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by tkahn6 14y ago
FYI you need a powered USB hub to attach that wifi dongle. I also got one of those small Realtek RTL8188SU wifi dongles and found that it worked very poorly. I don't know if it was the particular vendor I got mine from or the drivers or tha
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by tkahn6 14y ago
This seemed pretty dumb until I watched the video. The highlighted art gallery use-case is very, very weak and contrived in my opinion. Definitely a killer product though. There are lots of very serious potential uses for something like thi
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So the general sense is that HN used to be great and a more open place. I agree. Here's an idea to prevent and reverse the decline of HN: Set a large karma threshold for upvoting rights. If you give a bunch of new users the right to upvote
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Maybe there should be a moratorium on non-technical stories. There are many more socio-political interest stories on HN than there used to and the rhetoric in the comments sections tends to be poor.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
I'm not sure how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go in terms of explaining to your users how to get a dev environment set up, but: on OS X you need to run `brew install libyaml` before you install backlift via easy_install Also the co
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Can someone give an example of an application that would be built on top of App.net?
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Programming is about architecting superior solutions to problems. How then is it purely symbol manipulation? There is an intelligence required to imbue them with semantics and combine them into the right order to match the semantics of a co
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Can someone give an example of an application that would be built on top of App.net?
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by tkahn6 14y ago
That's somewhat of a straw man. I have no doubt it improves writing skills at least a little bit on average. I contend that it doesn't make a difference in any absolute sense. I received AP credit and thus passed out of Freshman Composition
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by tkahn6 14y ago
> For example, most people who didn't go to college can't write a blog post like yours. I'm fairly certain this has more to do with the average type of person that doesn't go to college rather than any causal link between Freshman Compo
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by tkahn6 14y ago
This may be a dumb question but is this a startup or a project?
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I imagine is has to do with the comparative sizes and population densities.
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> Except w3schools isn't approachable and it isn't for beginners. I too had the exact opposite experience. I found the HTML, CSS, and Javascript tutorials extremely intuitive and well-presented when I was in 7th grade. I ate them up.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Yes, to the point where the pre-emptive defense against being labeled an antisemite is used itself to shut down or shift the focus of discussion. It's so wonderfully ironic and hypocritical, and it's extremely common on sites like reddit.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
> the idea that as intelligent people many of us are drawn to activities and consumption that makes us look more intelligent Relevant essay: http://lesswrong.com/lw/2pv/intellectual_hipsters_and_metaco...
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Sure this is a good point. You're referring to the the brand and stamp of approval a degree represents. I think that's really an extension of the 'skill verification' bullet point. One can easily imagine a program run by a trusted instituti
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by tkahn6 14y ago
I wrote a similar thing for Virginia Tech for private use. I definitely considered monetizing it but in the end I didn't. Good luck. But I think you're going about this all wrong. If you actually wanted to resolve this situation, you should
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by tkahn6 14y ago
I predict the obsession with college and therefore collegiate rankings will dissipate in the next 50 years, maybe even by the close of this decade. Consider what a college experience offers more readily over what you can accomplish with a h
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by tkahn6 14y ago
The biggest source of bias for PBS Newshour and NPR is the ITV reporting pieces that they occasionally use. It's so obviously biased and emotionally charged. Makes me cringe. But it's pretty detectable bias so it's easy to disregard.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
They edited the title.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Yep here you go: http://www.jhom.com/topics/voice/bat_kol_bab.htm
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Yes. One instance is the law that says that a child should be executed if he disrespects his parents (one of the ten commandments). The text says the parents must "speak with one voice" of their child's disrespect. The rabbis interpret this
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Any discussion about mathematics that fails to distinguish between computation-based and proof-based mathematics is not going to be a very informed discussion. There's a reason that so many would-be math majors switch out when they reach In
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by tkahn6 14y ago
It may be more objective but it's not wholly different than how other subjects are taught. You're still memorizing a bunch of different facts (how to graph, how to change base of a logarithm, etc.). It's not like high school algebra actuall
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by tkahn6 14y ago
> infrastructure, advertisement, delivery Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but I have a Roku which I watch Netflix and HBO GO on. It cost $50 and connects via HDMI and Wi-Fi. I think you may be overestimating the overhead costs for HBO de
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by tkahn6 14y ago
Yes that's a good point. You could stipulate that some percentage of revenue must be spent on R&D and tie that to the profit margin over a multi-year period. My concern is that the fees being imposed on consumers are instituted just bec
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by tkahn6 14y ago
This is a no-brainer. As others have pointed out, this is a wholly artificial fee. You still have to pay for the data. They're just charging you for how you access the data. Basically it's extortion. Here's something that congress should do
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by tkahn6 14y ago
According to Wikipedia, there were civilians in those cars the ETA blew up. So yes... the ETA is definitely a terrorist organization.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
No. The 9/11 hijackers were educated and not poor.
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by tkahn6 14y ago
I suppose that statement is true iff you believe false flag terrorism is not uncommon.

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