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by zach 16y ago
Maybe it was horrible. At least it was short.
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by zach 16y ago
So this article was a wild ramble, but I like that there's interest. Let me sum some things up about SC2 and battle.net, completely unofficially and without inside information. StarCraft II is trying some new things. They are taking contr
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by zach 16y ago
That article was horribly written. It went off in a thousand different directions and had no storyline. Also, the valid criticisms are entwined with misconceptions and inaccuracies that undermine them. I appreciate getting a read of the
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by zach 16y ago
I actually think it isn't too overblown to hold up a college degree as something that, like homeownership, has been touted as the American dream and become a status item to be worshipped and sacrificed to. Our country's capitalistic nature
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by zach 16y ago
It is an active point of research, but the problem is the feedback. It's hard to get metrics people can't fake. Inasmuch as body weight is one of those unfakeable metrics, the weekly Weight Watchers weight-in (note that you pay less if you
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Video: Steve Jobs on Flash (D8 Conference)(d8.allthingsd.com)
57 points by zach 16y ago|34 comments
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by zach 16y ago
Antifreeze tastes sweet. It's the long-term effects that are the problem.
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How 5-year Wikipedia hoax fooled even the subject's own company(ken-jennings.com)
66 points by zach 16y ago|22 comments
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by zach 16y ago
Using IE6 is more like drinking 9-year-old antifreeze. It was never wholesome in the first place.
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by zach 16y ago
Oh, I totally understand, and thanks for pointing out the problem. I just know the reflex when this stuff happens is to say "oh, I shoulda done this better." I wanted to point out I didn't think Aaron deserved any criticism, even self-crit
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by zach 16y ago
It's okay, it's just what happens -- you fix it, you move on. I hope we're not at the place where anyone would judge you so harshly on a site you constructed in 24 hours!
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by zach 16y ago
These arguments tend to go down two roads -- one that I disagree with and one that I actually agree with. The Too Successful argument is really a difficult one to draw out moral content from. There have existed people who lose themselves i
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by zach 16y ago
I'd say the ultimate proof of being both talented and effective is being part of a talent acquisition where the acquired team's product can be fully evaluated. The fact that Google does many such acquisitions is, to me, conclusive evidence
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by zach 16y ago
Indulge me a Simpsons quote: Baby-Proofer: Your baby is dead! Homer and Marge: [horrified scream] Baby-Proofer: That's what you'd hear if your baby fell victim to one of the thousands of deathtraps lurking in the average America
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by zach 16y ago
Having worked at Blizzard until recently, I think my response to this rhetorical question is predictable. But help me understand a little better. I don't see designing more compelling gameplay as being a markedly different goal than more c
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by zach 16y ago
I saw this and wondered if my nutty conspiracy theory might be true. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1345430 But reading the interview I don't get that kind of vibe. Which is really too bad because I thought he had real super-villain
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by zach 16y ago
My favorite is the "I bet we can find 1,000,000 people" groups with 6,000 people in them. Anywhere else, 6,000 people supporting your cause would be a huge win, but they turn it into laughable defeat.
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by zach 16y ago
Who needs psychologists when you have game designers? Psychological literature doesn't have the level of interest or experience in the practical applications that expert game designers have.
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by zach 16y ago
I can't imagine an unmarried NBA player getting any flak if he's only had kids with one woman.
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by zach 16y ago
So basically, the print version is the advertising-supported version. Because there are still a lot of print advertisers who they need to please by keeping their circulation numbers up. It's a weird digital/physical arbitrage. Normally th
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by zach 16y ago
How's the sturdiness? I heard it can get just a little wobbly.
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by zach 16y ago
Man oh man, someone needs to start a PDF redaction startup. Every one of these stories could be a press hit for your company. In fact, you could publish a PDF where you have your CEO declare "my Social Security number is [redacted]" to play
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by zach 16y ago
That kind of company is a recurring theme in entrepreneurial pep talks of Waterloo econ professor Larry Smith. He spins very intriguing tales of recent graduates creating companies in extremely tiny niches (single or double digits of possib
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by zach 16y ago
I've been looking for a no-impact Javascript-API black-and-white map ever since I started putting heat maps on them, and this is (typically for the Maps API team) way more powerful. My favorite announcement of the week for my startup.
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by zach 16y ago
Okay, so it's a very convenient parametrization to limit the search to a low character length. That way you can score a six-letter domain name, which is bragable. But I think this is a premature optimization. Hackers (in particular) get h
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by zach 16y ago
Wow, Interpol is the win. They're 30 steps to Band of Horses: http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/?start=Interpol&end=...
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by zach 16y ago
Nineteen, from The Aquabats to Pedro the Lion via Nirvana: http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/?start=the+aquabats&...
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by zach 16y ago
I can't believe I'm getting into a discussion about this, but I noticed in the S-1 he actually is allotting $9,000 of it for marketing and general expenses. Only $3,500 is for labor and materials. You know, this is such a simple S-1 that i
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by zach 16y ago
Wow. That is, dare I say it, ballsy. I think this is destined to be an interesting anecdote for Mr. Richard later in life. I get the feeling the lawyer, Rory Vohwinkel, is a family friend who does this all the time (Las Vegas is ground z
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by zach 16y ago
As perhaps the only HN member who lives in Downey, CA, I have to say that I often suspected Musk was up to something but his actions were almost totally convincing otherwise. He had plant layouts done as recently as a couple of weeks ago.

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