Duff

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by Duff 14y ago
I think that the root of this issue is the stupid Google policy of not distinguishing any variation of your address if a '.' character is in there -- until someone registers it. People get confused and try to login. So if your address is js
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by Duff 14y ago
I'd interpret this as someone with high income/low net worth. Think someone from a random middle class background that got good grades an above average public college. Basically, if he fucks up, he's bankrupt. The WASPy types with Harvard M
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by Duff 14y ago
We're not talking about retail investors getting fleeced by big traders. We're talking about $100M positions held by professional traders who were told to go pound sand by the exchange. The questionable nature of many aspects of Facebook's
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by Duff 14y ago
I had a similar experience, except I put my order in at 11 and was able to successfully cancel it at 12:30 as the order queue was processed. It took 20 minutes to process the cancellation, which Ameritrade can typcially do in less than a se
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by Duff 14y ago
Go to Home Depot. You can now make PayPal mobile payments. You're going to use your bank for payments because you already have low-cost ways to make payments already (ie. checks, debit and credit cards). But... there are millions of people
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by Duff 14y ago
How many coins were created daily 3 years ago?
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by Duff 14y ago
Drivers always have the authority to eject passengers. If they get resistance, they call the cops. I'm not sure when they would clean a bus though. I'd rather have my bus driver drive than stop to pick up rubbish.
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by Duff 14y ago
User count is only one dimension of the value that Facebook has. The user connections are arguably the more important dimension. As Facebook figures out more ways to be a more pervasive force in people's lives, they'll have the ability to m
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by Duff 14y ago
Perhaps you are stuck in some weird loop due to attending school in different states, or have attended really lousy schools. When i was in elementary school in NYC, we learned about ancient civilizations and NYC history in 4th grade -- the
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by Duff 14y ago
NASDAQ allows any D-list dignitary type to "ring the bell". It's a total sham. See: http://www.nasdaq.com/marketsite/bell-event.html I have to respect Zuckerberg for not wasting the flight to NYC to do this sort of thing.
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by Duff 14y ago
Not really. Microsoft wants to make significant money on it's investment in developing operating system software. Samsung wants to make money on it's manufacturing operations. You have an extra layer of overhead with a Microsoft device vs.
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by Duff 14y ago
EBay horror stories are usually transactional based on buyer/seller conflict. (including fraud) In those cases, Paypal is just the party stuck in the middle. On the positive side, at least there is a chance of an amicable resolution with Pa
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TED and inequality: The real story(tedchris.posterous.com)
471 points by Duff 14y ago|196 comments
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by Duff 14y ago
Sen. Schumer is in many ways the senatorial equivalent of a personal injury lawyer who advertises on the back of a bus. He's a good politician, but a master self-promter. He focuses on hot issues to get cheap name recognition like the iPhon
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by Duff 14y ago
The tone of the article implies that TED is somehow suppressing the dissemination of this speech because it's content is somehow too controversial to handle. I declare it inane because the speech described by the article isn't very controve
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by Duff 14y ago
I've seen a few mentions about this fairly inane speech -- smells like PR/astroturfing to me. Frankly, whenever I hear the phrase "job creation" I tune out immediately, because I know that nothing intelligent will follow that phrase ever. P
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by Duff 14y ago
I think you hit it on the head. I'd break down the 75% a little further in my case: - 25% Poisonous people in key architectural/infrastructure positions who actively make it as difficult as possible to communicate. - 15% "Mea culpa". I fail
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by Duff 14y ago
Good writers move up the organizational and/or salary ladder. Good technicians or engineers who cannot communicate end up making the guy who translates whatever they are doing to the customer or management look good.
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by Duff 14y ago
Roundabouts are great in suburban or low-volume urban environments where speeds are low. But they can be dangerous for pedestrians in areas where you have a high density of traffic and pedestrians. The problem is, transit planners tend to t
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by Duff 14y ago
Interesting POV -- you can get away without traffic lights in the country or in places where other forms of transit (ie. public transit & walking) are more prevalent than cars. You can do so in the city as well, by installing expensive
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by Duff 14y ago
Basically, the guy is a genius. Read his Wikipedia bio. Praise of the man: "The one talent of David's that stands out is his ability to lay out a course of action that would take into account any sort of complicated facts and develop a far-
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by Duff 14y ago
There's probably some corruption in there as well. Management doesn't give a crap about the work function, and only one vendor is qualified to respond to the maintenance RFP. So some old-timer is probably making a mint "maintaining" the sys
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by Duff 14y ago
Google is great at targeting with search based ads, but the site-based ads are awful. Google thinks I'm really into gold coins based on me clicking on some story on reddit several months ago.
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by Duff 14y ago
It's your ethical duty to click! Seriously though, my local weekly newspaper knows nothing about my habits, but offers ads 10x more relevant than Google, who has been tracking me for a decade.
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by Duff 14y ago
I don't really see the big deal about suits. I look good in them, and would wear them more but for the cost of acquiring and maintaining them. Many folks, particularly in IT, dress like muppets. We have one guy who routinely wears track sui
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by Duff 14y ago
I never tried Celebrex, as I had surgery in early 2004 that eliminated the need for any medication. I'm not a pharmacist, but the story regarding this drug is more nuanced. Doctors prescribed the two drugs differently, as folks with other d
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by Duff 14y ago
People respect symbols of authority and perceive you as a bigshot. I wear a suit for work when I meet with the various luminaries that I need to deal with (maybe 2-3 times a month). You get more respect. Waitresses are more attentive, and p
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by Duff 14y ago
I don't agree with the conclusions in this article at all. Also consider that Celebrex (same drug family) is still on the market. If these drugs were truly a grim reaper, I don't think Celebrex would still be around. If anything, this shoul
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by Duff 14y ago
A banker would never wear a hoodie to work because that just isn't something that you do. Banking by its nature is a profession based on who you know, where you went to school, and conforming to whatever social norms rule the day. In 1910,
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by Duff 14y ago
The hot trend for visionary types to do today is wax on about how kids these days only text and use Facebook between Netflix show. Everything else is just too difficult, supposedly.

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