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by smanuel 12y ago
He was obviously obsessed by .net and circles. But what do you mean by "circles around Reddit" or "circles around something"? Like... g+ circles?
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by smanuel 12y ago
There's no problem with the word. The problem is with people overusing it, most of the time as a synonym for unemployed. And no, if you're working on a cool project/idea that no one is using, that still doesn't make you
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by smanuel 12y ago
> What am I missing here? If people like that exist, what's wrong with looking for them? Because it could be a young kid and brainwashing techniques like that could be dangerous. The question implies that the right choice is "Y
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by smanuel 12y ago
I don't think HN, reddit and PH can help much with consumer products/services or for some sectors like... healthcare. > by creating something people want first You can create something people want and people may never know abou
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by smanuel 12y ago
> In its early stages, the only thing a startup “absolutely needs” is traction; traction will have to happen before everything else; before funding, before media exposure, and now before co-founders as well. Well, the author just describ
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by smanuel 12y ago
How does the new Dashboard + Metrics compare to using the New Relic plugin?
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by smanuel 12y ago
It can, but not now. Maybe in 10 - 15 years (or more). The numerous available online (mobile apps) symptom checkers are a good indicator of the current state of how a computer can solve your health/medical issue. Computers need a lot m
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by smanuel 12y ago
> Take the metro / subway in any big, affluent city these days, and look around you. What do you see? People whose eyes are glued to their phone screens, oblivious to the persons around them, looking for "human warmth" in
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by smanuel 12y ago
I really enjoyed reading "The holographic universe" ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062014102 ) some time ago but how can an experiment which is entirely based on science, physical laws, empirical ev
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Xamarin Raises $54M – Because M&A. And Mobile(forbes.com)
7 points by smanuel 12y ago|0 comments
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by smanuel 12y ago
I guess your statement would be as much valid if you replace "meth" with "math".
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by smanuel 12y ago
Cool project. I think it would be really cool if you try to interpolate some EEG data (collected through MyndPlay, Emotiv or sth else).
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by smanuel 12y ago
I'm lost. Which one is first and which one is first? Cloud is important and has to be first. But if cloud is first then mobile is first. And vice versa.
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by smanuel 12y ago
> There are a lot of reasons for that, but, IMO, the most glaring is people abdicating their health reonsibility to somebody else (whether doctors, pharmaceutical companies, or government guidelines). As people take control back...when t
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by smanuel 12y ago
Working 60+/80 hours a week for a health sector company is not really a good idea. Every mistake could cost a lot (lives?) And I think people who work that much are more likely to make mistakes.
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by smanuel 12y ago
Everyone seems to be trying to reinvent the scrolling these days. Meanwhile the craigslist's designers and UX engineers (if there are any) are having hell of a fun.
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by smanuel 12y ago
Zuckerberg 2012: Our biggest mistake was betting too much on HTML5 Zuckerberg 2014: Our biggest mistake was betting too much on Dalvik
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by smanuel 12y ago
It's getting embarrassing. Are the marketing folks at MS completely clueless or maybe I'm the clueless one? First it was the "Don't get scroogled" campaign, now this. Oh, and the iPhone funeral fiasco too. http:&#x
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by smanuel 12y ago
But first start with something less harmful but which could have similar effects. e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holotropic_Breathwork
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by smanuel 12y ago
Completely forgot about Albert Hofmann. Yes, he absolutely deserves the title.
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by smanuel 12y ago
Timothy Leary wrote "The Psychedelic Experience" in 1962. Aldous Huxley wrote "The Doors of Perception" in 1954. And I guess there are many other books on psychedelics which I haven't read. But still it's a che
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by smanuel 12y ago
Is there a stomach which can handle aspirin regularly (even in small doses) without the risk of getting ulcers and bleeding? If there is... where's the line to get one? :)
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by smanuel 12y ago
Is he considered the Godfather of Psychedelics because he was a chemist? I've read a lot about Timothy Leary and John Lilly who have also done a lot about psychedelics but I've never seen them referred to as Godfathers. Yes, they
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Ask HN: Books which inspired you about computers/programming/hacking?
1 points by smanuel 12y ago|0 comments
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by smanuel 12y ago
Yep, and all the hypocrisy... Internet.org — Every one of us. Everywhere. Connected. When the blatant truth is: Internet.org — Every one of us. Everywhere. Connected. Through Facebook. Because we need MOAR users! To serve MOAR ads.
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by smanuel 12y ago
Chrome. On Ubuntu. > Everything shows up as HTML5 video for me. That's weird.
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by smanuel 12y ago
And they can absolutely use it as a fallback for HTML5 video. Using WMP Plugin, RealPlayer plugin, QuickTime, Flash, etc. is so... 2007. MS also has(had) Silverlight but at some point they just stopped using it and most of the videos I&#x27
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by smanuel 12y ago
A little bit off topic but... can someone please remind me why does Apple continue using this horrible thing called QuickTime Plugin?
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by smanuel 12y ago
Tesla Model S beating M5... You serious? http://www.zeperfs.com/en/duel3969-4700.htm
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by smanuel 12y ago
<cough>Fiddler</cough>

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