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zipstudio··on Faster-than-light neutrinos face time trial
So if it's the gravitational pull that makes the clocks different, it seems obvious that doing the experiment in the other direction is the next step. Measure the time in both directions to average out this effect.
zipstudio··on Ask HN: Can I help you be more awesome today? (No strings. Inquire within.)
Is there a way to add or contribute music to the current music list? I like this site, but if I'm going to be a VJ then I want to be able to upload some of my own beats/songs to mix in the room.
zipstudio··on Use Jonathan's card to buy yourself an iPad
This is clearly theft. What he used the money for is not relevant. The card was put out for a specific use, and this use case was not the intended one. Had he actually bought an iPad, everyone would agree that it's theft. Transferring money between someones else's card and your own with out permission is theft.
zipstudio··on The MIT Mood Meter
Seems like there is a missing component: Frowning. When the lowest mood available is "calm," it feel like it's missing half the picture...
zipstudio··on Stupid Data Miner Tricks: Overfitting the S&P 500
"If the NFL wins, the market goes up, otherwise, it takes a dive. What’s happened over the last thirty years? Well, most of the time, the NFL wins the Superbowl"

Standards of editing have really gone down over the years. The "NFL" always wins the Superbowl...

zipstudio··on New AI Search Engine - Trying to beat Google, Wolfram Alpha, DuckDuckGo
Make the results clickable when they include a website. i searched for ncaa results and got:

ncaa.cοm, yοu can fοllοw all ncaa spοrts οn it.

but it's not clickable.

zipstudio··on Groupon could IPO for as much as $25 Billion
I can definitively state that that Groupon could IPO for as much as $150 Trillion.
zipstudio··on Tips from Hipmunk's iPhone app launch to help you rock your next demo
Yep, 404.
zipstudio··on Ten Angels/VCs respond (anonymously) to Yuri/Conway's $150k YC offer
I wish this investment had come from an American source. The large returns generated by start-ups are one of the ways the US economy can get back on it's feet. Siphoning this value creation off to other countries is not the way to get back to the top.
zipstudio··on Pi calculated to 5 trillion digits: new world record
Why would you do this?
zipstudio··on Ask HN: One thing you wish they teach in your undergraduate CS course?
I think a two (or more) semester course where you write some libraries/functionality during the first semester from a blank page, and then use/refactor/enhance that code in the second semester would be very valuable. "Eat your own dog food" is something everyone should learn in school. Perhaps the third semester could be based on getting some other students code to enhance as well as being a resource for someone using your code from the previous classes.
zipstudio··on This is why people hate ads.
what does the big download arrow actually download?
zipstudio··on Ask HN: Anyone else doing a non-software startup?
I'm involved in a non software startup called WickWerks. We make high performing bicycle parts. http://www.wickwerks.com
zipstudio··on VoltDB is out, benchmarks against Cassandra
I wonder if this DB will be available from any clouds?
zipstudio··on Poll: Hackers, do you play any musical instruments?
In order of proficiency: Bass, guitar, drums ..... voice
zipstudio··on Non-web startups, anyone is doing these?
the biggest problem I have is very similar to a technology problem. The engineers love to do design and vetting (ie/ riding the prototype parts) but are not keen on the follow through aspect of finalizing design and going to production to enable sales. Much the same as a technologist who loves to tinker and refactor, but isn't interested in shipping product or doing support.
zipstudio··on Non-web startups, anyone is doing these?
I have a non web start up www.wickwerks.com

bicycle parts manufacturing. Manufacturing has quite a different set of headaches.

zipstudio··on Visual Map of Your Name's Online Presence
completely wrong in my case.
zipstudio··on Ask HN: Case studies of equity splits between cofounders
I prefer equal splits whenever possible. This allows discussions to be meritocratic and not power based.
zipstudio··on Ask HN: Where do you live?
Chicago, and I'm awake now at least :-)
zipstudio··on Ask HN : What would you do if you had to switch to a "manual" job?
This is it for me. Music production, song writing, and live performances.

Also trying to save the world for my kids, but that might end up being a virtual effort so I'm not sure I can list it.

zipstudio··on Swedish Army Personality Test
I quit after i failed to hit the red circle. Too slow of a process to complete at work.