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by dstein 14y ago
from reddit: SR&ED is [reorganized.] Whew, so it's not completely axed. If anything Canada needs significantly more investment and tax programs like this. Brain drain has always been a problem for Canada because of the lack of
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by dstein 14y ago
They have $4.2 billion in revenue per quarter , that's huge, and they still have a lot of users. They could easily scale back their ambitions and become very profitable, abandon the playbook, reduce their workforce, move focus to East Asi
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by dstein 14y ago
There's also http://yclist.com
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Mathematica algorithm for finding Waldo(geekosystem.com)
6 points by dstein 14y ago|1 comments
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by dstein 15y ago
If you want to compare that Java-ish syntax to some of the super-slick stuff you can do in NodeJS check out http://www.jaxcore.com/jxss/ which is a JavaScript/CSS hybrid stylesheet format I came up with recently.
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by dstein 15y ago
It's important to get what you've built into the hands of someone else. You cannot rely on your own experience with what you've built as a basis for decision making.
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by dstein 15y ago
Self-promotion: at http://www.jaxcore.com I've built a really neat NodeJS application server. And I experiment with ways to use it, including building a new mobile advertising platform.
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by dstein 15y ago
My Macbook Pro should be powerful enough to run the Siri software. But Apple doesn't let me use it because they only put it on a particular, expensive, smartphone. Your comparison isn't valid.
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by dstein 15y ago
What really bothers me about Siri, is how Apple makes it tied to specific hardware. Technologically, there should be no reason why Siri-style actions are not available to every PC, and every smartphone. Native platforms have been, and stil
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by dstein 15y ago
They didn't actually want to buy Motorola Mobility either. But they did.
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by dstein 15y ago
Intel already bought and then sold an ARM licensee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XScale
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by dstein 15y ago
It's receiving hourly replays on CBC news in Canada.
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QR Replicator: HTML QR code generator & bookmarklet(qrreplicator.com)
1 points by dstein 15y ago|0 comments
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by dstein 15y ago
I wouldn't take YC's decision to heart. They have no crystal ball and cannot know if you will ultimately be successful. You should be willing to persue a good idea regardless of your YC application, which I think is largely a crapshoot an
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by dstein 15y ago
I've been experimenting with using QR codes just to copy/paste text and bookmarks between computers. It's something that sounds simple, but really there aren't any good ways to do that, especially not once you add mobile devices and comput
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by dstein 15y ago
I'd like to apply for this position. Are they still accepting resumes or is it too late?
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by dstein 15y ago
Selling expensive products to rich people is a lot easier than selling affordable products to poor people.
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by dstein 15y ago
Shouldn't it be named batman.coffee?
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Intel comments on rumor of Apple transition to ARM processors(9to5mac.com)
1 points by dstein 15y ago|0 comments
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by dstein 15y ago
Coffeescript is adding an abstraction level, but all the complexity of JavaScript remains, so while you write Coffeescript, you have to sort of compile it in your head. I could maybe get on board if it went one whole level of abstraction f
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by dstein 15y ago
The problem with Coffeescript is if you already know JavaScript, it's completely unreadable. Looking at code like this, I have absolutely no idea what it does: class ItemView extends Backbone.View render: -> @options.item
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by dstein 15y ago
It's really cool. There is no documentation or examples, and I wish it didn't require jQuery, but it appears the code is open source: http://vintagejs.com/js/vintage.js
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by dstein 15y ago
Perhaps, but you'd be stretching the definition of "legal".
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by dstein 15y ago
One guy with a machine gun could conquer this country in 10 minutes. And if it's truly sovereign then it would be completely legal.
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by dstein 15y ago
That was really the only interesting part of the article. They should have done a whole article on quick exit tutoring rather than the same old fluff we've all heard before because it's more insightful of where things are headed. Just wai
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by dstein 15y ago
(+ 3 3) is really how arithmetic is performed in Clojure? Okay, I'm done with learning Clojure.
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by dstein 15y ago
Funding isn't a problem, there has never been a better time to raise money than right now. If WebOS could become the premier development platform (develop on WebOS, deploy to the web and others platforms via Phonegap) you could gain a foll
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by dstein 15y ago
Open souce isn't the only possibility. I think HP should skunkworks it. Round up all the engineers who developed the platform, form an independent LLC, retain an equity stake, and let them proceed with full autonomy. Tablet and smartphone
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by dstein 15y ago
An open operating system without any sort of central authority is pointless. That's a 100% guaranteed way to kill the platform. They should skunkworks it. Instead of punting, they should round up the HP employees who built it, form a LLC,
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by dstein 15y ago
Take a good hard look at the graph on this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/16/asay_on_goole_patent... There are some cold realities that Microsoft is up against here. A half decent "me too" effort that's 4 years late is not

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