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You sound like a person who doesn't really know what he is talking about. The data in this article shows some trend in two countries 10 years ago and then draws some grand conclusi…

Bill Ackman was wrong about Herbalife. According to wikipedia, he lost between $400 million to $500 million by shorting Herbalife last year. What that means is that other investors…

How much depends on what day you sell it. At current prices I guess you would be a multi-millionaire.

Could you share a bit more information about how well it works for you ? Are you making an income comparable with a 'decent' corporate job (eg. 100K + a year) ?

So we meet the aliens, we communicate with them, we become friends, they share a bunch of technological discoveries with us.. Then what ? We travel some more ? If we can travel par…

But let's say what we really hope for is true. What if we somehow discover that a large number of these planets are teaming with life ? What then ? How would that help us ? Spiritu…

Most multiplayer games are quite playable over the network. The difference is that the graphics are rendered locally and the world state is streamed over the network. A fast enough…

Here we go again. Let's enumerate the technologies which are shit: HTML is horrible CSS is an abomination HTTP is wasteful, slow and old C++ is a horrible language (Linus Trovalds)…

>Unfortunately there is exactly zero proof of any kind that this is so Oh but there is for those who seek it! One kind of proof is called dimethyltryptamine. It lasts for 10 minute…

What's wrong with dying ? I mean, obviously people want to live longer for some (mostly selfish) reasons, but isn't dying part of the 'living' deal ? Dying is similar to being born…

I've been using JUCE for various project for about 5 years. I really enjoy coding with it, once you understand the naming convention (which is different from everything I've used b…

The reverse sounds nicer : Detroit - the Perl of cities :)

So they are patenting the 'just my 2 cents' ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents Although I didn't properly RTFA, there are may ways in which one can hook narcissistic gambl…

Oh come on. Everyone is so fucking sensitive these days. We now have psychological terms for every little emotion and behavior, but come on, put these into perspective. Our grandpa…

I see many such articles lately and all of them have the same argument: bitcoin doesn't fit well with the current economic theory and hence it's a NO. The fact is, Bitcoin doesn't …

First off, you are not a loser. It is a word that you decided to label yourself with, it's totally arbitrarily chosen and not based in reality if you really think about it. Second …

Depression is a long period of negative thought patterns. The person is locked in a loop of insatisfaction, disappointment, health concerns, feelings of wasting life (guilt), follo…

I think Glass plus a smartwatch is the way to go. This way the Glass can be controlled from the watch using touch and voice commands.

What he is saying is that it is in human nature to get high. And we better accept this and tailor our legislation accordingly, instead of trying in vain to deny it. Legalizing woul…

Looks very psychedelic. It's interesting how simulating a variable speed of light creates the same visual effect as that produced by ingesting psychedelic mushrooms or LSD. Not jus…

I guess you're talking about node.js . That, of course is a hot topic today, but I'm confident that this problem is solvable. That's why I called it 'node.js-ish', meaning a backen…

Agreed. Today's technology - CoffeeScript + Backbone.js + node.js-ish backend would make it a lot easier to develop something like Wave in a couple of months by one or two develope…

Facebook is a dangerous social experiment. It's not a 'virtual passport'. Rather, it is a 'virtual bank', except they don't store financial information about the users, but everyth…