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14y ago
Actually, one of the ironies of living in a big city like New York is that even with all of the options, loneliness is more prevalent[1]. [1]: http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/olivia-laing-me-lone...
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14y ago
Or the other vice, SatoshiDice[1]. [1]: http://satoshidice.com/
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14y ago
The run-time of that particular implementation of the Knuth-Plass algorithm is quadratic in paragraph length, which is too slow for web browsers (which might have to deal with very long paragraphs). However, the algorithm can be implemented
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14y ago
Nice jacket :)
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Interesting model, but I predict we'll see it way before 2029. We're not going from the first engine to the first mass-produced automobile, and manufacturing, technology, and operations improvements are orders of magnitude higher than a c
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14y ago
Is the center console software and/or hardware easily upgradable? A smartphone has a useable life of a couple years before either being unsupported (no more software updates) or replaced by a new model. An automobile is usually built to las
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14y ago
Are either of those points actually true? I don't think so.
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14y ago
TLP: "The Last Psychiatrist" http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/
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14y ago
You missed the entire point of the essay. 1) The hoodie is more than just an article of clothing, and 2) it wasn't really about the hoodies.
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14y ago
> Vine does nothing new but sets new arbitrary time limits on the videos they support. Imposing arbitrary contraints is very common in poetry, which often requires the writer to use a particular verse form, and other creative endeavor
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14y ago
We already know how. The political will just isn't there.
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14y ago
I read this as Qanda , thinking it was some ancient teachings on the principles of consistency, but then saw it was Questions and Answers .
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14y ago
Ahaha, I laugh when I think that I'm paying my devs less than a barista makes at the local Starbucks!
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14y ago
Serious question. How much Bitcoin could you mine on this supercomputer? Given that you don't have to pay for hardware or electricity, I imagine it would be competitive with the fastest GPU, FPGA and ASIC miners.
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14y ago
The banking system was already very sophisticated pre-1930s.
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14y ago
"To my mind, Cuil could've stayed afloat, but no one wanted it to. It was easier to sweep that giant pile of FUBAR under the rug, but, in retrospect, they would've still likely been a large company, albeit not Google size, but large noneth
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14y ago
I'm curious how/why 37signals decided to make and sell this product. Is there a way to set this up with a custom domain?
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14y ago
Why single out Google? They're in category 1.
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14y ago
Really? How is owning a stake in the venture worth a thousand times more than owning the thing?
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14y ago
"Svbtle now has more than 200 writers with expertise spanning at least eight disciplines, including entrepreneurship, business, finance, political science, and literature." Is there a directory of all blogs in the Svbtle network? The only
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14y ago
Public WiFi is useful when you're on-the-go.
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14y ago
Would be nice to have this automatically generated for a given URL.
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14y ago
Founders can (should?) become part of management teams as their startups grow.
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14y ago
Is cost savings really the only benefit? It seems to me that this is a better engineering outcome.
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14y ago
Are there really "tons of rape" in the United States? Are they really as bad or as systemic as the gang rapes occuring in India?
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People seriously didn't know about this? "Secret" Groups are probably the only reason that I and any of the friends I care about are still using Facebook.
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Somehow, I don't think this represents the future of transportation.
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Anyone else find the second-person narrative distracting?
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14y ago
Gumroad doesn't give you meaningful metrics? Can someone recommend a competitor that does?
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14y ago
I ♥ Karlie Kloss! http://pink.victoriassecret.com/m/pink_hearts/image.jsp?imag...
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