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by mbm 16y ago
This is a great question. I'll share a couple thoughts and experiences. 1. A great post was written by Paul Buchheit that called things like fear of public speaking, which may be an inflamed variation of fear of conversation, 'ego-fear'.
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by mbm 16y ago
It's intriguing that the author's two-page rebuttal is among her 'selected publications'. http://www.sph.unc.edu/nciph/jane_monaco_1990_1984.html
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by mbm 16y ago
According to Google Scholar, it's actually been cited 137 times. Another paper published in '98, cited 499 times, reads: The integrated area under the curve (AUC) analysis for glucose and insulin was determined according to the formula of
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by mbm 16y ago
Not really a useful counterpoint. No one would argue that Obama's a poor speaker, just that more exposed dialogue these days can make even the most eloquent of speakers seem clumsy. Fortunately TR and Honest Abe didn't have to worry about
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by mbm 16y ago
^ spam
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Ask HN: Experiences with 'Gödel, Escher, Bach' (GEB)?
29 points by mbm 16y ago|38 comments
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by mbm 16y ago
Did your demo show all current functionality?
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by mbm 16y ago
This made me think of an article in the NYT the other day. Here's a short excerpt: Symbols, metaphors, analogies, parables, synecdoche, figures of speech: we understand them. We understand that a captain wants more than just hands when he
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by mbm 16y ago
It's "to," man! I thought that degree was supposed to provide you with some writin' skillz?
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by mbm 16y ago
I think I finally understand politics. In some realms reason just isn't, and maybe even can't be, king.
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This Is Your Brain on Metaphors(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
22 points by mbm 16y ago|1 comments
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It's too bad Newton wasn't as succinct.
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by mbm 16y ago
Sure, no problem. Like I mentioned in the listing, I work for a startup. One quick thing I wanted to do today was to get some very basic data on our competitors from an online source. I wanted to retrieve the following data for each of th
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Ask HN: Help for a newbie
3 points by mbm 16y ago|5 comments
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List.it (for Firefox)(welist.it)
1 points by mbm 16y ago|0 comments
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Not Enough Time? Try Doing Nothing(blogs.hbr.org)
4 points by mbm 16y ago|0 comments