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malcolmmcc

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About malcolmmcc

Passionate about experiences and culture.

Homepage: http://malcolmm.cc

Recent public activity

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    Comment #7302788

    Ironically, I only make Google money through YouTube when I'm not a registered user, because when I am I have AdBlock on and it's only when I'm in an incognito mode or different br…

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    Comment #6721754

    Did you even watch any of the videos? They're like 10 seconds and not edited. If you're not spending more than 10 seconds on your actual activity... I... don't even.

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    Comment #6721690

    Wow, you made a new account just for this? I think what Give It 100 does is that they take away a lot of the overhead from documenting so that you can focus more on the doing. Like…

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    Comment #6656891

    "The [Waterloo] Region's population was 507,096 as of the 2011 census." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Region

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    Comment #6524353

    If you want to make the challenge even more intense, you can try a service like Beeminder that'll charge you if you don't commit every day. It can hook into Github, I believe. http…

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    Comment #6512583

    Gwern posts articles, but not in blog format. If you look on the sidebar for this page, for example, you'll see it was originally published in 2011, and just recently modified. Thi…

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    Comment #6325253

    Reminds me of this, in board game form: http://drtechniko.com/2012/04/09/how-to-train-your-robot/

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    Comment #6325219

    huh, both work for me.

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    Comment #6298979

    See also https://www.scigit.com/

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    Comment #6292401

    This is just how Medium is. Of debatable merit.

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    Comment #6039754

    My prior on that is extremely low, so my guess is that's like, of the posts that make front-page? Or of the top posts. What this really reflects, therefore, is something more like …

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    Comment #6039735

    > "Dogs" occurs more times in titles in r/aww than "cats" or "kittens" That can be a fact. > Despite their internet popularity cats are not submitted nearly as many times on this c…

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    Comment #5951546

    Huh? He wasn't married before. But yeah, he left his girlfriend to keep her safe. Apparently she knew absolutely nothing until he blew the whistle.

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    Comment #5744759

    Typed "fav". Hit Tab. Did not complete. Wat.

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    Comment #5573128

    I typically dance to music that makes me feel cool while walking to job interviews. So far it has worked really well.

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    Comment #5566004

    Worth testing, but in my experience stock photos of people make websites look cheesy and fake. Untrustworthy, even. Like one of those fake sites to gather extra domain traffic.

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    Comment #5529177

    Yeah man, add more syllables Then it'll be billable Send me an invoice and it'll be fillable With more rhymes available You'll need to make it scaleable, 'cause when a saas is fail…

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    Comment #5528776

    Needs internal rhyme. Like http://www.b-rhymes.com/ Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable. http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encycloped...…

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    Comment #5524962

    The scales still have a way to go. Sure, it's sometimes more acceptable to make sweeping negative generalities about men than women, because we're more tuned in to misogyny than mi…

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    Comment #5484785

    I get that this reads funny, but I think it's fairly clear what he means...like, reworded it might say: "I essentially have a BSc and MSc, through self-studying, but the only degre…

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    Comment #5458460

    I would assume the main reason is to share Kindle books.

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    Comment #4809511

    I'd definitely at least try it out. I don't have a lot of bones to pick with gmail but an awesome UI can often convert me.

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    Comment #4575850

    I highly recommend Cal Newport's (e)book, So Good They Can't Ignore You, which tackles the issue that passion is not always enough to succeed. I think it would help you make your m…

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    Comment #4330404

    I think when I bought an Arduino, this is really what I wanted.