lesterbuck

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by lesterbuck 12y ago
"We envision a system where all Defense Department computers worldwide are connected with reliable networks based on packet switching." I'm sure language like that was in the original proposal for ARPAnet circa 1968, and I&#
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
This is rather impressive. In the video, for just a moment I thought he was going to take off directly from the freeway. Top speed of 100mph, range of up to 500 miles. How can I get a test ride? It does require a pilot's license, an
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Watch this flying car cruise around the skies of Slovakia(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|1 comments
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Communications Specification for Fitness Equipment(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|0 comments
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
It has everything to do with it being a funny hat. The power structure had decided that women wore low power clothes, and the men wore high power clothes. So we can snicker at their clothes, even if they were an admiral. For example, wait
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
Ari Meisel's Less Doing podcast devoted one episode to an interview with an expert in this procedure: Podcast #59 Glenn Taylor - Fecal Microbiota Transplants >For more info visit http://lessdoing.com/ Ari's boo
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Founder’s Guide to Basic Startup Infrastructure(learn.flexport.com)
1 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|0 comments
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SaaS Product Validation Techniques(ryanbattles.com)
1 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|0 comments
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The amazing progress of LEDs(vox.com)
81 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|51 comments
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
There are some strong indications that the boom in manufacturing in China is not permanent. With the decline in the importance of labor, the rise of robots, and the importance of protecting IP in manufacturing, Byrnjolfsson and McAfee sugg
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
>Most ridiculous Putin's requirement is to weld all manhole covers. At least in the past, welding manhole covers closed for the presidential motorcade was standard procedure in the US. But that was when the Secret Service had a clue
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How to Spot Liars and Frauds Before You Hire (or Date) Them(alaskauu1.blogspot.com)
2 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|0 comments
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
No, the GP is correct and "calories consumed >> calories burned" is a gross oversimplification. For example, one extra Oreo cookie a day ends up in several pounds gained over a year. Tiny changes in net calories can have v
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
This seems like a fascinating book, written to a general audience. Alas, it is priced more like a textbook, way out of the range of the average public. What a shame it will have a very small reach.
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
Where is the Burning Man Auto Wash service? With powerful vacuums for that special "no residual seeds" detailing? Or at least the Burning Man Avoid The Man infoproduct? It must not be common knowledge if so many cars hit the hi
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
A great Mixergy interview[1] was with Herb Sorensen, author of "Inside the Mind of the Shopper"[2]. There were many fascinating revelations about the grocery business. For example, he went through the four revenue sources for gr
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
I've read "Do The Work", the later, shorter companion to "The War of Art". Resistance and procrastination and related, but not identical. You get resistance about creative acts that expose you to public assessment
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
I'm guessing the point is to avoid the rookie mistake of saying something like: "The total market in X is $Y billion, and if we only get Z percent market share, we will be a great success." The hard part is to get that first
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
My father is age 92, and in 2001 he lost his central vision to macular degeneration. He wrote long documents on his PC before, but afterward he never had much dedication to figuring out how to use a computer with assistive software for the
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
Sounds like a great business opportunity for a SaaS app that nails the details of nanny accounting in all fifty states.
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
Not exactly. Turns out you can sell via Amazon, or you can sell directly, but if you use the undocumented Amazon-only tool to construct your .mobi, you can't sell that directly. And Amazon is now blocking the output of many/all
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Me, Wave, Where Did You Come From? Who Made You?(npr.org)
5 points by lesterbuck 12y ago|0 comments
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
>You mean Paul Graham of the incubator that backed 630 companies, each at a $225,000 pre-money? Oh, ok. If you convince 630 companies started by Stanford engineering grads to take a $225,000 pre-money, then you can go telling other peopl
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
Wow, we must be having two different discussions. I don't disagree with your last comment. In fact, not a single word of my comments have anything to do with the internet, and, in addition, my original example predates the web by a g
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
>Also: if someone puts a contract in front of you that requires you to discriminate against African Americans: no, I don't think you can ethically sign it. Again, you make a simplistic statement that ignores the real world. When so
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
My first thought was that dysgraphia was a breakdown in the linguistic construction of a sentence, etc., but then I remembered the word "aphasia", so I had to look them up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgrap
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
A deed isn't a contract, but a deed restriction sure is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_restriction
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
>A contract is an agreement between two private individuals. If one of those individuals believes that the terms of the contract are antiquated and thus cannot honestly provide an assurance of honoring them, that person is ethically boun
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
The OP makes the rookie mistake of confusing the Marriage Problem and the Secretary Problem. The Marriage Problem is the famous article by Gayle & Shapely (1964), on optimal matching (two-sided), and is the basis for The Match, used to
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by lesterbuck 12y ago
My first name is Aubrey, which completely flipped to a girl's name in the US about ten years ago. According to this chart, the fraction of female Aubrey's is approaching 12% at birth. When that fad wears off, it will make a nice

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