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by mikedmiked 14y ago
(justification to read my post here: at the end I argue richer people have higher moral value!) Many of us think its 'brave' and 'correct' to say "all lives are equal value" in the moral sense. Its a 'sexy' thought to have as it seems liber
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
> why scribd? Scribd went through Y combinator.
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
You could limit the number of invites that a new customer could offer to be 1 or 2. It might even make them more likely to invite somebody because an invite appears to have greater value. Worth an A/B test at least imho.
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
If thats an honest question: http://singularity.org/what-we-do/ There exists an axis which all institutions lie upon where (i) those that do direct business and support short-term incremental innovations exist on the left hand side, and (
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
What are these core principles?
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
try python's scikit.learn library
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
If you were to include screenshots and write a blog post on this it could generate a discussion which could get you some useful feedback (and promote your site on HN).
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by mikedmiked 14y ago
It was the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre yesterday. Its a generally well-known event and there was a lot of coverage yesterday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_19...
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Quora: Did anyone decline an offer to work at Instagram?(quora.com)
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
"Summer of sport spirit" actually has a nice ring to it. I wonder about the allowance of typos? Could I sell merchandise with "Olympix" or "London 2k12"?
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
Maybe if they put some filters on the e-ink display it could squeeze a couple extra $100k?
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
I have no source to back this up (I tried): Didn't the airbnb founder(s) have little/no coding experience?
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
The exact "work you need to do" is pretty much given to you when you do a degree. If you work hard on it and complete it all then it is hard not to succeed. When doing a start-up or in the "real world" you can easily fill up time with work
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
Were you a quant before you took the UW classes?
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
I interested in your opinion - could you elaborate further?
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
Well it is actually a scholarship, as shown by the over-sized cheque in this image: http://i.imgur.com/qIFgX.jpg ^ (please excuse the borderline-racist meme on the second half of that image, it is not mine.)
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
Here is what I believe to be an informative comment on reddit about the subject: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/n4hnw/now_im_proud/c3...
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
A Professor before becoming a Dr... Those were the days...
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
Once in a while I am blessed enough to come across a post like this. It made me think a lot about my life and who I wish to become. I've been working a "normal job" and just forgot that it is possible to do something like this.
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by mikedmiked 15y ago
though pleasant, I didn't think he was that attractive...
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Do you have a large proportion of your wealth at stake here? Do you use many sites or just one or two?
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
If somebody cannot distinguish real from fake jobs here then arguably the sort of jobs listed here will not really be aimed at them anyway...
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
If you are your own boss then it would be autoerotic asphyxiation, which would likely increase your enjoyment of porn.
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Remarkable! Thank you for sharing this.
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Brilliant! I am ashamed to say that I did not understand this reference at first. To anybody else who did not understand: http://www.prosebeforehos.com/image-of-the-day/08/24/huxley-...
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
What is everyone's opinion on the Chilean Miners getting a runner up place (as opposed to none)? I was a bit surprised. It is incredible and inspiring that they survived, and the feats of engineering required to save them were remarkable (a
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Always appreciated. Thanks.
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
What makes this frustrating is how few people care.
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Similarly, though not as funny, from "The Legend of John Von Neumann" - http://stepanov.lk.net/mnemo/legende.html 'Then there is the famous fly puzzle. Two bicyclists start twenty miles apart and head toward each other, each going at a st
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by mikedmiked 16y ago
Ah I didn't think of that. Well thanks for the speedy reply and neat tool - I will be using this a fair amount probably.

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