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by tvchurch 14y ago
I'd note that Readertron (readertron.com) was built by a guy who was frustrated when Google nerfed the sharing among friends feature. MIght want to give it a shot.
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News of the World vs. Wikileaks(online.wsj.com)
1 points by tvchurch 15y ago|0 comments
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by tvchurch 15y ago
Yup, good point. Who was head of the SEC back when they went public?
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by tvchurch 15y ago
True, true, and Medvedev and others are actively working to create a "Silicon Valley of Moscow." But I wonder how long it is going to be before self-made wealth in Russia isn't intimately tied to relations with the state.
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In Russia, Nancy Pelosi would own Google (But there would be no Google)(whatpaulgregoryisthinkingabout.blogspot.com)
6 points by tvchurch 15y ago|6 comments
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by tvchurch 16y ago
Like these neat random articles? Check out Best of Wikipedia: ( http://bestofwikipedia.tumblr.com/ ) Usually twice a day, always good. (Not my site, btw) Cheers.
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by tvchurch 17y ago
I remember reading how Bethe taught Feynman how to square numbers around 50 in his head. 1) Start at 50^2 = 2500. 2) Pick a number, determine how far away it is from 50, call it N (N can be negative). 3) Multiply N by 100, add that number t
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by tvchurch 17y ago
Poor Charlie's Almanack ( http://tinyurl.com/poorcharliesalmanack ) is worth every penny. Everyone should read that book.
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by tvchurch 17y ago
I thought this was a fascinating read. Anyone do something similar?
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Reverso Time(jsomers.net)
1 points by tvchurch 17y ago|1 comments
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by tvchurch 17y ago
I was also at his speech. He had a few good moments, but Sergey is definitely the better public speaker of the two. Larry was a bit awkward. Oh well, it felt good to have such a notable alumni speak. Go blue!
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by tvchurch 17y ago
Who cares about this article? Let's get back to hacking, and hacking-related news.
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by tvchurch 18y ago
"Don't forget God. System operators love to use God. It's that whole male ego thing."
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What questions should I ask Pandora founder Tim Westergrin?
4 points by tvchurch 18y ago|3 comments
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by tvchurch 18y ago
Had a 12-person seminar with the founder of Genetic Algorithms, John Holland. Read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Holland In my opinion, this is his most accessible book (for the topic that is) about GA's: http:/
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Innuendo(avinashv.net)
1 points by tvchurch 18y ago|0 comments
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by tvchurch 18y ago
We don't even have to mandate what it's used for. Just open it up. People will come up with good uses for it. And by people I mean hackers and Google.
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by tvchurch 18y ago
Case in point: Hacker News comments vs. Reddit comments vs. Digg comments. Sure, there's a population bias. But Reddit used to have mostly intelligent comments. Not anymore.
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by tvchurch 18y ago
True. But 25% of the population isn't standing in a daily bread line.
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by tvchurch 18y ago
We're at less than 7% unemployment. People aren't going hungry. Technically not a recession, but it will be soon. Depression? Absolutely not.
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Analyzing Ulysses(avinashv.net)
2 points by tvchurch 18y ago|0 comments