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by branola 11y ago
It was in "preview" for 3 years. During those 3 years no warning was given that the pricing changes were going to be of such a magnitude. As a result people had sufficient time and not enough warning to build entire businesses on
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by branola 11y ago
Any developer who was burned by App Engine pricing in the past is likely to take the lure of a "70% off" discount with a grain of salt because of the much higher cost of incorrectly relying on Google's pricing pledges. In cas
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How SimplyHired and Indeed differ in their job listing aggregation models(careerfuel.net)
3 points by branola 12y ago|0 comments
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by branola 12y ago
Stopped clicking with a mouse completely and never looked back. Dwell clicking apps are a godsend for anyone with mouse-related injuries. http://code.google.com/p/windows-dwell-clicker/
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A Case for Grade Inflation in Legal Education(papers.ssrn.com)
15 points by branola 13y ago|10 comments
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by branola 14y ago
Is this something one could use as an alternative to "HTML5 Boilerplate" or does it serve a different purpose?
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by branola 14y ago
Sierra Nevada will receive $212.5 million Didn't realize beer was such an integral part of space exploration.
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by branola 14y ago
I prefer Mousetool (on Windows at least): http://code.google.com/p/windows-dwell-clicker/
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by branola 14y ago
I agree that the post is mistitled and should be called Why you need side projects . The two quotes at the end of the piece support this: “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating h
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by branola 14y ago
Reminds me of Stewart Lee's standup bit on "the values of the Carphone Warehouse" (a British mobile phone retailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwH1fLEMDkY
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by branola 14y ago
Not bad. But I prefer WiredDeals: http://wireddeals.com/ The advantage of WiredDeals over DealsFerret is you can run searches and see the latest activity on the big deals sites without needing to sign up for an account. And, like DealsFer
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by branola 14y ago
Love it! . . . But . . . I have Chrome set to delete all cookies whenever I close my browser and to save session cookies otherwise. So this extension works as long as the browser hasn't been closed once. But after the browser is closed and
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App Engine announces pricing for "Cloud SQL"(developers.google.com)
1 points by branola 14y ago|0 comments
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by branola 14y ago
What parameters are you using to define who the "best" coders are?
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Fatal Collision Makes Car-Sharing Worries No Longer Theoretical(nytimes.com)
137 points by branola 14y ago|137 comments
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A Facebook Founder Renounces His U.S. Citizenship(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
3 points by branola 14y ago|0 comments
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New York’s Tech Industry Tops U.S. in Growth, Study Finds(nytimes.com)
5 points by branola 14y ago|0 comments
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by branola 14y ago
Assuming it's true that he's dodging taxes, why would he want to rub everyone's noses in it? I wouldn't expect it to be a particularly well received blog post for example, not to mention potentially endangering his ability to successfully e
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The Declining Role of Start-Ups(economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by branola 14y ago|3 comments
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by branola 14y ago
Depicting his actions as the work of a rogue “requires putting a lot of dots together,” Mr. Milner said enigmatically Sunday before insisting again he had no comment. It doesn't sound particularly enigmatic to me. It seems like Milner is
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At 92, Bandit to Hollywood but Hero to Soldiers(nytimes.com)
14 points by branola 14y ago|1 comments
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by branola 14y ago
“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.” - Salvador Dali
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Americans get wiser with age. Japanese are wise from the start.(economist.com)
2 points by branola 14y ago|0 comments
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Even Non-Techies Aim to Learn the Internet’s Language(nytimes.com)
77 points by branola 14y ago|25 comments
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by branola 15y ago
Grinfucked is an unnecessary and combative neologism. Users are not trying to deceive anyone except to avoid looking stupid when navigating the latest UI tricks that often only make sense to tech insiders. Also, this has been happening for
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How to avoid appearing "difficult" when you refuse to reveal your last salary?(quora.com)
3 points by branola 15y ago|1 comments
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App Engine charges $6,500 to update a ListProperty on 14.1 million entities(groups.google.com)
221 points by branola 15y ago|141 comments