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whlteXbread’s photostream on Flickr.
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“ The “Get Plain Text” app is selling for $3 on the App Store. Is not having to remember the built-in system keyboard shortcut cmd+opt+shift+v worth $3? Further, how did this fly past the app reviewers?
Nice payday, dudes. Is it mean to buy the program so I can leave the keyboard shortcut in the review?
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Ok. at Legion Park – View on Path.
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why isnt that me under there lol
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After parties in NY take you to the best places…Kelly & Zach at the Plaza hotel in NYC!
Hey. Hi. Hi there. Hello.
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Hey kiddos. This is just a little reminder that I have a thing where I take pictures of things I see most days because I think it’s important to take time to notice the world around you. Sometimes you’ll see things that will make you happy. Sometimes you’ll see things that make you curious.
Most of all you’ll teach yourself to enjoy things that most people just pass by in a race to work or the grocery store. I think that’s an important thing that if more commonplace could have a positive impact on society.
Inspired by:
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“I later found one article that was available for $38. I’m not sure why one twelve page article costs $38. It takes me about eight minutes to scan a twelve page article. The researcher receives no royalties. Why does it cost so much to read one article? The answer lies in the antiquated system of academic publishing.” —Locked in the Ivory Tower: Why JSTOR Imprisons Academic Research - Laura McKenna - The Atlantic
This cannot be more widely known.
(via benkraal)
This article greatly oversimplifies the problem of distributing academic research. It talks about one publishing scenario out of hundreds, maybe thousands.
Importantly, not all academic review is paid. Aside from that, there are “open-access” journals out there where the researcher bears the cost of publishing their document. This creates a small conflict of interest, and not all researchers can afford these costs. Open-access journals are often considered less prestigious than traditional journals, which inherently makes their business plan less feasible.
If you want free access to academic research, let your government directly sponsor research. In the US, places like the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences publish in peer-reviewed conferences, journals and trade magazines, but all such work is available for free on its website. Funding for this research institution has been cut by nearly 30% in the past two years.
(Disclosure—I work for ITS.)
(via indefensible)
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Listening to Gruber and Moltz discuss Wall Street’s “absurd” reaction to Apple’s performance is driving me crazy.
They’re not wrong: the market is a poor representation of how well Apple is doing. However, the reasoning is simple to understand.
About 4.5 years ago, AAPL hit its lowest point since the launch of the original iPhone. Wise investors looking for a strong growth stock knew Apple wasn’t done innovating, so they bought.
And they kept buying at an alarming rate because Apple’s products and profits were leaps and bounds ahead of competitors and continuing to improve.
Shortly after the iPhone 5 launch, however, those growth investors’ expectations shifted. It wasn’t because Apple wasn’t still doing incredibly well - they were. They just didn’t expect them to keep growing at that alarming rate.
To those growth investors that have been buying in since late 2008, Apple’s bottom line doesn’t matter. They’re focused, rather, on the slope of the line. As they speculate that Apple can’t continue growing at the same pace it has over the past few years, they sell off and move on to more traditional growth investments.
As a result, the price falls to a level where slow growth or dividend income investors start to pick it up and it levels off. At that point, it may become attractive for growth investors again because it seems to be leveling off at a point far below the industry average P/E ratio. Time will tell.
That’s why I stay the hell out of the stock market, though. You’re not betting on the performance of a company. You’re betting on a bunch of rich, old guys’ expectations. Even when they’re wrong about the company, they’re not wrong about the stock price because they control the stock price.
I love it when smart people say things that aren’t what everybody else is saying.
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(via Three Word Phrase: Pigeon With Tits)
Proof that everything is awesome. Dying.
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GPOY
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thinking out loud
I follow a number of photographers,
and enjoy seeing their work on MY dash…
I think (maybe) I need to do a series of posts
focused on tumblr photographers soonYes please.
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when I find myself surrounded by awkward people at an office social event
