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by kongqiu 15y ago
Taklamakan Desert. Looks like they're mining something...
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Your conclusion is well-founded. The micro side of economics is one part science and one part logic; the macro side is one part logic and one part hand-waving.
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by kongqiu 15y ago
It's a judgment call. And many, many of the free market-loving, pro-innovation people on HN judge partnering with Monsanto (and bragging about it) to be the wrong move. The world is dirty, and there's no perfect company (or perfect people),
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Monsanto is an extreme case, and therefore inspires a lot of passion. I'd say the vast majority of people on HN are pro-capitalism and pro-innovation, but have disparate views on business ethics and the efficacy of various regulations. In t
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by kongqiu 15y ago
There's a place in civilized, rational discussion for ranting. Let's say you're out with two friends discussing the war on drugs, with all kinds of rational, civilized debate on the science, politics, economics, sociology, etc. Suddenly, on
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by kongqiu 15y ago
It's an unfortunate sign for everyone that you (and/or Cloudant) wouldn't anticipate this reaction from going into business with Monsanto. As to the "content-free" claim, sometimes a rant is an appropriate reaction. If some YC company partn
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by kongqiu 15y ago
This raises a real dilemma: at what point does a company or organization cross the line from "not my cup of tea" to "ethically ambiguous" to "pure evil"? What if Cloudant were to power analytics for Trader Joe's? Goldman Sachs? Halliburton?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Wow. I might actually buy this magazine from a newsstand. Way to differentiate!
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Any specifics as to the content or genre of the movie? (Many companies wouldn't want to be associated with certain kinds of content.) How large (as % of the billboard) are the picture, logo, or text?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
DuckDuckGo! I'd say the search results are better/less cluttered about 60% of the time, and google or bing are only a !bang away...
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Sometimes I think every child that's born should receive not only a Social Security Number, but a trust, a holding corporation, and a political action committee in his/her name. The political and legal playing field has always been tilted i
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Basically, it's: 1. Go to the "Profile Matches" offer tab 2. View source; the users' ids are right there 3. Look up those users' profiles directly (e.g., /profile/view?id=xyxyxyxy
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Play is so important, but since it's difficult to measure the value, it gets down-played as "non-productive." While it's obvious when someone is "over-playing," it's just as important to identify when you're "under-playing"... Some of my bi
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Exactly. This would intimidate my aunt; Hipmunk would amaze her.
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Any legal way to hack this by, say, something along the lines of "Glassdoor for founders/VCs/etc."?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Because social status (and the perceived security of that status) is very real and hugely important to a large % of people. Difficult to quantify, but absolutely a major driving force in real life. We all compare ourselves (to some extent)
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Can you recommend any good books or papers on this phenomenon?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Wow.
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Kubrick had worked quite a while on "Aryan Papers," even casting the female lead: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jan/03/kubrick-holocaust...
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Going to share this with my 8-year-old!
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Maybe this is the sort of thing Color would be good for -- monitoring what changes within a 100 foot radius of an office building, scanning faces for lawyers, accountants, M&A people, etc. This the stock market may actually pay for!
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Really cool idea to open this data up to the masses. A few ideas: Maybe you could do some sort of "introduction" video or tutorial so that a new visitor can tell what the site is about, use cases, where to find help, etc. Could you maybe
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by kongqiu 15y ago
The caveats actually make me happy that Dropbox is out there, not locked in to any particular device. That said, if this were to force Dropbox to drop their prices, I wouldn't be unhappy...
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by kongqiu 15y ago
If it is/was that obvious, care to share any other 'obvious' practices that may not be common knowledge?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Good to see Henry Kissinger on HN! :)
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by kongqiu 15y ago
That is good to know; thank you for sharing this. The spike I saw was across many different keywords and content areas, but only lasted one day.
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Seconded. BuySellAds are not really the same as AdSense, but it may be worth checking out if you don't want to follow Patrick's advice...
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Ask HN: Random Traffic Spike from Bing - Any Ideas?
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by kongqiu 15y ago
So if I'm BigContractor X or Union Y, I have a few issues I really care about and have the willingness to spend money to influence legislators. Open data does not concern me. But since the the beneficiaries of "open data" are widely dispers
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by kongqiu 15y ago
Mobile and good web programing will only grow in importance. Maybe look into specific problems you'd like to solve or are inspired by, and work backwards from there as to "what would it take for me to do this"? Some people would only live o

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