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3181.
by stared 14y ago
Maybe a global Internet-based hackathon? It seems that we are split among the whole World.
3182.
by stared 14y ago
You are rising an important point. An answer why is: http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/journal.html The short story is that scientist need "credit", as there are much more people that positions (not even to get a good position, just t
3183.
by stared 14y ago
I would like to defend Silicon Valley a bit. More and more education is out current needs. And it will never catch up, as a huge system, with many constrains, large inertia etc. A programme which was perfect (say) 30 years ago may be not lo
3184.
by stared 14y ago
You are right, I shouldn't have said that. Sorry.
3185.
by stared 14y ago
Excuse me for not being objective, but a bit more interesting statistics of tags from Stack Overflow is here https://www.kaggle.com/c/predict-closed-questions-on-stack-o... (average and median reputation of persons posting questions, % of
3186.
by stared 14y ago
I use FB mainly for information distribution and conversation. It means that I interact with friends of friends, and with people who "are going" to my event (and I'm not knowing them in person). (And yes, I add Internet-only acquaintances,
3187.
by stared 14y ago
Sure, monopolies needs to be controlled. (Especially then there is no longer free market.) However, for me there is a strong difference whether a monopoly chances rules (or as time goes by, the world changes - see move/music distributors) o
3188.
by stared 14y ago
Honestly, I don't get it. While approach to usernames and privacy varies, participation in FB is voluntary. And real names have some advantages (e.g. much harder time for trolls); sure, they have disadvantages as well... ...but I don't like
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How to avoid procrastination during PhD?(academia.stackexchange.com)
2 points by stared 14y ago|0 comments
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by stared 14y ago
The comment was about ScribTeX, where I cannot invite others (unless they already have accounts) but still I can (or at least - could recently) upgrade to paying plan (without any warning that ScribTeX is no longer accepting new users). Sha
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Why use version control systems for writing a LaTeX paper?(academia.stackexchange.com)
2 points by stared 14y ago|0 comments
3192.
by stared 14y ago
It's how I understood things. However, without possibility to invite collaborators (to ScribTeX), there is not much use for me. That said, I used it, liked it a lot, started paying for it... just to discover that I cannot use it (in terms o
3193.
by stared 14y ago
The is also http://www.scribtex.com/ (unfortunately, going down, but was nice, also supporting Git access), https://www.sharelatex.com/ . And for short LaTeX text, there is http://mathb.in/ . Also, http://www.scigit.com/ looks promisi
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Map of all Stack Exchange sites (except the 3 biggest)(meta.stackoverflow.com)
1 points by stared 14y ago|0 comments
3195.
by stared 14y ago
Rather http://stackexchange.com/sites (as a side note, I've just made a map of their sites, here http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/157976/map-of-all-se... with a discussion, code on GitHub). There are very dedicated communities, f
3196.
by stared 14y ago
No up/down voting (so when a discussion get's longer you can track only the most valuable posts). <nostalgia>But otherwise... I miss Usenet so much. I was raised by Usenet, it shaped my life philosophy, I found my best friend there,
3197.
by stared 14y ago
Thanks! As silly as it may sound, it never occurred to my that Reddit is open. (But then, I guess, I need to remove/fix graphics :).)
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Ask HN: Code for forum with threads and up/downvotes?
2 points by stared 14y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Why is wikidot.com blacklisted?
3 points by stared 14y ago|0 comments