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by oskarth 14y ago
Reminds me of Stephen Glass [1], the reporter who fabricated entire events and wrote about them in The New Republic, as well as the movie Catfish [2]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabulist 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish_
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by oskarth 14y ago
I would say 43 million dollars is quite cheap to get a whole continent. It is not unlikely that it would've been more dangerous and more costly to do it themselves.
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by oskarth 14y ago
Sounds similar to Pierce's thoughts on pragmat{i|ici}sm: Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, you conceive the objects of your conception to have. Then, your conception of those effects is the whole of you
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by oskarth 14y ago
I didn't mean to imply that you couldn't - it was meant as a general statement of people in a similar position, though my writing didn't really make that clear.
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by oskarth 14y ago
Here's the beauty of this system: you're becoming a local authority on these topics, but your (and probably many other people's) authority is patio11. What does this mean? At least two things: 1) History will probably remember patio11 as
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by oskarth 14y ago
Maybe it will, maybe it won't. I think one important question to ask oneself is this: would I - in any way - like to be a part of making Facebook a real force to be reckoned with? I don't mind Google, Amazon, Apple or Twitter (much). I do
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by oskarth 14y ago
When you said infinite scrolling, I assume you mean content that keeps getting added as you go further down the page (Facebook-style)? In that case I agree with you, but when it comes to articles the whole article could just as well be load
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by oskarth 14y ago
You are right that I don't fully understand the implications, all I know is that such products are extremely dangerous unless you compose them carefully (iron butterfly, straddle, collar! - whatever that implies). Truth to be told it's not
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How can a small-timer realistically bet on FB not being worth its price? Certainly some actor is betting on that they will fail. Is there a Facebook Fail Fund around?
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There are some somewhat big, and most importantly legal, actors that do this already for music :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify#Technical_information
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by oskarth 14y ago
You express views and attitudes very similar to mine. For people who find these things interesting, I recommend checking out the so called hard problem of consciousness James Trefil, physicist - so they aren't all dopey philosophers ;) -
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by oskarth 14y ago
I agree that human metamorphosis is extremely interesting, but this line I really don't get: > Consciousness is mortally bound to the physical body, and will die along with it regardless of how many mental copies are made. I don't under
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by oskarth 14y ago
Lets just hope the use of "traffic accident" as a euphemism doesn't increase in order to end a trial prematurely. I would prefer to use my trial version for as long as possible (or would I really? Look at all those nice plugins!). Some (rat
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Thank you for your in depth and insightful reply - what you say makes a lot of sense. Good luck with your thesis and I would personally love to see a summary of your findings posted here on HN :)
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Seeing as you seem to be well-read in the area - what's your opinion of the "gamification" on khanacademy?
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I think a point that is often glossed over here is the extreme value of compound interest and self-inforced feedback loops. Calling someone a genius is a cop-out, in my opinion. If you're a Tao or Feynman, chances are you have been doing "m
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by oskarth 14y ago
Unlike most programming, mathematical theorems usually survive for a bit longer, so a longer time frame is justifiable.
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by oskarth 14y ago
I know this isn't 4chan or reddit, but I couldn't help sharing two specific, and quite harmless (albeit hard to execute), trolls: - use highlighted posts to literally promote pictures of cats - make sure FB never reaches 1bn users. Right no
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by oskarth 14y ago
I was expecting some fluff piece about how to make a passive income on SEO while living a jetset life style. This was not it. The article makes surprisingly much sense actually.
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by oskarth 14y ago
This ought to be counter-productive, considering that most students either know or potentially know about the Pirate Party. All this does is making people who didn't care enough become interested. I think the Pirate Party will probably get
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by oskarth 14y ago
I hope no company YC makes this mistake, considering How to Win Friends and Influence People [0] is recommended reading in YC [1]. For example: Don't criticize, condemn, or complain. and Let the other person save face. That is, criti
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I don't think Microsoft is competing to have the best search results. As long as it gives somewhat ok results for standard queries that's fine for them, from a business standpoint of view.
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I don't remember where I read it, and I didn't manage to find it after a couple of minutes of googling. It could be a fabrication but I have two memories about it that speaks against it: 1) I think it was in a interview with JA himself (c
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by oskarth 14y ago
Right, didn't think of that. Here in Sweden Alex is just shorthand for Alexander (which means something like "defender of the men"). The female version here is either Alexandra or Alexis.
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That reminds me of Julian Assange in the beginning of Wikileaks, making up a lot of fancy titles for imaginary personas in order to make WL seem a lot bigger than it really was.
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by oskarth 14y ago
You should try different names and titles for the assistant as well: - Instead of Alex, what about Sarah (?)? - Instead of a standard name, what about a noble rank / recognizable surname (+?)? - Instead of CEO assistant, what about personal
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by oskarth 14y ago
I appreciate and believe in the message, but perhaps it's time to consider the quote: a startup exit is opium for ambitious techies That's not to say you shouldn't go for it, just make sure it's not your opium in life.
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by oskarth 14y ago
What on earth are you talking about? Are you a SQL consultant or a professional Troll or what am I missing here?
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by oskarth 14y ago
I agree that IRC is still the chat protocol to use. Though in choosing a chat solutions there are some questions that often arise: 1) persistency (BNCs are still a techie solution, servers) 2) good web interface and 3) file support (other t

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