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Ask HN: How long before Gmail search is fast again?
1 points by rms 14y ago|0 comments
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by rms 14y ago
I didn't know this conference existed until about 5 minutes ago, and Session 1 is something like an obscure personal favorite topic of mine, so my intellectual curiosity has been greatly gratified. At least until I switch to Reddit.
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Collected Talks from MIT Collective Intelligence 2012 Conference(cci.mit.edu)
35 points by rms 14y ago|3 comments
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by rms 14y ago
How many of these were brought to Burning Man this year?
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by rms 14y ago
Decrease in cigarette smoking over time?
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by rms 14y ago
If the people accepting the Bitcoins for ransom own the Silk Road? Let's face it, all Bitcoins eventually end up on the Silk Road.
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by rms 14y ago
Cheers! Great venue and the best startup conference in town. Startup School is by far the best startup conference in the Bay Area, and I say that as a 20-something startup founder that mostly still finds increased social connection with 20-
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by rms 14y ago
Reading people in internet poker means using a HUD plus drawing distinctions based on how long they wait before making a move. That's it.
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by rms 14y ago
Poker is mostly about some weird sort of secret autistic like aptitude that no one really understands. Programmer types are higher in weird autistic aptitude than average. Moderately outlying poker players can make about as much as they can
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by rms 14y ago
I'd also suggest http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/khosla-the-silicon-... as an affirming counterpoint.
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by rms 14y ago
I'd like to see a prediction market now for whether or not Assange makes it to Ecuador...
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by rms 14y ago
The UK's well defined path to democratically elected leadership is somewhat unique though. http://80000hours.org/blog/22-how-hard-is-it-to-become-prime...
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by rms 14y ago
Top 10 but not top 5?
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by rms 14y ago
This project might be notable precisely because they are pushing the limits of what's allowed and what isn't.
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by rms 14y ago
If you're reading this and are in LA, you might want to come to this party Saturday night (August 4th). http://blog.ancientlasers.com/come-party-with-bill-nye-to-ce...
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by rms 14y ago
:D
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by rms 14y ago
I think you're supposed to be ingenuously hypomanic. You're supposed to talk yourself up, promise the world, etc., but it's important that you sincerely believe it and are not just a bullshit artist. This requires you to be a little crazy
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by rms 14y ago
So... anyone want to buy a Nexus Q, new in box?
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by rms 14y ago
Agreed! When homeopathy works, it's because people call active formulations of herbal medicines homeopathic, even when they have way more than homeopathic doses in them.
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by rms 14y ago
Remember how Paul Graham wrote those articles about how good programmers should start companies because companies don't pay the absolute best programmers the order of magnitude more money that they may be worth? Well, it seems the marketpla
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by rms 14y ago
Berkeley/San Francisco. Singularity Institute, hiring a Communications Director. http://singularity.org/communications-director/
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by rms 14y ago
I'll do it for $50.
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by rms 14y ago
Now everyone has time to use www.hipmunk.com to book flights to Florida for possibly weeks long stays at your favorite Eastern Orlando resort.
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by rms 14y ago
Anyone know what the minimum purchase quantity is?
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by rms 14y ago
I'm definitely looking forward to Linux on the desktop this decade.
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by rms 15y ago
Obvious Reddit troll, please keep that crap off of Hacker News.
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by rms 15y ago
Yup. Sad someone here took it seriously.
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by rms 15y ago
Yeah. If Rachel could have raised $100,000 on Kickstarter, Kickstarter would have made thousands in fees. They have a license to print money and they will leave more and more money on the table over time if they don't add basic moderation t
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by rms 15y ago
Yup. There's something ineffably hard about customer service. Ask Craig Newmark, who still does it full time. My company's most important competitive advantage is customer service. My secret to providing superior customer service is treatin
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by rms 15y ago
DH3. http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html

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