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ahallerberg

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    Comment #10138974

    I'm glad that I didn't judge this one by the first 6 letters. Some great math and algorithms here.

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    Comment #4889666

    Good luck trying to get Congress to do anything actionable, especially when it comes to education. Any sort of education reform is going to come directly through the internet.

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    Comment #4889642

    For me, it's because each symbol, letter or number is given a ton of weight in mathematical equations. You can't skip over and fill in the gaps later - like reading a book, for exa…

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    Comment #4773811

    Invest a little over a lot of time versus a lot in a little time since like the winner to me.

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    Comment #4645519

    For what it's worth, I think the second paragraph does a good job setting up what the product is. But agreed, the first sentence (while still humorous) is definitely a mouthful.

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    Comment #4645491

    Trying to think of specific examples of this - I guess Steve Jobs is the obvious/most prominent choice here (although he was already CEO). Any others?

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    Comment #4645480

    Definitely agreed with the above comment. Telling a story about what the game actually is is more powerful than inputting a list of facts.

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    Comment #4583371

    Interesting. Reminds me of Hugh MacLeod's book Ignore Creativity: http://www.amazon.com/Ignore-Everybody-Other-Keys-Creativity...

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    Comment #4554815

    Right, if you are devoting time being average and not growing at X when you can be grow and be extraordinary at Y, it's time to move from X to Y.

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    Comment #4554787

    Ridiculous metaphors FTW: "You know, the twice or often thrice yearly events that bring everyone out to Cupertino, where they stand in line and contribute a few licks to the collec…

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    Comment #4554653

    This looks like a potential disaster.