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by sharp11 11y ago
That's interesting. You're looking at it from the point of view of the bettor. My concern is just that non-dominant lines of inquiry are already intensely selected against and this just institutionalizes that bias. But I see your
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by sharp11 11y ago
The problem with this is that it seems likely to be biased against unexpected results or results that contradict the dominant theory. The old saying, "Science advances one funeral at a time," has a lot of truth in it.
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by sharp11 11y ago
OP here. I wasn't aware of this policy. I rewrote the original headline because I found it not very descriptive. Headlines are often clickbaiting or impressionistic. I'd rather have it say clearly what's in the article.
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When Gold Isn’t Worth the Price(nytimes.com)
56 points by sharp11 11y ago|33 comments
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by sharp11 11y ago
Yes, clickbait.
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Neuropolitics: Where campaigns try to read your mind(nytimes.com)
15 points by sharp11 11y ago|5 comments
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by sharp11 11y ago
The vision of a web of triple-blind, peer reviewed scientific observations, published independently of the "story" behind the research is audacious. But it's not clear what incentive researchers would have to publish this way
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The Future of Food on Urban Rooftops(techcrunch.com)
58 points by sharp11 11y ago|44 comments
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by sharp11 11y ago
For syncing, look at couchbase mobile, which recently has added support for Core Data: http://blog.couchbase.com/syncing-with-core-data
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by sharp11 11y ago
This is great! Back in the '90s, I played with Kalman filters for a predictive navigation system. I had a couple of textbooks, but it was a bear to make sense of the math. Really wish I'd had this back then! Nav applications are t
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by sharp11 11y ago
Show HN: Game-based system for learning to identify bird songs and calls. We use 1000's of Macaulay sounds (under license, of course). http://www.larkwire.com
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by sharp11 11y ago
This is visionary. We are becoming a predominantly urban species and there are incredible tech opportunities both from a business and from a social benefit perspective. Walkscore, Bikewise and Open311 are a few examples that come to mind, b
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by sharp11 11y ago
Poachers are not largely in poverty. Poachers are primarily large, well-funded criminal syndicates, although they do (sometimes) use impoverished locals for their hunting ability and knowledge of local conditions. The boom in trade in rhino
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Astronomers' Favorite Hubble Space Telescope Photos(nytimes.com)
4 points by sharp11 11y ago|0 comments
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Climate clubs and Copenhagen Theory to address climate change(nytimes.com)
1 points by sharp11 12y ago|0 comments
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by sharp11 12y ago
Glad to hear you met Tom! He's our secret national treasure. It's awesome to hear that you are already plugged in to this area of thinking. Thanks for the Gorbis reference, sounds similar to Ethan Leib's proposal for a fourth
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by sharp11 12y ago
This is very inspiring stuff and very exciting that YC is backing it! A key thing that Pia said in her TED talk: technology is only a tool here, cultural change and reinvention is necessary. I haven't had a chance to play with Democrac
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by sharp11 12y ago
Go watch the Selma (movie)? That incident (where news coverage sparked public opinion, leading to political action) provides a great counter-example to the idea that news/journalism is a waste of time.
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by sharp11 12y ago
Yes, for example, in second language acquisition the hypothesis of a critical period has been pretty much disproven. Also, the conflation of perfect pitch with musical ability is a big stumble. Still, quite an interesting article.
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Crowdfunding benefit for Charlie Hebdo(leetchi.com)
1 points by sharp11 12y ago|0 comments
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Big Ideas in Social Change, 2014(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by sharp11 12y ago
These are in no specific order and I haven't tried them. But, sounds like you might benenefit from some structured training: http://www.thinkful.com/ https://www.codementor.io/ https://www.b
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by sharp11 12y ago
To me, the most interesting part of this is the way that it fosters entrepreneurs. If it were "just" about guaranteeing people have enough money to buy food, it would still be good to do, but a much harder sell. But this looks mor
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by sharp11 12y ago
Great concept, implementation look very nice, change your intro video. You're giving me a product tutorial when what I want is to understand the use cases and benefits. I don't care about how to use it (yet), I want to know why to
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by sharp11 12y ago
Don't require a signup just to find out how you approach teaching. Also, nice landing page but you don't explain why you're qualified to teach.
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by sharp11 12y ago
Gaiahost is a worker-owned, environmentally-minded coop that provides managed hosting services: http://gaiahost.coop
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by sharp11 13y ago
Find out what you love to do. You can't do that just by reading, but only by doing. Find your community. Apprentice somewhere. Take advantage of youth as a time to do and try a lot of things. Get outside your comfort zone. What you kno
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by sharp11 14y ago
"Some researchers are already building devices that run on “ambient” energy harvested from light, heat, vibration or TV transmitters." Very cool.