kailoa

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by kailoa 17y ago
Big big upvote. This works much better than the passive-agressive method of silently glaring and cleaning your screen in front of co-worker. Here are more examples of the same technique: "This is totally my own OCD, but it drives me crazy
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by kailoa 17y ago
The iTunes/iPhone asks your permission before sending crash reports. If the original article is true, then palm is potentially in for a backlash. This kind of information transmission should clearly be opt-in.
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by kailoa 17y ago
His definition of entrepreneur is different from what we normally think of tech startups, but even for tech startups, Portland surely ranks high. I've lived there and at one point was a late state startup employee. It's got the moxie and
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by kailoa 17y ago
pg mentioned that half of the early YCs died. I think with traditional VCs, I've heard more like 90% failure. Ron Conway (the angel) said that it's thirds for him. (1/3 of investments lose it all, 1/3 return the money, 1/3 have some kind
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by kailoa 17y ago
Mac OS X, safari 4, Doesn't work. When I copy parts of a story, all I get are a couple of blank lines.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Joel uses his articles as marketing tools. FogBugz makes money and CityDesk is part of that industry that died.
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by kailoa 17y ago
If I applied, I would definitely make a video, even if noone looks at. PG has mentioned multiple times that it's statistically helpful. If it comes down to you and some other guy who didn't make a video, I'm sure the extra effort is notic
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by kailoa 17y ago
I'm convinced one of the most valuable tricks Joel picked up in his long career is that of producing "truly engaging writing." Vision statements are common sources of yawns, but Joel doesn't ever let that happen.
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by kailoa 17y ago
The EngineYard Contest is becoming a lottery of smarts. The ability to build or find the best solution increases your odds.
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by kailoa 17y ago
For just about everything non-media, I use mercurial to a colosite. Works fantastic. Big media files (movies, iTunes Library, etc.) are backed up locally to a big data server.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Reminds me of the fun people have passing FreeCell RNG seed numbers around. Anybody who finds a particularly tough one will write it down and pass it around to the other FreeCell addicts. Then there's a small local mini competition to see
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by kailoa 17y ago
Classic iphone marketing strategy: make something Gruber likes.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Absolutely. I'd even expect some cross-pollination as well.
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by kailoa 17y ago
SICP comes to mind... Knuth's TAOCP also.
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by kailoa 17y ago
I'm going. I'll be happy to meet up with any other HN denizens for beer/coffee/chat/whatever.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Dustin Curtis recommended me 3 sites on twitter the other day: http://www.alistapart.com/ Articles and reference http://creattica.com/ Social voting on CSS, logos, biz cards etc. http://typophile.com/ Mostly discussion as far as I
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First Web IPO in 2 years starts strong, leaves doubts(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by kailoa 17y ago
One more. I'd also like to see "sample course" that I can take that _doesn't_ require me to log in. A lesser alternative would be a video screencast of an actual course.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Friendly shell has gotten some attention over the past few seasons. http://fishshell.org/index.php http://fishshell.org/user_doc/design.html
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by kailoa 17y ago
I'd like to suggest supporting OpenID instead of making me create another user/pass.
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by kailoa 17y ago
That last graph is one of those "holy shit" types of revelations. MS should be scared spitless.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Sometimes technology has a way of overwhelming societies capability to adapt to it. Cocaine problems in the US. Ultrasound in a country with a one child policy and a strong cultural preference for boys. Here, rigid societal hierarchies ar
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by kailoa 17y ago
I'd assume that not everything that WA puts out will be text or tables. They've got graphs, complex mathematical formulas, general purpose image manipulation and who knows what else. It may have made sense to "unify" the rendering engine.
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by kailoa 17y ago
I can only assume there was context involved. Something like: With no money, you only have two viable choices: 1. Build something to get to Ramen Profitability 2. Raise Money. If you don't focus exclusively on one or the other, you may be m
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by kailoa 17y ago
About half of that is the cost of the drives. That's not going to change no matter which solution you get. Compared to the 4-bay $500 Drobo, (plus $200 for DroboShare) it's not bad considering he's getting exactly what he wants. The trade
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by kailoa 17y ago
http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=82&#3... Thecus 7700 supports ZFS. 7 drive bays though.
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by kailoa 17y ago
The CPU is overkill, but make sure you get a 64-bit CPU. The way ZFS is designed it basically requires as large a mapping as you can get.
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by kailoa 17y ago
Good article, but all problem description, no solutions. I'd like to understand what drove the Japanese and American industries to turn around, and how much of that is applicable to China.
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by kailoa 17y ago
It's a completely separate entity from their main product lines. Until there is financial incentive to fix it, change will be slow. This includes the emergence of serious alternatives. Serious being defined as platforms that make develope
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by kailoa 17y ago
A fisherman would never sell his rod to buy bread. Are the tax administrators/politicians that short-sighted?

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