They are about $10 less than the physical book. Doesn't it cost them far less to produce, store, transport a digital version? I wonder how much of this goes to the author.
Man, I can't believe we have these huge discussions about some petty fights. We know both parties are talking crap to uphold their selfish positions, don't we?
An intuitive decision making skill worth having is always based in reason.
We might not base those intuitive decisions on clear cut reasons (that guarantee results, 100%), but we base them on past experiences and observed phenomena (that increase the likelihood of the result, sometime even to 100%.)
If you are asking about an intuitive decision that is not based on any of the above, then your question is really, "Should I make random decisions?" Sure, just because something has a minute chance doesn't mean it won't happen. It might just work.
No. I would if HN threads were not indexed by search engines.
I'm uncomfortable with the fact that anyone can find out my activities/interests/opinions/biases just by searching for my universal handle in a search engine.
I agree with his larger point that being purely scientific is impractical in situations when there are too many unknowns and data is hard to collect. So, sometimes one needs to go with their gut feeling or intuition.
I might be nitpicking here but intuitions are not always based on reasons. Some of our intuitions are based on reasons (eg: past experiences) and some are not (eg: preferences, prejudices.)
>> The measurements you choose (which will necessarily be
>> somewhat arbitrary) will shape what you make, and you
>> will most likely end up making the wrong thing.
Failure here is no more likely than failure after making a decision by intuition because we are still juggling with the unknowns.
Bing has a tough battle especially because most people (including me) equate the notion of a comprehensive search result for a query to what Google produces for that query. That is expected considering we have used it for so long.
Bing is my default search engine because I'm paranoid about Google's tracking practices. In my experience, I still see cases where I do not find (all results, enough results, related results, etc) what I want on Bing and then I try Google and find it.
Interesting. I've heard this thing before, with Photoshop and Windows too. Is there any evidence for this?