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by nmodu 12y ago
Very interesting article. Some of these statistics are surprising. Only 1% of Times readers comment and only 3% of Times readers read comments? Only a third of Times readers visit the homepage? Those numbers are far smaller than I would hav
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by nmodu 12y ago
The conclusion that you have drawn is based on a misinterpretation of what constitutes as "capital". If "capital" meant "government debt", then the rate of return on capital would indeed equal the interest rate
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by nmodu 13y ago
You practice, thats how. You practice eliminating subvocalization and regression. You practice focusing on multiple words at a time rather than a single word. And - once you get a hang of those skills- you practice moving your eyes across a
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by nmodu 13y ago
Yea I noticed that too. You initially scroll down to see the rest of that sample chat inbox, which provides a smooth transition between the div with the background video and the div with the main content (since the first chat inbox spills i
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by nmodu 13y ago
You raise some good points. Over the past year, I have dedicated hundreds of hours towards improving my reading speed. I usually use Acceleread on my iPad; most recently I used it to read D.H Lawrence's Sons & Lovers at around 750-
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by nmodu 13y ago
Ah, spoken like a true loser
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by nmodu 13y ago
ha yea I was on english[dot]stackexchange this morning reading through that thread, and I come home and it's at the top of HN
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by nmodu 13y ago
Yea, this is probably when [otherwise cautious] people are most susceptible to falling for these scams. When applying for jobs, there is nothing more irritating than seeing a missed call, getting excited/anxious, and calling back...a #
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by nmodu 13y ago
> In a age if great socio economic inequality very few people at the top of the society get to have ' significant accomplishment', it is more of an indicator of you socio economic status than your actual capabilities. The &quot
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by nmodu 13y ago
> Why female only in this point in history? Of all the reasons to be suspicious of "learn to code" bootcamps, your aversion to women-only programs has me confused. "Why female only...?": Probably because the founders
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by nmodu 13y ago
> Food is dirt cheap compared to housing, especially if you shop smart. Don't be ridiculous. Have you ever tried to buy food on a minimum wage budget? If you want to eat anything that has even a modicum of nutritional value, minimum
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by nmodu 13y ago
One key component that neither the article nor the commenters have explicitly mentioned is the threat that cartels pose to the the legal marijuana business. Since legalization could potentially eat away at a sizable chunk of a cartel's
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by nmodu 13y ago
With respect to self-driving cars, wouldn't the increased safety of our roads greatly outweigh the privacy implications? Think of all the lives that could be saved. >If you ask me, the privacy implications of facebook, google, et al
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by nmodu 13y ago
And he lives in the town from Footloose.
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by nmodu 13y ago
I think you're missing one of the author's implicit underlying messages. Wealth is awesome; no doubt about it. But, as you are accumulating wealth, are you simultaneously creating value? Personal wealth and value creation don&#x27
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by nmodu 13y ago
>"If you don't graduate you don't have the brand. He might be able to establish an independent brand with his plugin, but that is certainly more risky." >"A BS is a filter that you'll find for lots of job
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by nmodu 13y ago
Your penultimate sentence contains some sweeping generalizations. Not everyone who submits a review for a class is motivated by spite. Of course, as with any voluntary review system, participation will come from those who are strongly opini
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by nmodu 13y ago
I disagree. Completely. First of all, I object to your classification of a 4-year educational experience as a "commodity" that is offered on a "take-it-or-leave-it" basis. In fact, every student is guaranteed (and theref
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by nmodu 13y ago
If I'm paying $58,000 to attend an institution (rather, if my family is sacrificing $58,000 for me to attend an institution...or,worse yet, if I am taking out $58,000 worth of student loans per year), I should be able to use a course l