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811.
by rms 17y ago
It took Zuckerberg more than five years to make Facebook the #1 web site... he's still not quite there but probably by the end of 2010.
812.
by rms 17y ago
Not upvoting politics... for what it's worth the US Justice department is appealing the decision to dismiss their case. But if Blackwater mercenaries had killed my 9 year old son, I would want Erik Prince tried before the Hague for crimes a
813.
Illegal Art: Logorama (Oscar nominated short film)(garagetv.be)
13 points by rms 17y ago|1 comments
814.
by rms 17y ago
http://whatinterviewprep.webs.com/preparefortheinterview.htm... Totally worth it
815.
by rms 17y ago
Rapture of the Nerds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity For me personally, it was graduating from college and realizing that unlike every other member of my graduating class, I did not have to get a job to function my
816.
by rms 17y ago
Apple sells a keyboard dock: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
817.
by rms 17y ago
Cool!
818.
by rms 17y ago
Being ineffective for speech is actually a "feature" of Bose headphones. I second the recommendation for Etymotic earphones.
819.
by rms 17y ago
What you say is true, but reality has also become more complicated than free market good, socialism bad.
820.
by rms 17y ago
I don't think there is enough information in currency markets to build a reputational economy that could replace a web of insider influence. The transition is a lot more complicated than the system Rand talked about.
821.
by rms 17y ago
This is one of the main reasons why they are getting flack for it -- the $150 only matters to people of a certain class.
822.
by rms 17y ago
One recorded talk of his is available here: David S. Rose on pitching to VCs http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_s_rose_on_pitching_...
823.
by rms 17y ago
It's because they are legitimately better than most angel groups that charge. $150 is an incredibly reasonable fee in the scheme of angel groups.
824.
by rms 17y ago
META: Thanks for posting. Thanks for immediately warning us that this could degenerate into personal attacks. To anyone posting, please think if what you are saying has a personal attack in it. If it has a personal attack, don't make it. --
825.
by rms 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_effects_of_cannabis#M...
826.
by rms 17y ago
Probably, but let's all just keep pretending it isn't for a while longer.
827.
by rms 17y ago
We were taking it with choline also.
828.
by rms 17y ago
This has less to do with political correctness, and more the idea that posts like yours are just kind of annoying. The tone makes the site seem a lot less civil. It didn't add anything to the thread. Now all we have is you acting very annoy
829.
by rms 17y ago
You weren't using it as a pejorative, but your pun was based on its use as a pejorative.
830.
Live chat with Cory Doctorow about ACTA (11AM EST)(internetevolution.com)
1 points by rms 17y ago|0 comments
831.
by rms 17y ago
Wikipedians strongly recommend against that and get annoyed when people do it. Anyone that wants to fix their own mistaken Wikipedia page is best off doing it by posting a link on the talk page with the correct information and letting someo
832.
by rms 17y ago
A Bayesian approach probably works much better
833.
What is Bayesianism?(lesswrong.com)
64 points by rms 17y ago|10 comments
834.
by rms 17y ago
Live jazz hip-hop at a local bar, no cover
835.
by rms 17y ago
One day, I will be able to load my saved items...
836.
by rms 17y ago
Not enough public info to really judge, but anecdotally they're doing very well.
837.
by rms 17y ago
Hopefully Google starts selling a developer version. I want one.
838.
by rms 17y ago
Congrats! No obligation for you to answer, but have you raised any funding yet? Would you be able to spend a lot of money to scale more rapidly or is going more slowly a better strategy for you?
839.
by rms 17y ago
To correct myself, Fred Wilson points out in his blog post that it will be anti-immigration people against this bill, not specifically populists, and the anti-immigration people will be against the bill... so this doesn't come to inside bas
840.
by rms 17y ago
You might want to check out Rise of Nations -- it's an RTS but it incorporated Civilization like gameplay better than any other game of its type that I have played. If anyone knows of a more recent similar strategy game, I'd like to hear ab

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