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by Hume 15y ago
Fun tends to be best enjoyed in small groups. The auto industry is far from a joyless place, engineers at AMG or BMW design products with the aim of fun, great design for the sake of it over economy is the only reason they exist. I'd wager
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by Hume 15y ago
Do you know the price point at which purchase orders predominate over credit cards for payment? I'm launching a product soon and I plan to price it at $6k per year. I assume that the software will be paid for by PO but if anyone here has a
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by Hume 15y ago
A middle class lifestyle is based upon the products that companies produce, not so much the jobs they provide. A house with a garden is within reach of the masses only if cars are affordable (ford model T ) a yearly holiday to a sunny loca
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by Hume 15y ago
The decline of the empire and being whittled down to 'just our island' has coincided with the best possible time to be alive in britain, very far from being a disaster. As for having the wrong culture for the modern world; the UK for all it
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by Hume 16y ago
It supports linux too, I've had it up and running on Mint and Ubuntu for at least 6 months.
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by Hume 16y ago
narcissism. Its a running theme throughout the 'parent' blog, http://thelastpsychiatrist.com , that many social ills are at root manifestations of narcissism.
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by Hume 16y ago
Notes in margins have also caused century long headaches; wouldn't it have been better if Fermat had a blog instead?
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by Hume 16y ago
Can't the same be said of accountants or wall streeters? Top founders like Bazos, Jobs and Gates all seem to have pretty solid mariages; is the divorce rate higher for people who have tried to start a business or is it just an excuse for th
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by Hume 16y ago
'The lifebox, the seashell and the soul' by Rudy Rucker. http://www.rudyrucker.com/lifebox/ It has the same sort of feel as GEB, he riffs about cellular automata etc, its not too demanding while still giving enough to meditate on for a fe
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by Hume 16y ago
Suddenly elevated status! Two billion dollar companies and 20 years in the valley, is the rest of the world really that cut off to condescend like this?
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by Hume 16y ago
They have Chrome OS in the works and smart phones are getting more powerful, almost comparable to netbooks. Assuming that this is relying on C++ as Chrome does; might they be able to adapt Chrome OS?
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by Hume 16y ago
You could look to China as an example; a country that has re-entered the world economy fairly abruptly and is looking to acquire raw materials. They might follow their lead and do deals with countries like Australia, Canada and Russia or th
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by Hume 16y ago
Not on the basis of this article it won't; this was about the Poincare conjecture, Perelman and pettiness.
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by Hume 16y ago
I don't have a business, just an office drone; but I have to find out about legal ownership of companies all the time, when our customers issue purchase orders we have to make sure that the names on the invoices we generate match them. Chan
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by Hume 17y ago
The point is that the arrangement of bits might not be appropriate to copy; people have been writing poetry for millennia but when you need to write copy of a webpage or lay out a spreadsheet you have to write out new 'bits', you can't just
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by Hume 17y ago
Silicon Valley companies are no good at negotiating with barbaric governments, therefor are no longer king? Since when was that SVs claim to fame?
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by Hume 17y ago
1) Think outside the box 2) Maximize potential 3) Push the envelop 4) Keep your eye on the ball 5) Always wear a condom
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by Hume 17y ago
Was this done with R?