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by akikuchi 14y ago
It is interesting to see the different reactions to this article. Byrne is clearly sympathetic to Aaron’s cause, and to the fact that civil disobedience and other sometimes subversive methods can be effective in dealing with injustice. Ther
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by akikuchi 14y ago
I believe he's referring more to the fact that the real world price per unit of game currency is not a round number. If dragon eggs were worth exactly $1 each, people would be slightly more careful about the value/cost of in-game purchases.
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by akikuchi 14y ago
I agree with you, and more generally I find the "life isn't fair/no excuses" mindset to be a strange phenomenon. The idea that being prepared for adversity, planning ahead, etc. is a good thing is totally sensible. And sometimes you get som
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by akikuchi 15y ago
Creative thinking, but I'd have to disagree with your conclusion. The present value of the additional years of copyright would be very low, especially taking into account 1. the probability that the work will still be a source of value 100
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by akikuchi 15y ago
I search HN a lot, so am excited by this native implementation. I would be curious to know more about how the "relevance" sorting algorithm works though. When I did a test search for "domain registrar," for example, the top result was a com
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by akikuchi 15y ago
The article's bullet points are great, but I would emphasize one thing: Don't be afraid to ask, but only AFTER YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK. People can be surprisingly helpful, but especially if it's clear you're working hard to make each req
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by akikuchi 15y ago
The crux of the issue as I see it is an extension of what mathematics educators call "number sense." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sense ) It seems from many of the other comments is that people recognize that performing exact menta
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by akikuchi 15y ago
As a starting point, I think there is not much downside in showing full integer comment scores for comments over n (n=2?) days old. In addition, I think there are a variety of ways of improving the "ease of consumption" (ie scanning for goo
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by akikuchi 15y ago
That is a reasonable possibility, and I think we probably agree on many aspects of the problem. The general observation still holds though, that the current compensation reality does not attract a broad enough pool. The challenges of profes
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by akikuchi 15y ago
I think your assertion about the "rhetorical sleight of hand" is pretty far off-base, and is an (admittedly subtle) strawman. The main points of the article, from my perspective were 1. The issues with education in the US are complex, and b
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by akikuchi 16y ago
Alternate format for browsing the catalogue: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspx?intSal...
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The Library of Edward Tufte, at auction(christies.com)
2 points by akikuchi 16y ago|1 comments
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by akikuchi 16y ago
That's a fine sounding sentence, but what do you actually mean by that? Do you mean the wealth distribution when subtracting out the equity value of financial businesses? Or ignoring the net worth of individuals who happen to be currently e
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by akikuchi 16y ago
I guess I have two points: 1. Your observations about Atari and Newton highlight one of the problems with your initial argument- it's not generally a safe bet to assume an early category-creating product will continue to innovate and develo
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by akikuchi 16y ago
Would you have said you can't out-Newton the Newton? You can't out-Atari the Atari?
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by akikuchi 16y ago
one of the tagline descriptors from the video: "Flash-loving" Interesting they highlight that in their first marketing video. I suppose with these things it can be difficult to differentiate device capabilities that consumers can actually c
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by akikuchi 16y ago
This is one of the least enlightening articles I've seen in a long time. I understand that it's a challenge to succinctly summarize a 73 page paper in 300 words, but here the author seems to be happy to use the paper's "findings" to support
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by akikuchi 16y ago
Anyone interested in reading more about this should check out this paper that was fairly central in advancing the debate over the last four years. It's an interesting read, and highlights some of the challenges with matching tax policy to d
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by akikuchi 16y ago
I have two family friends who are recently retired and are currently about 2 months into their walk. The American Discovery Trail is actually a partially-marked cross country trail. The thing I take away from their trail journal is how many
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by akikuchi 16y ago
New Update: "To those worrying about us--we're fine, and will issue a suitable riposte shortly." http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/10993931099
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by akikuchi 17y ago
He seems to have likely switched the mean and median, so the median may actually be 28.3. It's interesting to see the numbers, but the given statistics don't seem to quite make sense.
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Ask HN: What questions should a business ask an ASP before signing up?
2 points by akikuchi 17y ago|0 comments
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by akikuchi 17y ago
I'm a fan of Mixergy interviews, but only occasionally check what's new- the incentive is not there when I'm not consciously planning on spending an hour. This model will make me more likely to check the site more often. The analytics will
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by akikuchi 17y ago
Regarding number #9, it refers to the very real danger those involved in the drug trade face if they are perceived to be even in the same vicinity as officers of the law. If you are seen to be an informant, your competitors (or even partner
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by akikuchi 17y ago
Please read the article before commenting on what it does or does not talk about: "the tens of trillions of dollars in unfunded entitlements and promises, ... the metastasizing health-care costs, our energy gluttony. These structural defic
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by akikuchi 17y ago
The reasonable letter is not intended to win sympathy, nor does it cut off other options. If they maintain a firm, unreasonable position, OP's options are still open and he can intensify the conversation. Starting with a thoughtful explanat
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by akikuchi 17y ago
Write them a thoughtful, well-reasoned letter explaining: 1. How as an active member of he developer community, you have enjoyed building useful tools which expand the reach of the Zillow brand. 2. How you have dedicated significant time an
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by akikuchi 17y ago
"if we're going to talk about math, let's get out of the abstract and into the specific. Let's talk details. Examples. What could be more math-y than that?" (from the codinghorror post) This topic seems to come up relatively frequently, and
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by akikuchi 18y ago
I actually enjoy many of the posts about the creative (or at least somewhat non-traditional) things people do as solo entrepreneurs. After reading the entire article though, I do find it funny how this tagline was used to position the artic
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Erlang on Rails(blogs.igalia.com)
22 points by akikuchi 18y ago|0 comments

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