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1 year ago
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on: The Gambler's Fallacy Is Not a Fallacy
this is an absolutely valid Bayesian approach to this problem. sadly, this point is not even touched upon in this article, which deals solely with minutiae of the probability distributions (kurtosis, etc) of coins that are indeed fair.
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2 years ago
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on: The story of titanium
to make a fair comparison here, you need to normalize per mole of metal. these enthalpies of formation are reported per mole of oxide, but there's twice as much Al per mole of Al2O3 than Ti in TiO2.
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12 years ago
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on: Oculus Joins Facebook
I don't think people are upset because they "got big", but because they were acquired by a corporation that signals a core shift in their ideals. If they were bought by Valve, or even Microsoft, I don't think there'd be nearly as much backlash -- because it's not that they're BIG, it's that Valve and Microsoft would not be pushing for a different market with their product (not to say they wouldn't later).
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12 years ago
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on: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast
I seriously doubt the correlation between "liking porn" and "refusal to purchase a device that does not have official porn apps, especially considering I could stream porn from my phone or computer to my Chromecast just fine. In fact, if I'm being honest, I never install porn apps, even on devices that allow them, even if I intend on watching porn on them anyway.
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12 years ago
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on: FTL: Advanced Edition
New events? New sectors? New systems and subsystems?
New content from Chris Avellone?
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12 years ago
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on: Poll: Does the name of a startup matter?
Just playing devil's advocate here, but are you sure that the same sort of start-up culture pervaded the industry when these single-letter-NYSE companies formed (some over a century ago)? Don't you think that the presence of mass media (specifically internet presence) has greatly changed the importance of a name?
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12 years ago
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on: List of mathematical symbols
I have never seen this notation used, but perhaps it is mean to represent steradians (the unit of solid angle)?
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12 years ago
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on: Humble Indie Bundle 9 released
You totally can get good at it, it's a skill like any other. I've won like 40 games out of 200 or so, and I'd say that I win about half of my games I decide to play past the first sector.
You just have to have a good feel for progression. Always fight as many ships as possible, and only leave the sector when the rebel fleet is riding your ass. Know which weapons, events, and upgrades are good, and roughly what order in which to get them.
I have played over 100 hours of FTL. Help me.
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12 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How much difference does it make today by pricing $*.99
IIRC, the whole "99 cent pricing" paradigm originated not as a method to subtly reduce the apparent price of products, but as a way to force cashiers to give change for all purchases, and thus open the register so that all transactions could be recorded.
Of course, this practice is completely obsolete in online shopping, while the psychological pricing effect remains.
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13 years ago
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on: Bitcoin fans put brave face on price fall
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13 years ago
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on: How Google Glass Will Change Porn
Maybe not viewing, but the article also talks quite a bit about filming, in which Glass has a concrete advantage.
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13 years ago
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on: Poll: How many Bitcoins do you have
Some bitcoin wallet clients, like Electrum, can recover your wallet from a seed that you can write down or email to yourself.
Electrum: http://electrum.org/
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13 years ago
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on: The Ivy League Was Another Planet
What did they teach?
