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by zeynel1 16y ago
"There isn’t a fundamental gravitational interaction. Is that crazy enough?" A decade ago a physicist who would say something like this would have been dubbed a "crackpot" by his colleagues.
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by zeynel1 17y ago
The hero of Sartre's Nausea says on page 6 "I live alone, entirely alone. I never speak to anyone, never; I receive nothing, I give nothing...." http://books.google.com/books?id=dbCJ40j7t1sC&printsec=f... That was written in 1938. Pro
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I think that your/you're and its/it's distinction causes no problem for sophisticated readers of English because the meaning is clear from context. Eventually there will be one spelling for both probably without the apostrophe. Usually, rea
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by zeynel1 17y ago
Very nice analysis. He lists eight concepts of "intangible value" that consumers "buy" when they "pay for something that could be free." These cannot be copied. He also mentions "trust" but for some reason he doesn't put it in this list: 1.
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Nice article, but it is possible to explain this as forming a habit. The 10,000 hour concept was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell who based it on a research on students learning violin. http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=malcolm+gladw
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"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." The ability to put writing in one of the standard forms, novel, story, etc, seems important too.
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by zeynel1 17y ago
"Do you remember learning to factor quadrilateral equations? x2 -32x +12? Why were you taught this? Why did they spend hours drilling you on such clearly useless content? Simple: you were being trained to be a compliant cog, someone who cou
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by zeynel1 17y ago
I think Tesla investigated how to transport electricity without wires but I don't have any references.
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by zeynel1 17y ago
Very nice page. More on her page http://www.tanyakhovanova.com/
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by zeynel1 17y ago
"One lesson of Plan 9 is that the right organizing metaphor is extremely powerful." This sounds like a fundamental idea. Can anyone offer some more real life examples?
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by zeynel1 17y ago
I think the education process is too long. Schools benefit from long education so the time a student can get to do "real research" is put further and further in the future.
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There is no plaque on that building but there is one in a nearby building called "Engineers club" mentioning Tesla. http://www.teslasociety.com/bryantpark.htm
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This seems to be the view for number 8: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38...
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8 West 40th street now http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
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Robotic shopping cart that follows you around(geercom.com)
1 points by zeynel1 17y ago|0 comments
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PR and marketing is an important part of the discovery process. Unless you get your discovery in the market and build a business around it their is no discovery. Tesla made great discoveries but he was not a good marketer.
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Good advice. And OP has started and finished this project, namely, this post, which proves that this is not a "character flaw" of his.
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Is the sound created by the change in the depth or the shape of the groove?
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by zeynel1 17y ago
I liked the slides. And what they are doing.
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"In order to truly understand macro trends, it seems like one needs to be familiar with the most granular aspects of the trade."
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by zeynel1 17y ago
http://science1.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/history-of-the-inte... http://www.triz40.com/aff_Principles.htm
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History of the Internet in ship years
1 points by zeynel1 17y ago|1 comments
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He says he doesn't have any more info about his technique http://twitter.com/feltron
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by zeynel1 17y ago
gtani: thanks for the links. I am also interested in the beautiful presentation used by the artist and I asked him http://twitter.com/feltron about his technique; I'll post here if he replies.
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Thanks. Yes, I am reading about processing.
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http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/desiree-r...
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Ask HN: Is there an app that creates network graphics...
3 points by zeynel1 17y ago|7 comments
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The annual report is here http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/
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by zeynel1 17y ago
See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1077805
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by zeynel1 17y ago
"Get help, share tips & tricks with other Basecamp customers." Why not "Basecamp users." Sounds nicer, I think.

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