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by pwhelan 16y ago
'There is “absolutely no scientific evidence” that working out in the late evening keeps you from sleeping, Mr. Youngstedt says.' That isn't what people say happens -- indeed I thought everyone knew that working out late kept you up because
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by pwhelan 16y ago
"Even Bernie Madoff is a direct result of the Fed killing yield causing investors to seek returns wherever they could find them." You make the right point about the fundamentals not being there for the housing bust. However it is hard for m
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by pwhelan 16y ago
"Congress has little time left on this session’s calendar. And it took more than five years to produce the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which itself was the first major overhaul of telecommunications law since the Communications Act of 1934
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Some of these profs will offer special classes that might otherwise not really get offered or have enough students to warrant forcing someone to teach. I loved these classes because the profs were usually really passionate about the subject
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by pwhelan 16y ago
MSFT Research also sends the nicest rejection letters you can imagine.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Well, what does it mean "be applied correctly" to you? Proper application may not be particularly palatable. There is no free lunch. I would argue that the drug development has generally had properly applied patents. Drug prices suck. That
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by pwhelan 16y ago
But it is an unwarranted assumption that patents inherently inhibit the promiscuity of ideas. Through theory and example people have also shown that virtually unregulated capitalism produces the "most prosperous" results. They have done thi
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by pwhelan 16y ago
I am not versed in the Lean Startup methodology, but I will be doing some reading soon (but after work/gym). I like the concept of "validate your hypothesis" first. Design to launch in 2 weeks is impressive. It makes me feel like I should s
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Agreed. The "Facebook problem" is not solvable by writing better software in my opinion. There is just a difficult balance to strike between over-sharing and not sharing enough to enjoy on social networks. Until consumers become more educat
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Ask HN: How quiet should one keep ideas?
7 points by pwhelan 16y ago|10 comments
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by pwhelan 16y ago
"Professional investors make money because of asymmetries of information. Someone working on Wall Street is almost always going to be better versed on financial issues than a casual investor. People make careers picking up hints and suggest
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by pwhelan 16y ago
True, but Palm would have been more difficult. You cannot get a patent for "build a better phone" or "interface that doesn't suck" which is what they likely would have gone after Palm for. Also, there isn't a prejudice against Palm, but ple
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Thanks, Imma take a look at this after work.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Addendum -- look at the current issue with Facebook and ConnectU. Know who you are sharing with if you plan to do something with an idea.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Dammit! Wait! I haven't finished my coffee yet! There could still be a modicum of win...
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Or... be careful about who you let see them. Allowing people to piggy back off of your exam answers devalues your own answers. I'll admit that I have been keeping my ideas as secret as KGB operative but know that this is wrong. Is there a g
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Given Palm being another company with deep pockets, it may not say all that much. Elite companies don't like having legal battles because most of them are Pyrrhic victories and should only be fought over major matters.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
A post like this makes me wish I could upmod more than once. I am new to the startup world and do not really understand the finance in the 5th point. Is there an article or something that could elucidate on this as I am not one "who has bee
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by pwhelan 16y ago
I don't feel that bad, considering it seems like Zuckers has been an unethical solipsist since the start. These 3 perhaps had more than just money taken from them by Zuckers "jackassery".
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Doesn'y YC kinda have guidelines against complaining about getting downmodded and flagged? Gotta structure things at least decently and try to not be obnoxious. If other people think you are being obnoxious here, then you probably are being
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by pwhelan 16y ago
If people want to see what happens when a currency absolutely collapses (minus the whole Nazi thing) look at the Wiemar Republic. Gold was irrelevant than compared to bushes of corn, sacks of taters, oil, etc. Gold has little utility other
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Not what I meant. "The Mozilla platform will use separate processes to display the browser UI, web content, and plugins." [1] -- I don't like this idea myself as it creates odd inter-process communication. Each tab thread will need to conta
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by pwhelan 16y ago
I could see them forking to manage threads and processes differently. Tabs are managed by thread in Firefox whereas by process in Chrome. I prefer the look & feel of Firefox, which is why I use it, but when Firefox crashes (usually beca
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Because of poor-but-good-intentioned and outright malicious reasoning about gender in laws. The idea is that women would be too ashamed to press charges because of social stigma however being accused of a crime carries no social stigma at a
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Despicable behavior by the GOP here. I wish the Dems would HTFU (pun intended) and stand up to this nonsense. This kind of chicanery should not be unpunished, but it will be.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
If it has only been 13 times, he's lucky. Don't go challenging criminals to screw you over and giving them a crucial piece of information. Got what he deserved, especiall yconsidering he was fined for deceptive advertising because of crappy
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by pwhelan 16y ago
I don't know if that is fair though. One doesn't have to know how a microwave works to see how it changed cooking that much. [EDIT] -- I had another point to go along with this but boss came by and I forgot it. It was a good one though.
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Not to mention their disgusting history. I read the book "The Informant" (unlike the movie, not a comedy) about this whole situation and they were some disgusting people. However, crime is a lot easier when "[d]uring the 1992 election, Andr
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by pwhelan 16y ago
ruchi -- ok ok ruchi I'll upvote you. I assure you ruchi that these desperate pleas for us to notice you and your cool handle, ruchi, haven't gone unnoticed. I had never thought of this, but it clarifies why so many people on the internet (
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by pwhelan 16y ago
Agreed. I am wondering if sleeping at a higher temperature would help, so that there could be less heat released through skin.

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