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by mblake 14y ago
I've been very affected by this myself. It happened the most while attempting to study research papers. A lot of times I would be unable to finish reading what I had planned, because I had stumbled upon an interestingly-looking concept and
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by mblake 14y ago
Sadly I have experienced this. I was in mourning after losing a relative and refused to participate in an overtly cheerful activity.Not only was I reprimanded for it, but later heard the professor felt the need to complain to other people a
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by mblake 14y ago
Very interesting point of view, I have never thought about it that way. I think you're right.
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by mblake 14y ago
Finally a contest with more substantial prizes. I can't help feeling that lately virtually all companies have been launching contents to solve (very) difficult problems, but instead offer only rewards that coincidentally, just the persons w
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by mblake 14y ago
I like this and I think I'll actually start using it.
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by mblake 14y ago
Overall interestingly done, although the small 'the' overlaid on the main 'New Republic' title irks me to no end. It really, really does not fit with the rest of its surroundings and looks added at the last minute.
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by mblake 14y ago
Interesting, but ow my eyes, everything is so big.I'm on 1920x1080 and even so, I have trouble getting a global 'view' to properly navigate around. I like the fact that the tooltips are theme-able.
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by mblake 14y ago
Ugh, should've put a [pdf] warning in the title. Other than that, R can indeed be hot, but maybe just in the special 'flavor' Revolution Analytics developed, otherwise it's one of those languages you dread using but are forced to because so
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by mblake 14y ago
It's pretty sad, but not because I knew him in any capacity, or actually have heard of him until now. It's sad because he clearly had a psychiatric issue and only if people were more educated on this matter, they could've reached out to him
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by mblake 14y ago
This is very interesting, thank you for sharing.
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by mblake 14y ago
Not exactly related to the post's contents, but I'm so excited I found out how this sort of this is called: topology optimization. I've been thinking about designing an 'object' under certain constraints and I didn't know exactly where to s
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by mblake 14y ago
Agreed. Change the colors at least. Colors + the fact that he italicized the logo make it way too similar to PayPal's logo. Really not a good move.
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by mblake 14y ago
Does anyone else just click-hold the browser scrollbar most of the time when visiting a site while deciding on what to click on next? I feel like I can't be the only one who does this. I thought of using CrazyEgg in a few situations myself,
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by mblake 14y ago
Ahh, posts like this are like magnets for front-page HN. Mm, maybe I'm just a bit jealous. I should buy a boat. Or start a blog of my own.
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by mblake 14y ago
Go with a Lenovo as someone else recommended, or get an Asus G46VW; sadly twice your budget, but it's of amazing quality.
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by mblake 14y ago
Too difficult for me to pick just 3 but I'm up-voting so other people can see the post and jump on the shopping-spree wagon :)
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by mblake 14y ago
Moniker. I've used them for years and haven't had any issues. Haven't really looked into it, but at least they give out the impression that security is really tight and that both your domains and your privacy are protected. I've also used N
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by mblake 14y ago
What an exaggerated titled. Does the pic show anything compromising/very intimate? It appears it does not. Then why all the fuss about it? This could've went swiftly under the radar if she simply would've handled it privately. A simple dire
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by mblake 14y ago
Does this mean that Google is violating their terms by listing them in search results? I think someone from Google should maybe try to comply with this, I bet VS will be thrilled ;)
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by mblake 14y ago
Thanks!
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by mblake 14y ago
Like the idea, good marketing strategy too, but have a deep hatred for Lobster font :(
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by mblake 14y ago
Excellent write-up btw; thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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by mblake 14y ago
This reminds me of the day one of my work 'colleagues' asked me what my star sign was and various other similar questions, indicating he was evaluating me as a potential mate. Disregarding the sheer immaturity of the approach and inappropri
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by mblake 14y ago
I feel for you. Internet hugs!
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by mblake 14y ago
Bad design most likely. Looking more carefully at the link in the initial email they sent you: 'confirm_migrate?'. This almost gives it away.
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by mblake 14y ago
I strongly recommend CrashPlan for backups. They may not be marketing aggressively like Dropbox, nor will you find them mentioned N times a day on HN/similar venues, but they provide a damn good product/service. You will not have such issue
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by mblake 14y ago
Have any specific steps been taken into monetizing his app? Actually, let me re-phrase, what is the biggest problem he's facing? I see that most of his visitors are from Asia, then why not reach out to Alipay payment processor? I am not ove
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by mblake 14y ago
After quite a few years studying 'data', I can confidently say that you can take the mini-courses from School of Data, then plunge into Coursera courses, then stop by your local library, if you have money throw them at cherry-picked books f
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by mblake 14y ago
One of the main reasons why I bought your book is the fact that it is well-organized and free of the usual 'extras' that one finds in a blog that in the end distracts from the reading experience. I've almost finished reading it and I can pr
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by mblake 14y ago
Off the top of my head, I think https://leanpub.com/ is similar to Hyperink. I think if you do a bit of Google digging you can find stories from authors who decided to self-publish with specifics analysis of their process (what they used,

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