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puredemo··on ListAndHash
Does that work for json or just XML?
puredemo··on Jury Duty
Noo, he "signed a blank piece of paper," remember?
puredemo··on How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself
Is this the article you're referring to?

http://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/how-5-florida-schools...

It's a bit thin on data / statistics..

puredemo··on How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself
>Maybe Mr. Zuckerberg will make wonderful decisions, ones I would personally be happy with. Maybe not. He blew his $100 million donation to the Newark school system..

Hopefully Zuckerberg learned a valuable lesson there -- improving inner city schools is simply not contingent upon how much money is thrown at them.

Case-in-point: http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-298.html (warning, long read)

Are we really going to begrudge Zuckerberg for trusting Cory Booker, who was by all accounts very persuasive, and investing $100M+ in inner city schools? That's hardly bad behavior as the article seems to imply.

puredemo··on How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself
That's the beauty of capitalism -- the market decides value, not some random bystander.

Who really cares whether you would group Zuckerberg with Buffett and Gates or not? I don't understand why that is relevant to the article.

puredemo··on Jury Duty
Gee, if only there was a signed confession. Oh wait.
puredemo··on Jury Duty
Sure, letting a murderer off who signed a confession is pretty daft.
puredemo··on Jury Duty
The author could still be Latino as well.
puredemo··on How to be like Steve Ballmer
No, this is dumb. Balmer was never mediocre.
puredemo··on Less than 24 hours on Udemy as an instructor and I’m close to leaving
13 people who didn't realize they could get a similar course for $10 on udemy... ;)
puredemo··on Are Domestic and Wild Salmon Still the Same Species?
It's the least arbitrary and most accepted widely measure, though.
puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
Point being, there aren't any genetic "Clintons" to pass the torch down to.
puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
>Who enforces the law if it isn't?

Your randomly selected police officer.. ;)

puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
This is already the base with the lobbying industry, but yes, agreed.
puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
>'cook2': ('A second Phageling you trust to enjoy cooking with!',

Cooks are leaders at Burning Man?

Is this similar to instant runoff voting? Only had time to glance at the code..

puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
I'm not sure why you believe this, what specific measures are you talking about?
puredemo··on Iron law of oligarchy
And Chelsea isn't related to Bill at all.. ;)

Webster Hubbell is apparently her real father, apparently it's a fairly open secret.

puredemo··on Berlin social housing winning the residential race
>create a futures exchange whereby renters and landlords can lock in rent.

Can't you just sign a longer lease?

puredemo··on Desperate not to have children
That's the net effect of contraceptives in general. People with better future planning ability are the only ones who use birth control, by definition.
puredemo··on Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated
Did you read the reason why vitamin D2 was chosen? Simply because it didn't contain animal products, not because it was any better.

Similar for the Magnesium, it was chosen for a neutral taste rather than based on bio-availability. Even though Magnesium Oxide is barely processed by the human body at all.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2407766

puredemo··on Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated
Such a great analysis, and truly depressing that such a hyped-up "meal replacement drink" maker hasn't done the bare basics of due diligence to ensure they aren't harming their customers. Typical.
puredemo··on Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated
I just eat meat and potatoes and then snack on fruit. It's pretty easy.
puredemo··on What did the Neanderthals do for us?
If she had over 3% she would have written a smarter article. ;)
puredemo··on How the Wright Brothers Blew It (2003)
Telecoms are notoriously difficult to market to. Actually I wouldn't mind discussing this with you further, my email is on my profile page for the time being if you'd like to get in touch.
puredemo··on Introducing the new Google+
You mean an Alphabater?
puredemo··on Introducing the new Google+
It's been that way for years...
puredemo··on Introducing the new Google+
You mean Alphabetas?
puredemo··on What is Square or any startup really worth?
Whatever it is acquired for. ;)
puredemo··on Goodbye Google plus photos
Wonky and confusing as fuck.
puredemo··on How the Wright Brothers Blew It (2003)
What are you looking for funding for, a sales team? I watched your video, interesting stuff.

Have you done consulting to see how well 20fold works in practice yet?

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