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by steveeq1 14y ago
The mental models approach discussed by this blogger can be further explored in Charlie Munger's speech "Elemantary Worldly Wisdom": http://ycombinator.com/munger.html . I, myself, study the mental models using this app: http://www.thin
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by steveeq1 14y ago
A life changing book in a similar vein is "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman: http://tinyurl.com/a26wscp . I found out about it via Alan Kay's excellent reading list ( http://tinyurl.com/c6fjhj )
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by steveeq1 14y ago
Does anyone know where I can download the latest Linux binary that support 2 factor authentication? I tried downloading the linux version, but it keeps on saying "this account uses two-step verification. To link to it, please download the l
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by steveeq1 15y ago
What, no bitcoin?
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by steveeq1 15y ago
Scott Page who is the guy who is giving this class wrote an excellent book called "The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies": http://tinyurl.com/cbv2pm9 Certain types of mental models
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by steveeq1 15y ago
Personally, I'm a big fan of Edward DeBono. Two of my favorite books are: 1) Lateral Thinking: http://tinyurl.com/88ugdjz 2) Six Thinking Hats: http://tinyurl.com/7t2w27y . There is a video course available on youtube as well: http://t
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by steveeq1 15y ago
They ran out of neck holder things for the badges so a lot of people aren't wearing them. As a result, they're not really looking for badges. My friend went around (saturday) and he was able to get in even though he didn't pay.
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Anonymous To Release Documents Proving BOA Committed Fraud on Monday(dailykos.com)
130 points by steveeq1 16y ago|33 comments
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by steveeq1 16y ago
And while you're at it, can Y Combinator put live streaming in nearby classrooms at stanford for those who didn't get accepted to this year's startup school?
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LA Hacker Codejam meetup this Saturday, Sept 11(meetup.com)
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by steveeq1 16y ago
orgtbl mode is also pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQAd41VAXWo
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by steveeq1 16y ago
Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html It's an excellent podcast from Stanford. The guest speakers give a good idea of the quality of the podcast: Marc Andreessen, Steve Case, Steve Blank, Eric Ries, D
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by steveeq1 16y ago
"Six Thinking Hats" seems to be on Alan Kaye's list of favorite books: http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Good quote from Warren Buffett: > You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long > as you don't do too many things wrong. I agree. You don't have to be too bright to be a good investor. In the long haul, you'll be
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by steveeq1 17y ago
The Little Schemer: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/02...
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Dude. . . this is a great book. I plan on finishing it today, in fact. Warning: the last two chapters are mind-bending.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
No, I didn't do that. At most I put a reddit and a digg link on the page.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Over 50% did not do the required task. A lot of people sent me a picture of their cat or something.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
http://www.thestever.net/viewer.php?num=4 I am writing her now.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Yeah, it is. There were a lot of bad submissions. I'm just experimenting with Mechanical Turk right now. Initial impressions. . . 1) a lot of fraud (about half sent in pictures of their cat or something) 2) most people are from india 3) Mos
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I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like(thestever.net)
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Use AB testing, try a bunch of minor, but easy-to-do changes and evolve the product over time. This works, trust me.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
Programming Collective Intelligence also has high marks from a lot of programmers whom I respect: http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Collective-Intelligence-Bu...
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Dear HN - help me with my online dating site
16 points by steveeq1 17y ago|13 comments
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Good startup ideas
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Good startup ideas(blog.thestever.net)
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by steveeq1 17y ago
I have something somewhat similar for people in LA: http://www.meetup.com/hacker-codejam/ It's more of a mixer/pair programming thing to test other people to see if they're compatible with you.
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by steveeq1 17y ago
How about an website that collects/harvests good startup ideas? Like what we're doing on this HN page?
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by steveeq1 17y ago
No, more like attacking the online dating site from a different perspective. More like "increasing the probability of chance encounters with likely mates". It's not unsolicited because both people have to agree to meet on the cell phone not
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by steveeq1 17y ago
An online dating site that uses collaborative filtering on large datasets of people (perhaps Facebook as a dataset). Then inform potential couples when they are physically close to each other via cell phone/geolocation.

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