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by sfard 16y ago
Ironic coming from a site with way too much unreadable helvetica nueue
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by sfard 16y ago
In the case of Hipmunk, I'm not sure why it's being touted as such an inspiring story of usability. I may be biased because I work at one of the big online travel companies, but I think hipmunk usability is terrible. Their simple search wiz
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by sfard 16y ago
Did you try getting into rooibos?
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by sfard 16y ago
You know at the end of Kanye's runaway track where there's two minutes of heavily distorted vocals. I think that's a strong analog for what you're seeing here. Essentially he's using his globally-identified voice in that track to send messa
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by sfard 16y ago
I saw this on my friend's facebook feed and left this comment. Yo this whole thing fascinates me like crazy so I've spent some time researching shit, and I still only understand the crust of it. But since I'm bored, here's what I know. Alri
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by sfard 16y ago
Assuming a proof-of-concept is developed, this guy has just managed to create a more-efficient way of converting heat into electricity. If that's the case, that technology could be applied to other heat-generation plants (nuclear, coal, gas
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Why "Star Wars" Created a Fanatical Subculture and "American Pie" Didn't(sfard.posterous.com)
21 points by sfard 16y ago|22 comments
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by sfard 16y ago
Most sensible comment here. Working at a big name as some low level software developer is not a big deal. By virtue of being at Stanford alone he had a good chance at the job.
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Careers as Efficient Markets(sfard.posterous.com)
18 points by sfard 16y ago|14 comments
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by sfard 16y ago
Maybe Reuters shouldn't be using puns in their titles - but I'm not sure how "distasteful" this this.
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by sfard 16y ago
The advertising agency plus the people in marketing who hired them need to be fired. Seriously, this screams of clueless 35 year old white dude thinking that this is what constitutes "cool".
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by sfard 16y ago
Hey - I work in design innovation for a very large online travel company (e.g., Expedia, Priceline, Booking). Here are some additional thoughts (1) Don't get obsessed with statistical significance. 95% is an arbitrary number - sometimes you
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by sfard 16y ago
I love this idea in principle. I'd love to use it as well as be a host for people, but I wonder how they're going to keep out people who rob/murder you in your sleep?
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by sfard 16y ago
Although this is great for consumer choice, I shudder when I think of all the corporate heads at telecom companies thinking of how to screw customers on this. The phone becomes a sunk cost and companies can then screw us on a higher go-forw
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by sfard 16y ago
Even if the profits exist, "Who will be profiting" is a good question. Here are some points (1) Afghanistan's chunk of revenue from reserves will almost all come from Loyalties. They don't have engineers to design mines, no capital equipmen
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by sfard 16y ago
Yo, I know I'm totally scumbag for just posting my own blog post.
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The Collective Imperative Fallacy(saeid.webfactional.com)
2 points by sfard 16y ago|2 comments
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by sfard 16y ago
Additional trick: 2 gravol and a glass of red wine (you don't want to become an addict, but this is a huge help when you don't arrive tired) Source: I used to be a consultant and flew 2-3/week for two years.
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by sfard 16y ago
I envy developers who can work remotely. I wonder if there's some model that can work for people like me. I'm not even sure how to describe my skill set other than something like this "a non-douchebag guy with top-tier investment banking an
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by sfard 16y ago
I know lzimm in real life. Such an awesome guy.