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What Are the Advantages of Computers in Business?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a84610be8483f94b631c972191d79&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.chron.com%2Fadvantages-computers-business-473.html&c=9616603088228369055&mkt=en-usThere's no doubt that computers and computer networks have had a significant effect on the world of business. It's difficult to imagine a time when file folders, phone calls and face-to-face meetings ...Jun 3, 2010 12:00 AM
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What Are the Advantages of Computers in Business?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89f25c35cf4733a8dfe34c2aff8801&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmallbusiness.chron.com%2Fadvantages-computers-business-473.html&c=9616603088228369055&mkt=en-usThere's no doubt that computers and computer networks have had a significant effect on the world of business. It's difficult to imagine a time when file folders, phone calls and face-to-face meetings ...Jun 3, 2010 12:00 AM
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Ask HN: What is your favorite hand-rolled malloc?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=741895In a similar vein to http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html, I'm curious to hear the people's choice for memory pool/slab allocators. My question is a three-parter:1) Allocation size function: Do you allocate fixed size chunks of N objects at a time? Exponential increase in chunk size (I believe valgrind does this for its memchecker)? If exponential, do you also back off exponentially, or linearly? Something else?2) Used/free record keeping: Bitfield? Linked-list? Other?3) New allocations: realloc or array/linked list of pointers (I bet I know the answer to this one)?Some justification would be nice, if you've got the time.Aug 4, 2009 7:21 PM
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Lieutenant-Commander Max Sheanhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a83c35d2848d7a8532ee9677c02c8&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2Fmilitary-obituaries%2Fnaval-obituaries%2F5580622%2FLieutenant-Commander-Max-Shean.html&c=14009419009508073778&mkt=en-usLieutenant-Commander Max Shean, who has died aged 90, was one of the small band of young men who, in the face of extraordinary peril, carried the sea war into enemy harbours; in the process they won a ...Jun 19, 2009 11:28 AM
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Ask HN: Testing Out of College?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=573504Has anybody reading done it? What's the experience been like?I'm not referring to just doing a lot of tests so that you can put them towards credit, but to getting a university degree without ever attending a lecture, and proven one's knowledge by getting tested on it.I had been mulling this over after Eliezer linked to Excelsior College Exams but I let it slide because I didn't see any examinations that seemed to be at a high enough level that I actually believed a degree would be granted, even if you did technically have enough credits. I learned differently courtesy of www.testingoutofcollege.com (one of the ugliest, most poorly designed websites ever)I'm asking out of curiousity, and a desire to acquire the credentialling/signalling benefits in the minimum time. Or B.A. = Easier VisasApr 22, 2009 4:10 AM
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On Buying Silicon Valleyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=500785Silicon Valley 2If one wishes to replicate the Valley's success and status as a startup hub one needs to mimic the ecosystem and support structures that have grown up around it, the angels, VC funds, (money) legal expertise, financial infrastructure (enabling infrastructure) and entrepreneurial culture (residual). The money and enabling infrastructure will accrete around the residual if it exists, quickly or slowly. Paul Graham has proposed that for US$30m-$100m this could probably be achieved in any US city fulfilling certain criteria, with greater or lesser likelihood of success dependent on the degree to which it fulfils them.The money can realistically come from three types of sources, governments of whatever level, private individuals, or corporate bodies, profit-oriented or not, or some combination of the three, acting in concert. Given the electoral dynamics they labour under it is unlikely that any politician or party in serious danger of being out of power 10 years after the fMar 2, 2009 11:29 PM
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Ask YC: Auction-based pricing?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=402131We are organizing a coworking office space in Sofia, Bulgaria. One of our biggest problems is finding the right price to ask for rent, as the difference in income for freelancers here can be as big as 15 times.Therefore, we are leaning towards auctioning off the 30 office spaces one by one. (Technically, the 30 best bids will win, with the minimal bid being the cost of electricity and water for the person.)Pros:- Maximal usage of office space. We better have 1 person pay $5/mo instead of leaving the workspace empty.- If this is a blind auction, the best bid could be as much as twice the average.- We can accommodate people from different levels of income (e.g., underpaid artists).Cons:- Confusion on behalf of people wanting to sign up.- If the auction is open (everyone can see the bids) we won't get such a good price, because we don't think there will be more than 100 people bidding for the 30 places.- Winner's curse. People may feel tricked if they pay more than their peers.- We won't Dec 18, 2008 2:37 PM
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Trader Joe's Is Not Your Average Business (2002)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=340188One day a few years ago, a guy at a Boston financial firm called up Trader Joe's headquarters and said he'd like to tour a store with a group of visiting Japanese investors. The brass at Trader Joe's was blunt: "You can't come." Not "We'd rather you didn't," or "Please don't." The visit was officially forbidden.This led to a predictable go-round about it being a free country and all, and Trader Joe's finally said okay, okay, you can come, but you don't get a tour. And as the investment company guy tells it, the tension in the air during the visit was thick enough to cut with a machete.Well, you probably can't blame the folk at Trader Joe's. They've got a phenomenal thing going, and don't want to give it all away. Some observers think that sales per square foot at Trader Joe's are hovering at about $1,000 -- twice the level of typical supermarkets. And with between about 70% to 85% of its products being private label (depending on who you ask), Trader Joe's has reached a benchmark otherOct 22, 2008 4:19 PM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce8cc0ab40399733a19af0b368e9&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e596e418479499af102e02a8d136&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e3ccec5f4e93a9fe0de00553dc76&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d5247cad4cfeb04bb1e47f93d984&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e05afcd14616a41907412174d7a9&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85c8a506664f38bc8cd194c98d2a5f&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d28d21554ed8849ececfade62954&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ce50bb964b06971fddf7763c59b7&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d5a53463409e8ddf79b3233acc7d&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d0d3b8154c139b66a1c0f95509b3&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d2b109d441dc906685d9b64d59bf&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
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Light-Emitting Wallpaper Does Just What it Sayshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85df1b24b9403c9f555e077f61ce2d&url=https%3a%2f%2fgizmodo.com%2flight-emitting-wallpaper-does-just-what-it-says-292565&c=7705361374458473901&mkt=en-usI can’t tell you much about this wallpaper, except for that I think it rules the school. It’s basically a two-dimensional light source that switches on and off. Please, someone put Jonas Samson’s idea ...Aug 23, 2007 4:12 AM
