ratcliffco

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   by ratcliffco 16y ago

   He did a similar talk at Startup School 2007 (I think) where he showed how relatively dumb algorithm can build a database of simple facts. It worked very simple: crawl a TON of web-based text and look for patterns like "XXX such as AAA,BBB
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   by ratcliffco 16y ago

   And why is this voted to the top, as opposed to, lets say, "3 ways of swapping values b/w variables"? :)
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   by ratcliffco 16y ago

   I avoid FB connect - sites/services I try don't need to be linked to my identity on Facebook, that's just too private, sorry.
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   by ratcliffco 16y ago

   Is't MySpace closely tied to music preferences? Maybe a few influential bands heavily invested into MySpace presence and their audience happened to be black?
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   by ratcliffco 16y ago

   But why now? There must have been a good reason for Sun to continue developing their own UNIX variant. I can understand the value-add coming from ZFS, but why having to maintain your own kernel? They could have built their own Linux/BSD dis