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“There is still something in Japanese culture that demands the warm, personal feelings that you get with a handwritten fax,” said Mr. Sugahara, 43. A quote from the article. Never …

"Save as PDF..." + Dropbox + Dropbox for iPhone/iPad and you're done :)

This "hidden tax" applies to the government as well. Inflation expectations are baked into the valuation of financial instruments. For example, if investors think inflation is goin…

The relevant changeset in Three20 where Joe resolves this should answer your questions: http://github.com/facebook/three20/commit/8183ae25528bbc575a...

Best single sentence in the article (referring to management gurus rules/habits): "But most of these rules are nothing more than wet fingers in the wind."

One-off: FMDB, Three20, MPOAuth

Finally, my baby is born! We'd love it if you could Digg this article too!!

he's making a case for the product with this statement.

McMafia by Misha Glenny. Interesting read on globalization and organized crime as circumstances have materialized since the end of the Cold War.

Very Nassim Taleb. These are great books NT's written that discuss our susceptibility to survivorship bias and other rational failings we have: Fooled by Randomness and The Black S…

Though less well known than Les Paul, Tom Dowd ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd ) was another amazing recording industry hacker. If you're interested in the Les Paul story, …

Great start. You could definitely get a more musical sound out of it by mapping it onto a scale rather than just the full range of MIDI notes. Also, this approach operates on fixed…

I hear what you're both saying. But I wouldn't call beating roulette in the short term a legitimate strategy exactly because it only works in the short run--strategies are supposed…

Yeah, I like the comments in this sub-thread. These protocols can suffer from Maginot Line type of security. Also, they can provide an illusion of propriety that cheaters can point…

Definitely agree. Generally, I think good hacking music is unobtrusive (doesn't become a distraction), and somewhat repetitive (causes me to maintain focus). I hate a lot of electr…

Those Tapbots apps are snazzy looking, but a bit overkill for unit conversion :) I think the workflow is less intuitive than maybe a table/nav-based design would be w/ picker wheel…

Agree on the uninspired point. Yeah, Shimomura's role may well have been embellished, but as described in Takedown (there's some controversy around the veracity of the story), he w…