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by foljs 16y ago
And most importantly "Why get your startup on Hacker News"? I don't know of any major (or medium) startup whose success had anything to do with appearing on Hacker News.
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by foljs 16y ago
Well, if you were a self-entitled jackass like DL, you wouldn't. (Let the politically correct downvoting begin...)
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by foljs 16y ago
Point to the memoirs from survivors that suggest otherwise...
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by foljs 16y ago
Who said that? Memoirs from survivors suggest that (as one would expect) the experience left them scarred for the rest of their lives.
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by foljs 16y ago
Yes, if I had devout followers and full financial support and security myself, not to mention hollywood friends, I would not have much stress too...
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by foljs 16y ago
Because they contain a nice argument? Duh!
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by foljs 16y ago
Mind you, that could also be a line coming from one trying to screw you.
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by foljs 16y ago
> The Mac interface uses modes for crying out loud. You'll find out that a well designed F16 interface also uses modes. You don't want to "launch missiles" and "adjust height" in the same menu. Oh, and the "expert interface" par excelle
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by foljs 16y ago
> The world doesn't end when overvalued companies go through corrections or failures. Nobody said anything about the "world ending". And a few overvalued companies "getting through corrections or failures" has different effects than a w
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by foljs 16y ago
> Only because of artificial limitations. No, because of a design tradeoff: ease of use and mind vs openess. Apple would still get to sell their iOS devices and iTunes content even if they allowed shell access and arbitrary installation
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by foljs 16y ago
> Just seeing LaTeX (well, Knuth's 'Computer Modern' font) has the same effect on a paper that a suit does on a businessman - the author rises in my estimation without any real effort. Superficial much?
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by foljs 16y ago
> But if we are to follow precedence set by other Apple products, the Mac will become more closed than ever, with the Web as our only option to access the outside world. Much like the iPhone and the iPad. As a Mac owner, the writing is
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by foljs 16y ago
adware != spyware.
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by foljs 16y ago
> I should have phrased my question as limited to valuations of tech/software companies only, since that seems to be what we are discussing here. OK, then. When the web 1.0 bubble burst in 1999, a whole lot of people lost their money. B
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by foljs 16y ago
Or they will crash and burn taking jobs, people and national economies with them. That's also another way they work.
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by foljs 16y ago
> If you aren't an investor or otherwise involved in one of the company's with a "bullshit fantasy" valuation, how does the "bullshit fantasy" valuation hurt you at all? Gee, I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with the governmen
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by foljs 16y ago
a) "Are not related" to what? b) Really? You have never heard of a programming culture , and how that could differ in Mac vs Windows vs UNIX programmers?
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by foljs 16y ago
> Interfaces designed for experts tend not to hide important information and high performance features. That you want "not to hide important information and high performance features" does not imply the interface has to be poorly design
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by foljs 16y ago
> but that app seems pretty cool. Well, a typical Mac developer wouldn't touch that with a 100-mile pole...
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by foljs 16y ago
Obviously the "one man" in your opening sentence. Duh!
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by foljs 16y ago
<b>but the films that make the most money are rarely bad. The highest grossing films of the last three years have been Avatar, The Dark Knight, and Toy Story 3</b> Which, even if praised by whoring critics, are all quite bad
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by foljs 16y ago
1) (a) and (b) Applies mostly to the Darwin source. Apple doesn't provide you with the latest sources before it has it released commercially. Big f'n surprise. Not many people are interested in Darwin anyways. (c) Actually, you can get the
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by foljs 16y ago
You can have all the right in the world and still be an a hole.
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by foljs 16y ago
Also: blonde and kinda hot.
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by foljs 16y ago
> but here's why I think he doesn't deserve the scorn given to him: Everything he says is backed up by this premise: "Don't just accept this - try it! I'm only recommending it because I found it to work." Isn't this a stock phrase in EV
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by foljs 16y ago
> As for womanizing, again it shocked that after so little time passed after her wife's death, he jumps into the scene (and with a vengeance). It shocked WHO? Who are you (or I) to judge another persons personal life in matters such as
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by foljs 16y ago
Em, though about the possibility that he was not sexist as "condescending" (women are inferior, and they should fetch my soup), but sexist => interested in the ladies. I, mean, this is a man that was doing some of his work in a strip jo
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by foljs 16y ago
Yes, only those kind of bookstores are in the same, and even bigger mess than Borders is in.
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by foljs 16y ago
> The news media keeps saying that Borders is going out of business in large part due to e-books. But I have a hard time buying that. Useless anecdotal evidence follows...
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by foljs 16y ago
And no more bloody experts-exchange...

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