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by riffer 17y ago
RSS readers are sort of like the big brick circa-1991 mobile phones from Big Lebowski or Wall Street. They are better than the alternatives in a couple of dimensions, but they are not a long term equilibrium.
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by riffer 17y ago
I agree that it is definitely a nastiness problem, so if you were going to add one of these two types of flags, I'd recommend 'uncivil' over 'frivolous' I think the right consequence for someone who accumulates too many uncivil flags is to
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by riffer 17y ago
That's right; the title is linkbait
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by riffer 17y ago
So you're defending the title by claiming that the title is linkbait?
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The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History in the White House(lrb.co.uk)
1 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
Agreed, but philosophically, is it still a stealth fighter if the guy the flying it is stupid enough to effectively turn off some of the technology?
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by riffer 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=978295
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Vote Fraud Resilient Online Content Rating(cs.nyu.edu)
5 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
Climatologists should articulate what adjustments are necessary and why. Popularizers can then make it accessible to laypersons if need be - there is certainly enough interest. The whole point is that up until now we've been trusting the de
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Banks and Information Technology: Silo But Deadly(economist.com)
9 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
If the answer is 15x and it just happened, how upset is the investor really going to get?
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Journalism Schools Can Push Coverage Beyond Breaking News(chronicle.com)
2 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
I love this guy: If you want to learn more about Wave, I would start there and skip this post His point that the product must be in a very early stage of development because it apparently hasn't gone though the process where marginal feat
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by riffer 17y ago
Perfectly stated. I still have the piece of paper from a couple of years ago where I drew this out (I'm both analytical and spatial/visual), and my holistic diagram looks just like what you wrote. At the risk of being negative, I think the
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by riffer 17y ago
From the individual's perspective, this is a valid point. However, the price discrimination decision is made by the institution, and it clearly has benefits to the institution. In addition to raising more money, price discrimination also s
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by riffer 17y ago
That's only a problem here b/c in the past it has been used more for mischief than for good. There are a ton of good applications for using a browser history to enhance the user experience. As we see more of these in the future, attitudes w
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by riffer 17y ago
Their second demand was amnesty, so they kind of had the right idea. Sort of. Of course they all got arrested anyhow. What kind of revolutionary asks for amnesty? Not exactly History Will Absolve Me material
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by riffer 17y ago
Sarcastic, yet insightful
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by riffer 17y ago
This would be like non-binary whitelists that have multiple levels. I like it.
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by riffer 17y ago
Since it sounds like the problem is comments rather than posts, and posts are commonly flagged and killed, why not encourage users to flag comments that are inconsistent with the character of the site? I only realized a couple of days ago t
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by riffer 17y ago
The title is just linkbait: It's one in nine people 25-45 years old, which isn't quite as surprising as one in seven 40 year old men.
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by riffer 17y ago
YC's first fund was a lot smaller than that. It just goes back to the point that you don't have to launch something with a $100m bling marketing budget to succeed. If the product/service is right, organic growth can happen very, very fast
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by riffer 17y ago
yeah, like maybe filter out answers to ... "What do you understand about your business that other companies in it just don't get?"
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Net Neutrality Explained Again Differently(radical-moderation.blogspot.com)
1 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
The professionally acceptable term is "candy"
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by riffer 17y ago
Not sure about HN, but they definitely have people dedicated to (smile)Twitter(/smile)
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A Writing Revolution(seedmagazine.com)
2 points by riffer 17y ago|0 comments
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by riffer 17y ago
I like the idea, but what's going to stop a bot from re-tweeting?
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by riffer 17y ago
Dupe: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=872813
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by riffer 17y ago
Only recent comment scores are inputs into the average

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