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by mtpark 17y ago
Agree. It's almost impossible to determine the correlation, if it exists at all. On your later point, ironically if everyone now decided to save more, this would not have a positive effect on the economy.
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by mtpark 17y ago
This is only true for the best schools with a decent amount of money. As bloomberg noted in a piece last month, a lot of schools on the cusp are in big trouble financially and depend on tuition to make up the difference. For most of these
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by mtpark 17y ago
If none of these plans pan out, I'd be surprised if they continue the non-ads approach. I hope they figure it out though, they'd be a great case study on a question we'd all like answered.
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by mtpark 17y ago
I agree with you, but ironically the post reads like he's trying to land them as clients.
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by mtpark 17y ago
For me, the study of algorithms is cs. Hacking is just a means of implementation. Also, I think it's a huge misconception that algorithms is all about math -- it's about problem solving in general. As Dijkstra said "Computer Science is no
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by mtpark 17y ago
It's also possible they were spammed.
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by mtpark 17y ago
I'm not a fan of either. I guess what I'm looking for is something like delicious but more multi-purpose.
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by mtpark 17y ago
What if you want something completely web based. I usually work on multiple computers, e.g., computer labs.
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by mtpark 17y ago
links, notes on articles you find, basically anything you'd want to save from the web to reference later
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Ask HN: Keeping track of stuff on the net
1 points by mtpark 17y ago|12 comments
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by mtpark 17y ago
Post an article about xyz company rumored to be in late-stage talks to acquire Twitter.
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by mtpark 17y ago
Which types of smaller RoR apps would work well with Heroku as opposed to say EngineYard's solo plan?
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by mtpark 17y ago
It probably has to do with the fact that very prestigious schools typically have smart students and being smart in general is probably going to play a huge role in success.
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by mtpark 18y ago
Without taking sides, why is this being voted down? Your opinion that this snippet reads like a natural language and is therefore useful is well taken.
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by mtpark 18y ago
Wish we had launched our beta BEFORE the application. Good luck to all of you. I think they mean well when they say they make lots of mistakes.
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by mtpark 18y ago
Labs are great for group projects, free printer access, a place to work on a computer so your backpack isn't 5lb heavier every day, a place away from your room to check your email(s) quickly, etc.
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by mtpark 18y ago
I'm surprised there's little mention of either context or culture. I think those are two of the most important elements of translation. Without context, it's impossible to know the tone, or sometimes even the actual grammar/conjugation of
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by mtpark 18y ago
Programming aside, UI, and design in general, strike me as pretty important. Just look at what separated early Yahoo and early Google, a confused page of text and links vs. a simple search box. Was this necessarily the reason Google ended
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by mtpark 18y ago
Agreed. Also, more businesses involving content search should have their search box in a prominent location.