Small twists are great. It's interesting how dramatically different strategies and playstyles emerge from such twists. I made a wordle spinoff which has attracted far more users than I ever would have imagined https://www.polygonle.com
Tactics are more essential for initial improvement than strategy for the simple reason that you cannot execute sound strategic plans if your execution contains tactical flaws.
chesstempo.com has the best library of free tactics puzzles IMO. They also support alternate puzzle modes like blitz (time to solve affects your rating) and mixed (some positions require finding the only defensive move which doesn't lose).
Do you play a fair amount of chess? Your love of opening theory stands in contrast to the majority of chess players as far as I'm aware. Rich strategic themes emerge from complicated tactical positions. This is as true in variants like chess 960 as it is in standard chess.
It seems like the value of a human life should be greater (than solving male baldness) in financial terms in addition to humanist terms over the long time period. Wouldn't it make more sense for Gates to make a capitalist argument for why investing in malaria research should be more profitable than investing in male baldness?
Whether or not the government should pick winners and losers is separate and unrelated to the question of market efficiency. Why can't I simultaneously acknowledge that externalities produce less than efficient markets and that government subsidies produce deadweight loss?
You assign a due date and a dollar amount punishment when you create a todo list or task. When you fail to complete your tasks on the due date, your account is charged the punishment amount.
"How do you verify that the task has been completed?" you might ask.
You don't. If users "cheat" then they're just losing out on the motivation service, otherwise you get the motivation required to do the task on time.
ReCaptchas are generated by failed attempts with OCR, which means the computer has no idea what the word actually is, and consequently can't know how it should be oriented. ReCaptachas are actually digitizing unknown text, so they serve a pretty meaningful purpose in contrast to competitors. http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore
It seems like the journalist never realized that his personal situation doesn't apply to everyone. We could use the same anecdotes and say something far more meaningful, like "life is too short, do something you value."
A career isn't mutually exclusive with a life goal. For some, a career is a means to that goal, for others, it is the goal. To each his own.
I couldn't agree more. In my personal circle of friends (college kids), I know maybe 2 or 3 people who regularly use these applications. Geosocial information has immense potential, but I don't think the current generation of LSBN has found the right approach yet.
I completely agree. Let the market decide debates. Reduce the number of features you're immediately developing so you can launch and iterate faster. Get something out there pronto.
I'll be interested in seeing how turntable.fm evolves. I love the idea, but if I'm interested in background music, I find it can often be inconsistent. It'd be cool if more rooms had a single DJ, so at least you knew what to expect.