countries have not made nearly as much progress in democratization." You can read more on this phenomena in Fareed Zakaria's excellent book, "The Future of Freedom
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by klbarry 16y ago
I have to congratulate the New York Times on doing a relevant useful web app really well, with excellent implementation (allow people to save their choices, share it, etc.)
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by klbarry 16y ago
Keep in mind who buys his stuff: Mostly people who don't have "the privilege of being able to devote large blocks of uninterrupted time to diving into any given area and mastering it". If you work full time and go to school, and possibly ha
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by klbarry 16y ago
But Amazon is only something like 10% of all online sales, isn't it?
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by klbarry 16y ago
I think it's possible, but you would need peices to draw off of: Google uses U.N. translations to train their algorithms, but how many documents do we have translating legalese into good english, or poor writing into great writing? Probably
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by klbarry 16y ago
Example where it did work: Mustafa Ataturk was trying to modernize Turkey and make it more secular. One part of that was banning hijabs, Muslim head coverings. He knew that banning headscarves on women outright could lead to rebellion, or a
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A great video website like TED, surprised so few people have heard of it(gelconference.com)
2 points by klbarry 16y ago|0 comments
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by klbarry 16y ago
This article probably isn't targeted towards a layperson, but it didn't tell me why he was important to the world, important he may be. Why is literary criticism so important? My background memory: A while back, didn't someone submit a made
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by klbarry 16y ago
Wow. This is so absolutely fascinating. I only wish they could grow up faster so we could see if they really can read each-others thoughts, or if it's just hopeful pattern making by the adults.
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by klbarry 16y ago
This is cool, but it mostly illustrates the danger of allowing random people you don't know to be your friends. If they can export all of their contact's emails, then you'll be on who knows how many spam lists.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Looks great, the test will come tommorrow when I compare it to my paper list and try to implement.
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by klbarry 16y ago
A train buddy! I live all the way out at 88th st, so I always get a seat. I also used to sing in NYC trains, not the A though. I made about $100 every 6 hours.
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by klbarry 16y ago
Excellent find, those SEO features really are great, especially for free tools.
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by klbarry 16y ago
It is the best contact and "address" book I've ever had
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by klbarry 16y ago
How about using 7 years for a life of not needing to work? Seems fair to me...

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