mmakunas

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by mmakunas 10y ago
The amorality on this thread is blowing my mind. Please watch something like this before perpetuating the delusion that tech doesn't affect people. http://www.structureevents.com/joyents-bryan-cantrill-on-tec...
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by mmakunas 10y ago
So build stuff that completely disrupts entire industries, and eliminates whole categories of jobs, but STFU about it's actual effect on people? Just cash the check, geek out about the tech, and get on with your life?
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by mmakunas 10y ago
That is bull. Everything about what tech is creating is political. Software cannot "eat the world" and not be political. Ignore it at your own peril.
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by mmakunas 11y ago
Great analysis but this makes it sound even less likely. Going from zero marginal costs to something like this seems totally against their current model.
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by mmakunas 11y ago
Maybe I'm missing something but that number sounds hard to believe. An S-Class in the US is $100K. Even if a stripped down "utility" version was available at $50K that's $5B worth of cars. Yes, it's a "long ter
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by mmakunas 12y ago
Consider occupational therapy as well. It was very very helpful for my daughter, who was "behind the curve" with her gross motor skills. It's not just about increasing physical ability, either. Lack of core strength can affec
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A month without a phone(medium.com)
3 points by mmakunas 13y ago|0 comments
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Five Things We Need To Know About Immigration Reform(dashes.com)
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by mmakunas 14y ago
Interesting point. I think it's about creating something entirely disposable, and the freedom that Part of that freedom comes from the level of privacy I think. But from looking at those tweets maybe I'm over estimating how people are ex
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by mmakunas 14y ago
You're missing the point. People are realizing that it's probably not a good idea to have every pic you ever take be out there for the world to see. But they still want to share them with certain people. They (rightfully) don't trust other
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by mmakunas 14y ago
The Economist obits are indeed wonderful. It's almost always the first thing I read in it. But, as a point of clarification, this article is not the weekly obit. It's part of the Babbage blog. It remains to be seen if something about him wi
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by mmakunas 14y ago
I agree. Technology and media over the past two decades have done more to sanitize war (and thus make it more palatable). It's good to see the oposite happening. As dickc says, "twitter brings you closer." The more we experience the reality
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by mmakunas 14y ago
"The advertising units Twitter and Facebook are selling today are “hot dogs”: poorly targeted, poorly performing." Maybe that's true for FB, but apparently Twitter's mobile ads are doing just fine: http://on.wsj.com/LxMLwc
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by mmakunas 14y ago
Somewhere an RIAA lawyer is trying to figure out how to sue the AEOI.
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Kenny (Weather Channel) and Steremberg (Weather Underground) Talk Weather(allthingsd.com)
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by mmakunas 14y ago
True, but Yahoo! has made so many mistakes that she would have to really to screw up (like lie on your resume) for it to hurt her reputation. So that time and opportunity cost is unlikely to ever be a waste. If she fails, well Yahoo! was al