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Authors may be long-term losers in Hachette-Amazon deal(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by kqr2 12y ago|0 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
For those interested in working at Antarctica, check out the Big Dead Place: http://bigdeadplace.org/ From the old Antarctica FAQ on working there and how it changes you: First time is for the adventure, Second time
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How to Start a Startup – Lecture 14: How to Operate(startupclass.samaltman.com)
127 points by kqr2 12y ago|33 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
Recent thread on So You Want To Fix The Housing Crisis : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8549454 Basically, people need to vote if they want to see any changes.
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by kqr2 12y ago
You can think of it as an embedded distribution that's ready to run on a lot of microcontroller platforms: http://wiki.eluaproject.net/Boards True, you can port standard lua, but you would still need to do some low lev
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Lecture 12: Building for the Enterprise(startupclass.samaltman.com)
109 points by kqr2 12y ago|19 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
For those interested, there is also a fascinating book The Apollo Guidance Computer : Architecture and Operation http://www.apolloguidancecomputer.com/index.html http://www.amazon.com/The-Apollo-Guidance-C
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by kqr2 12y ago
The book which this article is based on is Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse. http://www.amazon.com/Finite-Infinite-Games-James-Carse/dp/1... For some reason, the article mentions the author but does not
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by kqr2 12y ago
Also recommend Seeking Wisdom From Darwin to Munger : https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/seeking_wisdom.php
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Lecture 10: How to Start a Startup(startupclass.samaltman.com)
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by kqr2 12y ago
I would also like to mention FreeCad - an open source parametric 3d modeler. http://www.freecadweb.org/ Cubify Design, although not open source, is one of the cheaper 3d cad tools which also supports parametric modeling.
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Lecture 8: How to Start a Startup(startupclass.samaltman.com)
118 points by kqr2 12y ago|35 comments
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by kqr2 12y ago
This article has a photo of the "raccoon proof" double latch design: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/08/26/toronto_designer_... It looks like you would need opposable thumbs to diseng
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Lecture 6: How to Start a Startup(startupclass.samaltman.com)
206 points by kqr2 12y ago|49 comments
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Lecture 5: How to Start a Startup [video](youtube.com)
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by kqr2 12y ago
There are also adjustable eye glasses which you can focus yourself: https://www.adlens.com/ https://www.eyejusters.com/home/ Unfortunately in the US they cannot sell nearsighted glasses without a presc
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Is Online Better Than Offline for Meeting Partners? Depends [pdf](online.liebertpub.com)
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Billionaire must let public access Martins Beach, judge rules(sfgate.com)
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by kqr2 12y ago
He should have also considered greencine which focuses more on independent and cult classic films: http://www.greencine.com/main Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) : http://www.greencine.com/web
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by kqr2 12y ago
Link to source code for the game: https://github.com/Meridian59/Meridian59
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by kqr2 12y ago
Project Nim was very similar except Nim was a chimpanzee. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1814836 Unfortunately, it doesn't really have a happy ending and brings up a lot of ethical issues.
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by kqr2 12y ago
It looks like the lecture videos are still available, however, they are somewhat expensive. https://www.mckusick.com/courses/index.html https://www.mckusick.com/courses/introorderform.html
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Obama to Announce Expansion of Ebola Fight(nytimes.com)
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by kqr2 12y ago
From http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/single-female... For equal success with an African-American woman, a Hispanic man needs to earn an extra $184,000; a white man needs to earn an ad
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by kqr2 12y ago
The audio edition is cheaper through audible.com : http://www.amazon.com/Big-History-Bang-Earth-Humanity/dp/B00...
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The Joy Lock Club (2011)(bostonmagazine.com)
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Why Bitcoin Is the Best Form of Money We've Ever Seen(bigthink.com)
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Peter Bagge's comic critique of modern art: https://web.archive.org/web/20080517130730/http://www.reason...
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by kqr2 12y ago
In this NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/world/africa/study-says-zm... It mentions that all 3 control group animals died. Does anyone know why the control group is so small compared to
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by kqr2 12y ago
Please note that this is only a small subset of his lectures. They are the "Six Easy Pieces". SIX EASY PIECES, taken from these famous Lectures on Physics, includes the most approachable material from the series

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