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vividmind··on The new business of AI and how it’s different from traditional software
AI - amplified "if"s
vividmind··on This AI is bad at drawing but will try anyways
That was exactly my first thought!
vividmind··on Show HN: Thyme, a simple CLI to measure human time and focus
Is there a similar tool for windows?
vividmind··on Show HN: The new Windria – 2-5km precision wind forecasts
Glider pilot here. The website looks awesome! Thank you for it! If you guys could add winds at higher levels, it would really be useful for all kinds of sky sailors as well.
vividmind··on Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO
I noticed the following sentence in Balmer's email to employees (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2014/feb14/02-04ma...):

I love the breadth and the diversity of all of the customers we empower, from students in the classroom to consumers to small businesses to governments to the largest enterprises.

It's interesting to see the governments standing between small businesses and large enterprises in the minds of such men.

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Also, a discussion on the SpiceWorks community: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/433777-alternative-to-...
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This looks to be the home page only. Video pages are working.
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Is it only me? http://imgur.com/0REtwjW
vividmind··on Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website
I think it has to do with intentions. Not trying to literally map online site to a house. But in general, when a person has found a vulnerability and is trying to report it in a good will (no matter through what channel), as opposed to using it to try and blackmail, etc., things should not be reversed and used against that person.
vividmind··on Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website
To me this is really weird. If a neighbor knocks on your door to tell you that you forgot the keys in the keyhole outside you thank him, you don't call the police...
vividmind··on Security Check Now Starts Long Before You Fly
Moscow probably had a couple if I can recall...
vividmind··on How Lavabit Melted Down
Have you heard about "thermorectal decryption"?
vividmind··on School is a prison and damaging our kids
The obligatory Ken Robinson's TED talks:

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea...

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_educatio...

vividmind··on Uncopyright
This is so great. Actually Leo's post "100 Ways to Have Fun with Your Kids for Free or Cheap" (http://zenhabits.net/100-ways-to-have-fun-with-your-kids-for...) has at some point inspired me to create the random kid activity picker site (http://kidactivityideas.com).

I went to Leo to inquire about permission to use that list for the site and was pleasantly surprised by that uncopyright policy. I am a big big fan of Leo Babauta and I think there a lot to learn from him (at least I do pretty often).

Thanks again great dude!

vividmind··on Show HN: Streem.io - Media Center on the Cloud
This needs an about section to show who is behind the service.
vividmind··on Is getting rich worth it?
Also there are countries that have regulated economy or highly monopolized markets. In that case even if you have the money you can't use it, cause there's no stuff on the store shelves.
vividmind··on Why Facebook will never make a significant profit
A title just below that article (if you scroll down) - "Facebook is a goldmine in the making"
vividmind··on For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact
I think they've meant -40 C.
vividmind··on Windows 8 Pro upgrade to jump from $40 to $200 on Feb. 1
That's an interesting move for a failed product. I have no plans of moving to Windows 8 at all after watching a number of reviews on youtube.
vividmind··on Chrome reporting malware on techcrunch.com?
Hopefully this is some small accident and will be fixed soon.

There will be a dip in their traffic stats today, though...

vividmind··on Ask HN: Best corporation type for web business
I would appreciate advice for Canadian corps as well.
vividmind··on Reddit's visitors skyrocket in 2012 with 37 billion page views
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com#
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Let me create a website about this... hn1000countdown.com
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C'mon guys, it's only 900 clicks in 15 minutes...
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Can we hit 1000 points on HN before that?
vividmind··on The Web We Lost
Facebook is web's McDonalds.
vividmind··on New Facebook Android App - reviews scare me
I was really astounded to see so many negative reviews. And after Google switched reviews to G+ people are more careful to leave reviews too... Anyway, looking forward to see the new app.
vividmind··on diary.io - should we build this?
Guys, I really love the "shouldwebuild" this concept! This is a great way to validate an idea. Can I borrow it for my concept please? :)
vividmind··on Ask HN: Best way to handle user profile data?
I think it depends on: a) potential number of users you are going to have in your table b) number of times you use that data in joins etc.

I think in the majority of cases you can have that data in one table (although you will most likely require normalization for some other types of info - address, contacts, etc.). I would only think about moving some columns out of users table if they are too heavy and I have many millions of users.

vividmind··on On Being Not Dead
> Based on my discussions over the years, a majority of people want to be dead - just not right now.

WOW! This really struck me now... Imagine how your behaviour would change if you didn't have this expectation!

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