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well, this seems to be a fairly balanced summary of the research (available if you explore the link you mention): http://blog.fawny.org/2005/09/21/measures/ In essence, most studie…

This might be the most annoying TED speaker ever (come to think of it, the only one). He might have something valuable to say but his voice and attitude are just too aggravatating …

This information should not need to reside on the net and be owned by a private corporation. One of the problems mentioned in the article is that every individual should own his/he…

I think you are conflating a call for action with an idea for a startup. To be more effective you should focus on one of these only. As for your proposed solution, such services al…

It is a pity the author thinks 6-8 weeks is the ideal duration for such a trip.. yes that is about when the inital novelty wears off and it doesnt feel much like a regular "vacatio…

Right. However I think the article is valid insofar as that the environmental problems caused by those 78% of corporations cannot be adequately addressed through end-consumer behav…

"Say a hacker who's suddenly become wealthy from a Linux-related IPO approaches you and says, 'Here's a million dollars. Let's make a full-blown, graphics-rich version of Nethack t…

I like the concept.. suggestions: - the URL of the dropbox and the admin page should be human-readable - some way to find my dropbox if I have lost the URL (see suggestions by nood…

Thanks for the link, there were some helpful pointers in there. In particular, the WikiDrama model seems a good approximation to what we are trying to do: http://www.communitywiki.…

Actually the rule "facts only" would not really work for this as the reviews will necessarily be opinionated. So it would be more like, in the positive review "The chainsaw effect …

Exploring the idea of a game review site with a few interesting twists. One of them is a wiki-type model for user-generated reviews. We would have exactly two reviews, both editabl…