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by sgibat 18y ago
All of these arguments are getting really old. Google said they'd provide an API. I bet you'll be able to do all of these things without even having to fork it.
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by sgibat 18y ago
Yeah, but if you get caught, everyone hates you. Not worth the risk, and I doubt that's the case here.
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by sgibat 18y ago
Definitely not relevant, except maybe as an example of good writing. Not funny, but amusing. All in all I'm glad I came across it in one way or another, even if it is contributing to the fuzzying of HN's focus. I guess I'm not very good at
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by sgibat 18y ago
People lack critical thinking skills and the power to change their emotional schema, the way they deal with events in their lives. They are a product of their environment. So where on the giant can we attack with the greatest work/reward ra
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by sgibat 18y ago
Yeah but people make Challenger jokes all the time.
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by sgibat 18y ago
Same, except a six mile bike ride. Depression as my brain cells dying scares me (motivates me) a lot more than depression as a chemical imbalance..
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by sgibat 18y ago
The good thing is that even if, starting tomorrow, no one makes any more money from recordings of music, music recordings will still exist. It may even thrive -- music creators, the ones still doing it for fun, suddenly feel a lifting of pr
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by sgibat 18y ago
An online-ordering based cookie delivery system would be a nice addition to your store.
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by sgibat 18y ago
What gender should I ... ?
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by sgibat 18y ago
Ritalin != Provigil. I've tried adderall, which is similar enough to Ritalin, and can anecdotally confirm the article's claim that creativity is reduced while on the drug. But, Provigil's mechanism is completely different, and I don't think
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by sgibat 18y ago
http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html
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by sgibat 18y ago
But Ubuntu and Linux want these users. Why is helping casual computers out with a few simple, easy to implement tips such a terrible thing?
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by sgibat 18y ago
What will you do if you fail?
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by sgibat 19y ago
It's not so much for quick get-togethers, but large scale events that would otherwise be impossible or very difficult to coordinate. Also, you can customize the frequency of different kinds of items on your news feed.
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by sgibat 19y ago
The demand for the fast, free flow of information about your friends' and acquaintances' lives and events, not only to tell you about who and what you already know, but about who and what you'd like to know; And it works.
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by sgibat 19y ago
People want to know what their friends are doing. That information really has nothing to do with it. It's about coordinating events among social groups, and Facebook is especially powerful at doing that among people who aren't very familiar
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by sgibat 19y ago
it _is_ world changing for them. it completely restructures their social lives and the opportunities available to them for both serious and non-serious social interaction. facebook has had a larger impact on many people's lives than google.