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by trjordan 18y ago
Funny. Me too. Technically, it's only at work, in the restroom. Should I have voted for that?
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by trjordan 18y ago
Without talent, you must practice. Take a song you don't know how to play, and start to figure it out from a recording. Once you've mastered that song, pick another one. There's no secret to any of this. I've have no natural talent for musi
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by trjordan 18y ago
This is the same thing that Apple saw in the app store: when you get people comfortable with the idea of consistently buying, and it's easy, sales soar. It jives with how I think about purchases as well. A $40 purchase is a big deal, but it
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Creating macros in MATLAB(dorophone.blogspot.com)
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by trjordan 18y ago
Karma might not be the objective, but since it determines the ordering of comments, it has a big effect on how the comments of a particular article come off. Even if nobody initially posts with an eye towards gaining karma, the most visible
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by trjordan 18y ago
First point: consider that if the only people that are smart and motivated have something to show for it, then there are vastly fewer smart, motivated poor people than there are in the middle and upper classes. Intelligence and motivation m
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by trjordan 18y ago
I agree, the primary focus of school should be learning. However, just because somebody is smart and motivated does not mean they'll learn on their own. For somebody like the GP, a college education can provide access to a huge number of re
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by trjordan 18y ago
An interesting note about the dating market is that there is almost no consistent repeat business. People don't get fed up with the site and leave - they either get a match, or they don't. If anything, people might return after a few months
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by trjordan 18y ago
The last sentence of the article: "He said he'd never even heard of Twitter until he saw someone mention it on YouTube. "
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by trjordan 18y ago
To be fair, I've actually gotten an iPod out of sites like that. The do work - you just have to read what exactly is expected of you to get your free iPod. That said, yeah, seriously. They've sucked down a lot more money than $200k.
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by trjordan 18y ago
We still do lab studies, but we know what to watch for, and what to ignore. Interesting viewpoint. I suppose some data is better than none, but that attitude is the stuff that failed scientists are made of.
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by trjordan 18y ago
I'm not sure I believe this works: http://www.gpeters.com/color/color-schemes.php?search_term=b...
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by trjordan 18y ago
Keep in mind that it's a record point gain, not a percentage gain. We're constantly breaking those records because of inflation, and it's nothing to be particularly concerned about. If you keep hearing about record-breaking percentage swing