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by skizm 12y ago
The vocab test is "do you know this word?". It doesn't ask you to demonstrate that you know the word. So in reality this is words people claim to know, or have heard before, not words people actually know the definition for a
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by skizm 12y ago
90% of internet users are willing to trade personal info for the use of facebook.
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by skizm 12y ago
Facebook apps as in apps that are physically on Facebook. Just use a throwaway email for facebook so they can't link your emails when they buy other companies whose apps you use.
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by skizm 12y ago
Facebook would know what other people tell it regardless of how much you use it anyway. It is the same with every other online service. Google knows more about you than Facebook. I guess since they provide more value people are less likely
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by skizm 12y ago
Sarcasm aside, you're right. Facebook is now big enough that they can buy your info from other services. I suppose I would just recommend using a throw away email with facebook (one that won't match other services) and making sure
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by skizm 12y ago
I don't get all the Facebook hate. Facebook only knows what you tell it. Put up a profile, don't post too much or at all, don't download the app (use the mobile version), don't use facebook connect, and don't use an
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by skizm 12y ago
I might misunderstand philosophy, but I think about it like this: scientists gather data, run experiments, etc. while philosophers draw conclusions. Sure most/maybe all scientists draw their own conclusions (it is pretty much the only
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by skizm 12y ago
How has the return been? Anything cool come out of projects you have backed yet? I haven't backed anything because it isn't guaranteed to get you anything and since I can just buy whatever it is when it releases for real with a si
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by skizm 12y ago
Maybe I missed it, but how did the author get going with 99dresses as a non-technical person with no college degree? EDIT: Nevermind. Found the answers. Turns out to be a pretty cool story actually: http://wpcurve.com/y-comb
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by skizm 12y ago
I'm confused about the HTTPS complaint. Is he trying to do something special? I'm pretty sure a simple HttpURLConnection object can read HTTPS links same as HTTP links. I feel like I'm missing something.
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by skizm 12y ago
Is there any reason for them to pay more? I mean sure, it is a bit of a dick move but they seem like they aren't exactly trying to buy back the stock. They just don't want too many people selling. So either they get cheap stock or
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by skizm 12y ago
Isn't there a law that if there are more than 500 shareholders for a private company that the company must go public? Sounds like a totally reasonable reason for keeping a tight hold on the stock.
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by skizm 12y ago
I always wonder if it is better to just leave sites as unresponsive if you've already skipped designing for mobile. Honestly vanilla non-responsive sites, without too many bells and whistles (hover/flash stuff) are easier to navig
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by skizm 12y ago
I work in an open office environment and I spend a lot of my day positioning myself so that I'm not in direct line of sight with anyone else's eyes. I hate that I can't ponder to myself without risk of accidentally making eye
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by skizm 12y ago
So in order to "trick" techcruch into writing about your website, you made a more interesting website that techcrunch would write about which would in turn, help you gain enough leverage for them to write about your other website.
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by skizm 12y ago
Love this site. I used it to make an iOS game. Finding free art is tough. I guess as a programmer we're spoiled with all the free software available.
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by skizm 12y ago
The article says nerds are achievement oriented. That is textbook RPG player. All they care about is the next level, getting a sub 4 minute mile, the 100kg snatch, etc. Going to the gym is entirely achievement oriented. Side note: I think w
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by skizm 12y ago
> Going to the gym in itself is still not a 'nerdy' activity. Neither is moving pieces on a chess board until you start to obsess over it, read about it in your free time, track your progress as a player, and constantly try and
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by skizm 12y ago
No way. Going to the gym is one of the nerdiest things you can do if you approach it the right way. I mean it is basically the real life equivalent of grinding levels in an rpg: You choose a class (endurance, strength, or something in betw
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by skizm 12y ago
Every article and blog post comes with this caveat. Pointing it out adds nothing of value to the discussion.
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by skizm 12y ago
coinmarketcap.com indicates that about $36m in btc have been moved around in the last 24h
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by skizm 12y ago
Well they need to know your wishes. If this procedure has a 60% success rate but 95% of those people only survived with 75% brain function would you want it done? Vs a procedure that has a 10% success rate but 95% of people who survived had
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by skizm 12y ago
I think I've seen this House episode before. Spoiler alert: The chick dies in the end. Seriously though, with these new types of procedures I feel like we need another checkbox next to the organ donor one that says: "Try risky med
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by skizm 12y ago
> "on social media it is easy to mistake popularity for credibility" This happens in real life also. World leaders are chosen based on popularity and not credibility. That isn't to say all popular people are not credible o
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by skizm 12y ago
> So suggesting that you can get a cab 90% in NYC is a statement of fact, but it's not actually true. I would have to disagree. I work near the Empire State building and have taken cabs home after work (6pm) plenty of times and have
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by skizm 12y ago
Can you get any language besides JS? I can't seem to get anything else no matter what combo I put in the questions.
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by skizm 12y ago
This looks like the 6th round of funding[1]. The title here indicates that about 14% of the company was sold (series D). The series C round with Google Ventures took about 13% (according to this article). Series B was from Jeff Bezos and co
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by skizm 12y ago
You are getting hung up on the practical. The rule that "if a program can compute something, then so can a human" is theoretical. It has nothing to do with how long it would actually take a human to do something. Obviously humans
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by skizm 12y ago
You have missed the point it seems. The actual amount of time is irrelevant. If a program can get an answer given some input, so can a human (given infinite time). If a human can not get reliably get an accurate answer to something (given i
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by skizm 12y ago
My point is, for any given computer program, a human, given enough time, can sit down with pencil+paper and figure out the output given an input. If humans can't yet detect sarcasm accurately, that is evidence that it will be near impo

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