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What I learned building things - Stories from Startup Founders(medium.com)
2 points by pitchups 13y ago|0 comments
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by pitchups 13y ago
>> how about the Broadcast.com deal? Billions for a bunch of servers... Well, it certainly made Mark Cuban a billionaire, if nothing else!
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Searchable listing of over 900 Venture Capital firms(entrepreneur.com)
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by pitchups 13y ago
Granted that their model for upright walking is very basic. But if their basic premise is sound and valid and taking their claims at face value, it could potentially explain how more complex behaviors like walking may emerge from the simpl
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by pitchups 13y ago
From what I can gather the difference here seems to be the claim that a simpler, more fundamental principle may explain the motivation behind all intelligent behavior. A tall claim no doubt - so I agree that it needs to be validated with m
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by pitchups 14y ago
Completely blown away after watching that video by the sheer range of tasks this AI can accomplish on its own. Learning to walk, balance a stick, using tools, co-operating, playing pong, and...even buying stocks low and selling high! And
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China just surpassed the US in semiconductor manufacturing(qz.com)
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by pitchups 14y ago
This proves the fact that as developers we can greatly underestimate the real demand for a product if we base it just on our own needs. One can now see the app being very useful for taxi and limo drivers by automating a crucial part of the
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by pitchups 14y ago
This seems to have become a common occurrence. Just curious about a couple of things : a) How easy/hard is it for the hashed passwords to be cracked by the hacker? b) How are hackers getting access to emails and password data so often?
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by pitchups 14y ago
I went back and read PG's essay on this topic and it answered most of these questions : http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html
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by pitchups 14y ago
> All the positions above a certain grade need a college degree, and often an advanced degree. And yet, some of the most wealth has been created by college dropouts - not just for themselves but also for shareholders of companies they
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by pitchups 14y ago
This reminds me of PG's essay about startups - where he says that all great ideas look like really bad ideas in the beginning. Like black swans, the next big thing, and the person to create the next big thing seem to share the trait of not
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by pitchups 14y ago
Thanks, that is what I was thinking of doing. Maybe even set up a list of the RSS feeds on a simple text / HTML page; then use Huginn to pull the entire list from the URL, combine, sort, remove duplicates and output the HTML. Anytime you wa
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by pitchups 14y ago
This is great! Since it allows combining and parsing RSS and XML feeds - do you think it could be used to build a personalized RSS / Google Reader replacement? Just a thought.
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What should we be worried about? Responses to Edge's Annual Question(edge.org)
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by pitchups 14y ago
Of the seven experiments that Sheldrake describes in his book, the phenomena of dogs (and other pets) knowing when their owners are coming home, has been empirically verified in many instances, and anecdotally verified by thousands of pet
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by pitchups 14y ago
Another scientist, Dean Radin in his books - "The Conscious Universe" and "Entangled Minds" has compiled a very detailed and persuasive meta-analysis of experiments and phenomena that defy conventional scientific explanations.
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by pitchups 14y ago
The history of science is filled with ideas and theories that were heretical or even nonsensical at the time they were first proposed - only to be accepted later as part of mainstream science. That is how science progresses. Just a century
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by pitchups 14y ago
Does a single server support this level of traffic? That is pretty impressive - it would be great to learn about the server's hardware and software configuration.
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by pitchups 14y ago
And this is why I love the US and am a citizen! I can think of almost no other country where such a man would not have been arrested and had no legal recourse.
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by pitchups 14y ago
This is a great first step. But for this to really make a difference to the current traditional publishers - every researcher would need to follow this example. The other problem is access to all the previously published papers. So my q
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by pitchups 14y ago
Those images on the right side of each page are great; They could be used to good effect to make the site more appealing visually as well as unique, if you displayed one or more of them in full size interleaved with the text: maybe one on t
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by pitchups 14y ago
It appears to be true, as other websites confirm it. Here is the story on Cnet : http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57560256-93/facebook-tests-...
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by pitchups 14y ago
Axiom 5: It is possible to monetize free services in numerous ways without violating the privacy of your users, reneging on a TOS they signed earlier, and generally destroying their trust or expectations of fairness.
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by pitchups 14y ago
I wouldn't hire a company to protect my brand that did not know how to spell (loose - > lose)
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by pitchups 14y ago
The original article referenced by the link above has more information on why the calculation may be authentic and can be found at http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_kak-s_li...
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by pitchups 14y ago
Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer by Duncan J. Watts Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect
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by pitchups 14y ago
And what a shame that the majority of users cover it with a cheap, plastic/rubber case! :\
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by pitchups 14y ago
Wow, that is indeed a remarkable and inspiring story. Thanks so much for sharing it. You are right - most physicians - including mine - find it far easier to medicate you for life than try and cure you naturally. I am certainly going to t
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by pitchups 14y ago
>I took blood pressure medication for awhile and, with my doctor's help, eventually got off of it. Can you share how exactly you got off the blood pressure medication? I know it is possible with appropriate diet and lifestyle changes -

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