maxprogram

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Stealing time from customers(futureblind.com)
1 points by maxprogram 14y ago|0 comments
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by maxprogram 14y ago
To further distinguish from an earlier HN post that also mentioned adjusted medal rank.
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London 2012 True Adjusted Medal Rank(futureblind.com)
2 points by maxprogram 14y ago|4 comments
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by maxprogram 14y ago
Ah sorry had to take it down, didn't know about the terms attached. I made the PDF personally to turn into a printed/binded copy (I like physical books) with nice typography and after seeing the HN post thought I'd share. If anyone still re
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by maxprogram 14y ago
And the same thing in "book" version ready to print/read: http://img.atlastory.com/PeterThielOnStartups.pdf
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Turning $2 million into $2 trillion(mungerisms.blogspot.com)
1 points by maxprogram 14y ago|0 comments
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Why business needs people with Asperger’s, ADD and dyslexia(economist.com)
2 points by maxprogram 14y ago|1 comments
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by maxprogram 14y ago
And at least they are in good company. At a Berkshire Hathaway board meeting: http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Bill-Gates-...
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Warren Buffett: Zuckerberg Right to Keep Control(cnbc.com)
1 points by maxprogram 14y ago|0 comments
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by maxprogram 14y ago
Not sure if I understand why real-time tile rendering on servers doesn't work. Googly clearly does not pre-render tiles and it looks like it works fine for them. Request is made, data collected, relevant tiles rendered, returned to client-s
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by maxprogram 14y ago
I think that's exactly what they're doing -- except in this case I think Instagram was more of a direct threat to Facebook's core business than, say, YouTube was to Google's. Google was like a big castle with a moat protecting it. YouTube w
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The Problem with Wikidata(theatlantic.com)
3 points by maxprogram 14y ago|0 comments
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by maxprogram 14y ago
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. I think this report is incredibly misleading. It may be a fact that the avg. reading level of the top 40 high school books is 5.3, but that doesn't really mean much. The most important sentence i
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High School Students Are Reading Books At 5th-Grade Levels(huffingtonpost.com)
2 points by maxprogram 14y ago|4 comments
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Paul Graham, the Commons, and How Google Stopped Being Google(theatlantic.com)
139 points by maxprogram 15y ago|103 comments
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How Super-Connectivity Kills Economics(theatlantic.com)
13 points by maxprogram 15y ago|4 comments
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How Video Games Ended Up in the Smithsonian(theatlantic.com)
1 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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The Best Way to Fix Student Aid: Make the Colleges Earn It(theatlantic.com)
2 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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No New Xbox Anytime Soon(allthingsd.com)
8 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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Maryland raises $84mm to invest in startups(baltimoresun.com)
3 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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Apptio raises $50m, most in years for Washington startup(seattletimes.nwsource.com)
1 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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How I Built It: Dropbox(online.wsj.com)
57 points by maxprogram 15y ago|14 comments
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All You Need to Know About Zen - Art De Vany(arthurdevany.com)
2 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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Why Microsoft & Ebay's Advantages Can Be Bad(futureblind.com)
2 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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The Dynamic Pie & Growing Stakeholder Value(futureblind.com)
1 points by maxprogram 15y ago|0 comments
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by maxprogram 15y ago
"Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making", Gary Klein "Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies", Charles Perrow "Chaos: Making a New Science", James Gleick "Filters Against Folly", Garrett J
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by maxprogram 15y ago
Completely agree. I'd personally love something like that. But then again, I'd think it would be a very VERY niche product. I have trouble enough convincing people I know to watch an episode of Charlie Rose.
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by maxprogram 15y ago
Would also suggest to anyone interested in this topic to check out anything written by Nassim Taleb. Both of his main stream books are good ("Fooled by Randomness" and "The Black Swan"). Black Swan is more general while Fooled slants toward
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by maxprogram 15y ago
Lapham's is a great publication. Especially for anyone who loves history (through the words of those living it, without the benefit of hindsight). Though, you definitely have to love reading also to make it worth your while. Some of it can