Useful_Idiot

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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Because the entire industry is a shell game? ~Fundamentals, people, fundamentals. [aka: if you really think that a producer of gadgets is worth more than most countries' GDP, then you're a fucking idiot. Apple et al is a shell game. ~$100
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
HN doesn't disappoint! Down-votes, and no-one can do due diligence. <CTRL+F>Push Singh He was named one of the "IEEE Intelligent Systems 10 to Watch," an award that honors young researchers in artificial intelligence. He planned to
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
I'd look into AI specialists who all decided to kill themselves in that "very common" way of putting a bag over their head, wrapping duct tape around their necks and then 'doing an oven' to finish the deal. You know, like those pretty wives
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Just for an interesting comparison: Top 100 mining companies in the world: You'll note that even BHP only hits ~$200bil. http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page67?oid=95... These are companies that fundamentally provide the ma
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
I'd think it would be more likely: " what's the % of players with access to Western standard credit cards for the RMAH ". Any country with an acceptable level of security for the "big four" is welcome at the table: nation states who lack th
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Traditionally Israel is counted as nominally European for this type of thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Israel Note: this might be a little too meta for HN
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
If no-one noticed, in the video that meatsock posted ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iABPKd0vFxQ ) you'll notice that in the fluff (audio: "military bases" "border controls", "checkpoints") you'll see real world photos with US military pe
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
As far as I understand the American system, this is a false analogy: your Congressman 'lobbies' for interests within their core voting block . i.e. why your mid-west Congressman lobbies hard for corn subsidies, if a large percentage of her
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
All such deals are offered as "promotions" to the start of the next year. They merely get extended ("through January 31st 2014") as a legal formality once the date is hit. Essentially it's the Legal department's requirement.
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
I assumed it was common knowledge that Sony offered the PS3 at a huge discount retail <-> production costs to make Blu-Ray the industry standard (which did indeed succeed). e.g. Samsung Blu-Ray retailed @ $1000, PS3 retailed at $5
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Thank you, I understand the metric used now, although I'd say you'd have to offset the costs against traditional print advertising (e.g. 1/2 page advert in Guardian / Ha'aretz jobs section etc). ~ This begs the question, which I assumed (do
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Ah, I apologise - I thought they were offering a real-world replica. I'm also fascinated on how they're going to do this: I'll offer good money that says within 5 minutes of logging on they're either town-PK griefed, chat channels are flood
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
How so? Retail Diablo III ~ $60 <strike>CEO</strike> Intern getting to level 60 ~ 12 or so hours @ $0 / hr 1,000,000 Diablo III gold ~ $4 Cheap Chinese Sword ~ $96 Single / static webpage ~ $200 57 seconds Video using a)exis
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
Ah, this place really has become Reddit. Within 7 minutes, a down-vote, while the comment "fredoliveira 25 minutes ago | link This is quite sad. Signs of a company struggling to be relevant, and failing terribly." that displays a lack of
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
BBR Saatchi Israel is on the hunt for a great programmer, and it's taking its recruiting to the place where most of them are hanging out: in the realms of 'Diablo 3.' http://creativity-online.com/work/saatchi-saatchi-israel-job... Actua
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by Useful_Idiot 14y ago
I was reading through your blog, assuming this was some faux-naivety mixed with socially uplifting product placement (look! hip young designer of the future actually LEARNS from has-been discard of the old materialism! wow!) and then you we