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by yef 18y ago
Well, Skype has the network effect going for it. And while iPhone has its quirks and drawbacks, the idea of VOIP on your handheld is pretty compelling.
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by yef 18y ago
Right, everything's out there if you're willing to dig for it. It would be nice to have everything in one place, though. I'm not saying it's hard, it would just be nice if it were all organized ahead of time.
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by yef 18y ago
Such strong language. I did pose it as a parenthetical question... Anyway, I think automated grading could work for anything math-based, as well as for some computer programs. Consider that much of learning is done through homework and exer
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by yef 18y ago
I agree with you, it's not about the degree itself or the certification. It's about the education, and the confidence it gives you knowing that you've completed certain coursework that others in the field think is important. As a scaled-bac
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by yef 18y ago
I think there's an opportunity to craft some sort of DIY degree programs, cobbled together from online lectures, assignments (with automated grading?), readings, and help forums. Perhaps it would just be a feature of a site like this, but I
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Academic Earth - Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.(academicearth.org)
71 points by yef 18y ago|20 comments
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by yef 18y ago
Very nicely done. I would add 404 and other error checking as a premium feature if you haven't already done so.
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by yef 18y ago
Or you could just knuckle down and work. I cant think of many times a site justified more than a few visits a day
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by yef 18y ago
Yeah. Especially when you consider that the shuffle is (was) probably the ipod best suited for workouts. Oh well, good thing my old shuffle works fine. :)
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by yef 18y ago
So you have to use their earbuds? Hrm.
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by yef 18y ago
We actually have very similar tastes. I guess I just need a garage. :)
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by yef 18y ago
I get where you're coming from, but that's quite a leap. Newer development doesn't imply sterile wasteland. A lot of suburbs are sterile, for sure. But a lot of urban development integrates quite nicely with the surrounding area, often addi
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by yef 18y ago
Agreed, the park system and the walkability of Boston is great. The problems come when you want to drive somewhere or find an affordable place near the subway with all modern kitchen and laundry stuff. We could do so much better, just tear
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by yef 18y ago
Education is an industry. Ideas are not, there is no marketplace for ideas, etc. Old vs. new is just a matter of taste. The overriding value is whether something works or not. In general, the technical people I've met have very little patie
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by yef 18y ago
Those things are great, and Boston does have its unique advantages. Digging your car out of the snow, slipping on ice, and gloomy days aren't. After 3 (ok, 2.8) winters here, those are the things that made me finally understand why people d
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by yef 18y ago
We should be realistic about two things: 1. Saying that Boston is the center of ideas is lacking. Ideas aren't an industry, the way movies, finance, or tech is. Also, ideas are cheap. It's the vetting and execution of ideas that is valuable
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by yef 18y ago
Wrong again. Harvard and MIT were founded in 1636 and 1861. Stanford and UC Berkeley were founded in 1885 and 1868. The Boston area saw much of its population growth occur in the 19th century. The Bay Area saw much of its growth in the 20th
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by yef 18y ago
Great job. The buttons look great for such minimal effort. Suggestions for next steps: 1. Add an easy way to get hover and pushed states for buttons. Basically, provide some clever defaults that allow the user to get all 3 at once with mini
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by yef 18y ago
Right, that's exactly my point. None of those places can really compare with the size and power of Silicon Valley. The fact that there's only one Silicon Valley is proof enough. The rest are smaller tech hubs. So there must be some other
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by yef 18y ago
"The organic way to do it is to establish a first-rate university in a place where rich people want to live." Obviously not the case. We can just go down the list of top universities and look at the ones that are in desirable places that ar
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by yef 18y ago
I had a frustrating experience with the site. Took me longer to get what I wanted than if I had gone to Kayak (the market leader) or Jetblue (that normally runs my best fare). What, if I may ask, was the vision and rationale behind this app
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MySpace Founders Interviewed by Charlie Rose(techcrunch.com)
3 points by yef 18y ago|0 comments
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The Republican Party has an API(gop.gov)
52 points by yef 18y ago|50 comments
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by yef 18y ago
How about putting [joke] or something in the title, so those of us short on time can skip it?
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by yef 18y ago
I think you nailed the problem with this type of software -- they lag behind the cutting edge because they copy features from the leaders rather than innovate on their own. (There are some exceptions to that, though, in the case where the p
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by yef 18y ago
http://www.osalt.com/ includes Mac, thanks dchest.
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by yef 18y ago
Nice list, but this really needs to be dumped into a Reddit implementation so we can vote and comment. Side project, anyone?
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Ask HN: Best Places to Raise Kids?
12 points by yef 18y ago|3 comments
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by yef 18y ago
I agree with you, but the reason is because the managers see four of the iterations as wastes of resources.
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Top Startup News(startups.alltop.com)
2 points by yef 18y ago|2 comments

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