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FWIW, wechat's messaging server is in erlang. In terms of scale, it's probably bigger than whatsapp.

I bought the autonomous desk from kickstarter for $500 (basic model): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/403524037/autonomous-de... , so far quite happy with it. Really stable, a…

The whole article is based on the assumption that people make donation to universities as charitable donations. I find that a bit unrealistic. Give money to universities are gestur…

3D TV is no longer a gadget that can be easily purchased on a whim and throw away in the closet later. Check the 3D TV sale in China, I bet you will find it's not more than the US.…

Let's see, is it similar to WordNet but with open access (i.e., anyone can edit)?

FWIW, Geography major student do have access to professional traffic simulation software (e.g., TrafficSim, SUMO, .etc) if they are interested in research topics related to traffic…

Broder's reply (posted just now): http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/12/the-charges-are-f...

sorry, just saying that I actually work in the field, not just a bystander saying apple is evil. I would be very happy if OSM in the end works(which I believe it will, just need at…

The map failure is just another example of where apple's design principle cannot be blindly applied to every product. Apple's top-down approach on software design is expected to fa…

also the wages of skilled worker in China, India, Vietnam, .etc skyrockets during the last 2 years.

I am somewhat doubtful about gyroscope replacing GPS. If it can actually happen, it will require, as noted by others, re-tuned/tweaked/calibrated/adjusted every day/week to void ac…

Usually priceonomics provides statistics from a large poll of customer/purchase record, .etc. That is information you couldn't gain elsewhere. Somewhat like an analytics publicatio…

"How stable is the team (meaning, how frequently does the team change members)"

Interesting point but I'd like to see some feedback from real Chinese user(s). (although I am Chinese, I am not currently physically in China so cannot test it out). The major diff…

wait. the Author's name is Terence Eden, and who is the author of the quote appeared in the text? "Harvard – one of the most prestigious universities – awarded an MBA to George W B…

thanks for the feedback on the tone. See constructive suggestion in my reply to awenger. one comment on the survey vs. server log comparison: Survey also doesn't give you "why" on …

Thanks for responding to my, as noted by others, rather "rude" critique. I think you guys are building something distinctive from the surveys on AmazonTurk, SocialSci, because your…

My argument is targeting at the whole "survey" business, not this or that dev team in particular. I would much prefer the dev team here to do a great job, "fixing" the broken onlin…

No. You probably don't need a degree in experimental psychology to understand that forced recruitment gives you invalid/biased/low quality data. These surveys are annoying to the u…

I cannot see a clear evidence to support the claim (that "samsung copied Xcode"). If you can reach that claim from the screenshot, you can make the same claim for netbeans, eclipse…

There is only one thing I want to know behind the story is if the author has purchased facebook stock or not. Just some background info might help understand the motivation.

This seems great, but this is my concern: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lh5fR4DMA . Fundamentally a psychological problem. Whether the attendee can keep it professional or not w…

Hi Sha, Great work. I checked commuting time for Seattle, WA using public transit and most of your visualization are spot on. Is the public GTFS files you are referring to come fro…