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1. 841.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   Behaving based on expected value is the only rational choice.
2. 842.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   I'm sure that my behavior does not reflect my answers on this test. Given the numbers, I calculate expected value and answer rationally. In real life, a) the values and percentages are much less clear and b) even if they weren't I know I do
3. 843.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   That's a remarkably terrible way to implement a terminal.
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   by llimllib 16y ago

   I believe people will be matched up with groups if they desire, and present their ideas at the start. Also there's an ideas wiki at http://baltimorehackathon.pbworks.com/w/page/Heres-my-idea ... it's pretty sparse right now but maybe peop
5. 845.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   > There's no excuse for this kind of treatment in a free country You and I are in a fringe minority there, my friend.
6. 846.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   Surely they track each driver's "nobody home" stats and fire the drivers with noticeably higher rates.
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   by llimllib 16y ago

   Just for reference in your screen font: β and ß
8. 848.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   > If you're using Vicodins legal status (requires prescription) as a comparison then pot and cocaine are already legal. I believe in legalization, but this this is false (in the US at least). Pot is a Schedule I prohibited substance, Co
9. 849.▲
   by llimllib 16y ago

   I preferred to scribble in the margins of my notebook during lectures; not words or likenesses of anything in particular, but kind of Hugh Macleod-ish pattern scribbles[1]. Some teachers really hated that I wasn't looking up at them and tho
10. 850.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Totally unrelated: On the front page, there's no big "go premium!" button. When I went to the site to subscribe, I said "oh, um, where do I do that again?" and the answer was that I click on "choose your 64", which then gives me the option
11. 851.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Thoughts: * FiveThirtyEight breaks your frames. * I want a listing of all my unread articles to browse... I have >600 feeds and the list of blogs is long at just 64 * All NYTimes blogs seem broken? Freakonomics is super slow. An importa
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    by llimllib 16y ago

    I think you should "shoot first, ask forgiveness later". Select just the 64 most popular feeds for the user, and then put a big button on top of their feed list saying "Limited to 64 feeds... see everything for only $12", or some better cop
13. 853.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Bravo.
14. 854.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Carpentry metaphors for programming continue to suck: news at 11.
15. 855.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    I was going off the article, I have no idea. Anyway, I hope it's clear that I wish you the best of luck fighting this nonsense.
16. 856.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    > I'm not intimately familiar with the taxi laws, but I bet they don't specify what private organizations can do. Huh? They have to. They don't let private limo organizations pick you up without a 1-hour reservation, for example, as st
17. 857.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    The author's research is discussed in an excellent Atlantic article that many may find more accessible: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-dam...
18. 858.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    > bilking us for billions It's my understanding that the way we've defined fiduciary duty (roughly speaking) requires public corporations to do this if it's legal. Can anyone comment on that?
19. 859.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    The Javascript InfoVis Toolkit: http://thejit.org/ and gRaphaël: http://g.raphaeljs.com/ spring to mind.
20. 860.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    I suspect it would require some heavy editing to be suitable for the Times.
21. 861.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    > cell phone contracts are economically equivalent to an extension of credit Except isn't the big way that cell phones are expanding into the poorer marketplace is through prepaid cell phones like Boost Mobile? I'm moderately skeptical
22. 862.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    - was this just a publicity stunt?
23. 863.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    http://www.ukazoo.com/ edit: awful website, neat technology behind the store though.
24. 864.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    I used to work for a company that scans books donated to Goodwill/etc on a very large scale. They buy books from thrift stores and library systems by the ton, and have an automated process to scan them and determine if they're valuable or n
25. 865.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Are you in Maryland? (I helped to start a half-price book store, just curious if it's the company I used to work for)
26. 866.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Sorry, I forgot to check the source for the /sarcasm tag :)
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    by llimllib 16y ago

    And demand for doctors is kept artificially high via a small number of available med schools[1], incenting the profession to erect increasingly high barriers to becoming a doctor. [1]: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/education/15medschoo
28. 868.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    For that to happen, HN update speed would have to slow dramatically. (I favor this and agree with you, incidentally.)
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    by llimllib 16y ago

    > That was 11 years ago. The problem is, these kids are from college . They don't teach you stuff like "writing a secure web application" in college, or even try to. (Not that this is unreasonable, though perhaps I'm suggesting that th
30. 870.▲
    by llimllib 16y ago

    Man do I love that word! It just rolls off the tongue. Anyway, though, you know that most people are, in fact, hetero? Without having been given other information it he's got a ~90% chance of guessing right. But feel free to comment on what