notphilatall

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by notphilatall 13y ago
I've always figured (at least for former soviet states) that it's a combination of: + a rigorous STEM curriculum + limited conventional job prospects + a social/business environment in which exploit-selling is a respectable p
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by notphilatall 13y ago
This seems quite backward - if France wants startups to succeed, why would they block a majority buy-out for nationalistic purposes?
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French government blocks DailyMotion acquisition(zdnet.com)
1 points by notphilatall 13y ago|2 comments
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by notphilatall 14y ago
It's a cool project, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a start-up. How will you monetize while depending on FB? Is this currently a pain-point for people, to the point that they would pay money for it?
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by notphilatall 14y ago
I was pretty excited about SocialCam when they first launched, and sad when I saw "OMG SEE THIS" type videos spreading via their app on FB. Why can't we have an instagram of video? It sucks to see my friends tricked into clicking on racy vi
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by notphilatall 14y ago
That's an interesting reaction, and someone else said "This would be great were I a stalker." It comes as a surprise to me though -- all of these photos are already public. Do people not expect this degree of discoverability with Instagram?
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Sunday hack: Instagram / Google maps mashup - feedback?(insta.notphil.com)
3 points by notphilatall 14y ago|3 comments
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by notphilatall 14y ago
"3) ... There are plenty of parts of the country where you can earn a combined six figure income while spending less than $100/sqft for a home in a good neighborhood." Where are these magical lands? I've lived in Atlanta and the SF Bay Area
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by notphilatall 14y ago
From what I read, Instagram faced major challenges scaling their service to meet the demand of their growing iPhone user base. My guess is that iPhone growth just now plateaued enough to allow them to release their android client.
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by notphilatall 14y ago
What amazing proof of Apple's marketing savvy. I last used instagram with a second-hand iPhone 3G, and stopped using it when I upgraded to a Galaxy Nexus S. I never thought I downgraded myself into being a second-class mobile citizen in the
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by notphilatall 15y ago
That's only an option if you're shuttering the product of your own will. If you're part of a talent acquisition (which is the case with Posterous and Milk), the purchasing company would have to make that call, so you should really address t
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by notphilatall 15y ago
Quick explanation: In orthodox judaism, one is not supposed to operate a light-switch on the Sabbath. I'm not jewish, but some of my friends are observant (but progressive) and use the Sabbath as a day of reflection. This seems to completel
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by notphilatall 15y ago
Again, hashing won't do much except make you feel fuzzy inside. Since the hashing mechanism is stored on the phone and the possibility space for US phone numbers is extremely limited, it'd be trivial to hash all possible numbers and then do
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by notphilatall 15y ago
You can usually assume that the non-country/area-code numbers have the same country/area code as your current user, if you know their phone number (good thing to get during registration).
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by notphilatall 15y ago
It's mostly a question whether they store it or not -- although they have to store it in order to support notifying you when new users who are in your address book join the service. If their servers are compromised, a cracker could still ge
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by notphilatall 15y ago
How do you expect the app to find other users that are in your address book without uploading your address book? It can hardly send all other users to your phone in an attempt to match them up. I agree that the second notification is a litt
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by notphilatall 15y ago
I've noticed a pervasive attitude throughout the SF social app community that your app is at a disadvantage if it doesn't use all of the (potentially dirty) tricks that other apps use -- especially in a crowded space. If your app is the onl
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by notphilatall 15y ago
But Time Warner will know it was just you :)
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by notphilatall 15y ago
Who on earth do you have service with that doesn't let you set your own WIFI password?
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by notphilatall 15y ago
What amazes me the most is that recruiters today are largely as awkward and ineffective as they were ten years ago. Maybe it's just that the worst recruiters are also the noisiest, but I would think that enough recruiters would have learned
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by notphilatall 15y ago
Email me (address in profile), I joined Google in 2010 from Slide. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :)
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by notphilatall 15y ago
It's a shame, because UDID-based user blocking has been quite effective for a lot of apps and communities. I suppose users could authenticate via iCloud, and Apple has an interest in users doing this, but it's a bummer for UX.
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by notphilatall 15y ago
What is going on with Samsung? This should have (a) raised all PR alarms as soon as it got traction on the internet, and (b) should NOT have taken >24h for someone to track down what they're installing in C:\windows\SL At least it remin
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by notphilatall 16y ago
Right, and I could again disable your timer, which would just lead to a JS arms race. Why send the content to the non-authenticated client in the first place? Wait to get the confirmation that the person paid or is within quota, and then ge
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by notphilatall 16y ago
Cute, I like the overall design a bit more than the voting to be honest. I did something similar over the weekend, plotting instagram pictures on a map. You can see it at http://insta.notphil.com/map.html - click on a place on the map and
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by notphilatall 16y ago
No option for "I know the basics, and don't immediately see the need to learn more?"
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by notphilatall 16y ago
I'm currently hiring for a large organization and have received linkedin profiles (in lieu of traditional resumes) twice -- both times I was prompted to register a linked-in account in order to see the full details. IMHO It's on-par with se
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by notphilatall 16y ago
I'd be concerned about my liver and kidneys. The author will probably survive this, but without nutrients the additional stressors will cause some damage. Did the author follow his own advice regarding talking to a doctor?
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by notphilatall 16y ago
Who determines product direction? Aside from the challenge of estimating developer contributions ("I wrote the core services" vs. "I wrote the money making feature of the day" vs. "I wrote the analysis / AB test tools that let us optimize".
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by notphilatall 16y ago
Can you sort for music videos as opposed to static images with audio? I attempted to tackle this problem with youvj.com (a weekend project of mine) a while ago, filtering for music video, official, etc in the description and title (as well

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