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Wow. I'm generally in the AI maximalist camp. But adding Werewolf feels dangerous to me. Anyone who's played knows lying, deceipt, and manipulation is often key to winning. We real…

Basalt is stronger than glass fibers (made from silica / quartz / sand), but not as strong as carbon fiber. Also, its more expensive than glass, but less expensive than carbon. Gen…

Also "The Conquest of New Spain" .. written as a first hand account by a soldier for Cortes. Obviously cruel and exploitative what the conquistadors did, but it's an example how fa…

Google Apps Script https://developers.google.com/apps-script It's free, so pretty cheap. You can set up a schedule to run the scripts. Has easy access to Google APIs (Gmail). Very …

Just an anecdote of my personal experience, since there's generally a sense of uselessness for MBAs in tech and I held the same view until recently getting an MBA. I was moving fro…

I started out as an engineer. But, I built tons of side projects and studied Product Management to hone my skills. Do lots of user testing and analytics. Show you can understand a …

Anyone interested in this, please read "The Sleepwalkers" by Christopher Clark. Its an in depth documentation of all the factors leading up to the war. Its absolutely enthralling, …

Is Heroku moving away from their free tier, downgrading to half uptime a day service?

really really wish this wasn't on fridays

This is state sponsored entrepreneurial propaganda IMO, reflecting the Chinese regime's push towards a more entrepreneurial focused free market. And I love it, I'm hoping Chinese i…

SEEKING WORK - SF Full stack Ruby engineer. Backbone.js, AngularJS. Have also done extensive FB app development. Can do markup as well, slicing PSD's into clean HTML/CSS. I would l…

Honestly, I didn't really see much wrongdoing on part of the leadership, namely Wen Jiabao, as described in the article. Its mostly relatives taking advantage of political connecti…

I already have Pow installed but its asking me to install again. Will it conflict w/ my existing install and configuration if I reinstall Pow through Anvil?

the world is becoming so small, its great I guess but takes away from the mystery

the world is becoming so small, its great I guess but takes away from the mystery

Although I'm all for energy independence and the benefits of cheap energy I'm hesitant to think fracking's long term affects are worth it. This documentary does a decent job of dep…

I'm an engineer who just moved here to the Mission where I'm paying this exorbitant amount of money in rent mentioned in the article. The people in my building (of which 4 of 7 uni…

This reminds me of an insanely compelling and moving plane crash survival documentary featuring commentary from survivors streaming on Netflix, a must see.. http://movies.netflix.c…

Very interesting pivot. They were doing an affiliate sales system where rewards from your purchases go to nonprofits of your choosing. They were my startup's #1 competitor. I wonde…

This is absurd (and I can't believe its at the top of hacker news). The article insinuates this is human powered flight. Any realistic attempt at a solely human powered flying mach…

It comes down to product. If your product is in high demand and you have incredible mind share (as the mentioned brands do), revenue will follow. With more revenue you can afford t…

It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.

That number is from 2008, when PG wrote the post. Today I bet its much higher, although still far below reddit. But like PG said, much better quality.