sdurkin

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by sdurkin 18y ago
If we are the only ones, I find that incredibly scary. We are incredibly more precious than we thought. The fate of all intelligent life rests on this one tiny speck. I, for one, hope that we aren't the only ones, because if we fail, then
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by sdurkin 18y ago
Evernote is pretty good.
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by sdurkin 18y ago
A hunter who hunts twice as much doesn't eat twice as much, he starves to death.
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by sdurkin 18y ago
I'm not so sure its a good idea to trade in journalistic neutrality for "full disclosure" and personal point of view.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Excellent design. Really, much better than anything I could ever do. My humble attempt at constructive criticism follows. The "play song" overlay is too obtrusive. It feels interruptive, which is what the transparency is trying to avoid.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
That isn't science.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
I'll be the first to admit my perspective is limited, but for me, the "magic" is the ability to seamlessly and easily embed documents in a web page. Before iPaper, getting casual users to view a PDF or doc was brutal because it added anothe
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by sdurkin 19y ago
The first time I used Scribd's iPaper I thought, "This is magic." Its one of those products that, as a web developer, you'd have to be stupid not to use. Its simply that much better than its competitors. Congratulations, guys.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Why are mainstream press science articles always so sensationalist?
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Markets deal with expectations. The market price had profits of greater than 25% "built-in." When Nokia failed to meet this expectation, the price dropped.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Although this may not be the case everywhere, at my school there is zero statistical difference between the ability of BA and BS students in COS to get jobs at top tech firms.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Yes, it is an error. What alarms me is Google's attitude. What happens when we're dealing with interfaces that are a little bit more ill-defined? Will Google continue to demand that you follow their way of doing things? Google's attitude in
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Very funny anecdote. What bothers me though is that this implies that Google seems to think they own the web. For example, they told the guy that he was lucky that they were willing to give him a backup, but it seems to me that Google's the
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by sdurkin 19y ago
I think blogging is just a buzzword for writing. People of the future will most likely look at us as silly for distinguishing it as something special in the first place. For example, why does every marketing firm in New York have a company-
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Both, if possible. Plenty of places combine top-notch engineering with top-notch liberal arts schools.
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Gizmodo: Psystar's a Hoax(gizmodo.com)
10 points by sdurkin 19y ago|2 comments
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by sdurkin 19y ago
In my opinion the software is the business. Without that, its just an idea on paper. And the marketable value of an idea is zero.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
If you want to know how Toyota outproduces Ford, go pick up a copy of the book The Machine that Changed the World. It outlines all of Toyota's lean production methods. Continuous flow processing doesn't even scratch the surface of how far
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Subsistence farmers grow crops using traditional methods mostly. They're insulated from the fuel costs etc. that generally drive up the cost of production for the big producers. Subsistence farmers also tend to bring to market a small porti
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by sdurkin 19y ago
This is true. However, I think the point being made here is that while you need strategy, execution, timing, all of the things you just listed above (and more), even if you have all of these things, you still can't become "a Google" if you
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by sdurkin 19y ago
#2 is Korean popstar Rain.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
"Because this change in diet has been slow and incremental, it cannot explain the dramatic price movements of the past year. The second change can: the rampant demand for ethanol as fuel for American cars. In 2000 around 15m tonnes of Ameri
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Ah, yes, this is true. I was using inequality as synonymous with poverty, while there is an important distinction. However, in a lot of cases, especially in the third world, abuse of labor and government allows a select few to build and mai
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Holding off on early acquisition is a necessary but by no means sufficient condition of massive success. That is, refusing early offers doesn't guarantee you'll be the next Google, but accepting one guarantees you won't.
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by sdurkin 19y ago
High food prices, while detrimental to the urban poor, may be the best opportunity to pull subsistence farmers out of poverty and integrate them into the global economy. That said, biofuel subsidies are really just an excuse for corn belt p
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Biofuel Subsidies Contributing to Rising Food Prices(nytimes.com)
4 points by sdurkin 19y ago|0 comments
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by sdurkin 19y ago
It seems like a positive feedback loop. Improved brains require slow development and allow for greater social complexity, which requires bigger brains and even slower development. To summarize, this article adds that perhaps slow developmen
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Polaroid's Back: Introduces Handheld Digital Photo Printer(nytimes.com)
1 points by sdurkin 19y ago|0 comments
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by sdurkin 19y ago
Long term, a large nuclear fusion power infrastructure plus 3D printers might make this a reality. Also, as someone pointed out above, the central point of this article is incorrect. Manufacturing patented items for non-commercial use is i
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by sdurkin 19y ago
But what business is it of mine whether someone wants to destroy themselves with drugs? As long as that person is only harming himself, and not others, why should the government get involved?

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