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by jeffool 11y ago
Location: Albany, GA, USA Remote: Yes. Willing to relocate: Yes. Technologies: Résumé/CV: http://resume.jeffool.com Email: JwBridges@gmail.com (or, yes, Jeffool@gmail.com) Currently: webdev for a local business Former: 6+yr
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by jeffool 11y ago
Isn't that the norm? My career history is journalism (producing TV news). The vast majority of jobs I apply for never reply. Not so much as an automated or form-letter "thank you". Even if they do reply, and we talk a couple
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by jeffool 11y ago
Location : Albany, GA, USA Remote : Yes. Willing to relocate : Yes. Technologies : Résumé/CV : http://resume.jeffool.com Email : JwBridges@gmail.com (or, yes, Jeffool@gmail.com) Currently : webdev for a local busines
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by jeffool 12y ago
I think that's reasonable. If my watch could do everything my phone could do, I'd rather wear a small watch than carry a larger phone. Then again, I'd prefer glasses over a watch.
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by jeffool 12y ago
Agreed. The guy really seems to "get" things, which is always great to hear about an artist whose work you enjoy. In addition to being a great album Wu-Tang Clan's album Forever was the first CD to offer multimedia when inser
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by jeffool 12y ago
While a surprising turn to me that he ends up at Facebook... I think a lot of people forget that id Software sold to Bethesda in 2009. He's known as one of the most independent game developers, but he's been "an employee&quot
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by jeffool 12y ago
I think people have reasons. I think their hesitance in relation to Facebook is not completely unwarranted. Mostly people are exaggerating anything I'm worried about, but, hardware owned by non-hardware companies is often tied into sof
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by jeffool 12y ago
Consider that id Software sold to Bethesda about four years before he left it. He's a proponent of openness, yes. But he's been as much employee as employer since 2009.
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by jeffool 13y ago
I first noticed the approach on The Verge and their sister site Polygon, and was okay with that. Cut to now, and even a local TV station does it. (Not that local TV stations are known for excellent layouts.) It kinda drives me crazy. I wish
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by jeffool 13y ago
And in the same vein, while I'm not defending those who put their entire life savings into Bitcoin, to put their entire balance into an online wallet strikes me as the worse way to go about that. Paper wallets aren't comparable to
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by jeffool 13y ago
>* It's trivial to point out all the ways some existing system is broken and how much better it could be given a imaginary greenfield to recreate it. Yeah, it is literally the same as saying "I have an idea for a web service&#x
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by jeffool 13y ago
Any interest in the thought of Bitcoin (currently) as only 30% currency, and 70% commodity?
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by jeffool 13y ago
>No, it's a Netflix subscription, so when they drop your kids' favourite shows you have fun explaining corporate politics as the reason they can't watch Bob the Builder any more. I suppose this is as good a time to ask as
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by jeffool 13y ago
Out of sheer curiosity, and anyone can answer, what would you imagine the tent poles of one to be?
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by jeffool 13y ago
There is no truth to the idea that ants are being sent to prison. That was the snarkiness in the comment. One can understand and agree with a sentiment (that sending those scientists to jail was bad) without trying to turn everything into a
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by jeffool 13y ago
I wouldn't consider a private recording a "Big Brother" thing. It's when recording is mandated and that you have no choice in sharing it, that it becomes "Big Brother"-ish. Personally, I could see a passive recording feature (say, the last
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by jeffool 13y ago
This is going to sound cheesy, but, what do you normally do in a day? Where do you go or what do you do that may seem mundane to you, but something wildly different to others?
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by jeffool 14y ago
It has been done! In particular a look at the "quack" that Coulton used in his version (instead of cussing like Mix-a-lot did): http://geeklikemetoo.blogspot.com/2013/01/about-that-quack.h... He also points to a great example indicating t
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by jeffool 14y ago
For the record, I was completely unaware of this; thanks!
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by jeffool 14y ago
Well, Valve owns Steam, their publishing arm/store/DRM. And like EA now sells their games with their online store/DRM "Origin", Valve does the same with theirs, Steam! Yeah, they get more by shoehorning people into Steam than they would los
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by jeffool 14y ago
I think people (myself included) took your initial inquiry as sarcastic because you didn't so much as ask if it were possible as ask where it could be done. The wording kinda to presume one COULD purchase the game without DRM. And if you kn
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by jeffool 14y ago
I've always heard the phrase "ignorance of the law excuses no one". Now, should it? In many cases maybe so, but we all know the obvious cases where it probably shouldn't. But to assume that intent is the rule of thumb or has been since... W
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by jeffool 14y ago
I often include a link to my profile in emails with the idea that if the person has or cares about it, they can see recommendations. If not, well, then hopefully it doesn't matter to them and it's not a negative. A few people have commented
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by jeffool 14y ago
While I have no special insight, I genuinely think you're attributing to malice what can more easily be attributed to stupidity. And even really smart people can be very, very stupid.
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by jeffool 14y ago
I don't know about know, but I remember being told as recently as a couple of years ago that id Software used it as an inter-office chat tool. I certainly have imagined its use at jobs before, even when I worked in call centers. It couldn't
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by jeffool 14y ago
I agree that Steam succeeds because it's easier than piracy, but I disagree about some of the details in that statement. I think you're overplaying the threats involved today. I pirated stuff when I was a kid, and it was relatively easy for
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by jeffool 14y ago
I actually do get the worry of changing the ecosystem. That's the biggest concern to me as well. And I think I get your concern about the labeling as well. You're worried that people will assume the worst. I mean, you called it a "warning".
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by jeffool 14y ago
As someone who doesn't care at all about eating genetically modified foods, I expect the argument over labeling will break out soon. To fire the first shot: I really wish they'd label genetically modified foods. It seems a small courtesy fo
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by jeffool 14y ago
Man that's so painful to see. I imagine most here on HN are "ahead of the curve", but I envy those who work in an environment where that's more common. I worked at a news station and when we finally opened a Facebook page my boss couldn't u
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by jeffool 14y ago
Many years ago I read Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff. I expect most of you will find that a public school primer of advertising, but considering it was 2000 and I was fresh out of high school, it was my start to a much more critical way of th

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