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pvdm··on Facebook's unethical experiment manipulated users' emotions
Another nail in the FB coffin.

Edit: for me at least.

pvdm··on Trashing Chromebooks
jetsons are not inexpensive.
pvdm··on Who Died in Beijing, And Why (1990) [pdf]
Thanks for the upload. I often wondered what really happened and this gets closer to the truth. Western media might be downplaying the events of June 4, 1989 because it hits too close to home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePH-1B2-gc

pvdm··on Google discloses its diversity record, and it’s not good
Just curious, what is not primitive, plain, boring ? Math/Physics/DNA sequencing ?
pvdm··on Data mining Reddit posts reveals how to ask for a favor and get it
"MIT Technology Review" has more similarity to BusinessWeek than the actual university.
pvdm··on Why Nerds are Unpopular (2003)
"How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie cures all. Self-Esteem and physical exercise for healthy balance. Not so hard to figure out.
pvdm··on Zombies once destroyed Japan's economy, now they're infecting China's
You think the elections in America is not rigged ?
pvdm··on The desperate hustle as a way of life
My definition of sharing does not involve any exchange of money.
pvdm··on The desperate hustle as a way of life
Is that year of training worth anything once you walk out the door ?
pvdm··on The Brutal Ageism of Tech
How old are the creators of Golang and Haskell ?
pvdm··on Obama's NSA speech reflects American apathy
The original premise for surveillance is based on a lie.
pvdm··on Ask HN: Which language/web framework to learn for employability?
They didn't used to teach scheme because of employability, but for it will make you a better programmer til the end of your days.
pvdm··on Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Now Devoid of Life
None of the offices in Holmdel had windows either. The article only had pictures of the large atrium and the hallways. Technical Staff had 10x12 winodow-less "office" shared by two people. You can shut the door to work but when more than 3 people want to have a meeting it felt cramped.
pvdm··on Ask HN: What is something you believe that nearly no one agrees with you on?
official story of 9/11 is fabricated lie.
pvdm··on How Google keeps employees by treating them like kids (2006)
you mean capable, right ?
pvdm··on How Google keeps employees by treating them like kids (2006)
freudian slip ?
pvdm··on How Google keeps employees by treating them like kids (2006)
The article is from 2006. Things evolve.
pvdm··on Why Google isn't our Bell Labs
"chance favors the prepared mind"
pvdm··on Why Google isn't our Bell Labs
Unix was certainly an improvement on multics.
pvdm··on Why Google isn't our Bell Labs
Google isn't doing basic research like measuring and discovering the background radiation from the origins of the universe.
pvdm··on Inside the Saudi 9/11 Coverup
The OP is pointing a finger at the Saudis. However, there are many unexplained discrepancies in the official account of 9/11 that suggests a deeper conspiracy.
pvdm··on Google is the new Bell Labs
not really. they make some nice hardware. wozniak was the first to realize the potential of the microprocessor.
pvdm··on Google is the new Bell Labs
I don't see Google working on detecting cosmic background radiation from the origins of the universe any time soon.
pvdm··on Google is the new Bell Labs
bell labs' ROI was capped.
pvdm··on Inside the Saudi 9/11 Coverup
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rNR6Kbg5jJ8&

In case no one has seen this.

pvdm··on President Obama calls on every American to learn code
I don't think he has read the mythical man-month. Adding programmers to a late project makes it come out later.
pvdm··on President Obama calls on every American to learn code
No. Shut down NSA, then we'll talk.
pvdm··on Why I don't trade stocks and (probably) neither should you
DCF ?
pvdm··on Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture
From my recollection, the slogan can be attributed to Zuckerberg.
pvdm··on Get Shit Done: The Worst Startup Culture
With a few exceptions, I think the VCs are fueling this kind of mentality. It's not really their money. Netscape was the perfect model for this kind of behavior. Just ask JWZ.

http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-se...

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