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by lunchbox 15y ago
This was a fun little project I did last weekend to familiarize myself with Google App Engine and jQuery.
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Show HN: Compare your perception of female attractiveness to that of others(totallyoverrated.appspot.com)
12 points by lunchbox 15y ago|17 comments
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Awesome!
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Ask HN: challenging Google/Bing search problem
2 points by lunchbox 16y ago|3 comments
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by lunchbox 16y ago
E-Ink has a very slow screen refresh rate, so I'm skeptical this can deliver a snappy writing experience. I have found writing on a laggy screen to be quite unpleasant.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Actually, all available evidence points to the fact that legalising drugs like heroin actually decreases their usage. Would you suddenly take up heroin if it was legal? Do you know anyone who would? If marijuana were legal I might use it.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Tobacco use kills 443,000 Americans each year. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/healt... For perspective: http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meh.ro5415.jpg
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by lunchbox 16y ago
PDF of Nutt's previous 2007 Lancet review here: http://science.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/pdfs/safety/Nutt%20R... The chart with the ranking is on the 4th page. I can't find the most recent Lancet article mentioned in the article. My concer
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Ask HN: Do the big tech companies know their competitors' plans?
8 points by lunchbox 16y ago|2 comments
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by lunchbox 16y ago
I think it is the smartest move, as long as you act on the information properly.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Have you found it to be well funded? I loved my college OR classes, but when I recruited for jobs I found that mathematical finance and mathematical CS were significantly more marketable (they have overlaps with OR but are not the same).
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by lunchbox 16y ago
I'm skeptical. Twitter's beauty resides in its 140-char limit: authors of Tweets don't feel burdened to write long messages, and readers know the messages will always be short and sweet. Sure, authors can circumvent this limit by linking to
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Here's what we know from the article: (1) 40 question test, (2) Multiple choice, (3) She passed it with "60 out of 100" My assumptions: (1) It's graded on a simple "percentage right" basis, so 24/40 questions necessary right to pass, (2) 4
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Does this jibe with what HNers are seeing in their fields? What other quantitative skills do you perceive to have booming demand?
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by lunchbox 16y ago
It's actually "The proof is in the putting", where "putting" refers to putting the pedal to the metal ;)
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Why would a developer minimize parking space if it will put his building's stores out of business?
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Tyler Cowen is the author of the article :)
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Every economic advance will hurt someone. The invention of the car left a lot of buggy manufacturers unable to feed their families. Your startup is probably making someone financially miserable. The job of a responsible economist is to look
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by lunchbox 16y ago
The author is not proposing a ban. Just the opposite, he is proposing that we deregulate parking by having people pay for the parking spots they use, rather than forcing someone else to subsidize them.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
If P != NP, that doesn't mean we will never be able to automate human creativity; it just makes it a bigger challenge.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
As promised in my post: Most common tricks used in "The Real Hustle": 1. Fake an appearance of authority (wear a uniform, get a sign, etc.) 2. Get a shill/accomplice. 3. Get people to make exceptions to routine security measures based on
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Ask HN: How can I learn about social engineering exploits?
16 points by lunchbox 16y ago|5 comments
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by lunchbox 16y ago
this should look like code `this too` code d should not be code
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by lunchbox 16y ago
posted 2006.02.01
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Paper medical records.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Oh! Wait! They have to learn a new Visual Studio every couple years. And they had to learn VB.Net (or C#, or managed C++). Most information workers are not developers and have never heard of the above technology. Keep in mind that develop
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by lunchbox 16y ago
I'm skeptical of "keep the money local" and "create local jobs" arguments. They sound good, but rarely end up being good economics. Beware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism In my mind, the two most important things to consider a
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Python, Perl, Ruby, Lua, R, Matlab, etc...I can think of more that do than don't.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
There are some: http://www.google.com/images?q=%2B%22iphone+4%22&hl=en&#... Perhaps the "4" confuses Google.
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by lunchbox 16y ago
Sure, or wearing a headband over the eyebrows. But computers probably detect faces differently, so I don't know if this would fool a computer.

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