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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   I've seen this 1k signals BS repeated over and over by HN commenters, as if somehow copying from 999 other guys makes this a nonproblem.
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Let's go one step further from your argument: Why should Google improve their search spam algorithm? Would they gain anything if MSFT then their compares their own results against Google's, to delete the spam farms thanks to Google's work?
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   [What's wrong with you guys? Really. The last couples of days have made me lose lots of respect for the half of YC's readers that so vehemently defends MSFT's actions.] Now, to your point. Do you really think MSFT just designed a machine le
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   About the runners: What types of injuries do they mostly had? TY!
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Weird. Gruber's page sounds like www.apple.com/pr , or like Apple's Blog. Maybe he only owns options? :D (j/k)
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Use google cache :P
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Hey guys, I'm totally stuck on 39.. any advice?? :S
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Also stuck there =(
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   by zzleeper 16y ago

   Interesting, but not very useful w/out code =)
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    We need more people like you in this world. I had a (foreign) prof that used loose constantly in the handouts. I think no one ever mentioned that to him..
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    I'm getting tired of constantly hearing unrealisticly good predictions from GS and other institutions with vested interests. (And yes, I know that this is the _outlier_ scenario) This reminds me of the earlier article today from Zed Shaw. W
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Because "dead end" means "callejon sin salida". That's the correct translation (callejon = road, sin salida = w/out exit). On the other hand, "muerto fin" has NO meaning in spanish, (and that's what you get when you translate word for word
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    I agree that it's impressive, but the flash video felt like cheating. For instance, no spanish speaker would EVER say "LO TRADUCE EL TEXTO" (@ 0:20), or "ROPAS OPCIONAL" (@ 0:50). They just picked some words in spanish that made sense when
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    And the transcript, in english: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2010... Interesting that "dictatorship" was mentioned 9 times in the speech, free* 9 times, and democr* 13.
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    There is a certain beauty in mountain climbing that I doubt any marathon can compete with. That said, maybe they can just climb smaller--but also beautiful--mountains? 6k? 7km? Why does it has to be 8.8km?
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    You make a point, but anyone doing 5 minutes of research would find this exact same spots. Besides, being "industrial cities" they are actually hard to hit. It's like saying NYC, Chicago and DC are critical..
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    That makes sense.. however winner's curse is more relevant when you have common value auctions (eg: bidding for something with an unknown value that is the same for everyone). However, in advertisement everyone has a different value derived
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    This makes much more sense that paying 35 times as much for Groupon
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Is there a way to track those attacks? Do they come from random zombie boxes, or maybe the IPs are from somewhere in Virginia?
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Doesn't Google uses Vickrey auctions ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickrey_auction ) just to avoid this? I recall an article by Hal Varian some time ago about this..
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    I recall that on some google-scanned books, there was some metadata from abbyy finereader. So that may be why. Also, tesseract often needs to be configured.
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Almost All of the systemic risk was caused by regulation. Too big to fail messed up with "the role of market discipline in financial markets" (3rd pillar of Basel II). Firms were even picking their own regulators (through loopholes) so th
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    TLDR: Check this instead: http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-8/ The signal-to-noise ratio of that article is incredible low. What did I get out of the post? - You can now type wolframalpha-style in mathematica. - You now have over
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Maybe their emails are set as hidden..
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Doesn't work in Chrome. Tried in FF and then it worked.
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Hi Samuel, I think entrepreneurs are not so enthused over gambling as you would believe (gambling as in casinos & slots, or an online questionnaire). I think that what matters more is the intrinsic value of building something, but I'm n
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Advertising (Google, Craigslist, FB)? online brokers (zecco.com, etc.) ? Maybe also sales (I get more stuff from amazon that from the mall)
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    More on this: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/20/diapers-com-on-its-way-to-s... http://www.mentortechventures.com/MT-News.blog/2009/09/01/Di... So apparently, Quidsi (the real name) is at break even*, has raised 80 million in equity since
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    A question: Do they (diapers.com) make money? Free shipping, cheap diapers, expensive warehouse and logistics, etc. All this leaves very thin margins. I'm wondering how much money they have burned until today (the other articles implied i
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    by zzleeper 16y ago

    Mmm. You are playing it wrong.. I'm, wondering if your games ever finished or everyone just got bored at some point