javek

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   by javek 15y ago

   I'm in the same boat - a colorblind engineer. I always browse kuler, and google stuff like "web design awards" to find examples. Also, if you can pick up a copy of Illustrator it has a cool color picker feature that allows you to look at di
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   by javek 15y ago

   Suppose the government only lost the power to regulate the telecom industry. In this case, the gatekeepers could do whatever they wanted regarding telecom policy without any fear of legal pushback, instead of having to at least consider the
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   by javek 15y ago

   If you were to take away power from the government, who would be left to defend the interests of the powerless? While it's true that government usually turns out to be an instrument used by the powerful to control the powerless, it is unden
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   by javek 15y ago

   As a side note, in a way it's misleading to speak of Beethoven "overcoming" deafness. All of the master composers were so well-trained at their craft that they could hear the music in their head without "trying it out" on a piano or other i
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   by javek 15y ago

   When you think long-term, to me you can't escape the fact that SC is a small suburban community when compared to a mega-city like NYC. SC started out with a big advantage due to Stanford, and NYC has had large disadvantages to overcome in t
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   by javek 15y ago

   Paul Krugman on BitCoin: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfett...