mikegagnon

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by mikegagnon 13y ago
Plasma Pong was actually what I was thinking of when I wrote my comment. :-) The author of Plasma Pong (Steve Taylor) was my roommate when Atari shut down his game. As far as litigation is concerned, I would expect that bigger companies wou
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by mikegagnon 13y ago
I'm surprised Google made this game under the name "atari breakout." Atari is very protective of their trademarks.
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by mikegagnon 13y ago
I would recommend getting an internship at a startup that already has a strong statistics marketing group. The best way to learn about industrial jobs is by trying them out.
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Why Most Published Research Findings Are False(plosmedicine.org)
1 points by mikegagnon 13y ago|0 comments
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by mikegagnon 13y ago
When I worked over in the DoD world, waste used to send me over the edge. Find zen by realizing that the political reasons for waste are not nebulous; the whole Pentagon system is designed to stimulate the US economy (through spending). Spe
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by mikegagnon 13y ago
Cool idea. I'm wondering if there's a way to implement this system without having to rely on trusting the server with your data. Homomorphic encryption seems like it could be useful in this context, since the data is small.
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by mikegagnon 13y ago
Working at a place like that is a curse. Leaving is a blessing. Getting fired is a blessing in disguise. Are you working at a better place now?
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Farm out computations to your clients for $(pluraprocessing.com)
2 points by mikegagnon 15y ago|0 comments
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by mikegagnon 15y ago
PluraProcessing.com pays site owners to farm out computations to their clients. According to PP, site owners can make about $2.60/month/user. The major catch is that the system only works well when visitors have long visit durations (e.g.