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by bls 17y ago
Actually, the problem is that people--even hackers--are too romantic. And the ones that aren't too romantic are often just too scared to really try. If you are willing to let go of romanticism and fear, you can find algorithms for getting l
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by bls 18y ago
I'm waiting for the free e-ink e-book reader, and e-books that are DRM-free or at least not severely encumbered by DRM. Only then will e-books be viable. Can't a big publisher come out and subsidize an e-book reader? For example, "Buy some
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by bls 18y ago
If you like Chipotle, you should find a Pancheros. Pancheros is very similar to Chipotle, but it has much better tortillas, and that makes a huge difference.
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by bls 18y ago
AOL has a lot of very popular sites and brands, like Engadget and TMZ. The AOL-branded sites are pretty much worthless, but there is a lot of value there otherwise.
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by bls 19y ago
A recommendation for/against a particular designer is worthless without some kind of description of your first-hand experience with the designer. You wouldn't do business with them again? Why not? You loved working with them and the result
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by bls 19y ago
Are you basing your recommendation on first-hand experience, second-hand experience, or just general reputation?
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by bls 19y ago
The key is the trivial deployment. If a user wants a little app, and he has no server and no hosting provider, and he doesn't know how to install software or configure a shared hosting account anyway, then he is likely to just give up befor
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by bls 19y ago
I think it is brilliant. Client-side Javascript is the QBasic of this decade--it is the first language of a lot of (most?) self-taught programmers. It makes a lot of sense to offer these people a place to expand into server-side software. A
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by bls 19y ago
Wind power works by creating wind resistance. In order for there to be _less_ air resistance with them installed, they would have to be replacing something that caused even more wind resistance. But, that seems unlikely.
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by bls 19y ago
It isn't the same amount of fuel. If the car's engine is going to power something else besides the car, it is going to have to work harder. Imagine the car is running in a vacuum and gets 30MPG. Now, add normal air resistance. It will not
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by bls 19y ago
What is your objective? If your objective is to help the environment, then this won't work; you are replacing coal/nuclear-generated electricity with gasoline-powered electricity, using a combination of of extremely inefficient mechanisms.
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by bls 19y ago
I used my tuition money to live overseas for a year, and I just got back. I haven't really run into any problems yet.
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by bls 19y ago
I tried to tutor Computer Science while I was an undergraduate. My clients were always people who would call me around finals time and ask me to help them cram. There were seniors who simply could not write computer programs--some might hav
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by bls 19y ago
The easiest and fasted way to lose at negotiating is to ask "is this negotiable?". When you negotiate, you are supposed to be convincing the other side to give you what you want on the terms you want. If, instead, you come into the negotiat
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by bls 19y ago
Have you ever had a serious job with female coworkers? I'm going to guess "no," since your entire post is nonsense. First, you are referring to informal situations. But, this is (supposed to be) a professional setting, and the rules are mu
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by bls 19y ago
You usually shouldn't call them girls in a professional forum unless they are younger than 16. Using a noun as an adjective is also bad form. / the more you know
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by bls 19y ago
Write yourself a post-it note that says "Don't respond to email when you are drunk" and put it on your monitor (next to your passwords) before you go out.
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by bls 19y ago
The ads on the right side of Google's search results are sometimes helpful. But, the search results are being clogged with made-for-AdSense sites. Google's search results would be much better if they closed down AdSense. Every weblog with A
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by bls 19y ago
Every time I notice a relevant ad in my Gmail, it reminds me that I really need to find a way to protect the privacy of my email.
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by bls 19y ago
See Microsoft CardSpaces (InfoCard). I don't know if it will catch on but it is very sound technically.
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by bls 19y ago
This seems to be like a site that is supposed to appeal to the general public. Aren't you worried that it won't get through the content filters at businesses and schools due to the name? Building your brand around cocaine seems pretty risky
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by bls 19y ago
The thing about low-cost web hosting is that it is impossible to stop your web host--or their contractors--from getting the data. Even if you use TLS (SSL), the web host and their associates have full access to your private key. For most ho
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by bls 19y ago
Instead of giving our private information to Google to use for 18 months, we are giving it to you to use indefinitely? Where is your privacy policy? And, what is your hosting provider's policy? I found out recently that my hosting provider
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by bls 19y ago
I understand what you mean. But, who is going to be entering valuable, unreproducible data into Facebook? If they re-install your app then they will probably be pretty happy to enter everything all over again.
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by bls 19y ago
"Are you sick of emails that say 'thanks' or 'sounds great' and other pointless ones that you really didn't need to read?" I never want to work with anybody that has that attitude. You don't have to time even READ (let alone politely respon
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by bls 19y ago
If I find your application useless then I don't want you to retain any information about me.
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by bls 19y ago
I don't know your business too well, but I would be really surprised if that was the motivation for your customers. Most business people are trying to improve productivity in their main business to improve their main business, not make time
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by bls 19y ago
I have trouble envisioning a stream that is not slow and meandering. When a stream becomes fast, people stop calling it a stream.
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by bls 19y ago
Your customers are boring people. You would be better served with a boring logo.
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by bls 19y ago
Don't use purple unless you want a strong association with Sun Microsystems. The Favicon doesn't match the logo. The website looks like a weblog--that is not a good thing. Honestly, there are a lot of problems with the site design. I am not

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