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by nekopa 16y ago
I think you should move this up a few notches in your todo list. If you can generate the pages for every city, do it, publish them, I think you will gain great google juice. Especially as a lot of people are looking at growing there own v
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by nekopa 16y ago
Seems like a simple business problem: find someone or some company that has the seeds you need in country, set up an account with them to ship to local addresses. Or worse comes to worse, set up an affiliate program, find a citizen of that
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by nekopa 16y ago
If someone knows of a place where I can get good worldwide weather data-sets, this would be a very interesting project for me to try.. I don't think it would be hard (given good quality sets) to match the US zip-code data to other places. I
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by nekopa 16y ago
"The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and
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by nekopa 16y ago
Yikes. I think introducing 'merit' based voting is a terrifying idea. People with high IQs still can make stupid votes. How about trying to educate people on what the issues are, and how their votes would change those issues.
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by nekopa 17y ago
I was talking about 'rolling your own' degree. Of course if you are in university then you should do what is required. But if you are studying for knowledge sake, then the 'thesis' can take a very different form.
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by nekopa 17y ago
He actually said he is not interested in jobs which just require you to have the piece of paper saying you have a CS masters, but more interested in jobs which require you have the knowledge a CS masters gives you. From this conclusion he
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by nekopa 17y ago
That really hits the nail on the head. I am currently trying to learn chemistry, and trying to figure out the what to learn part has been extremely hard. Even trying to get a handle on the correct terminology so that you can then search o
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by nekopa 17y ago
What do you find is the problem with the MIT OCW? Personally I find it is a bit of a pain to work through their different tracks and to try to compile a complete list of materials, and put together a study program. I am also trying a logic
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by nekopa 17y ago
I think with a little preparation you can address all these concerns. It is possible to find a mentor online to act as an advisor, and if you (for example) found a start-up in the field you want to study, then you can partner with other 're
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by nekopa 17y ago
Up-voted even though I don't think you are 100% correct. Its not so much a thesis that is needed, but something similar. For example, I am embarking on an intensive self-study course, in a lot of different subjects. Instead of a thesis, I h
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by nekopa 17y ago
This situation really saddens. I hate the fact that people are self-censoring because of a minority of violent people. This lends them legitimacy, when they deserve none. Seeing this after reading about a girls school being poison-gassed in
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by nekopa 17y ago
I am definitely an info addict, but I have been working on turning that into being a knowledge addict instead. I've been trying for ~2 months, and so far here is what I am doing: First I have set up an intense learning regime for myself, my
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by nekopa 17y ago
Agreed. I have wanted to ask quite a few questions here, but a lot of times a look on searchyc has found the answers. I found it especially useful for finding books about certain subjects.
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by nekopa 17y ago
How is this a feel-good article for BRIC people? I thought that it was an interesting article in that it pointed out a different mentality to innovation: rather than look at tech as the thing to innovate on, these countries are innovating a
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by nekopa 17y ago
Well how about a weekend project for someone here: scan the HN db for constantly reposted links, cull the ones which have low votes and put up a FLA (frequently linked article) page for new users, or old users to check the required readin
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by nekopa 17y ago
Actually, this comment sums up what I thought was wrong with the article. Haters are gonna hate. If you ask for feedback, you have to accept that you will get a lot of negative feedback, especially when you're trying something new, unhe
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by nekopa 17y ago
This is all well and good, but what is the fix? I am aware that there is a lot of stuff I don't know that I don't know (boy is that a clumsy statement) but what steps to take to avoid the whole Dunning-Kruger effect? I don't want to depreca
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by nekopa 17y ago
Sorry for using slang. What I mean is have you tried using your knowledge from one field (say web-dev) and try to see if you can use it for your other field (photos)? For example, you could maybe use the information from your photo sales, t
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by nekopa 17y ago
I am a big believer in cross pollination of ideas. Are you applying any of your tech skills to your stock photography revenue stream? Data analysis, A/B testing etc...
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by nekopa 17y ago
I've noticed about the architecture pics. How long has it taken you to build the photo base you now have? And is most of the base still providing income, or do you see it tailing off? Your $500 for the month would more than cover all my exp
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by nekopa 17y ago
Congratulations on the first month! I was interested at one time in selling stock photos. I used to be quite involved in photography in general, devving and printing my own pics. I looked at the istock site and pretty much concluded that th
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by nekopa 17y ago
The problem here is in the matter of status symbols. A quick tale for you: A consultant who gave me my start in the industry once had his car break down before an initial meeting with a client(Mercedes). He had to borrow his son's tricked-o
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by nekopa 17y ago
Czech Republic (US citizen)
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by nekopa 17y ago
No offense taken. I have just spent most of my time hacking how to teach, hence the way I have designed my own self-study course. But I realized that I need to look more on the student side in how I deal with the materials and organize it m
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by nekopa 17y ago
Interesting link, that is the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Yes, organizing is crucial. I am basically trying to do the collecting and repeating recursively. All of the various projects I have set up use a fair amount of similar "chunks",
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by nekopa 17y ago
Ok, thanks. I think I have one of the head first books (UML I believe) so I'll check that out
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Ask HN: Hacking Learning Resources?
4 points by nekopa 17y ago|9 comments
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by nekopa 17y ago
I have to add that people should also read The Book of Five Rings that was written by Musashi. I can't count the number of times I have bought and given away this book. Especially the translation done by Thomas Cleary. Cleary adds another t
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by nekopa 17y ago
Wanting to do the 'creative thinking' to move projects and ideas is the reason why I now find myself now teaching myself math and advanced math. I have ideas that I want to push through, and I will need people to help me with them, but I'm

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