mixmax

56 ms·

481.
by mixmax 16y ago
Brooks further cites a study claiming that there is "no correlation between accumulating large wealth and high IQ." Both claims are wrong. The result Brooks cites is after "controlling" for education and income. Excuse me, but finding no
482.
by mixmax 16y ago
That's why we have to tell them. If we, as hackers of the sort that inhabit hacker news, have a post like this on the frontpage and noone cares to actually write them and tell them they have a security problem that may cause them serious da
483.
by mixmax 16y ago
Old hat - I already did that. Launched right here on Hacker news almost a year ago. Actually on April 1. http://twittewittewit.com/
484.
by mixmax 16y ago
No offense, but I think you're a tad paranoid. If I was a mechanic and I saw someone at a gasstation driving a car that was obviously dangerous because of some kind of bad fixup I would tell him. This is no different, and I don't expect any
485.
by mixmax 16y ago
I just fired off an e-mail to point out that they have a potentially serious security problem and they should get it fixed ASAP. I see this as a civic duty, and think that this is the kind of action you're required to perform if you see a s
486.
by mixmax 16y ago
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and
487.
by mixmax 16y ago
Financial wealth is know to follow a powerlaw distribution, this is probably the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
488.
by mixmax 16y ago
Another perspective is that the way news sources and gathering is changing. Nate looks at the number of citations and draws some good conclusions - but I think he misses something important. News aggregators, such as YC and Reddit sometimes
489.
by mixmax 16y ago
remember that many redditors themselves are underage. 16 year old boys wanting to look at 16 year old girls isn't morally reprehensible imho.
490.
by mixmax 16y ago
Here are a few more startup-related Emerson quotes that I just came across: In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. Love of beauty is taste. The creation of
491.
by mixmax 16y ago
It's the obligation of the intellectual elite to point out fallacies, inaccuracies and problems of the governing body of a country. There's a long tradition of this, from Noam Chomsky to Ralph Waldo Emerson. To qoute Emerson "Before we acq
492.
by mixmax 16y ago
Interesting point, but I don't think that's what's happening. If it is then some people need to be fired. Apple is raking in billions from itunes that could have gone to the recording industry.
493.
by mixmax 16y ago
Being a businessperson I really don't understand the recording industry's strategy. They know that their industry is under heavy disrpution and that their old income model is increasingly obsolete. Thus they need to innovate and find new so
494.
by mixmax 16y ago
Actually, being from Denmark, this is one thing that annoys me about a lot of Americen advertising. It's awfully obnoxious and in-your-face.
495.
by mixmax 16y ago
I observed it from my own usage, and I'm hard pressed to see any alternative. I don't see how it shouldn't be good practice. The only information you're potentially giving away is that someone else that has a dropbox is in possession of the
496.
by mixmax 16y ago
Try to find a large popular file (a movie or mp3 file downed from the net for instance) and put it in your dropbox folder. Notice that it'll sync almost instantly. When you put a file in your dropbox they calculate a checksum and see if the
497.
by mixmax 16y ago
Because journalists don't read primary sources. More often than not they're not even aware of them. Here's the problem: Almost all media outlets are in crisis mode so they're cutting down on their staff, meaning that a smaller number of jou
498.
by mixmax 16y ago
Eric schmidt is there for the execution. He's a master of that.
499.
by mixmax 16y ago
A third possibility is that blame is assigned to the operators for political reasons.
500.
by mixmax 16y ago
The Nikkei 300 is, you're linking to the nikkei 225. The nikkei 300 index is "The Nikkei 300 is a market value-weighted index of the 300 major issues on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nikkei 300 uses a weighted av
501.
by mixmax 16y ago
The Nikkei is now at a ten year low
502.
by mixmax 16y ago
Well, not quite: "The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later."
503.
by mixmax 16y ago
As an example a friend of mine was on a boat during the massive 2004 tsunami, but since he was a few miles off the coast where the water was deep he didn't even notice the tsunami sweeping under his boat. Once it hit land it did massive dam
504.
by mixmax 16y ago
apparently they're ahead of their seafaring counterparts. Commercial ships are still required to carry paper charts.
505.
by mixmax 16y ago
It would be pretty easy to include as another node in the graph though.
506.
by mixmax 16y ago
It's always enlightening when someone manages to explain a somewhat complicated subject in terms of an abstraction that the audience understands. This is a great example of that. And it works the other way too. When you've read this article
507.
by mixmax 16y ago
This was exactly the reasoning of the high-end hi-fi retailer B&O - they opened flagship stores around the world, and it didn't turn out well.
508.
by mixmax 16y ago
That fixed cost still has to be spread across all sales. Also, while the Apple stores are highly successful they are also a potential financial liability if things go sour since they only stock one productline.
509.
by mixmax 16y ago
If history is anything to go by they will probably start out as status symbols, and become commodities as they spread into the market. Mobile phones are a good example.
510.
by mixmax 16y ago
Yet another advantage is Apple’s wide net of its own global retail shops and online stores; for customers, this means they can avoid a markup from a third party like Best Buy. This is only partially correct. Apple's retail stores are exp

More ›