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by paul 19y ago
Adding a sitemap might help Google index the old pages better. Adding date-based archive links (like many blogs do) would probably help as well (making the site structure more like a tree and less like a list). https://www.google.com/webma
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by paul 19y ago
I tend to agree. People may be underestimating the benefit that the increased awareness would give. Serendipity is powerful because "random" people often know the "right" people.
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by paul 19y ago
Yeah, Zenter was much nicer. Unfortunately things move slower in big companies.
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by paul 19y ago
Go Zenter!
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by paul 19y ago
Yup. We share an office :)
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by paul 19y ago
There are many more. Here are two: http://www.mercurynews.com/moremorsels/ci_6627058 http://twitter.com
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by paul 19y ago
That's a good idea, though the startups could just repeat the presentation later in front of a camera, which might be a better idea (they can do multiple shoots, etc).
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by paul 19y ago
I don't know if any of the startups are good -- it's very difficult to judge from a few line summary on the web. My point though is that important products often appear minor or niche as first.
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by paul 19y ago
That's a rather shortsighted criticism. Large things start small, and often solve problems in an indirect way. YouTube probably didn't look like something that would "serve society's biggest problems", but it does just that (by giving more
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by paul 19y ago
I mostly agree with your statement that "personal freedom and the ability for individuals to focus on their goals with as little artificial interference as possible leads to the greatest societal gain", and I probably agree with whatever PG
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by paul 19y ago
Yes, I'm not suggesting that you have to deliver exactly what people ask for, but you shouldn't completely ignore it either. I'm basically saying that both extremes are wrong. You need to be both arrogant and humble at the same time. I know
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by paul 19y ago
That's a false dichotomy. Vision is important, but that vision needs to include a path connecting the vision to the present, and that includes making things sufficiently familiar. For pure art it may not matter (though I suspect that wealth
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by paul 19y ago
Yes, I didn't mean to imply that there was a conscious decision -- everyone is limited by what is familiar, including designers and inventors. The point is that retaining familiar elements doesn't doom us to stagnation. Incremental improvem
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by paul 19y ago
Yes, clearly we sometimes need to push what is "normal" and create things that people don't yet know they want, but we should be pragmatic about it. For example, Esperanto may be a more "rational" and well designed language, but I'm going t
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The bloodsucking worm that fights allergies from inside your tummy(dailymail.co.uk)
3 points by paul 19y ago|1 comments
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by paul 19y ago
The funny thing is that the answer to both question is unclear. For investment, it definitely depends on when you invested: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=MSFT&l=on&z... http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&s=MSFT&#38
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by paul 19y ago
"Yes, at first I was happy to be learning how to read. It seemed exciting and magical, but then I read this: Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. I read every last word of this garbage, and because of this piece of shit, I am never reading again."
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by paul 19y ago
She just says, "Let me tell you about two studies which were not published." Where did she learn about these two studies? It doesn't say. Let me tell you about an unpublished study where rats fed cornflakes were able to live for 100 years.
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by paul 19y ago
They did get out of the hardware business, kindof. Apple only does the design (and not all of it). The low margin stuff is handled by companies in Taiwan or China. Apple seems to be the only device manufacturer that understands usability an
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by paul 19y ago
I've seen claims like this a lot: "There are races of people who are all slim, who are stronger and faster than us. They all have straight teeth and perfect eyesight. Arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, depression, sch
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by paul 19y ago
That link is interesting but I can't find any evidence that it's true. How can I tell that he didn't just make up the story about cereal being bad? It seems like any easy experiment to reproduce -- just buy a rat and a box of corn flakes.
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by paul 19y ago
That's a good idea if your time is worthless. "Penny-wise and pound-foolish"
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Man-made chemicals blamed as many more girls than boys are born in Arctic(guardian.co.uk)
8 points by paul 19y ago|8 comments
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by paul 19y ago
There's no reason why "geeks" can't understand these other topics as well (and likewise, people from other backgrounds can learn to code). I don't like pigeonholing people and expecting them to only be good at one thing. If you can understa
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by paul 19y ago
A lot more than you would guess, but the details are all private (so I can't share examples, though I know of several).
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by paul 19y ago
Sounds like TC20/40
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by paul 19y ago
Whichever gives faster and more sustained growth is preferable.
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by paul 19y ago
Myspace is still huge (and growing), but Facebook appears to be much smarter and their platform is very important (especially to other startups).
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by paul 19y ago
If nothing else, it's an amazing distribution opportunity. People are building simple little apps and getting millions of users practically overnight (and making a surprising amount of money!).
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by paul 19y ago
Different Paul Buchheit, but I hate those rich people too. :)

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