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by friendstock 4y ago
China is invading Taiwan because of misguided nationalistic pride and internal legitimacy, not to gain TSMC. If possible, Taiwan should keep TSMC so that the West has a reason to defend Taiwan.
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by friendstock 5y ago
Muon showers... WTF?
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by friendstock 6y ago
"Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has rolled out campaign proposals over the past month that include major increases in federal R&D spending, with a focus on clean energy and emerging technologies."
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How we keep our office NSFW (nervously safe for work) in these times(medium.com)
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by friendstock 7y ago
Also note that Todd Gitlin was a contributor too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Gitlin I didn't realize that he was into math (Harvard math major) before becoming a sociologist and writer.
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by friendstock 7y ago
For the case of Polynesia (including Hawaii), they are considered to be Austronesian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_peoples It is widely believed that they are related to (and originated from) the aborigin
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by friendstock 8y ago
Work from 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week.
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by friendstock 8y ago
Yes, the report refers to the (US) Vietnam War and the Rolling Thunder campaign, which took place in the 1960s. Can the OP change the title to refer to 1967?
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by friendstock 8y ago
This event is in English: https://www.meetup.com/taiwanvirtualreality/
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by friendstock 8y ago
30% is a lot to take away from the developers. It's good to have some pressure on Apple to lower their percentage.
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by friendstock 8y ago
Jaynes was a professor at Princeton University, so he must've built up enough credibility to get this appointment. I was a student at Princeton and actually sat in on his class for a few sessions.
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by friendstock 8y ago
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovatio...
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by friendstock 8y ago
Where is Taiwan?! Taiwan is one of top countries for patents per capita: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-22/in-global-innovatio...
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by friendstock 9y ago
Note that in Taiwan, most companies offer a year-end bonus (at Chinese new year) of several months of salary. At the minimum this is 1 or 2 months, but depending on individual or company performance, it can go as high as 4 months (and in ex
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by friendstock 10y ago
I tried the Touch Bar at the Apple Store, and after tapping on it for various items, I then found myself tapping on the lower part of the screen as well, which of course doesn't work. It just left me feeling that the Touch Bar is a cl
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by friendstock 11y ago
Who goes Trump?
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by friendstock 11y ago
Google "Why apple should kill off the mac" and click on the article link.
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by friendstock 11y ago
Yes, I got a bad feeling about the RISE conference (run by the same people who run WebSummit). There was no pricing on their web page, and then some sales person called to make an offer of a startup booth at a very high price (even after d
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by friendstock 12y ago
In the new version (2.0) of the Facebook API, Facebook no longer gives the friend list to developers.
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by friendstock 12y ago
Just wanted to say, I'm a big fan of your essays! Another blog I like that seems somewhat related to "evilology" is http://www.ribbonfarm.com/ , especially the essays on the Gervais principle.
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by friendstock 12y ago
Regarding college students, I think this is a matter of becoming more responsible in his advice, now that he's become so prominent.
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by friendstock 12y ago
For that "paranoid thriller" sort of feeling, try reading these blog posts: http://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/
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by friendstock 12y ago
Correction: The attached essay claims to be written without NON-German derivatives.
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by friendstock 12y ago
Actually this is what happened to us... our AWS credentials had accidentally been put into Github for a hackathon project several months ago. Coincidentally, the incident also occurred around the same time (April 1-2). We were hit with $1
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by friendstock 13y ago
He could write another "burning platform" memo and run Microsoft into the ground too...
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by friendstock 13y ago
Congratulations! Just curious -- how is this different from RubyWarrior (which I enjoyed playing)?
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by friendstock 13y ago
:)
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by friendstock 13y ago
Agreed.
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by friendstock 13y ago
I believe the talks will be posted online. You can also find previous year's talks online on youtube. I don't know about Startup School by itself... but in general, I think it's worth it to visit the bay area (perhaps for se
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by friendstock 13y ago
Typo. Should be: You can't SORT all the words...

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