nsrivast

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by nsrivast 17y ago
As a result, the subject of submissions is autocorrelated. I wonder if this could be visualized using this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048866
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Can you figure out a way to port to guitar hero and keep things enjoyable? That would be excellent.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Strangely, I yawn aggressively when lifting weights and when I'm nervous (usually before a public speaking event).
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Watching Planet Earth I always wished there were something like this, but now that it exists I realize I don't have enough patience and interest.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
I spent a whole summer looking at that map of downtown London (I was living in the area) and feeling a vague sense of frustration in finding tube stops, restaurants, and local roads. But I could never have identified the specific aspects of
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by nsrivast 17y ago
In this situation, there are more bets/people/indications/information that Company B's price will go down. Yet Company B does not necessarily look less attractive - a high amount of short sales might mean a rise in the price when people c
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by nsrivast 17y ago
The US taxpayers are lending the money cheaply to banks and whoever else wants it. You can take part in this as well - go buy a government bond.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Load each with a single text file that contains a) your name, location, and the date and b) an invitation for people to add their name to your list and place the USB drive in a random public location. Label each with a tiny sticker that say
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Could be a perfect user of a micropayment service.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Craigslist?
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Does it feel good not to be so unbearably and inefficiently "normal"?
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by nsrivast 17y ago
http://www.leadnuke.com
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by nsrivast 17y ago
I had exactly the opposite reaction, and almost as strongly. Wouldn't saying "the meeting was moved back two days" have to mean Friday? I guess I'm pretty passive ...
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by nsrivast 17y ago
I think they just needed the right celebrity sponsor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbRSQVsOX_Y
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by nsrivast 17y ago
I'd like to point at a plant or animal and know the species.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
In other words, the outline of the shadow should be a circle projected onto a sphere.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Your link should have an apostrophe - Smeed's, not Smeeds.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Still, I'd like 90 seconds playing with some non-tested queries before I decide how valuable it is.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Since I'm about to start a non-tech job, I'm looking hard for ways to compress my ~30 min daily update (including politics, science, tech, blogs) into <10 min. I'm thinking of setting up a system that gives me certain amount of "online
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Still, there's a chance home values will undershoot below "fundamental value" for an extended period of time. But I agree phrases like "A home worth $300,000 may soon be worth $200,000 or less" are misleading.
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by nsrivast 17y ago
I'd like to, but it's full! I'll be watching the webcast ...
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by nsrivast 17y ago
http://www.lala.com
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Actually people are thought to be risk seeking when it comes to losses instead of gains. http://www.jstor.org/pss/1914185 Unlike most people in this discussion, I like the idea and think it might work under certain circumstances (probab
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by nsrivast 17y ago
Quantum physics, game theory, finance ... this paper is relevant to fully half of my interests!
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by nsrivast 18y ago
Poker inculcates many of the skills needed for finance, and if you're good it can simply be a profitable investment.
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by nsrivast 18y ago
They also happen to share 9 months of very important "nurture" in the womb.
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by nsrivast 18y ago
As I commented previously, we should consider the formation of sub-HNs: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=506181
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by nsrivast 18y ago
It has been suggested that this page or section be merged with Wikiid.
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by nsrivast 18y ago
Since our interests overlap almost exactly (not a huge chemistry fan), I'd be interested in putting together a subject-specific suite of versions.
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by nsrivast 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance An interesting comparison about various industry contributions to the economy: the highly-debated $20 billion bailout for auto companies versus the quickly-resolved $800 billion bailout for financial c

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