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Ask HN, Could online textbooks "reasonably" replace print books in high school?
8 points by te_platt 18y ago|16 comments
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Thanks for setting this up. Should be fun. You'll get my algorithm once the tournament starts :)
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I've been following my own algorithm for ranking teams since the start of the NBA season. USA Today has the best computer readable format that I could find.
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I would say it is the place of the passionate creative to be entrepreneurs.
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I wonder how this relates to how we view karma on HN. Is higher karma meant to imply higher competence? The average karma per comment experiment from a few days ago seemed designed around that concept. Is karma just another way of making
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by te_platt 18y ago
That's not a bad way to read it. I read it as: Holy cow! An honest venture capitalist.
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Ok, but I think that would just make the other issues worse. Mind you, I'm an old cynic who couldn't get it to work, and you should never listen to old cynics. If you think there's something there I'd like to see what you come up with.
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Nothing is "wrong" with doing that. What advantage to you hope to get by combining metrics?
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I worked for a fingerprint recognition startup in the early 90's and then later on my own in the early 00's. My quick summary: Fingerprints are effectively useless for security. Technology reasons: Some systems are better than others but n
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My best friend came up with a system that saves the company he worked for around $100,000 a year. His boss took notice and gave him two free tickets to a movie theater. He quit that afternoon. He told me a sincere thank you would have be
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I work for a well known video game company and spent some time evaluating this controller as well as the wii motion plus. Without violating non-disclosure there's not much to say except the new controllers are fun, will enhance game play,
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by te_platt 18y ago
Right, but then you are only including applications that have limited access to files, not any application. I was just lured into a good paradox. :)
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"Any application" would have to include applications that compromise your system. For example, suppose you want an application that deletes any files on your hard ending with tmp. I offer it for download, you get it, run it, like it. Now
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Soul is "like" radio waves, brain is "like" radio, consciousness is "like" radio program. Damage to radio results in garbled signal. Note: I'm not saying I believe the definition or that it is complete, and I'm certainly not going to defen
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by te_platt 18y ago
Does anyone know the date this was written?
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Usually I go read the comments on YouTube. That's where the real brains are.
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The more I learn the more I realize I know very little. A few more sites like this and I won't know anything.
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Coming up with "The" one thing a programmer should know seems too narrow a question. Kind of like "What is your favorite song?" instead of "What are some of your favorite songs?" A more interesting question might be "What things would you
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What are the downsides to paying student athletes?
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"Only in the absence of certainty can we have open-mindedness, mental flexibility and willingness to contemplate alternative ideas." So what do we do when it comes time to make a decision? How are we supposed to evaluate and act on evidenc
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What is the world coming to? If you can't trust information about controversial topics posted through anonymous accounts on the internet then who can you trust?
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I wonder if that is related to the beneficial effects of exercise on mood.
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Overall a very interesting article. Still this line made me chuckle: "And it would disastrous if erroneous results were to have a major impact on public policy." This is probably one of the most routine occurrences in creating public polic
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I got my initial confidence through spectacular ignorance of the difficulties involved. Confidence grows as problems are solved.
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I really enjoyed the article. Somehow I'm not convinced it's not parody.
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You are right to not read too much into this study but that doesn't mean it is not worthwhile. An epidemiological study - especially this one with a small sample size and based on self reporting - cannot prove causation. Still, the study
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I wish I had read this before I started studying abstract algebra. Sure it's incomplete and lacking in details but what a nice introduction.
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That just reflects a 40% efficiency converting the heat to electricity that is typical of a steam turbine system. The heat wouldn't be dissipated by the unit itself but by the generator system.
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Why no ads? How would you keep them off?
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It is interesting how the author is so cautious about saying "College is not for everyone". Maybe we hear "It should be hard to get a college education - especially if you are poor". I'm a big believer in getting all the education you can

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