m3mb3r

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by m3mb3r 16y ago
An intuitive decision making skill worth having is always based in reason. We might not base those intuitive decisions on clear cut reasons (that guarantee results, 100%), but we base them on past experiences and observed phenomena (that in
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Ask HN: Hacker News for finance?
8 points by m3mb3r 16y ago|7 comments
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
No. I would if HN threads were not indexed by search engines. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that anyone can find out my activities/interests/opinions/biases just by searching for my universal handle in a search engine.
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
More info about the survey here: http://norvig.com/oreskes.html
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
I agree with his larger point that being purely scientific is impractical in situations when there are too many unknowns and data is hard to collect. So, sometimes one needs to go with their gut feeling or intuition. I might be nitpicking h
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
"Every single line of code you write will probably solve a problem and will introduce at least one bug" I believe that sort of extreme skepticism is helpful in writing solid code and thinking about unintended consequences.
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
>> Why do you think Silicon Valley has never quite come around on this guy? There are two separate aspects here, professional and personal. Silicon Valley judges people based on their professional acumen and practices. And Gates did
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
Well, I hope they don't automatically sign me up and add my contacts from my GMail account like they did with Buzz. Partly because that's annoying and mainly because I don't want to belong to another social network.
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
Bing has a tough battle especially because most people (including me) equate the notion of a comprehensive search result for a query to what Google produces for that query. That is expected considering we have used it for so long. Bing is m
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
Including our comments on this forum. One good that can come out of it is people will start behaving themselves online too, just like they (mostly) do in person.
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
Someone should do this for the most upvoted posts/commented on Hacker News. I'm too lazy for that :) Surely, we will find content with a lot less use of subjective terms like "awesome" but I'm curious by how much. That's one way to get a se
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
The less is more mantra may not be desirable for everyone. From one point of view (say, a seller's) the solution of "reduced number of options" may be a good way to influence a quick and (potentially satisfying) decision (like Dan Ariely al
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by m3mb3r 16y ago
Hilarious! Have they received notices from Apple yet?