brianb722

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by brianb722 14y ago
So the lack of consideration for the load testing was the part of that post that stood out to you?
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by brianb722 14y ago
If new features in any product/service aren't defaulted to 'on', no one will ever use any of them. Normal people don't change settings. As long as you're notified of the change (which Disqus did through email and blog posts) and it's not a
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by brianb722 14y ago
Just relistened. Yeah the last 2 minutes sounded like typical Gruber, but the last 10 seconds do have an extra bit of awkwardness now with this news. Who knows.
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by brianb722 15y ago
Wow. So many people with an ungodly number of open tabs. Think you guys need to check out Instapaper and a bookmarking service such as Diigo. You'll be much happier and both you and your computer will be much more productive.
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by brianb722 15y ago
It's Apple's platform, they can do what they want with it. The market (including consumers, developers, and entrepreneurs) will decide whether their rules are good things or bad things. Long term, if Apple doesn't continue to foster develop
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by brianb722 15y ago
I actually got rid of a bunch of 3.5" floppies I had in the back room of my house this weekend. Despite feeling pretty silly about it, I still took the time to make sure to actually tear them up rather than just dump them in the trash. Who
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by brianb722 15y ago
There is a circle jerk joke in here somewhere I know it.
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by brianb722 15y ago
Making circles is way more intuitive than Facebook groups or Twitter lists, so yes, I could see my parents being able to make a Google+ circle.
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by brianb722 15y ago
Exactly. I don't want the people I was forced to add out of workplace social norms to know they're in a "Work - Others" group that gets to hardly see anything I do. These are MY social circles, why should they have to be relevant to anyone
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by brianb722 15y ago
Thanks. That was a very helpful explanation.
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by brianb722 15y ago
Whoops. Just zoomed right past the site's About. Not sure how anyone can take this thing as more than a publicity stunt.
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by brianb722 15y ago
According to a whois the site is run by the owner of this site: http://www.paybuyer.com/ PayBuyer appears to be an ad network. In other words, the guy could care less about Android and is just mad that AdSense/AdWords dominates. It's funn
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by brianb722 15y ago
Maybe you're doing it wrong? Why don't you put out more effort and make it fun. Or find something else where you are willing to do so. (I am a former high school teacher.)
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by brianb722 15y ago
The problem is the $$$ plot point. Grade school teachers (in the US) are not well paid. Which is why it attracts the lazy people instead of the ones who would actually put out the effort needed to properly educate our youth. (Not meant to b