lukevdp

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by lukevdp 12y ago
The first step would be to validate the opinion that people prefer to see the books they read. Then you would need to find out how much people are willing to pay for it. My guess is not much, because people can just buy the book if they wan
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by lukevdp 12y ago
Doesn't China claim Taiwan already? (Honest question)
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by lukevdp 12y ago
Gates I would think
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by lukevdp 12y ago
Broadly speaking you would be a non religious theist. If you believe a God exists and reject that it can be known through religion, that would make you a deist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
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by lukevdp 12y ago
Atheism is the lack of a belief in a god. You can categorise it into a subset of people who believe there is no god (positive atheism) and people who simply have no belief (negative atheism) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by lukevdp 12y ago
If every company used their name for the ad title, the ad for a company called "Cheap Lawn Chairs" would massively outperform the rest. The domain name section of the ad shows who the company is.
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by lukevdp 12y ago
The last D is defibrillator http://www.childsafetyhandbook.com.au/articles-just-in-case/...
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by lukevdp 12y ago
The article didn't ask the question of whether people think climate change is problematic, it asked the question of whether people believe it is man made. The relevant quote is: "When it comes to global warming, only 33 per cent e
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by lukevdp 13y ago
It takes a bit longer than a week to organise an IPO, my guess is it's been on the cards for a lot longer
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Is it the navy? I thought it was activists http://www.seashepherd.org.au/
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by lukevdp 13y ago
I don't think you can call highrise being valued for "tens of millions" and campfire in "single digit millions" a failure.
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by lukevdp 13y ago
How much work does it take? What expenses are there? What are the traffic sources? How is revenue trending?
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Something tells me that you don't really need an analogy at all :)
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by lukevdp 13y ago
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Spend time with him and savor being around him. We all die eventually, it's what we do with the time we have that counts. My advice would just be to do the things to ensure you won't live with regrets in the future.
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Wouldn't that just make the discrimination (conscious or unconscious) happen later? Sooner or later they will find out the gender of the applicant.
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Brain tumors can be very quick, that would be my guess
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by lukevdp 13y ago
I wasn't making a point on either side of the issue, just giving an example of a socially regressive policy
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by lukevdp 13y ago
A socially regressive policy is something like making abortions illegal. Libertarians aren't socially regressive, it's the conservative part that is
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by lukevdp 13y ago
If you are doing an activity for the client, bill it. Good software for it is freshbooks.com
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Why hate on light hearted fun? You sound a bit like a guy in his eighties yelling at kids to stop playing on the grass.
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by lukevdp 13y ago
I've looked at a lot of options for accepting USD from Australia and 4% is pretty standard for retail exchange rate. I ended up going with a US entity + bank account, which is the best option of a bunch of crappy options. Pin looks good for
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by lukevdp 13y ago
There is a test to see if something is a business or a "hobby", it isn't a revenue cut odd, its more about the nature of the operation. The 50k cutoff used to be the threshold for GsT registration, which is now 75k
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by lukevdp 13y ago
From the article "It’s worth noting that nothing happened to those players, and they were allowed to keep the fortunes they had amassed while the exploit worked. “Oh, absolutely,” Lander said, laughing. “Good for them! Clever guys.”"
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by lukevdp 13y ago
Both are fine and if you're unsure, go for hosted because it will be easier
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by lukevdp 14y ago
Are you able to register a company in a state where it is legal and carry on?
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by lukevdp 14y ago
Except don't take tons of Vitamin D http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529102346.ht...
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by lukevdp 14y ago
Just don't lose control of the code. Outsourcing to $12/hr programmers works well when you're designing the structure of the code and the way things work. Not so well when you give them a free reign of how to code a feature (for example)
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by lukevdp 14y ago
I agree. I find for me I don't really identify with the "fear of failure", yet I do have a problem with procrastination. I find tasks that I enjoy, or tasks where I am working towards a goal, easy to start and do. I find it hard to work on
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by lukevdp 14y ago
One thing he didn't mention which I think fits in the same category is "how does it feel to look into a tiny screen above one eye?". In the demo videos it's shown as this all encompassing, easy to see, no squint required HUD. Is it really l

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