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I've seen this task once in one IQ test: "Continue the row of numbers - 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, ..."

The answer was - 21... "You know, first we multiply by 2 and then we start to add 3" :) . Perfect "creative thinking" test.

The IQ tests, even if they are valid are still inherently broken, just forget about them and carry on.

Sure, tags are clearly better than folder trees. But would you tag correctly 1000 bookmarks? Or 10000?

Also if we imagine some person starting bookmark list from scratch, with tags - he has to A) make complete tag system from the beginning (I've tried, it's not easy) or he'll be forced to re-tag old ones later; B) type in tags (or select) every time he bookmarks site.With folder trees I use one click to drag&drop bookmark to the intended place.

Tags are the future but only if someone would be able to automate them completely.

On sets with 10-100 bookmarks type of index system is completely irrelevant - you can even keep them in a plain list and still don't waste time.

So how can I buy it? (full, not upgrade). I thought that they'll sell digital Win 8 Pro for 79$ but can't find any option for this at MS store.

Never ever buy e-books from Amazon, only physical books and things. Especially because all e-stuff on your Amazon account can be permanently deleted without any option to restore (except to buy it again).

A suggestion for the future: Implement an optional filter for the ratings so that it will show with five stars the range from 4* to 5*. 4.0-4.2 - one star (1.0-4.0 is also one star) 4.2-4.4 - two stars ... 4.8-5.0 - five stars This is because most people can't comprehend how to rate generally good things but which are not perfect on the absolute scale. Relative scale is an even harder concept.

This method won't help of course so in the future you'll need to distinguish so people as "experts" (this is a human task, it can't be awarded statistically - by a number of reviews or anything similar). After that implement separate rating for them.

Even that won't fix biased reviews but will mitigate them considerably. The task of implementing good rankings is a very hard one.

EVE is a spreadsheets with a chat. Why people like it? Because everything else is so much simpler and dull (except elves in armored bikinis of course). It's like comparing Lego Mindstorms to a Barby game set. The latter is way more popular though :) , just like WoW and Lineage vs EVE.

This definitely will happen. Like 100% sure. It happens right now, the beginning. And facebook won't be some magic data provider, maybe they'll supply 1-2% of all data if the company will survive for so long at all. Behavioral prediction will be Very precise. And you won't be able to anything, all endpoints will be controlled - ISP, cell operators, physical stores that sell hardware, banking, payment alternatives (bitcoin etc.). They are mostly controlled now, there is just no such precise and powerful analytical programs.

This won't be end of the world or the internet. Not even close to it. Things just will be different in the future and people would accept them.

My 3GS works identically on v5 and v6. No performance or battery life degradation, no new lags. My friends with 4 and 4S tell that battery life actually improved, especially for 4S. Neither of us use jailbreaks of any kind.

PS: and as for iPad 2 I'm not sure about battery life, I rarely discharge it from 100 to 0 in one session.

And switch laptop for desktop computer. Reason is - you shouldn't do work at social station, at rest station and at sleep station. You should only work at work station.

For me caffeine is also closer to a placebo (I do know that it works, just weakly and randomly for different people). The major positive effect of it I think is drinking 100-200ml of hot drink. I feel the same after drinking coffee or any tea or some cacao mix by nestle. Drinking water a lot is very helpful for human brain, especially in cold and arid offices where we mostly sit without moving.

> No one talks about this stuff!

Yeah, right. Probably in some other internet. You can't find a site today where there they weren't discussed at least once.

Personally I won't take them without prescription from a doctor. Yes, downsides are pretty obscure and rare but the same are benefits. Based on reviews they are not some magic pills like in Limitless. Closer to placebo actually.

Now they just type your BS into their smart phone...

... and click "Save" :)

It's unbelievable how many "facts" nowadays lead to some lone blog or wiki article with no references.

> Distinguish users. Reward users.

Wrong. Instead user karma system should be deleted completely. (Yes, I know that I am a "newbie" here. Think what you want.). I have seen too many portals died or degraded by the weight of "karma". The only working example is probably Stack Overflow and I think they won't last long because of it.

Only reason why SO can survive is continuous strict moderation. I like "C++ vs Java", "Most influential book" and similar topics very much but they really don't belong to SO by their rules.

The same should be applied to HN - ban those millions Twitter and FB topics. Ban topics with complaints (however reasonable). Ban SOPA/ACTA etc. topics.

In short - filter everything that is not educational for IT specialists. Yes, it would be more boring that way (or not) but it would ensure HN quality and survival.

Point is not the absolute "liberalism" value but that relative values are the same through all ages. And if you'll reword the quiz than picture will be the same - age is irrelevant (for this topic).

The fundamentals of Facebook’s business – even when it was working perfectly – are to ensure a steady stream of new users (often via M&A), to grease the user acquisition machine via advertising on just about everywhere, and to incent users to rope in their friends. This strategy depends on playing with copious amounts of capital to buy companies, ads, and promotions.

And this - "Facebook’s mission – to make the world more open and connected" is just hilarious (forgive me Louis :) ).

I suppose everyone interested in a good uTorrent client already got v2.2.1 (or even v1.x) installer for future use and won't switch from it in the next decade, so it's perfectly reasonable to create new Vuze from version 3.x for everyone else. You see, people even call streaming - "essential" :).

Small sites will just require small fee, one time or recurring. You see, we can't take all site, multiply them by some price and add all results to receive some ridiculous number and declare that man just can't pay that much. Because a single human can't visit all sites on the Internet, physically.

One individual has at most 16 hours a day for internet and if someone would estimate average times that the discrete number of sites to visit would be rather low. It is entirely possible (not 100% sure) that after initial shock communities will restructure a little, some really obscure sites with little unique content or services will die, but users won't leave. they'll just shift to occupy all the sites they really want to visit.

And right now I see that small and obscure websites are NOT findable in search engines. They don't do SEO and SMO, they are totally dominated by ad driven monsters they produce and produce and produce... well something. Sometimes good content sometimes not. Mostly not actually. I almost never find really good unknown stuff in Google&Co, only by direct links from friends and random people. Such sites are like dark matter of the internet, real but invisible knowledge. Invisible behind the noise from ad giants.

Yeah, I know this argument - if ads are removed that EVERYTHING would be soo expensive and children in Africa are dying etc. etc. World is not black and white.

And by the way, please define "rich" and "rich enough".

I wish someone made a virus which installed tons of anti-adware programs and plugins on target machines. Imagine - every single PC with adblock loaded with rules, wouldn't that be cool :) .

inb4: "but ads fund free open web" - I can live with paying subscription for every single site I really want to visit (even huge subscriptions if the site is that good). There are very few of those. AND many "free open" sites do not have ads even now.

Yes, I know about that and I've even considered going all RAGEQUITSTEAM!!!111 for a few hours :) . But really there are two ways of attack on your cloud "posessions":

1. Corporate abuse (just like Valve did recently and thousands others do every day) - you can't do anything about that. No really anything. The most individual can do is strike corporation where they don't expect, that only work once and for one individual. In all other cases it is pointless - there is just way too big weight difference. And no, the class action suite would only make big corp smile. Valve done this and nothing can be done about that.

2. Individual abuse (download hash table, find passwords, do whatever) - you can confront that, but only in equal conditions. Hacker uses his tools, knowledge etc and user uses tools provided by cloud (in man vs. man case clouds tend to try being all good and protect user). So when Amazon made this security hole they took some of user tools, namely account-content link. This was done not by some evil plan to force users to buy second copies, that would be absurd, but because Amazone didn't care enough - "they want delete feature? fine, enable it for everything and everyone".

Personally, I don't think I'll buy many ebooks from Amazon or B&N in the next few years at least. Not after I've discovered that all your purchases can be permanently deleted from your account with two clicks each. For now I'll stick with paper books and maybe some newest releases only in ebook format and see where the trends are going. At least Valve don't do such things and their games will be with me as long as Valve exists.

Before and during reading I was pretty sure that it is a little biased for one of the countries. The end effect was completely reverse - I can't really choose one country as better right now. So I'd call this article a success.

Jelly donuts rant was a nice touch in the end :) .

This experiment probably means this - most of the AD designs are Awful, with a big letter "A". They are so bad that they actually decrease CTR of AD campaign even compared to the blank rectangle image.

A bank sues stock marked over some number fluctuation caused by social network and all that produces millions of profits for the lawyers :) . If I would be more naive I'd say "Let them all burn down". But since all that translates to billions of real money and can possibly harm entire countries in some cases (like the LIBOR scandal) we can only watch and wonder how did we come here...

> "when I'm searching to purchase something on Google, I may click on half a dozen ads in a minute"

People really do that? Not search for some specialized site and ask/search there but actually click on ADs to buy useful things?

Yes it is.

You can easily swap solving math problems for writing essays in that article and get the same conclusion. Also the whole article completely lacks any statistic basis. 42% of students didn't pass their bachelor exams and 57% students of one university (not saying which faculties were included in statistics) didn't pass algebra course (one math course only is mentioned). So what? How is that connected? What are the long term trends? What about other courses and other universities? Same applies for all the article - throw together random numbers that SEEM to be related (they may be, of course).

Very shallow and probably incorrect article.

Shoes are simple. But where did you put the backup debit bank card? To the "finance" stuff? Or to the "plastic card" pile? Where to put spare photos for documents - near the foreign passport cause you'll surely need both of them next time? Or to the unsorted photos pile? Where should we put spare screws from a new shelf - on that shelf or in the toolbox with other screws? Etc. etc.

This is why directories are getting old - they allow only one tag for a file - the folder name. New systems, like iTunes and others are introducing concept of advanced tags - you can find the same file in the Author "dir" in the Genre "dir" in the Type "dir" etc. They aren't perfect yet but they are being refined all will be dominant in the future.

You probably input Height in centimeters. Try inputting 1.xx (or 2.xx).

But, as mentioned in the above comment, you can't "prove" that something is an encrypted data unless you already have a valid key. And if police only required to "guess" that something is an encrypted data than Falkvinge logic applies - law will be abused (at least unintentionally).

Lol, carriers will never EVER willingly became "simple internet providers". EVER. They will scream and fight to the last dollar for their "right" to provide monopolized "services" - separate voice traffic, separate plaintext traffic, separate image traffic, and other "services". They'll cut and limit all generic internet connections, they'll filter unwanted packets (VoIP, iMessage etc.), they'll reroute traffic through their internal resources and inject ADs or spyware. They'll do lots of thing, except of cource becoming ISP.