JohnsonB

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by JohnsonB 13y ago
So what was the terrible B2C idea?
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by JohnsonB 13y ago
That's not the only reason why Omega 3 is prescribed.
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by JohnsonB 13y ago
>4) Most "software" patents (which can't even be cleanly categorized as such) are not crappy, at least with respect to all other patents. There are studies presenting this view [2, 3], but it's also based on my experi
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by JohnsonB 13y ago
The supplements he listed (D3, Omega 3, Iodine) actually all have huge amounts of empirical data from a diversity of sources over a long period of time associating them with positive outcomes and improved health. These are not considered &q
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by JohnsonB 13y ago
Why is it hard to see the value in making a product that competes in an existing profitable and developed market space, but does so better/cheaper/more conveniently? Isn't that a significant portion of the startups in YC? E.G. Hipmunk - sim
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
>Addressing fellow scientists, he dismissed the singularity as “a bunch of hot air,” and went on further to declare that “the brain is not computable and no engineering can reproduce it.” wat.
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
A workaround? As opposed to simply switching registrars with something decent?
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
The pricing model is also something from another era. It's an incredibly unattractive option for small teams just starting out, especially when compared to all the reasonably priced high quality options out there (github etc.)
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Could you expand on what specific qualities a high quality engineer would have to have that would you make you turn them down? Is it something obvious like they are rude/disrespectful, or something more intuitive and that you can't narrow d
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
You don't even need formal qualifications for those, just the actual skill, and then it's up to people to asses if you have them.
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Unfortunately we can't make the modern technology-driven world simpler for people like Carmen Ortiz. The advice at the end by the author is that we (the tech community) should demystify ourselves. But, there's nothing to demystify, the co
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Because the metric is excellence. Realistically, you can't expect a 14 year old to produce something of the quality from someone with a decade more experience, all else being equal. But if they can produce something that is uncommonly ahea
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
This really is the key question. When installing an app, a user should just be able to breeze through the install wizard and not waste time on every screen reading to see if it may slip an unwanted install in.
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
And realistically, what could the owners of the motel have done to curb illicit activity in their rooms? I mean specifically, what could they have done, that would have actually curbed abuse? What it boils down to, is that they can take a
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
That applies to any diet though, if the advice is good, but people don't follow it, it's not the fault of the diet. The point is he is singling out low carb diets as if it's the diet itself that is at fault, not just the common problem of p
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
I can't speak for the rest of the article, but this guy's take on low carb diets is a bit...odd: >Unfortunately, it’s an approach [Low carb diets] that leaves the vast majority of frontline obesity experts gritting their teeth, because
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
#8 is an opinion/partisan analysis and has no place with the rest of the list. This list is valuable because it otherwise lists encyclopedic facts which are eye-opening in nature; putting in op/eds tarnishes the credibility of the rest, and
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
It was known well in advance of that thread asking for help on HN that Aaron was facing major prison time from the prosecution by the feds, and we also knew a fairly detailed description of his 'crime', i.e. how he didn't really commit one.
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
The feds going after a 20-something idealistic activist, who we all knew was completely harmless, and hadn't committed a real crime? That can't be anything other than a severe and cruel abuse of power. I'm sorry but enough information was
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
1.) We're reading TOS now? Is that against the law? 2.) Irrelevant, could be a simple traffic reduction block. 3.) Too flimsy to rest the entire charge on.
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
It's his intent that matters, who's computer he supposedly was trying to gain property from only matters once you prove he was using false pretenses. IP/MAC spoofing is not intrinsically a fraudulent activity, and in the context of MIT's ca
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
>When done deliberately to circumvent blocks The blocks weren't necessarily to prevent fraud. Swartz's actions took place in the "open" culture of MIT, and that context matters and should be taken into account before you accuse Swartz o
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
That's the point, the spoofing of the IP/MAC addresses in themselves prove nothing, and yet Kerr is assessing it as such. The guy with a fake mustache could be a method actor preparing for his next role, and Swartz could have thought "MIT/J
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
How can spoofing IP/MAC addresses be considered "false pretenses" if these are considered, by nature of how computer networks and management thereof have evolved, to be transient or arbitrary in nature? Spoofing IP/MAC addresses does't even
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
First, returns on online dating are typically abysmally low, for everyone. Online dating shouldn't be thought of as anything other than a novelty. I think I heard somewhere that being short counts against you online more than in real life b
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Question: how often do you actually ask women on dates? I mean unequivocally ask them on a "date"? Empirically, I would say you are simply wrong. I know a fair number of short men who are successful with women. It's probably something e
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
>I was only replying specifically to the two claims that you made. Well, that's not really true. Your post acted as a rebuff of the criticism of Switzerland, based on the logic that the US undertook similar actions. You said Switzerland
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
>Its ridiculous to single out the Swiss as shameful in WW2, looking at norms 70 years ago would make all people "shameful" in some way. Are you actually equating all acts of 'shamefulness' during the 30s/40s at the same level? Your stat
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Can you say why you got sued for PairMixer? Was it patent related?
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by JohnsonB 14y ago
Shouldn't it be cheaper because it's an ebook? Free to distribute and higher profit margins.

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