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by minus1 14y ago
What is your evidence for this factual assertion? (I have done a huge amount of research on IQ testing, and I have never seen a trace of a finding like this in any of the research literature.) Have you found evidence contrary to this? Or
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by minus1 14y ago
The value of the round-robin stage is to establish team rankings before the single-elimination stage. You have some alternatives, but no silver bullets: * Establish rank before the tournament (in which case you're just moving the problem) *
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by minus1 14y ago
Great article. I'm curious what your thoughts are on the Sub-Penny Rule.
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by minus1 14y ago
Design is something almost everyone feels qualified to criticize, so a post like this lends itself to all kinds of bikeshedding. Fortunately, we live in the age of A/B testing. Rather than listening to any of the speculation in this thread
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by minus1 15y ago
Here's my mitzvah: Don't do work for individuals or very small companies. People are much more reasonable when your fee isn't coming out of their pocket.
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by minus1 15y ago
I believe there is a clear legal difference here. These things are over the line (and illegal): Using images without permission Using code without permission Referencing images and code from another site without permission Gra
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by minus1 15y ago
This sounds interesting. Can you provide more details?
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by minus1 15y ago
Anything based on the AVR USB series can be configured to auto-detect as a keyboard/joystick/misc (see http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/LUFA.php ), so that would simplify your comm layer. However, I'm not aware of a good off-the-shelf boa
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by minus1 15y ago
This is not a solved problem by any means. I finished in the top ten, and most competitive teams used a combination of image processing for chad suggestion and brute force. It required hundreds of man hours to reassemble just a handful of
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by minus1 15y ago
One team used a crowd sourced "game" method with some success. They had thousands of people register, and were able to solve the first few problems quickly, but they began to stall on the more complex puzzles. I was surprised to find that
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by minus1 16y ago
This can be somewhat misleading for someone who isn't familiar with Detroit. When people say 'Detroit', they often mean the sprawling metropolitan area of the city of Detroit and the surrounding suburbs. The Detroit metro area has 4.4 mil
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by minus1 16y ago
I presume you get a free name and an unpleasant nagging feeling from your conscience. It's probably not worth the effort to try to prevent this in the beginning.
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by minus1 16y ago
There's nothing wrong with market segmentation, this is simply a poor implementation. Adding a piece of foam to cripple the sound makes the consumer feel ripped off.
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by minus1 16y ago
I think it's important to expose kids to programming, and if they show an interest, to explore it further. It's possible I never would have become a coder if a teacher hadn't given me a brief intro to Basic when I was 11 years old. I took
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by minus1 16y ago
Typically jobs@ redirects to /dev/null.
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by minus1 16y ago
I had to look this up. It's Settings->About Phone->Battery Use
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by minus1 16y ago
I think the problem will be that the previous salaries have anchored the company's idea of his/her worth. Regardless, I agree that it's best to ask for what you feel you are worth.
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Ask HN: Examples of beautiful, nontrivial, code?
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by minus1 16y ago
From their FAQ: * Google Chrome: version 4.249.4+ * Mozilla Firefox: version: 3.5+ * Apple Safari: version 3.1+ * Opera: version 10.5+ * Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6+ The Google F
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by minus1 16y ago
And I'm assuming that your definition of mediocre is actually "not as good as my idols". This seems common on HN. I've always been a top performer among my coworkers, but it's easy to ignore this and compare yourself only to those most su
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by minus1 16y ago
Can anyone recommend an html5 3d engine? Is pre3d currently the best?
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by minus1 16y ago
I'm a little late to the party, but thought I would comment. I will admit that at first I really disliked this idea. There is something distasteful about profiting from death. After giving it some thought, and looking over some of the mem
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by minus1 16y ago
Great design. One thing I noticed was that it's very difficult for me to scan the headlines quickly. I think the reason is that right now the focal point is the time, with the red and black, while the headline and description blend togethe
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by minus1 16y ago
I can understand the first comment getting buried. That's really the only way to discourage the behavior. On the other hand, we could be more welcoming to new posters who clearly have good intentions. I was surprised to find there is no m
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by minus1 16y ago
I'm really just a mediocre programmer with really good domain knowledge I know the feeling. I've struggled with this. Here's the conclusion I've come to: you don't need to be a great programmer to make great products.
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by minus1 16y ago
I make essentially the same compromise. If there is a big quality jump for minimal effort/cost, I go for it. My natural instinct is to try to find the 'perfect' cup of coffee/glass of wine/pint of beer, and I can easily obsess over it. H
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by minus1 16y ago
I like nice things, I really do, but what I've found is that sometimes being a connoisseur kills your ability to enjoy simple things.
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by minus1 16y ago
Sorry for the lack of specifics. I'm thinking of Daniel Pink's book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us . It references studies showing that the presence of a monetary reward in situations that require abstract thinking
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by minus1 16y ago
Someone mentions the bonuses Google gives for successful launches. Isn't this generally considered a bad way to motivate "knowledge workers"? Anyone on the inside have any thoughts?
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by minus1 16y ago
Why do you think it is that most of the women in the field are "ass kickers"?

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