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by untangle 8y ago
> Do toxic communities produce better content? I don't think that's the right way to think about it. Rather, I would say that tightly-moderated communities of experts tend to produce better reference material ("wikis"
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by untangle 8y ago
> No one seems to want to change. No one seems to want to even engage with criticism about the culture No one wants the rules to change in a game that they perceive that they are winning (or have won). Moreso if they worked hard to win.
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by untangle 8y ago
The MacOS security products (donationware) are also excellent and overlap the functionality of these. https://objective-see.com/products.html
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A pioneer in predictive policing is starting a troubling new project(theverge.com)
2 points by untangle 8y ago|0 comments
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by untangle 8y ago
These constructs map fairly literally into APL.
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by untangle 8y ago
> Typing these characters is quite annoying though This depends on the implementation. In Dyalog APL for example, the special characters (glyphs) are effected using fairly simple two-key sequences. Mnemonics are used to help learning. I
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by untangle 8y ago
Flawed? You bet. Overwrought? A bit. But I found this Sunday AM read enjoyable, articulate, and largely on-point (overlooking a few minor scientific errors). The core themes here are about the hubris of a rich CEO/founder, the zaniness
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by untangle 8y ago
I think that you are over-generalizing. VCs use a number of disparate investment theses, including gut feel and betting-the-team in a "hot" (trendy?) space. Another dynamic is funding a team that previously produced a big win for
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by untangle 8y ago
The Jim Shinns of the world are often LPs in VCs like Edison Partners. And/or they have led a major exit for the VC. Either of these situations gives them ample leverage for a "vanity" Series A/B. Even without the pool o
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by untangle 8y ago
Probably because the Board can't find anyone better to take over this sinking, toxic ship. Sometimes it's just that simple.
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by untangle 9y ago
If you are willing to defer dismissing this tool out of hand as a p-value generator, you can get a better feel for how the author (Evan Miller) thinks about stats from his web site [1] and a presentation he gave [2]. I think you'll fin
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by untangle 9y ago
> I'm pretty frustrated. Suggestions? I suggest an upgraded 2009 Mac Pro. The upgrades would include: flash to 5,1, 3.46 MHz Intel Hexcore proc, 32 GB RAM, SSD on a PMCIA card, and 5770 GPU. This should cost $1K USD or less, dual CP
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by untangle 9y ago
Their website UX is far worse than IBM Plex. How can it be?
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Facebook now lets you scrub your data – for real this time(cnet.com)
3 points by untangle 9y ago|0 comments
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by untangle 9y ago
> Persphinctery statements... I don't know what these are but they sound evil.
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by untangle 9y ago
> something like "grep for the Web" would be ideal A couple of these (e.g., Blekko) popped up 5-10 years ago. I don't think any made it far.
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by untangle 9y ago
Try using G search "Tools/All results/Verbatim" option for your 'marco polo doctors' query. Maybe throw in a "-who" as well. These tricks help a little. Of course, one may also ask whether the page th
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by untangle 9y ago
> Imagine how much better equipped we’d be to tackle humanity’s biggest challenges.This is the world we want to live in. We hope you’ll join us. "Imagine all the people sharing all the world...I hope some day you'll join us. An
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by untangle 9y ago
> They're in the collaboration market, which is bigger than the storage market. They're in the "file sync" market. They want to be in the collaboration market. Hence the John Lennon-esque post.
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by untangle 9y ago
Statistically, I don't think that miles driven on lonely freeways equal those in Manhatten. And perceptually, running down city pedestrians at 40 MPH will impact public thinking more than highway fatalities.
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by untangle 9y ago
Apple fell behind in voice on Jobs' watch and prior to the Siri acquisition. In fact, it's probably more accurate to say that Apple was behind on iOS progress and facing a ho-hum 4s launch. Hence, the quick 8-figure Siri buy and h
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by untangle 9y ago
You might find Min to your liking. https://minbrowser.github.io/min/
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by untangle 9y ago
I advise new team members to begin their tenure by improving one or two key existing processes. Ideally, make life easier for a couple teammates. Right an age-old wrong within the system. This provides an efficient way to learn the team, ga
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by untangle 9y ago
> I built a platform where I ask myself deep questions https://www.deepthoughtapp.com Nicely done. For my reflections of life, I favor "what have you done?" and "what are you willing to do?" questions over
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by untangle 9y ago
> Reminds me very much of what Eckhart Tolle says. “You are not your personal history. You are not your story.” If not that, then what? Your aspirations? Your beliefs? Your intentions?
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by untangle 9y ago
> Google is no more evil now than it was in the past. Maybe not, but its capacity to do evil has changed dramatically. Size matters. Absolute power - in citizen data and web advertising - corrupts absolutely.
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by untangle 9y ago
> ...it might as well not exist, because the only remaining thing that would distinguish it from other desktop OSes is iCloud integration. This is truly scary when one of your weakest products (features) is supposedly your main differen
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by untangle 9y ago
I do not have a problem with LastPass on input fields (including this one), nor do I recall one. Perhaps a setting was amiss or it was a platform-dependent issue. Grammarly, OTOH...
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The Autodesk File(fourmilab.ch)
3 points by untangle 9y ago|0 comments
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by untangle 9y ago
The author leaves the punchline a little vague, possibly in deference to a16z portfolio interests. My rendition is this. Value capture for any tech almost requires owning the customer relationship. Customers (non-enterprise anyway) buy must

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