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by sz 16y ago
> Well women are obviously interested why else would we be having this discussion? This isn't obvious. If you want to argue this point you need to offer evidence. > It obviously comes up and the fact that it keeps coming up means t
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by sz 16y ago
If you want a group to become more involved with a process, they need to be interested in it first.
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by sz 16y ago
Don't know if you're still watching this thread, but I just wanted to let you know that a week later I'm still using your URL input to check phrases I'm not sure about. It's really awesome. The only thing I would change is to make it real
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by sz 16y ago
As much as I understand the points he's making, it reminds me too much of old archives of skeptical posts along the lines of "What, 12 CPUs with 32nm transistors on a single die? That will never happen, it's impossible." Be wary of blanket
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by sz 16y ago
You probably don't want to partner with someone who's unlikely to stick around when your startup hits a low point. If you've found someone competent and reliable (even for a couple of hours a day), that's already better for you than someon
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by sz 16y ago
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler" [Einstein] is my favorite quote of all time.
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by sz 16y ago
You should post a plot of it somewhere 8-) (That's not creepy, is it?)
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by sz 16y ago
How did you do it? Just emailed the owner?
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Steve Jobs explains branding(youtube.com)
260 points by sz 16y ago|85 comments
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by sz 16y ago
Sketchy outline of the first half: Zuckerberg: Facebook disrupted a bunch of industries with social-graph-enabled mini-takes on stuff (Photos, Events), launched platform to allow other startups to similarly make social-graph-enabled stuff (
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by sz 16y ago
I should have said philosophy instead of religion in my comment. You're right, there isn't a perfect line between physics and philosophy (cf. the whole debate on whether string theory is science). When theories about the universe are no l
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by sz 16y ago
Cool. I didn't mean to criticize, just wondered what the use was.
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by sz 16y ago
Wait... do airplanes run on Windows?! That sounds like a really bad idea!
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by sz 16y ago
Why?
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by sz 16y ago
I'm not sure that what you're asking is possible. An "explanation" is just a description of a deeper concept that implies what you're trying to explain. Physics is pretty much as deep as you can go. Put another way, physical theories are
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by sz 16y ago
The appeal to businesses is clear. The appeal to users could be social ("What brands do I associate myself with?") or promotion-related ("Become our 1,000,000th fan and get this free thing!", "Facebook-exclusive discount!"). Also I don't t
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by sz 16y ago
I don't think this is really centralization. Just another avenue for advertising. For example, even if (less mainstream) bands generally use a Myspace URL as their web presence, Myspace doesn't necessarily control the music industry. I fi
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by sz 16y ago
Story: I started out playing around with a TI-84 in middle school. Saved myself a lot of annoyance by making it do my homework, saved myself from insanity by programming games in class instead of paying attention. I never got into the ASM
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Real time face tracking/recognition on a Nokia N900(personalpages.manchester.ac.uk)
1 points by sz 16y ago|0 comments
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by sz 16y ago
Send him an email instead of calling him out in public like this.
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by sz 16y ago
Bill Thurston describes math as the theory of formal patterns. He has a nice article here: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.HO/9404236
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by sz 16y ago
I'm sorry but without concrete definitions this entire discussion is stupid. (Retroactively defining words to make your position tautological is not valuable either.) The entire article consists of a remark that life is a self-replicating
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by sz 16y ago
I love the url interface. I just used it to post a comment on HN. Very convenient.
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by sz 16y ago
Exactly! Maybe he and Salman Khan should get together and do something. This could be a great candidate for a multimedia textbook... 10-minute videos + notes + interactive proofs? Virtually nobody knows what "math" actually is before col
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by sz 16y ago
It's a cool math textbook, yes. What I love about it—his main point—is his conjecture that it's not a far step from the "challenge everything" mentality of the original punk movement to "challenge everything" mentality that the brightest ki
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by sz 16y ago
Why do companies produce these toolbars? I can think of two reasons: 1. as an enticement to install something they want on the client (e.g. spyware) 2. as a way to place their services closer to the user to make them more likely to be used
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by sz 16y ago
That depends; are you supposing Microsoft/HP/Sony had the iPhone and App Store too? Part of the reason for the quick uptake was what already existed that made it immediately useful.
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Punk Mathematics(kickstarter.com)
139 points by sz 16y ago|17 comments
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by sz 16y ago
Can someone give a quick backstory to this?
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by sz 16y ago
I'm a musician and I can tell you from experience that I sound a lot better on a Steinway concert grand than on a cheap Casio keyboard. So, more money? I guess the keyboard is cheaper, but when the musician is happy the music is better.

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