saucerful

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by saucerful 16y ago
I have yet to meet the first guy manually writing a doc by hand. Actually, real typesetting is done with LaTeX which is a document markup language. There are WYSIWIG editors (e.g. LyX) but I seen anyone actually using them.
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by saucerful 16y ago
For what it's worth, I don't think I could possibly read as quickly AND effectively as he talks. What a great speaker! I learned a lot.
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by saucerful 16y ago
You do know about arxiv.org, right? This is the de facto place for preprints in all of the fields that I know of, and is pretty much removing the need for publications altogether. But it is definitely limited from a technology perspective.
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by saucerful 16y ago
How do you compete with MapMyRun? Everyone I know uses that...
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by saucerful 16y ago
"Will you sign an NDA? How do I know you won't steal my idea? No, we won't sign an NDA. No venture firm would at this stage. The informal commitment to secrecy on our application form is more than any VC would make. In this connection you m
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by saucerful 16y ago
Is there any sort of NDA attached to the application? How can I be sure that if I'm rejected and then one of the accepted teams tosses their idea, you won't just hand them mine to work on? (I'm aware that there are differing theories out th
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by saucerful 16y ago
I don't. Excuse the cynicism but it sounds to me like you're complaining. Did you happen to be involved in a start-up that isn't doing so hot and you believe Google is to blame? Sorry but just because this is the internet doesn't mean rea
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by saucerful 16y ago
Typical startup fallacy. Just because they aren't overhauling their site every few months doesn't mean they are stagnating. There is a difference between being stagnant and being stable. The new content and change come from the data users s
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by saucerful 16y ago
I've been using last.fm for just over 7 years (and I was one of the last of my friends to join). I love it. Why? Because unlike other "social networks", last.fm is actually useful. For me, its is about data, both aggregating my listening