codingthewheel

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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Lost me at "renowned".
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Respectfully disagree - Compete and Alexa both depend on toolbars, and no techie in his right mind wants to install such a thing. Quantcast doesn't use a toolbar, but it's heavily biased towards Quantcast-aware publishers who place the QC s
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
45% might even be understating it. Android's share of the smartphone market is already around 30% in the US ( http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Android-Tops-iO... ). That's a bigger piece of the pie than either iPhone or RIM. Unl
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
We will backtrace you.
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
I've never (almost never) posted a link to one of my sites in an HN comment. I'd rather not have naked links in this venue. Apologies.
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
I had a chuckle at this. The use of "pointy-haired" was at least creative. And yeah, I believe parents have the right to spy on their kids, especially when it comes to the net. Largely, I'd add, because of people like you (trolls).
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Yeah, I completely agree. I'm sure he doesn't need my or anybody else's money or respect. But I wonder if the message he's trying to get across is the one that's actually getting across. Looking at it from a gaming standpoint, can his play
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Not only that, but there are legit reasons to include a keylogger as part of a laptop build out. Every computer has, or should have, this kind of auditing capacity. The question is a) whether it's turned on by default and b) whether any inf
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Difficult to see how publicizing this stuff could be beneficial for Mr. Allen. At that level, and sitting on top of a multi-billion dollar fortune, it almost never behooves you to say anything negative about anybody -- least of all one of y
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Cool site! Nice work. It would add a little oomph if you could add some sort of subtle visual tracking (in the CSS for example) to highlight the stuff that moves. Between refreshes it's often hard to see what's changing.
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
I think most blog comment forms have a "website " field for a reason, though. There's a tactic quid pro quo there. Leave a comment, add value to the discussion, maybe a few people will click on your link. And the vast majority of bloggers I
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by codingthewheel 15y ago
Not until well after their IPO and the bubble bursts on the absurd 40, 50, 75 billion-dollar valuations we're seeing now, IMO. Entering search actually brings on some risk, because if they screw it up, or if it doesn't take, a lot of Facebo
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
You should probably move away to avoid the air pollution in California.
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
He's publishing online; of course he wants eyeballs. But not many people know that the Nook can do double duty as an entry level tablet, with access to the full Android market. Given the cheaper price, I'd say this is a worthwhile article,
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Strictly by the numbers: iOS/iPhone is one of the least rewarding platforms/devices to target -- when revenue's the goal. These apps don't perform well vis a vis, say, boring old Windows or iOS/Mac or, increasingly, Android apps. If you're
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Paul, granted that it's sort of a part of your job to shill for Chrome, and granted that Chrome is a better browser than IE in its current state, but why all the hate for IE8 specifically? Most devs I know who've spent time with the IE line
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
affecting companies like Amazon, and companies like SalesForce that have made a significant investment iOS investment, one has to wonder whether building iPhone apps is safe This. iOS remains, by the numbers, one of the worst places for f
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
I felt the same way, but I interpreted it as the writer's subtle mockery of his earlier "hotshot" self. Towards the end he notes that he made no money off the deal, and that he deserved to make none.
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Very true and Facebook didn't pioneer the use of real names, either. Not by a long shot. Come to think of it, I can't think of a single feature Facebook truly, actually pioneered -- I can think of a great many they popularized .
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Ebert's a bit of a crotchety Luddite clinging to the old ways. This rant, coupled with his diatribe last year about how "video games can never be art"... http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_neve... ...should be interpr
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Sanitize everything, use multiple redundant sanitizer libraries (there are several out there that handle different things), and use a whitelist, rather than a blacklist, based approach. If you want to allow the use of <a> tags, enfo
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
There's no security on the client side often even when you connect that client to a server . Think of a world in which, instead of shipping binary executable code to users, we shipped them full source code. They'd be able to go in and sele
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
How does the Android app store suck? And how is it amazing that there's an Android market at all--? Maybe this used to be the case. Speaking as a user of and developer for both iOS and Android devices, I think this argument is a little outd
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Single-word domains from the common vocabulary usually make for shitty brands. Probably because business efforts behind these domains are rather transparently profit-seeking and wired for the short-term, make a quick buck, approach. Also th
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Yes. If a human can view it, you can always, always, always copy it, reproduce it, and share it. No matter how much HDCP you throw at it, no matter what specialized hardware you devote to it...in the words of Mr. Universe..."you can't stop
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Um, if Netflix Instant charged users per movie , it would've been a failure. The reason people love Netflix Instant is: one low monthly fee; unlimited, unmetered use of the service. This is night and day different from what Hollywood wants
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Yes, fair enough. Agreed. I would revise this to say that I think Android will ultimately be the more accessible of the two platforms - mostly because of the different price pointing strategies. Why should Apple give up the hefty premium pe
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Except the demographics actually point to Android being the go-to platform for the non-geeks. Android, not iOS, will be the platform that puts iPhone-like functionality into the hands of millions. And as of today, Android devices very much
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
I suggest you actually learn about the platform before performing the argumentative equivalent of throwing bits and pieces of monkey scat into the fray in the vain hopes of upvotes, or just out of sheer orneriness and wrong-headedness. htt
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by codingthewheel 16y ago
Many mathematically unbeatable games of chance (lotto, progressive slots, video poker, blackjack, etc.) can become +EV under the right circumstances. That said, the analysis is not quite as simple as quoted: "Tomorrow's Mega Millions jackpo

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