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by mparr4 15y ago
That was incredibly beautiful and arresting. Thank you for sharing.
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by mparr4 15y ago
According to this theory, it would be the magnetic field alone--not the gravitational field--that is overwhelming the antigravity effect. After all, if these particles had an opposite "gravitational charge", then their experience of gravity
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by mparr4 15y ago
>Technology companies win by attracting the most productive people, and the most productive people are attracted to employers who hold themselves to a higher standard than the law requires. The problem is, the ones doing the suing (like
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by mparr4 15y ago
>I think it would be more constructive to begin the discussion of what patent reform should resemble so that companies and individuals can show support for it. Here's a (possibly already proposed) idea: Why not have much shorter terms
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by mparr4 15y ago
But for every successful indie dev there are already many more unsuccessful ones irrespective of patents. The question is, how many successful devs get hit out of the pool of successful devs? The odds are already pretty long for being a suc
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by mparr4 15y ago
I wish there was more information for potential residents. What is involved, what do I owe in return, etc. This could potentially be right up my alley (and a saving grace), but without more information it's tough to say...
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by mparr4 15y ago
Joseph Campbell: The Power of Myth OK. So It's not quite a documentary... but a wonderful introduction to Campbell and his ideas taken from interviews with Bill Moyers at the end of his life.
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by mparr4 15y ago
>I'd say you overdid it. That is certainly possible. I've often thought that was true for my friend (who would read worst case scenario trip reports so he could know what he was "dealing with"). The year of preparation wasn't intentiona
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by mparr4 15y ago
Is anyone else not eager to see these legalized? I'm very interested in psychedelics--and an occasional user--but I've seen what can happen when someone who shouldn't be taking them has a bad trip. Sometimes, it's not even a matter of prepa
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by mparr4 15y ago
The LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of the population) for psilocybin cubensis being consumed by a 150lbs person is 3015g (over 6 lbs!). A "high" dose is anything over an eighth of an ounce (~3.5 grams). That's quite a large difference between dr
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by mparr4 15y ago
I'd guess they'll keep going until they see diminishing returns. PG has said y-combinator is an effort to mass produce the startup (don't have the direct quote offhand). With that in mind, they seem to be looking to optimize the entire expe
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by mparr4 15y ago
It seems to me that coming soon pages can really only be pulled off by people who already hold some weight in the community. If startup "X" with founder John Doe throws up a coming soon page and tries to push it in various media outlets, it
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by mparr4 15y ago
it seems my ability to write coherently decreases significantly after a single drink... What I was trying to say was that it is quite interesting that something like this is "news" and moreover, that we find it surprising. If we can be just
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by mparr4 15y ago
The fact that somebody can make a living going around and giving talks like that is interesting. It is so incredibly obvious that this is the way that things are, but it seldom gets said (with a few exceptions). And, along that line, this i
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by mparr4 15y ago
Yes. It seems that at some level, the degree of innovation is often similar and the difference between Apple and Microsoft is more a matter of design (which in my opinion is no small factor) and marketing than anything else.
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by mparr4 15y ago
To have good taste is one thing (the ability to recognize good from bad) but to be able to produce good work is another. As many good writers (and the author of this post) suggest, the best way to get better at writing is to read good writ
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by mparr4 15y ago
"to disrupt" seems to me like a backwards approach. You don't need to disrupt anything, you just need to create a system that works better, at least for some, and the old system will fall back. It doesn't need to be defeated or eliminated.
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by mparr4 15y ago
Indeed. I'm not sure which is more disappointing: that China seems to be bringing things to a new level or that its cool to take advantage of a situation that many people won't understand by throwing that line in there in the midst of what
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by mparr4 15y ago
Yes, this strikes me as an important step toward the beginning of the end of having to design for archaic browsers. The ball just needs a nudge and it'll get rolling, the momentum of it just-being-the-way-it-ought-to-be behind it.
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by mparr4 16y ago
This survey is for 3 new languages. Wouldn't it be more interesting to see what 3 languages people would pick if they could only work with the three they chose? Basically, what, in your mind, are the three most essential languages?
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by mparr4 16y ago
Can you elaborate on what you mean by "reputation"? I think it's potentially a really interesting point and I'd just like to have a better idea of what you mean by it.
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by mparr4 16y ago
Why do we need academia for mentorships? Certainly academia is not useless (though I guess I was implying that in my previous post with the "Who needs them anyway?") but I do think that academic institutions will likely become less and less
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by mparr4 16y ago
It is somewhat comical hearing these $40k+ a year schools talking about what they perceive as a coming paradigm shift within academia. If people are taking free courses online, or teaching themselves or others with the only cost being the t
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by mparr4 16y ago
Heart of Darkness... an amazing read (and short!) A book that should be on everyone's list!
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by mparr4 16y ago
Street food!! And if you like Thai, hit up Pok Pok in SE then hit the Mcmeniman's pubs in the area.
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by mparr4 16y ago
>STOP trying to fix yourself like you were one of the problems you like to hack on Great advice, very difficult in practice. Just finding an activity or practice where you can quiet your mind is absolutely essential. When I let my inner
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by mparr4 16y ago
I too assumed they were just the first ones with the idea. I've come up with a thousand and one amazing ideas only to find out that they've already been done--I actually invented the internet... It's encouraging seeing an example like this
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by mparr4 16y ago
Agreed. Experiencing the "other end" of things provides an appreciation of how it feels to be the one performing the service rather than seeking it. You tend to treat people differently after getting treated like shit a couple of times.
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by mparr4 16y ago
True. The entire article provides a context that somewhat weakens that statement though--as I read it anyway. I was left with the impression that he thought it was more of an oversimplification than a fabrication. Though it's tough to argue
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by mparr4 16y ago
Here's a question: is there any place for value in science?? The researcher who is the focus of the article doesn't seem to think so. I've read a few books suggesting that that is exactly what science could use. What do you think?

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