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by laglad 14y ago
I like Skillshare's approach in this regard of being the basic class unit through which teachers can weave curriculums. I've been looking for an education startup that was literally a step-by-step guide to learning a subject. Like a curated
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by laglad 14y ago
All great ideas. I've always thought that the boldest and most innovative education experiments will end up being run in the developing world (Africa, Asia, South America). The developed world has centralized institutions that provide a dec
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by laglad 15y ago
Doesn't it cost money to produce the smell? As pg mentioned, if on the moon, they charged for smells because they had a delivery mechanism to ration the smell to you, wouldn't that be accounted for in their value offering? The reason that p
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How Does Our Language shape the way we think?(edge.org)
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by laglad 15y ago
Great find. I'm really interested in the way they've focused on content strategies that are honest not for manipulation.
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Cool Daily Deals SMS Alerter(dawurm.com)
1 points by laglad 15y ago|0 comments
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by laglad 15y ago
I wonder how this affects the mechanical engineering labor distribution in firms. Perhaps smaller shops like in software?
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Solitude and Leadership(theamericanscholar.org)
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by laglad 15y ago
This is very true for any lifestyle decision that seems to suggest a more productive way of living to someone else. We naturally feel the need to have our lifestyle habits justified as the right choice. Any threat to that, is a threat to ou
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Megaupload looks to be back up on a website ip address(109.236.83.66)
8 points by laglad 15y ago|3 comments
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by laglad 15y ago
The distribution landscape has changed and the underlying conception of copyright is the problem. The law has two choices: i)to adapt its law to the times or ii)attempt to engineer the system to make it fit into its conception. SOPA takes t
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by laglad 15y ago
I agree that we humans filter ourselves into a bubble, but the recommendation systems are designed to discourage you from doing different. It is in their best interests for you to be as predictable as possible. Getting their recommendation
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by laglad 15y ago
thanks for this. I'll begin each article I read now with a question.
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by laglad 15y ago
Purposeful consumption is different than impulse based consumption. Investigating ideas by reading specific books, articles, and reflecting on the idea is consumption at its finest IMO. I'm trying to be more mindful about what I consume, bu
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by laglad 15y ago
This is phenomenal. I took a university course in Bifurcation theory and throughout the course, the language used in trying to explain the concepts were the inhibiting factor in understanding what was going on. We benefited greatly from a v
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by laglad 15y ago
Thanks for this submission. I'm currently learning iOS development for the specific purpose of building an application. Ironically, my biggest obstacle has been choosing a path from the numerous options that can be found online. I've decide
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Pandora's Box: Adam Curtis Documentary about society and science(archive.org)
1 points by laglad 15y ago|0 comments
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Medical Mirror takes your pulse by analyzing your face(web.mit.edu)
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by laglad 15y ago
Thanks for this point. The reason that so many intelligent and driven entrepreneurs are innovating on "less difficult" technologies is precisely because this low-hanging fruit offers a very high impact leverage right now. More people take t
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by laglad 15y ago
Thanks for the link. I can see that evolution happening in current media consumption habits, so it makes sense that the new paradigm of television will reflect this more.
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Will NYTimes, WSJ, and the FT enter the video news market?
2 points by laglad 15y ago|2 comments
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House Prepares to Move STEM Immigration Reform(news.sciencemag.org)
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by laglad 15y ago
Molecular gastronomy should converge with this. Imagine the wacky tastes and textures that we would be able to create.
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by laglad 15y ago
The ironic thing about this problem is that more tech startups will see this as an opportunity. And they should.
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HBO and the future of pay-TV(economist.com)
2 points by laglad 15y ago|0 comments
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by laglad 15y ago
Very interesting point. I'm from Nigeria and I've witnessed how technology cycles tend to work here. In America and the West, the technology markets are efficient enough for incremental innovation to be viable enough for a new product. That
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Entertainment's Tech Boom: The Internet Has Been Assimilated(forbes.com)
2 points by laglad 15y ago|0 comments
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by laglad 15y ago
i meant highly skilled non-immigrants, but this thread is done anyway.
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by laglad 15y ago
If the US starts limiting highly skilled immigrants from coming to your country, you really have no chance to establish the US as the hub of the information economy. I actually think the reverse should be the case.
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by laglad 15y ago
notice that the guy in the pair stood in one of the girl's shots to show that a bit of AR was going on. Nevertheless, its probably going to be an app to discover what content was filmed around where you are.

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