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by egiva 14y ago
I was thinking the same thing - today's Brilliant Jerk is tomorrow's visionary - just look at Steve Jobs as a good example. People also adapt and change over time, so that's important to take into account. I think the comments here all show
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by egiva 14y ago
I agree 100% that textbooks have too many levels of abstraction added over time. There's a really interesting answer given on this exact same subject by Bill Gates at the Aspen Festival - check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I
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by egiva 14y ago
Thanks rbranson, this comment was very helpful. I also think that the logical fallacy of some of these arguments is that they´re absolutist - it´s better to follow your advice because it´s a very logical progression to start with a SQL data
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by egiva 14y ago
Question: maybe just my simplistic take on these complaints - and I have the same ones - but can 90% of these all be broken down into two categories? (database-related), and (UI-related) issues? Windows desktop indexing, iPhone extra spac
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by egiva 14y ago
Well, then please accept my apologies and thank you for taking the time to explain. As I said originally, I think that it's wonderful that you're encouraging young people, and especially women who are under-represented, to get involved in t
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by egiva 14y ago
Thanks for the comment drharris. With all due respect, I think this is a paid promotional article, not something that should be promoted on the front page of HN. Consider this: A) they published the article, then changed it to optize it fo
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by egiva 14y ago
No I didn't. I understand the post. I support anyone, anywhere who wants to learn programming and show an interest, especially young women who are under-represented in the industry. I just think that they're promoting Madison Ruby because t
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by egiva 14y ago
The keyword density and some of the keyword repetition for this article makes me suspicious. Not questioning the experience - I read it and it sounded great. Just analyzing the most common words and phrases used though - so you decide: 'R
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Day after iPhone 5 - volcano erupts in Guatamala(youtube.com)
1 points by egiva 14y ago|0 comments
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by egiva 14y ago
I couldn't help thinking while reading this that my main concern with registration systems isn't the complicated Regex as much, but rather the really annoying registry bots that sign up phantom accounts. I'm not a huge Captcha fan, but with
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by egiva 14y ago
I don't think that in a few decades we'll see a "world filled with Gabriellas". Luckily (for the time being), our universities are really good at pumping out Rodrigos rather than Gabriellas. It's later when you enter the working world when
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by egiva 14y ago
Sounds to me like an engineer with that level of experience, who had navigated the patent process for his own prior patent, would know a thing or two about patents. I'm open to the possibility that there's a conflict of interest, but this
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by egiva 14y ago
Like Kiva, it would be good to also list the "sponsor" (read: 501(c)(3) name) on the patient's profile/donation page. If that sponsor name also included a link to a basic sponsor profile page showing further sponsor information, that would
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by egiva 14y ago
It proves that re-posting is effective for content owners, although it's really annoying when reposts don't include anything new. This one seems to sneak through because it's really interesting. I just pre-ordered one.
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by egiva 14y ago
I wonder how that statement is influenced by investigator bias - in the 1950's where "street smarts" (working class parents, working class background) somehow viewed socially as superior in these situations when compared with educated famil
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by egiva 14y ago
At these airports we've lost the human caring, the human service-related element that makes America great. - I think that there's no demonstrable security value for the majority of these projects, and since 2001 we've allowed the defense in
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by egiva 14y ago
Look, I've lived in Spain for a long time and obviously I see what's happening here. But I'm from California and I read/see/hear what the US press says about Spain. DO NOT BELIEVE IT! Most reports, and unfortunately this report as well in
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Don't believe everything you read/hear about Spain(slate.com)
1 points by egiva 14y ago|1 comments
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by egiva 14y ago
I was reading this article (on my computer) and when Schmidt says "Take your eyes off that screen and look into the eyes of the person you love. Have a conversation, a real conversation"... well let's just say that I actually turned in that
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Spend 1 hour per day away from computer - Schmidt Says(nytimes.com)
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by egiva 14y ago
Don't see anyone mentioning here that you can also play the piano with the ASDF...(etc) keys on your computer's keyboard. It was way easier playing it that way, rather than clicking with the mouse. Great job!
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by egiva 14y ago
I understand what you're saying, but PUD has a lot of experience building startups and I think he has the right mix of know-how and resources to launch any of the ideas listed in the article as part of Fandalism. My first thought after read
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by egiva 14y ago
Really love the band generator idea - PUD, if you're listening in, make it happen! I'd use it...
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by egiva 14y ago
Yeah, why not have two contraceptive methods in play - like a "Plan A" and a "Plan B"? I think you're on the right track here. Many men, including myself, feel pretty equal with their spouse in terms of family planning, but having a Plan B
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by egiva 14y ago
This is a great summary you've written here and worth a second read. In deed there are confounding cultural factors built into standardized IQ testing. You wouldn't expect a white European student, even from another English-speaking country
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by egiva 14y ago
> This isn't true at all. They haven't been shown to be biased, merely that blacks score lower. Extensive research has show that IQ tests have equal predictive power for blacks and whites. I think you illustrate the danger of making ass
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by egiva 15y ago
Actually, the plan for this arctic cable is mostly driven by the needs of the financial-services industry in London and Tokyo (i.e. high frequency trading, ultra low latency direct market access, etc).
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by egiva 15y ago
No on mentions one of the real behind-the-scenes motives for these new lines: Tokyo and London are major hubs for the financial services industry and reducing even 60ms in transmit time means big bucks for High Frequency Trading in these tw
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by egiva 15y ago
Unfortunately Mauritania isn't the last stronghold of slavery. Modern slavery exists in a number of places - including: The Ivory Coast - cocoa farming. Child slaves are an exploited part of the labor force in cocoa production (yes, your ch
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by egiva 15y ago
If the goal is to learn JavaScript as a first language, maybe it's better to first learn it on Codecademy. Otherwise I really use Khan Academy for everything. Also, JS is not a good first language for anyone. Never.

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