mikecarlucci

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by mikecarlucci 13y ago
If the tech shrinks enough to fit in what are today normal glass frames, then it will be everywhere. Until then I feel like it's more like the camera was before it merged with the phone: a device you use when you want to capture an experien
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by mikecarlucci 13y ago
Depending on the data being analyzed the app could have a use for sports organizations as well. But that's a more difficult market to break in to directly. A company I helped with on a few apps had a table at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics
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by mikecarlucci 13y ago
$999 is cheap for a bar review. Prices do vary from state to state, but BarMax, Barbri, and Kaplan all offer programs for the CA bar. Barbri for California: $4,135 http://www.barbri.com/courseInfo/barReviewCourse/pricing.htm... Kaplan for
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
Not messaging per-se exactly, but making Dropbox an account that could be accessed through Mailbox. The standalone messaging without sending a file as well is just a wacky idea of a different direction Dropbox could decide to take things.
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
There are so many options once Dropbox can theoritcally be accessed through an inbox interface... Mailbox could be a first step to competing with Messages/gChat. Instead of rolling out their own email, Dropbox can be another type of account
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
Yeah, even if it influences the Xbox Arcade (and Sony, Nintendo competitors) then it could have an impact on the market simliar to the Steam effect. Every July and December gamers on Steam go crazy over sales - twice yearly excitement in ge
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
I agree. I've always thought it was a combination: a thank you that the person took time to talk to you and with you about the position (especially a non-HR employee), a follow up to the interview if there were other questions or to send a
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
I hope someone creates a version of that game for Google Glass. Or a Glass parody video acting out similar poses.
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
I am. I like restoring old computers, replacing capacitors etc. to get them running again, keeping my bike in order (though not my car), and messing around with HTML for simple things on a blog. I'm working on learning Ruby and slogging alo
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by mikecarlucci 14y ago
This is exactly what I am striving for. I don't want to program full-time, but I like to be able to understand enough and be able to muddle through somewhat if there's a project I feel like working on. Maybe I end up doing more than that, b
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
As an Apple user with an Android phone I've really tied with pointless bashing from either side. Android is successful and Apple fans need to live with that. At some point with it's like athletes who shout political/religious beliefs until
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
This. Cyanogen is still harder than jailbreaking an iOS device, but the gap is narrowing. As that edge reaches more casual users, who aren't just tech-heavy people, there's no reason Cyanogen couldn't be the Ubuntu of Android phones. It cou
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Exactly. This is the sentiment I expected to see on HN, where there is always praise for the hacker "building" and sticking it to the man because he/she can make something on their own.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Aren't the members of the handmade movement part of the capitalist system? If no one purchases their goods, preferring instead a factory made product, they will go out of business. Or maybe just continue to produce as a hobby or for friends
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Amazon must have concluded that people with Kindle hardware would be more likely to buy books than those with who have Prime but an iPad which uses the Kindle, Nook, and iBook stores to name a few. Maybe they'll loosen that restriction afte
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
What would be great would be a discount to purchase books you've already borrowed for free. Or just include book credits like Audible. Each year your Prime membership gives you 12 credits that can be used to purchase books.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
I don't think anyone is talking about creating "STEM-lite" grads but maybe there are qualified people who for one reason or another can't pick up calculus as fast as the school wants. Or didn't get a complete enough background in high schoo
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
The new Chrome Remote Desktop BETA could go a long way towards increasing usability too.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Not that I game enough on either platform for it to matter, but a unified gaming profile including Xbox Live and GameCenter (among others like Yahoo Fantasy Sports) would be fantastic. Never going to happen though.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
What would be great is if iCloud is part of the long-rumored iOS 5 wireless syncing and updating for iPhones/iPads/iPods. One of the best things about my Android phone is that if I have a problem or want to mess around I don't need physical
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
And software has copyright protection as well. Putting aside the length of copyright protection, which is a separate problem, copyright doesn't protect functional elements.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Interestingly, if Microsoft does buy Skype and make it Windows only, they would be opening a huge door for GChat as [EDIT: the obvious] cross-platform client. FaceTime too, I guess, if Apple decides to move in that direction. If Skype isn't
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
Maybe I'm off base, but for #10 formal clothing rentals, if people are dressing up less often, wouldn't it make more sense to rent a suit or tux for an event than to spend several (or more) times that amount for something you won't wear aga
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
According to Wikipedia: "With the accession of Russia to the Berne Convention, Soviet and Russian works that were copyrighted in Russia in 1995 became copyrighted outside of Russia.[147] By virtue of the retroactivity of the Russian copyrig
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
I haven't laughed so hard in months. The clay portraits and taxidermy rat simply amazing. That said, I bought a poster on etsy of the 500 most common passwords, it's not all creepy.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
For any baseball people, from more of a stats angle, both Up and In: The Baseball Prospectus Podcast and FanGraphs Audio are pretty good.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
GDGT is a bit of a different product. Peter Rojas launched Gizmodo and then Engadget, which are both news sites. When he and Ryan Block left to form GDGT they didn't build "tech news site #3" but a community-driven discussion board around i
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
And starting in 2012 the Royals could be on the rise. Their wave of prospects is just starting to arrive. Fast internet and competitive baseball.
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
I know what you mean. My great-grandparents lived well into their 90s and some of the stuff they ate was "terrible" but it was all cooked from home. Meats and sweets
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by mikecarlucci 15y ago
It's scary that KFC and processed food is now equated with "Western diet." Michael Pollan says it best: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

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