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New York City's Energy Infrastructure Transformed Last Month and Nobody Noticed(theatlantic.com)
2 points by kosei 13y ago|0 comments
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by kosei 13y ago
Am I the only one who hates the idea of having to deal with an entirely new plug paradigm for USB? It's one of the few things that has been able to remain a constant on PCs of mine for the past 10 years, along with Ethernet cords.
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by kosei 13y ago
Absolutely. And I'm sure if coaches started trying to run more 4th down plays, that would dramatically change the algorithm as well.
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by kosei 13y ago
Tough to take everything into account, but I find it troubling that all non-success/failure outcomes are not part of the calculation (ex: 8-yard gain on a 4th and 10; a fumble on a 4th and 2 run, etc). It simplifies the formula to the
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by kosei 13y ago
One of my favorite things about the Spotify service is music discovery. In my experience I've found that they do a pretty decent job of helping to show me new bands based on my current preferences and listening habits, as well as those
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by kosei 13y ago
Interesting theory you have there on these 'beards'...
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by kosei 13y ago
It's understandable why it's an issue to use heuristics based on a person's gender, race or upbringing are an issue. However, there are likely instances where it's useful. I honestly don't know how to separate my lo
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by kosei 13y ago
The change in brain connectivity around age 13 could potentially explain the nurture side. Though this is one of those endless debates that may never be answered. "Male and female brains showed few differences in connectivity up to the
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by kosei 13y ago
Link appears to be broken.
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Could Video Games Be The Next Job Interview?(npr.org)
1 points by kosei 13y ago|0 comments
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by kosei 13y ago
Ah, I appreciate that. When I saw customers I thought it was referring to actual consumers (as a former Blackberry owner, myself).
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by kosei 13y ago
I think many of the author's points are valid, but I do still believe that companies like Blackberry and Nokia can build Android or Windows Mobile phones successfully, as they won't have to deal with a) user inertia from changing
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Bitcoin needs to learn from past e-currency failures(ft.com)
7 points by kosei 13y ago|1 comments
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by kosei 13y ago
Thank you for breaking that down. I can't believe that press release had so many acronyms without explanation. Do they expect all customers and potential customers to be able to understand all of that jargon?
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by kosei 13y ago
Seems like a good deal of sensationalism here. We are talking about people's lives, but the crash data so far doesn't support the hand-wringing we're seeing from the NHTSA and journalists. If anything, the crash data so far s
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by kosei 13y ago
Doesn't automobile crash data exist somewhere in the public record? Couldn't someone ostensibly run statistical significance tests to measure the success/failure rates? I haven't seen any real analysis on the subject bas
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by kosei 13y ago
Reminds me of every single presentation I've ever seen at a games developer conference. "Look at this awesome thing we did! The graph goes up and to the right! No, I can't tell you scale, methodology, other contributing facto
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by kosei 13y ago
Very cool. Tough, as often times it's a question of cost-benefit analysis and it's definitely possible the developer didn't feel it was a high priority enough issue (against other bugs, against shipping by a certain date, aga
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by kosei 13y ago
One of my favorite slogans ever.
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by kosei 13y ago
Reviews came in pretty much as expected: Xbox One for those looking for an entertainment system, PS4 for those looking for a game system. Only issue is that the PS4 games lineup (entire console games lineup) is sparse at launch. Will be
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by kosei 13y ago
Still, if you look at historical attach rates, the PS3 had fewer than 10 games per console.(1) A console developer might get $20 per title. However, doesn't include the games that ship with the platform and/or other bargain bin ti
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by kosei 13y ago
Also, no way that 100% of bad orders came in and have a review. The old rubric was that for every vocal complaining customer (forums, reviews, etc) there are 7-10 in the wings not complaining. So I would say that you can't really draw
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by kosei 13y ago
I still don't think one has to be the subject matter expert in everything a business does. Mulally should be an expert in building teams to make complex manufactured devices, and he should be hiring (or empowering) experts who understa
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by kosei 13y ago
Sorry, don't have one :(
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by kosei 13y ago
I have had the pleasure of seeing Alan Mulally give a couple of talks on leadership, and I can say that he is one of the most inspiring leaders I have ever seen (good video below of a talk he gave). Not because he drives people, but because
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by kosei 13y ago
Yes - very cool. Ah, the miracle of life and umbilical cords. http://blog.al.com/smarter-every-day/2012/02/why_you_didnt_d...
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by kosei 13y ago
If you write enough and are willing to study, you can learn the proper grammar or diction. That said, it is sad that we don't seem to have authors who write fantastic prose anymore. Rather, everyone writes to the lowest common denomina
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by kosei 13y ago
I don't know how there's any real way to get around this, because if you don't let a journalist write about any company where they might receive a job offer, you'll end up with a significant gap in reporting. I think t
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by kosei 13y ago
What about all Gawker sites? Probably worth adding those too.
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by kosei 13y ago
Agreed. Having worked on a few games that have been in the Android App Store, you can easily see download numbers from 50K - 100K based on an app being featured. Though I have heard that features have become less impactful since the Google

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