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by ulf 17y ago
Anyone knows if this exists vice-versa?
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by ulf 17y ago
Alright, will send you an email
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by ulf 17y ago
While he basically raises some valid points, he ignores two critical ones: 1) With the appstore being the one authority to get apps on your iPhone, you will automatically get much less traction using the web 2) The appstore makes it VERY ea
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by ulf 17y ago
i wrote a parser for NBA games, get the data straight from yahoo. Using Python and BeautifulSoup, piece of cake. I would think MLB could work the same.
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Morality, Compassion and the Sociopath(ribbonfarm.com)
51 points by ulf 17y ago|19 comments
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by ulf 17y ago
getting hit by a car also reduces risk of heart or any other major diseases by a huge fraction
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The next step for Google - OS just the first(ulfster.posterous.com)
1 points by ulf 17y ago|0 comments
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by ulf 17y ago
I guess an even more experienced developer knows when to use his best practices, and when to leave them be for the sake of the project...
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by ulf 17y ago
#1 Rule of Programming Is..There is no Rule #1
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by ulf 17y ago
"Turning to the high jump, McAllister said photographs taken by a German anthropologist showed young men jumping heights of up to 2.52 meters in the early years of last century." Does this mean that people were jumping 2.52 in the early 190
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by ulf 17y ago
These discussions still continue to amaze me. Of course, THIS is a technology oriented site, and most people here CARE about their operating system and everything their computer does in greatest detail. Still, whenever the subject is brough
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by ulf 17y ago
I drink organic milk myself, never having considered milk that deadly. I think most people consume only a minor part of their fat through milk, dont they?
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by ulf 17y ago
A killer argument in those cases (though not always applicable) is to ask the people if they are smoking. If so, they do not have any reason to be afraid of any environmental influence, since smoking will definitely kill them first.
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by ulf 17y ago
Actually this one is kind of refreshing: neutral. As well gives a little peek into Scala for people who do not know it (like me)...
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Why VC Performance Has Fallen Off A Cliff(businessinsider.com)
2 points by ulf 17y ago|0 comments
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by ulf 17y ago
Yes it is, but if we learned one thing about people in finance, it is that they generally want to have the largest slice of the biggest pie coming from the tallest apple tree standing on the largest orchard...
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The case against IBM, continued(fakesteve.net)
2 points by ulf 17y ago|4 comments
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by ulf 17y ago
Some day people will look back and pinpoint that the day the free snacks were taken away was the day that Google started to be just like every other company...
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by ulf 17y ago
you're right about the asymmetry, but let's not pretend that 75% of 60M are actively listening to anyone... I would be stunned if that number was higher than 10%
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by ulf 17y ago
the problem with the user base seems more likely to be that you can ignore almost 75% of all users due to no activity
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by ulf 17y ago
When you think about it, its rather surprising that this has not already happened in a big way...
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by ulf 17y ago
Prosecuting individuals would be a step in the right direction. As long as an enterprise is successful, the leaders take full credit and get a shitload of bonuses, justified by the tremendous amount of responsibility. As soon as everything
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by ulf 17y ago
Not at all. That was just the first thing that came to mind. Generally you could say that every major decision in politics rises and falls with people's fears. This was just a placative example, and not the least right-leaning.
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by ulf 17y ago
This concept of control is a _very_ irrational one. Of course you steer and pedal your bike by yourself. But by taking part in traffic you give up at least as much control as flying by plane. Some guy hitting you with his car from behind is
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by ulf 17y ago
Fear is a really interesting thing... If you can control people's fears, you pretty much control everything. Currently on display in US healthcare "debate"...
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by ulf 17y ago
duplicate: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=828992
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by ulf 17y ago
"Pokemon provide fulfillment to every human being's basic desire to have an army of monsters." alright then...
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by ulf 17y ago
Crowdsourcing meets 1984...
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Mails from Twitter | XSS
2 points by ulf 17y ago|1 comments
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by ulf 17y ago
This is a general problem in finance. People get paid more and more with raising volume of their work. So they are happy to see it increase. OTOH they do not take the real risk of their gamble. If they fail, they lose their job, at worst. S

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