vitolds

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by vitolds 15y ago
I would also add to this list audible.com which restricts certain books to US only. I am a platinum subscriber to audible, however, I couldn't get my hands on Stephen King's Under The Dome. So I got it from the thepiratebay pretty much on t
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by vitolds 15y ago
listening podcasts and audiobooks on normal speed => listening at 2x speed
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by vitolds 16y ago
The nice thing about markets is that people can put their money where their mouth is. I wonder if DHH, assuming he had an opportunity, would short facebook at $50 billion valuation. Investment banks have talented people working for them, an
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by vitolds 16y ago
they would just multiply the number of downloads by the average ticket price and ask for the compensation for the lost revenues caused by piracy.
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by vitolds 16y ago
1. at least in the urban areas, there are always just as many schools to choose form as grocery stores (so check) 2. easy, just select schools with good graduation, low crime etc. - just as people are selecting good schools now by relocatin
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by vitolds 16y ago
and at providing the service.
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by vitolds 16y ago
Because the profit component makes any system more efficient.
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by vitolds 16y ago
If they did a better job, they would.
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by vitolds 16y ago
Since goals change every 4 years and that is a major problem, let's just privatize the whole thing.
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by vitolds 16y ago
Maybe instead of comparing military and education in terms of why unions are allowed in one and not in the other, he should just make a comparison between education and any private sector with functioning competition. I'd say the benchmark
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by vitolds 16y ago
> "Due to Armadillo Aerospace, in the last decade I have observed and interacted with a lot of different agencies, civil servants, and congressmen, and I have collected enough data points to form some opinions." I think this is very imp
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by vitolds 16y ago
To see what the most advanced futurists, namely Jules Verne, were thinking about the far out future, take a few minutes and read this interesting piece published in 1889. The story is titled In the Year 2889, here's the link http://wonders
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by vitolds 16y ago
I had the same problem and then I switched on Safari's Reader feature -- problem solved.
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by vitolds 16y ago
results were negative.
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by vitolds 16y ago
According to The Invisible Gorilla (very interesting book btw) there have been other experiments done with gamers that supposedly found improved cognitive abilities resulting from intense FPS gameplay. However, the authors of the book did m
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by vitolds 16y ago
I got used to controller after about 40 hours of gameplay. However, the first 10 hours were quite damaging to my self esteem. You have to be mentally strong, just keep grinding, it can be done.
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by vitolds 16y ago
good points. if greeks started paying all the taxes, the private sector would cease to exist.
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by vitolds 16y ago
It hurts the government, but the institutions that were dumb enough to lend Greece should be also accountable. Of course if Greece defaults, German taxpayers are likely to pick up the tab so it sucks for them.
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by vitolds 16y ago
During the last 12 months, I have personally spent over $200 on Provigil, however I'm not sure it works. I feel smarter when I'm on it but it might be just a placebo effect.
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by vitolds 16y ago
Good point. From the literature I've encountered it also folows that nonfat icecream is not the solution, it's the problem.
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by vitolds 16y ago
if I go by google numbers then daily uniques are closer to 50k which is still decent for a blog.
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by vitolds 16y ago
I checked out his getrichslowly.org stats on alexa -- seems his site is getting 150-200k uniques per day. Is that considered high enough for a blog to generate decent income?
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by vitolds 16y ago
Thanx, I might actually try that for registered users.
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Ask HN: Which user engagement tactics have you tested personally..
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by vitolds 16y ago
So does Ray Kurzweil from Queens.
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by vitolds 16y ago
What's left? there's always an option to go to thepiratebay.
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by vitolds 16y ago
super relevant for me. I have been playing this game with my 6 yo daughter and was frustrated many times that we could not find a set even though the odds said that we should. Finally the mystery is solved.