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by quan 16y ago
>>I also want to suggest that it might be interesting to have some non-numeric display that still allows for the 'quick scan' that you mention. I agree with this, may be displaying a color coded dot in place of the comment score. Th
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Engineering and Art at the bottom of the Ocean(theatlantic.com)
1 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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War statistics follow power law(economist.com)
8 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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by quan 16y ago
It looks like something I would integrate for my current project but your term suggests that the api is only for personal and non-commercial uses.
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by quan 16y ago
I think the reason Linda won't get out of bed for less than $10k is because they pay her that much to stay in bed
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Apple announces the new iPad 2(engadget.com)
3 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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by quan 16y ago
Here's a similar HN discussion awhile back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=442022
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by quan 16y ago
I found AZ ratings to be mostly useless, what would be better is the total number HN/SO points accumulated from all the recommendations for that book. edit: not a mix, but separate points for each community
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by quan 16y ago
I agree with all the points except for the one that believes it's within Apple right to do whatever they want because it's their hardware and platform. Let's forget that the hardware really belongs to the iPhone/iPad owners for a moment, bu
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by quan 16y ago
I think there're 3 reasons for the (perceived) degradation: 1. There's a significant increase in the number of submissions over time while the number of frontpage articles remains the same (30). This leads to shorter articles lifespan. So i
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by quan 16y ago
If reputation is that important, then StackExchange's partition strategy is actually very effective. If you want to find good coders you go to StackOverflow. If you're looking for good photographers, you go to SE's photography site. There's
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by quan 16y ago
The "autocomplete your life" slogan at the end of the video puts a smile on my face
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by quan 16y ago
If Wave were created by a smaller company, it would not have been able to garner that much hype and tech blogs ink and therefore wouldn't have attracted that many adopters. In fact, without Google's reputation, a small company creating such
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by quan 16y ago
I had to check to make sure I didn't sleepwalk and submit this because almost the exact same thing happens to me. I quitted my job 8 months ago to travel and work on my ideas. 2 months in, I fall in love with my current girlfriend. After a
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WikiLeaks and the Perils of Oversharing(nytimes.com)
11 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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Cables Discuss Vast Hacking by a China That Fears the Web(nytimes.com)
92 points by quan 16y ago|39 comments
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by quan 16y ago
I never have a startup or call myself an entrepreneur, but this post makes me despise these 2 words. Whatever they want to call people who tinker with projects, work a lot, and take risks (hackers?), I want to be in that club. If the money
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The Mysteries of Naming Tech Products(pogue.blogs.nytimes.com)
7 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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by quan 16y ago
Hey, I just quit my job recently and my goal is to travel to as many places as possible for a year. My flight to Saigon is this Sunday, and I'm planning to do the whole country tour from Hanoi to the South for about 2 weeks. Let me know if
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Introducing the New Youtube Mobile Website(youtube.com)
1 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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by quan 16y ago
Here's the visualization of the current poll snapshot (as of 11:47pm EST): http://hackerpolls.heroku.com/polls/44 Disclosure: I created this awhile ago and almost forgot about it until I saw this poll
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by quan 16y ago
I used to daytrade IPOs like crazy during the 2006-2008 period. From what I read from the many IPO boards that I participated, you need to have an account with the underwriters of the IPO in order to get allocation. Usually, these premium a
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by quan 16y ago
The "motherfucker" page doesn't load, maybe I can help him with some web development at only $1,000/hr
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by quan 16y ago
I recently quit my high-paying job, in fact, today is my last day, and "randomly walk around" is exactly what I'm going to do. For most of my 27 years, I've been trying to do the "wise" thing by getting good grades, graduating from a good c
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by quan 16y ago
The guy in the video says it's brought back (usually from the States) by a friend of his. His explanation for the unresponsive screen is due to Apple disabling the device remotely, probably triggered by failure to input some passcode . He j
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Entrepreneurial Finishing School(steveblank.com)
1 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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Cellphone credit card scanners want to replace cash(nytimes.com)
3 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments
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by quan 16y ago
Contrarily, I think that any civilization capable of reaching Earth must also exhibit the most humane (aliene?) characteristics such as love for justice and respect for other lives. I'd imagine with their great power, every individual in th
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Turning on your Reality Distortion Field(steveblank.com)
152 points by quan 16y ago|14 comments
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New power sources could be made using magnesium(economist.com)
2 points by quan 16y ago|0 comments

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