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louislouis··on Kayak Files for $50 million IPO
Looks like a flop.
louislouis··on Being a generalist requires more sleep than specialists
sorry that was a dumb question, i figured it out now
louislouis··on Being a generalist requires more sleep than specialists
whats the software you used for this?
louislouis··on Facebook Is Secretly Building A Phone
FB has the most complete contact list for a lot of people. It would be pretty cool if my phonebook ran off this and auto updates itself when people change their numbers.
louislouis··on Why are the east of cities usually poorer?
1 day out of 7 I might be able to see out my window for more than a mile here whether its winter or summer and I'm on the main island looking north. Now I'm not sure if it's the China pollution or general smog which every major city suffers from?
louislouis··on How mathematicians think in dimensions above 3 and 4
I'm watching it now and it busting my brains.
louislouis··on The Best Method to Master a Foreign Language, Guaranteed
My English improved vastly when I started chatting online :D
louislouis··on Plummeting Marijuana Prices Create A Panic In California
the CEA levels of hookah smokers is very interesting.

Do all American tobacco farms use phosphate fertilizers and other countries don't?

louislouis··on Apple is Officially Worth More than Microsoft
If APPL, MSFT or GOOG disappeared tomorrow. Which one would cause the least damage? Which one could we live without?
louislouis··on Apple is Officially Worth More than Microsoft
"The problem people had with MSFT is their use of market dominance to kill off competition."

Isn't that just doing business?

louislouis··on Apple is Officially Worth More than Microsoft
But investors are putting their money in to sell high since APPL doesn't pay dividends. The price is high atm, and there are many who are waiting exit, so any kind of trigger could set off a landslide.
louislouis··on Apple is Officially Worth More than Microsoft
Smells like an Apple bubble?
louislouis··on Plummeting Marijuana Prices Create A Panic In California
None of those articles you provided state "American Cigarettes increase lung cancer risks more than Non-American Cigarettes" - Where are you getting this from?

Also, the equivalent of 300 chest x-rays is based on 'pack-and-a-half' smokers not typical smokers and it doesn't say anywhere specifically from American cigarettes. This is also based on a lifetime consumption I believe.

louislouis··on Extracting hidden data from an audio file with the FFT
articles like this remind me that I'm just a web app kiddie, copying and pasting code from google, and that theres way more complex hackery going on in the world which I'll never really understand.
louislouis··on Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep.
Getting things in place for 4G and more.
louislouis··on The Teenage App Tycoons
Great another kid of x years old makes x amount of $ in less than x days story. Where have I read this before. Is there like some kind of book filled with formulas/structures of how articles are to be written where journalists go and be like 'oh this week I'll use this formula and this and this'?

Anyway, the article could be spun in many ways. How about 'The Should Be Teenage Tycoons'... The story of how Apple has shafted true innovative app makers into scraping fractions of their apps true worth on the jailbroken market, and how the only real success come when Apple decides to select/feature your app.

louislouis··on Gave up a day job. Now what? - Income report #2
How do you keep yourself hungry? I've hit a point where life is very comfortable and I don't need to worry about the immediate finances or food or shelter. I've become lazy. I'm certainly not as motivated/hungry as when I was fresh out of uni and broke.
louislouis··on [dead]
"referencing online route finders in certain ways"

What were these certain ways and can we see the blog?

louislouis··on Games Criminals Play – How You Can Profit By Knowing Them
Very insightful comment. No need to apologize.
louislouis··on Roulette Russian: The teenager behind Chatroulette
Why did they skip an edition around Christmas? Vacations?
louislouis··on Roulette Russian: The teenager behind Chatroulette
Happens on monthly magazines too, they are dated the following month. I guess its a way to extend the sell-by date. Readers only want the latest issue. This is a way to give the appearance of.
louislouis··on Scientists studying a 17-year-old girl with the body and behaviour of a baby
Does this mean she will live for a very very long time?
louislouis··on Man claims to have had no food or drink for 70 years
Same guy in another article from 2003... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3236118.stm
louislouis··on Buffett Defends Goldman Sachs
It also says Buffett has $5 billion invested in GS.
louislouis··on Datasets and Data-driven Startups
Cool thanks.
louislouis··on Datasets and Data-driven Startups
I'm looking to collect or download a dataset for music consisting of info such as artist/album/song. Any idea where to grab this from? There used to be a list hosted on Google around 2 yrs ago but I can't find anymore.
louislouis··on The Truly Scary Part About Facebook Open Graph
ok great, so they know what movies and music we like and are gona target us with better ads, but isn't that a good thing? I mean I may actually pay attention to ads if they try to sell me things I want.
louislouis··on Hong Kong architect turns shoebox apartment into 24 rooms
This could only work for people living on their own. What's gona happen if one person wants to watch tv and another wants to shower? Also the tinted windows would get very annoying after like 1 day, they would make you feel sleepy. Very cool design though.
louislouis··on IPhone takes 72% of Japanese smartphone market
A related and interesting question which I was just discussing with my friend the other day.. It seems japan is and has for a long been years ahead with their mobile phones and other technology. Why is it then that they haven't dominated foreign markets too? Why does it take so long for their tech to reach the rest of the world? Anyone know?
louislouis··on Online Reputation Systems: how to design one that does what you need
The question is how can u get people to re-read the comments page for new comments? Maybe something like a "(5 new comments)" next to the comments link might work??
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