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How to tax wealth = earned vs found money(blogmaverick.com)
1 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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Dung beetles provide an object lesson in the speed of natural selection(economist.com)
2 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
It doesn't matter so much which industry will be hot in the next years, it's what a specific company will do that matters (compare the fate of amazon and pets.com. for example)
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by tyn 18y ago
Can you spot some?
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by tyn 18y ago
"Sometimes quality.." I guess you mean quantity
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by tyn 18y ago
And in french it sounds like couilles ,which means bollocks.
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by tyn 18y ago
I have the [dead] option on and I see often dead comments like this, so I was wondering too. Are some accounts banned or something?
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by tyn 18y ago
The only comments I see from the parent's parent are the ones in this thread. So how come and you noticed what you say you noticed?
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by tyn 18y ago
Shouldn't we examine military spending as a percentage of GDP? The author only shows absolute numbers, which I think is misleading.
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by tyn 18y ago
It doesn't capture the essence of the creature in the sense that it lacks certain elements that one can assosciate with it, e.g. power (it looks very timid to me). Probably I misinterpreted the world "image", I did't take it literally as yo
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by tyn 18y ago
"...that it captures the absolute essence of the creature in as concise an image as possible" I'm not convinced. (This is not an expert's comment, I know nothing about modern art)
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by tyn 18y ago
They have
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by tyn 18y ago
Number #5 needs some clarification. Apparently he doesn't believe this to apply to himself since he didn't make his riches by investing in an index fund. I don't know in what context he said it, probably he means it's the best strategy for
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Hunger Can Make You Happy(livescience.com)
26 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
Doesn't matter much, most important is to have David Lynch direct it.
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by tyn 18y ago
As an occasional user who lives in just 2 hours driving distance from Amsterdam I will be happy to be convinced by what you say (I mean it). Any references?
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by tyn 18y ago
By "messenger" I refer to myself (bringing the study to the attention of this thread's readers), it seems that I failed in communicating my point clearly - I'm quite sure you don't imply that I was paid to write this comment:) I admit tha
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by tyn 18y ago
I wonder which of the following describes best the downvoter's reasoning: a) The study is flawed, thus it shouldn't be cited b) You misinterpreted the study c) The study is valid but it's bad news for me, so I decided to shoot the messenger
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Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise(technology.newscientist.com)
3 points by tyn 18y ago|0 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
Marijuana actually impairs memory and learning http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10607
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by tyn 18y ago
A new generation brings not only new researchers but also new evidence (new studies, new experiments)
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by tyn 18y ago
Suggestion: give a max limit of downvotes per user per day/week/month, this way they will think twice before they "spent" their downvotes.
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by tyn 18y ago
Anagram of .com, i guess. Btw, I find myself so many times struggling to decipher abbreviations mentioned in hacker news, can't you people put a short explanation in parentheses whenever you use a not so well known abbr? (that was on purpos
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by tyn 18y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=230966
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by tyn 18y ago
Searle expands on consciousness in his chinese room paper but the main point of the thought experment is that you can have a conversation that sounds intelligent without having any understanding at all of what you say and what you are being
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by tyn 18y ago
"There was no theory of Chinese, no understanding. Just data. (If anyone ever wanted a disproof of Searle's riddle of the Chinese Room, here it is.) Shouldn't this be a 'proof' instead of 'disproof'?
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by tyn 18y ago
I play soccer. Not only good for health ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20893097/ ), it's also fun. You have a bigger risk of injury, though, than e.g. jogging.
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A battle of ideas is going on inside your mind(economist.com)
6 points by tyn 18y ago|1 comments
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by tyn 18y ago
You missed my point completely. Would you do all these things in the LAST day of your life?
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by tyn 18y ago
I see a flaw in this logic. One certain bad thing that will happen to you if you leave every day as if it is your last is that you'll end up being > 200 kg (would you go to the gym the last day of your life? Would you resist the urge to

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