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What is your evidence for this factual assertion? (I have done a huge amount of research on IQ testing, and I have never seen a trace of a finding like this in any of the research …

The value of the round-robin stage is to establish team rankings before the single-elimination stage. You have some alternatives, but no silver bullets: * Establish rank before the…

Great article. I'm curious what your thoughts are on the Sub-Penny Rule.

Design is something almost everyone feels qualified to criticize, so a post like this lends itself to all kinds of bikeshedding. Fortunately, we live in the age of A/B testing. Rat…

Here's my mitzvah: Don't do work for individuals or very small companies. People are much more reasonable when your fee isn't coming out of their pocket.

I believe there is a clear legal difference here. These things are over the line (and illegal): Using images without permission Using code without permission Referencing images and…

This sounds interesting. Can you provide more details?

Anything based on the AVR USB series can be configured to auto-detect as a keyboard/joystick/misc (see http://www.fourwalledcubicle.com/LUFA.php ), so that would simplify your comm…

This is not a solved problem by any means. I finished in the top ten, and most competitive teams used a combination of image processing for chad suggestion and brute force. It requ…

One team used a crowd sourced "game" method with some success. They had thousands of people register, and were able to solve the first few problems quickly, but they began to stall…

This can be somewhat misleading for someone who isn't familiar with Detroit. When people say 'Detroit', they often mean the sprawling metropolitan area of the city of Detroit and t…

I presume you get a free name and an unpleasant nagging feeling from your conscience. It's probably not worth the effort to try to prevent this in the beginning.

There's nothing wrong with market segmentation, this is simply a poor implementation. Adding a piece of foam to cripple the sound makes the consumer feel ripped off.

I think it's important to expose kids to programming, and if they show an interest, to explore it further. It's possible I never would have become a coder if a teacher hadn't given…

Typically jobs@ redirects to /dev/null.

I had to look this up. It's Settings->About Phone->Battery Use

I think the problem will be that the previous salaries have anchored the company's idea of his/her worth. Regardless, I agree that it's best to ask for what you feel you are worth.…

I'm less interested in code snippets, and more interested in mid to large sized projects that a consensus of hackers find well designed. Does this exist? In any language?

From their FAQ: * Google Chrome: version 4.249.4+ * Mozilla Firefox: version: 3.5+ * Apple Safari: version 3.1+ * Opera: version 10.5+ * Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6+ The…

And I'm assuming that your definition of mediocre is actually "not as good as my idols". This seems common on HN. I've always been a top performer among my coworkers, but it's easy…

Can anyone recommend an html5 3d engine? Is pre3d currently the best?

I'm a little late to the party, but thought I would comment. I will admit that at first I really disliked this idea. There is something distasteful about profiting from death. Afte…

Great design. One thing I noticed was that it's very difficult for me to scan the headlines quickly. I think the reason is that right now the focal point is the time, with the red …