chrismanfrank

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by chrismanfrank 7y ago
Yes, this is the source of the disagreement. Silver, I think, probably gets the math. But his aim is to entertain. Taleb's aim is something like predictive rigor. God knows why he cares about Silver. I think everyone gets that Silver i
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by chrismanfrank 7y ago
You basically have it right. But it's not a misunderstanding. Taleb understands Silver's approach, but thinks it's BS, entertainment not forecasting. He's right, but I don't know why he cares. The problem isn't
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
I got what the article was saying. The point just makes no sense to me. Amazon got $2.4B in subsidies. To say, "it's unethical to ask for that" is functionally equivalent to saying "the only ethical thing is for Amazon t
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
Am I alone in not seeing the problem here? Cities went into this with their eyes open, no? It was a bidding war to attract a major employer to the city. Amazon's employees will pay taxes, buy property, and spend money, all of which enr
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
Well now you've raised a very deep point. We need some laws and regulation, but not too much. How do we decide? We have a Constitution and a political system, including judiciary where we can all fight it out. Conservatives are more on
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
> You see that as a dystopia. I see that as a better political and social environment. The question then is...should YOU be the one to decide what is "better"? Who should be given that kind of power? In an ideal world, a benevo
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
"Of course the poorest people are more likely to gain in income -- when you start at the bottom, there's really only one direction you can go." But doesn't this claim in itself refute the thesis that all the income gains
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by chrismanfrank 8y ago
From the article: "The study looks at people who were 35–40 in 1987 and then looks at how they were doing 20 years later, when they are 55–60. The median income of the people in the top 20% in 1987 ended up 5% lower twenty years later.
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by chrismanfrank 9y ago
I just subscribed to HBO through Amazon for this reason. It's really great. Amazon user experience and streaming capabilities seem better than HBO. But HBO is the only place you can get Game of Thrones. Win-win :)
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by chrismanfrank 11y ago
Fixed mindset is the belief that qualities like intelligence are fixed and can't change. Growth mindset is the belief that these qualities can be grown through effort. Dwecks research shows that a) kids with a growth mindset do better
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by chrismanfrank 12y ago
You might like Peter Attia's blog, http://eatingacademy.com/ . He's an MD and endurance athlete, and does a lot of self-experimentation.
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by chrismanfrank 14y ago
Thanks for posting this. Seriously funny.
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
I love it. I go the movies all the time. I wish you had a way for me to put my email address in so I could get an email every Friday to remind me this site exists. Cool idea and implementation. Keep going!
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Catch a Warlord [video](vimeo.com)
2 points by chrismanfrank 15y ago|0 comments
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
Thanks for the link!
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
I have. Unfortunately, it looks like MIT hasn't re-released it yet. Although it looks like it's possible to run your own server now. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Android project for introducing teenagers to programming?
4 points by chrismanfrank 15y ago|4 comments
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
Does Codeschool have as many people signed up as codecademy? That could be one reason for the press. I would guess Codecademy has more users because it's free and you can start learning within 10 seconds of landing on their homepage.
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
I'm really curious to know if anyone has experience with this. On the one hand, kids like building games, so Scratch and Alice seem like a good idea. On the other hand, those aren't "real" languages, so I think...why not just teach kids h
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
matwood, do they really compare to the feel of the vibram's? i think my favorite thing about the vibram's is how they let your toes spread out to help with balance and changing direction. do you get that same feel with the merrell's? i've
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
That is a great reason to wear them. My wife and I both wear Vibram's (we even did a Tough Mudder event in them), and they're great for starting conversations on the trail. Of course, if you don't like small-talk with strangers, they will
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
me too. but it's possible a lot of these startups raised with convertible notes, and so would not have valuations yet.
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
I'm curious, how would you guys handle this situation if you were running Airbnb?
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
When I read this article, I chuckled at how much smarter and wiser I am than Tom Friedman. But you make a good point. If he would have picked almost any other internet company, he could have been pointing us to this article to say "I told
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
really well done. i wish i had this when i first learned git.
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
I need a shower after reading this.
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
They will send all the emails at once "something this evening CA time". source: https://convore.com/yc-s11-apps/high-school-students-that-ap...
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The Talent Code Handbook(thetalentcode.com)
3 points by chrismanfrank 15y ago|0 comments
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by chrismanfrank 15y ago
Is this a pivot for grubwith.us? I know the founders original idea was to connect people via family-style restaurant meals. But I've signed up for 3 meals now, and all were because I wanted to meet someone specific (Harj, other YC founders
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by chrismanfrank 16y ago
I was wondering who wrote "typical MBA horsesh*t" in the margins. great stuff.

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