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by ryanjmo 16y ago
So one problem I have with developing for the Android platform, is that I don't know how to go about it and I don't understand the different Android versions and which phones have which version of the OS and how many people have each versio
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
It also sounds like he can convince you that if you don't go with him you are going to have problems and then you are going to have to hire him eventually anyway. Being able to convince people not to look around at other options is a very
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Yes, but the point is with very very high probability YOU are not going to be the one to solve P vs. NP, so you shouldn't waste your time. On a side note, I really hate when people get voted up for bringing up things that do not have realis
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Please elaborate on the "Hacker Vs. Cracker" debate, I seemed to have missed this one.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
This is the same value of NP-Reductions. They let you know that you should not try to solve the problem directly (because you can solve the problem without showing P=NP). Thus you know your approach should rather use techniques like appro
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
I actually think Toyota's mistake was taking the complaints too seriously and responding with such concern. Apple's approach, of dismissing the 'problem' and blaming it on the user, seems much more likely to help the whole thing blow over.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
I think generally the goal is by the time you have b-school types working in your start-up, you have built a strong core for your business, which shouldn't be changing that rapidly. However, it is good to be continually iterating looking f
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Shafi, is my Dissertation Advisor's Advisor. That makes her my Grand Advisor or something like that in Academic terms. I like this quote "I can’t even begin to understand what this means in English, but it sounds impressive doesn’t it?", t
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Really!?! That is exactly what someone doing this would want you to think...
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Well I bought an iPhone before apple got increasing closed, but I'm on a 2 year contract. What should I do now?
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
I feel sorry for people that are employed.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Imagine the repetitive stress injury. My body hurts from just using the wii.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
This talk seems like a whole bunch of 3-D snake oil.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
When I give driving directions to a friend, I send them the address and let them figure the rest out on their own.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
If you use more than 2 GB per month, you deserve to pay more than the rest of us who do not. Why is this hard to understand? So my real concern about these type of data plans is not that they are not fair, but that they will stifle inovat
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
OR, it wasn't worth the risk for Facebook a quickly growing company at the time. However that type of risk my be worth it to a startup that is just starting and has many other more serious risks to worry about (like no one using their prod
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Ha, the sad part is if they did this, I would likely use HN even more.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
The other week we were looking into the Facebook like buttons for a client who was thinking about installing them on their website. The conclusion we came to was the same as this article and we calculated it using almost the same route. Fo
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
I feel like kickstarter.com has it backwards. I feel like they should: 1) Put up ideas. 2) Raise money for them. 3) Have people apply to try to execute them. Not that I have anything against these four kids, but I imagine this idea could b
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Nice, I did not think of that perspective! Thanks.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
So, have you noticed that a large number of people on this site say they want to go to X country/place before they die. I imagine they pick this as a goal, because it is actually really easy to achieve and you can't really fail at it if yo
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Yes I am sorry, I believe I ment "it is in some ways a formal proof." It is indeed a proof sketch. With a preliminary section defining things more rigorously, I do believe that this is publishable in most of the Cryptography conferences I
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
This somehow seems easier to follow than a formal proof (even though it is actually a formal proof). Fun times!
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
This is a great article. In my personal opinion they should decrease security/airplane safety inspections until flying becomes as dangerous as driving in a bus. I really don't see any mathematical or logical reason why flying in a plane sh
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
I find this funny because Facebook is an opt-in service. Why are people so against the policies people are choosing to be a part of?
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Yes, you can easily do this. All you have to do is erase your Facebook profile. If you need help doing this, let me know.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
If you really want your FB profile to be private, you should remove it from Facebook. I don't know if you have noticed by now but Facebook is essentially an open platform. Get the clue, remove anything you want to be be private from Faceb
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
Every time I see a comment on hacker news that is sympathetic to Facebook's privacy policies it gets down voted. I don't get it; do the monitors of HN not think the users of hacker news are intelligent enough to decide if Facebook's privacy
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
That is because the info that is available at http://graph.facebook.com/name is <= the info that is available at http://facebook.com/name . What part of your account are you trying to stop from being accessed? This makes no sense.
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by ryanjmo 16y ago
While I understand the merit of what this article is saying I really want to caution always requiring a strict high confidence level when making a decision in start-ups. Requiring a strict confidence level does make sense for a company lik

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