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by rauljara 17y ago
This is a very intuitively appealing assertion, because (almost) everyone resents being told what is in their best interest if it contradicts what they think is in their best interest, regardless of whether or not the other person is right.
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by rauljara 17y ago
Ah. So if I provide evidence that you are wrong, really I am providing evidence that you are right. Because I wouldn't bother presenting the evidence that you are wrong unless you really were right and I felt threatened by your rightness.
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by rauljara 17y ago
I'm sorry, but comparing an entrepreneur who has to leave a company before he gets rich to a civil rights leader who gets murdered before his children are recognized as fully human and equal members of society by his government is pretty da
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by rauljara 17y ago
I don't have a problem with anyone disagreeing with the statement you're disagreeing with. But I find it really troubling that the first response to it is to flag it. I have seen people on hacker news regularly discuss whether or not ther
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by rauljara 17y ago
It certainly seems like a good gesture, but I have to wonder where this land (possibly an entire region) would come from. That is, is there really that much un-owned fertile land in Senegal? Would the government buy the land from existing
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by rauljara 17y ago
He seems big on the "no monthly contracts" thing. But an increasing number of netbooks are being sold with data plans, and there's no reason to think this trend won't continue. Consumers prefer the monthly fees and subsidized purchase pri
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by rauljara 17y ago
While I agree that you should question statistics, particularly those appearing in op-ed columns, I don't see how this statistic contradicts the thrust of the article at all. The self measures regarding happiness all still apply. It seems
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by rauljara 17y ago
The reason flash wasn't included on the cell phone was battery life: http://adobegripes.tumblr.com/post/231806385/adobe-gets-bitc... Non-windows versions of flash have turned out to be incredibly inefficient: relatively simple flash ban
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by rauljara 17y ago
I really wish that, on inventing a term relating to startups, the author hadn't chosen a word which already means something in relation to startups. When I think of bubbles and startups, I think about coming stock market crashes. I think
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by rauljara 17y ago
Engadget's review: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/ And the HN Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1032213
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by rauljara 17y ago
Not saying there isn't gross mismanagement and systematic corruption, but not being a state also puts DC at a serious disadvantage. They don't have access to state funds, or any government programs that only work through states (though ma
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by rauljara 17y ago
Without knowing how common these problems are, it's really hard to say how much this sort of stuff affects the average user. Reading through the list of problems, I had a momentary freaked out feeling that made me think I'd never use the s
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by rauljara 17y ago
So, first Nokia sues over some general cell phone technology patents. Then Apple countersues over patents that they specifically developed for the iPhone. Now Nokia suddenly realized that every Apple product ever uses their technology and
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by rauljara 17y ago
Not to disagree with you that ad hominem attacks aren't helpful, but the article laid out a lot of interesting data based arguments which you yourself completely ignored. Intentionally or not, you instead preceded to cast "the science" int
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by rauljara 17y ago
More like five tendencies of human nature. The author even points out exceptions to some of the "laws" he's righting about.
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by rauljara 17y ago
I think most of the criticism revolves around the (sometimes record) bonuses they have received while also receiving bailout funds. That is what they are damned for. If they had not paid out such decadent sums of money, I don't think anyo
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by rauljara 17y ago
From the section, "Things which will not destroy the earth": Gay marriage.
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by rauljara 17y ago
The iPhone is feature poor? How many tens of thousands of apps are there these days? Those improve the functionality of my iPhone infinitely. They kind of seem like features to me.
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by rauljara 17y ago
"you will receive just as good of an education." Pretty bold statement. In my personal experience, having good professors, and smart hard working students in a class with me makes all the difference in terms of how much I learn. While its
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by rauljara 17y ago
"For one, the adult film industry would have to make every performer an employee to satisfy the California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, laws." This sounds like the root cause of all the problems he
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by rauljara 17y ago
I have a grad-student friend who is much better off financially than the blogger, but decided to go the van route himself after reading about other van dwellers on line. I think the primary motivation was a desire to achieve as much indepe
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by rauljara 17y ago
The timing certainly makes it seem like a response to the recent email leaks. I kind of hope it is. The scientific community should always respond to skepticism with evidence.
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by rauljara 17y ago
I don't know how widespread the problem is, but I am immediately skeptical of an article that talks about this issue without also talking about the fact that many men have means and still try to get out of paying child support. I've met so
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by rauljara 17y ago
Took me a second to realize why 289. 17 * 17. One dollar per square. If you could get him to offer a prize for a 1000 * 1000 grid, you have quite a nice reward.
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by rauljara 17y ago
If people are desperate for a place to complain about Apple's stinginess, then I suppose this article give a platform. I kind of feel like there are plenty of other places on the internets for that, though.
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by rauljara 17y ago
"There is no such thing as altruism. Everyone is ultimately only interested in their own pleasure. Even those who appear altruistic are doing so because it makes them feel good. No one actually cares about anyone else." Caring is an emotion
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by rauljara 17y ago
The list has the air of, 'you're an idiot if you disagree.' I suspect the punishment that the author perceives from society has more to do with over confidence of the delivery than the content itself. Not to say I agree with all (or even m
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by rauljara 17y ago
The article is sort of boasting about being ahead of schedule by a couple of hours, when originally, they were supposed to be at this point over a year ago. I'm glad they're able to get on with the creation of ultra tiny black holes and al
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Gameloft scaling back Android development in favor of iPhone(reuters.com)
26 points by rauljara 17y ago|8 comments
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by rauljara 17y ago
This is spam. It is a link that asks me to spend money. Maybe you should have written a blog entry about the experience of writing the game instead. That way you could have done your advertising, have added something of value to the comm

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