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by robotcookies 13y ago
Good idea. It might also be good to track the names of the lawyers involved (and not just the names of the shell companies they're hiding behind). Most know the laws may eventually change to make patent trolling harder and that their i
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by robotcookies 13y ago
It is absolutely bribery. And as an American, I'm glad there are people in other places who see it for exactly what it is.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Oh MIT, it's worse to keep the file secret. The public will only speculate about what happened. I'm fine with keeping the names removed, but the public should know what happened.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Let's say a country had a higher than average rate of infant mortality. Let's also say that it was speculated the cause was cultural... due to parents in this imaginary country allowing their babies to sleep in their beds. And alt
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Technology (the product) can be decentralized. But the generation of ideas that create the products is a separate thing from the product itself. Many would say there is a geographic aspect to the generation of ideas... that people, for some
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by robotcookies 13y ago
I didn't (couldn't) go through all the math, but it would seem to me that the lion would get closer and closer to the man on each turn, while never touching (assuming points without width). Kind of like the graph where the line ap
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by robotcookies 13y ago
I think Gladwell makes some good points and that cultural factors can play a role in these things. But I can't help but wonder if these same cultural factors can go both ways and maybe we're obsessively focusing on just one effect
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by robotcookies 13y ago
In NYC, I notice the underground subway stations are also really hot. The subways use electricity (no combustion engine), so there may be something going on other than the cars causing it.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Don't similar things happen on the stock exchange all the time? I'm not sure. But I think the fact that one can discover these things with bitcoins by tracing activity while it would be much harder to do with more established mark
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by robotcookies 13y ago
It's only the amount paid to the artist. Pandora actually pays 12 cents per 100 plays meaning they pay $1200 for a million plays. So the middle men are apparently taking a huge cut. If I were a musician, I'd be more concerned abou
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Pandora apparently pays 12 cents per 100 plays. At that rate, they are paying out $1200 for a song with a million plays. If the artist only gets about $16 (under 2%) out of that, where is the rest of that money going to?
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by robotcookies 13y ago
Glad that Californians have this option. Beaches should be public on the East coast as well.
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by robotcookies 13y ago
A nominal fee like a quarter might be a good idea. I lived in Santa Monica when their buses were 25 cents and don't recall many issues with homeless or other people abusing it.