philipithomas

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by philipithomas 14y ago
I have access to Safari Books through my university, so this hasn't yet been a problem, but it's a fair point. However, when I'm searching for something precise, a google search / help documentation usually suffices. When I'm reading a book
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by philipithomas 14y ago
I love o'reilly publications, but I remain a fan of printed books. Specifically in technical texts, I like being able to scan and leaf through physical pages. If they had a special on printed books today, I would buy a couple; alas, with th
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Gaming Customer Service(blatherskite.me)
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by philipithomas 14y ago
Are they just running Google search on there?
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by philipithomas 14y ago
The algorithm is quite fascinating (from what we can infer). Using things like a markov chain to model results in Google shows a big jump from human-compiled results in early search engines - it's a new application of theoretical knowledge
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by philipithomas 14y ago
Rather than revenue diversification, I was thinking more about product diversification. With core products like GMail, search, Plus (hah), and Google Apps, if any one of those takes a catastrophic plummet in traffic, their revenue wouldn't
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by philipithomas 14y ago
However, I am interested in seeing how their business diversifies over time - Google has both stability and revenue from expanding beyond search. Additional features such as SSO and analytics are increasing the value of Facebook beyond just
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by philipithomas 14y ago
I think you can see it if you are referred via social media, so . . . tweet it and click the link, or search for the title on twitter and click the link. (I could post a link to my own tweet of the story, but I feel it would come off as mor
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by philipithomas 14y ago
"[. . .] search warrant issued by the FBI,” Doesn't a judge have to issue a warrant?
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by philipithomas 14y ago
I appreciate how smoothly the article bridges qualitative clarity and quantitative concreteness.
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by philipithomas 14y ago
However: "The Plum Card is designed for businesses with revenue in the 6 to 7-figure range [...]" [1] So, it probably doesn't apply to most early-stage startups that need a line of credit. [1] http://www.plumcard.com/whoitsfor/
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by philipithomas 14y ago
Fair enough - I'm trying out the app now and I'll reserve further judgement until I've thoroughly tested it.
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by philipithomas 14y ago
YC wins some and loses some. This seems to late to the market. Even the term 'circles' is already taken. However, I like their logo.
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by philipithomas 14y ago
With its impending IPO, do not think that any of Facebook's actions are at all swift.
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by philipithomas 14y ago
Intriguing, but I feel that most of the efficiency problems it tries to overcome can be mostly remedied by key-based SSH access. Can anyone comment on this?
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by philipithomas 14y ago
Can someone explain how the 'hair' monitors humidity?
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Pinning The Brand: Is it worth the risk?(evetos.com)
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