atari

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by atari 16y ago
Right, you need some kind of happy medium (not too easy, not too difficult).
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by atari 16y ago
Indeed, and it may incentivize and motivate them to do things they might not otherwise have done within the community.
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by atari 16y ago
Good post. Have been thinking a lot about influence and reputation lately, and the relative nature of both of them. Products that only cater to the Quora early adopter crowd won't ever make it big, but ones that are able to siphon them off
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by atari 16y ago
Agreed. My point is that there are certain people that would likely be predisposed to share anyway. And although the internet has provided new opportunities for sharing, other types have occurred in different communities (village, folk, sci
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by atari 16y ago
In other news, this is called the "biased sample" fallacy. 1. Sample S, which is biased, is taken from population P. 2. Conclusion C is drawn about Population P based on S. http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/biased-sample.html
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by atari 16y ago
I'm not convinced that online sharing has caused offline sharing, although there are examples of online communities such as couchsurfing that have brought online communities offline. This seems like a case of correlation not equalling cau
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by atari 16y ago
I'm kinda over the whole .ly domain thing. Find a new cool-sounding TLD where there isn't the risk of having your domain seized because of possible violations of Sharia law.
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by atari 16y ago
Williamsburg. Super convenient with the L train, great warehouse spaces, lots going on, tons of tech folks, much cheaper than Manhattan. Complain all you want about the hipsters but there's a reason why they're all there. Also check out the
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by atari 16y ago
Has anyone else gotten unsolicited emails from RMS when you inadvertently use one of his "words to avoid" on a mailing list or the like? http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html It's kinda fun.
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by atari 16y ago
Indeed, if other companies developed the technology and did not patent it, it should be in the public domain.
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by atari 16y ago
Patents in the US are on a "first to invent" basis -- so if someone else has done it before, then you theoretically can't actually patent it. This is different than in Europe where it's a "first to file" system. Now the problem is that lots