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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   Starting to hope it doesn't. Bing is sending lots more traffic than Google to one of my sites.
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   1) Cash in your discovery for US $1 million [0]. 2) Fund your own disruptive startup incubator, a la YCombinator (using the publicity from your discovery to attract hoards of scrappy geniuses). 2.5) Optionally, focus on startups that moneti
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   The most interesting thing about Alpha so far is the effectiveness of its public relations. A LOT of news organizations are talking about this. I've honestly been trying to ignore it, but that has been hard :) Very curious how they built
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   I'm speaking as an entrepreneur and business owner here - not an end consumer of the download who will, quite reasonably, take something they want for free, if given the choice not to pay for it. If the goal is to be financially successful
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   Thanks!
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   Can someone help clarify this meetup's topic for me? To me, "monetization" means "extracting more revenue/sales/profit from each user"... a kind of general business issue. But it looks like this is more about virtual currency systems in g
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   Anyone have recent experience in whether search keywords in the domain name itself matter? Separately, what about subdomains?
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   You know, might be able to help. I've been developing a "how to gain the ability to visualize" program, and could use some beta testers. Message me or send email to amax @@@ hilomath.com if you're interested; it's going to be a for-sale p
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   by redsymbol 17y ago

   Years ago, I enjoyed reading books about how to do arithmetic mentally and quickly (there are several of them - one good one is "Math Magic" by Scott Flansburg). There did not seem to be anything equivalent for more abstract math, i.e. alg
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Well, from what I read in the FT article, they are actually implying a shift from US dollars to SDRs, which already exist and are well established. SDRs are effectively a currency in the ways that matter, at least at this (international fi
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Congratulations on that. Can I ask, how did you get that article written? From a PR standpoint, it's really an outstanding feature - almost gushing with praise for hoodies in general and HoodiesPeople.com in particular. I'm sure you'll g
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    What a contrast between Branson's realistic-but-optimistic outlook and the dire tone of the interviewer. Many of the questions were focused on failure and pessimism: "How gloomy should British businesspeople be?" "How worried should
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    I'm almost done reading "The Creature from Jekyll Island", by Griffin. Having had little background in finance or economics, much of what's been happening in the financial markets the past several years was just a mystery to me, and about
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Currently work out of my home office - have for > two years. Regularly go onto the clients' site, though, which I have found quite helpful in upping my productivity (breaks the routine, and there's something about meeting people in per
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    I wrote a couple of short math books on a related topic: http://hilomath.com/ They're different in that they focus on more abstract math - algebra and calculus. In other words, how to solve algebra equations mentally, and how to do calcu
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    This looks pretty amazing. On their pricing page, they claim that the $60/month plan is specifically for individuals, not business use, though - how do you get around that? Just sign up for a personal plan, and so far they let you use it
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Not sure why people downmodded this comment. Government policies like this pose a real personal and business privacy problem. Any service that solves it in a convenient way surely has the potential to be profitable.
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Well, obviously the article is hostile to the idea of being or becoming wealthy. Reading it, I'm reminded of the aphorism, that if one sees money as evil, they will find themselves without money. One good thing about this article is that t
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    My first search, for "lawn gnomes", returned no results. Come on! Home and garden? You GOT to have lawn gnomes :) Seriously, nice start here. Good use of affiliate marketing, as others have noted. You may want to make the search more fl
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    What I found life changing about the Hyperion Cantos, you mean? Well... the story line itself. I didn't identify a lot with specific characters; there was a process much larger than all their little lives unfolding, that they were caught
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Wow... too many to list :) The Hyperion novels, by Dan Simmons Retire Young, Retire Rich by Kiyosaki and Letcher (and other books of theirs as well) Principles of Effortless Power by Peter Ralston (martial artist) A lot of stuff by John-Rog
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    Hello! I used to have a lot of problems with sleep myself. In fact, there was a period of time where I would take Nyquil to force myself to sleep, because it causes drowsiness as a side effect. Obviously this is not recommended :) I now
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    by redsymbol 18y ago

    I wrote two small math books in LyX: http://hilomath.com It was interesting. It's nice in a lot of ways; LyX manages to combine the kind of continuous preview you get with a full WYSIWYG word processor with the more abstract organization
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    Python: High-level Language Features and Testing(ai.redsymbol.net)

    1 points by redsymbol 19y ago|0 comments
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    by redsymbol 19y ago

    Thanks for taking the time to write that, Daniel. I just learned a thing or two reading it.
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    by redsymbol 19y ago

    Distributed version control systems. Especially Git, ATM. Also seeking a deeper understanding of language design and compilers. Some inspirations for why: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/06/rich-programmer-food... http://martinfow
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    by redsymbol 19y ago

    I've made several unsuccessful attempts over the years to go more than a few days without reading slashdot :) I still read it almost every day, at least to check what the stories are. For a while, about eight months ago, I found myself goi