Klondike

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Google is Building an Email List Instead of Asking People to Call Congress(mill-industries.com)
58 points by Klondike 15y ago|9 comments
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by Klondike 15y ago
The legislative branch is who needs to act here, they decide what is patentable.
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by Klondike 15y ago
I think that's a bit of a misread. Sometimes ravenous adoption comes from something that legitimately makes 90% of cases easier. Once I tried MongoDB, it effortlessly became my default for projects large and small going forward - SQL would
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by Klondike 15y ago
That $49 sparked my walk over to Starbucks on the corner to buy one. (I put $10 on the card last night myself, hadn't used any.) By the time I was halfway there it was gone, and I decided to just buy it anyway, hoping it'd gotten filled but
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by Klondike 15y ago
But at the same time, I don't mind giving money to "America" as a whole.
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by Klondike 16y ago
I took a trapeze class a couple months back that was pretty damn terrifying, but I got through it and had a pretty good time. In January, when I got all excited about Webfinger, I proposed an Ignite talk on it to RailsConf in Baltimore, bef
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Apple as Politician(mill-industries.com)
1 points by Klondike 16y ago|0 comments
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by Klondike 17y ago
Wow. This is a model article. It takes two controversial opposing articles about an extremely relevant problem, points to a grey area that's worked in the past, and then, quite insightfully, points out a missing link (self-hosted advertisi
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by Klondike 17y ago
At least Google's initial rationalization was (paraphrasing) "even though China's censorship sucks, we think we can still benefit people's lives there by censoring the bare minimum possible". They've always acknowledged that China's censor
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by Klondike 17y ago
Finishing up an Android app for Campfire, a web-based chat service. I did the app before they released an official API, and then rewrote it all. I think it'll end up on the Market this week. It's been a lot of fun.
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by Klondike 17y ago
Again, probably not the guy. This account was just made.
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by Klondike 17y ago
Eh, the account was only registered to respond to this post. I'd presume John innocent until proven guilty.
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Introvert's Paradise(mill-industries.com)
1 points by Klondike 17y ago|0 comments
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by Klondike 17y ago
You can't run away from issues like this; they're news, they're important. If HN is gonna survive and thrive, it's gonna have to be tough enough to get through posts like this. Really, the ratio of thoughtful-to-irrational is way higher he
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by Klondike 17y ago
Dude, I'm a public-option-supporting liberal and all that but you've even lost me. Chill out.
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by Klondike 17y ago
You'll be required to buy some health care. Not necessarily the public plan. Any plan is fine.
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by Klondike 17y ago
Hacker News, after reading this thread. I think I'll become a regular.
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by Klondike 19y ago
Know what? You're right. I tried some new wording. -- the author