resdirector

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by resdirector 12y ago
OT but IMO it's such a huge cost to the economy (and humanity) that marijuana is still taboo. The thought experiments that you describe, for me at least, are not only fun, but more often than not lead to practical, wealth-generating br
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Murdoch’s bid for Time Warner threatens the golden age of television(ft.com)
1 points by resdirector 12y ago|0 comments
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by resdirector 12y ago
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light Its value is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second because the length of the metre is defined from this constant and the international standard for time.
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by resdirector 12y ago
As I mentioned in another comment, the broader (and bold) hypothesis here is that our passions and peeves play the strongest role in determining success of close working relationships. If anyone here thinks this is an interesting hypothesis
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by resdirector 12y ago
Different approaches to responsibility and how to treat others will kill a partnership; Different TV tastes, not so much. Perhaps I listed way too much TV. The broader (and bold) hypothesis here is that our passions and peeves play the st
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by resdirector 12y ago
I don't watch that much TV, it just seems that way because I neglected to mention other interests.
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by resdirector 12y ago
i'm squarely on the friends end of the seinfeld-friends continuum, so i guess that wouldn't bode well for a partnership. =) Don't get me started on Friends! That would rate five thumbs down for me ;P. Re your larger point o
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by resdirector 12y ago
Good points. FWIW one reason I went for a (very) strong TV angle is that it's a trade off between being too broad and too niche. As an example, I could have put down "The Chocolate Watchband" (awesome band from the 60s), but
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by resdirector 12y ago
Haha, it's working ;)
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by resdirector 12y ago
Tech guy. Yeah, good point, I'll consider adding more entrepreneur-centric info on. (Out of interest, which TV shows? Or was just figure of speech?)
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by resdirector 12y ago
All three are necessary. But finding someone you fundamentally click with is the harder of the three, IMO. Followed by the entrepreneur spirit, followed by the skill set.
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by resdirector 12y ago
True, but I'm approaching it from a new angle, interests first, skills second. I think this way is better, because even if there isn't a skill match, we'll still likely have an interesting conversation (presuming we bond over
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by resdirector 12y ago
TV, I think, is a good discriminator. I could list "Objective C", "Node.js" etc, but sharing similar tech passions aren't as accurate at predicting compatibility. I could well be completely wrong. I aim to find out.
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by resdirector 12y ago
Clickables: http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfaq.html http://willwegetalong.site44.com/
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Ask HN: Help me find a co-founder
5 points by resdirector 12y ago|22 comments
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'Six Californias' plan gets enough signatures to make 2016 ballot(usatoday.com)
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Lyft Halts New York City Launch After City Files Restraining Order(forbes.com)
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Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years(theguardian.com)
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Stephen F. Gaskin, founder of the Farm commune in Tennessee, dies at 79(washingtonpost.com)
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by resdirector 12y ago
He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness. Other themes include genetics, simulated reality, posthumanism, mind uploading, sexuality, artificial inte
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Greg Egan(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by resdirector 12y ago|1 comments
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by resdirector 12y ago
Their method of removing happy posts is not the same as deliberately making people sad. Before the experiment it was highly plausible that people would become more happy if they saw less happy posts by others[0]. Moreover, I think compani
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by resdirector 12y ago
> Facebook intentionally made thousands upon thousands of people sad. Hang on. Wasn't the experiment to see whether users would post gloomier or happier messages respectively? This very different from intentionally making people
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by resdirector 12y ago
Seconded. Diaspora is one of the best sci if books I've read. Highly recommend it (and all of Egan's work) to the HN community.
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Black swan theory(en.wikipedia.org)
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Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn(theguardian.com)
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Are you paid to look busy?(pbs.org)
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by resdirector 12y ago
I'd like to see this tested in a lean way. Perhaps finding a traditional tribe still living deep in the Amazon jungle, giving them this book and observing the outcome.
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by resdirector 12y ago
Agreed, except maybe read more Hacker News. I used to, like many people here, consider HN a distraction. Thanks to changing my reading style (I now set aside an hour to read/skim every single front page article) I find that the distr
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by resdirector 13y ago
Clickable: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/will-we-get-along/id80703488...

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