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by phillian 12y ago
[Author of the post here] As a writer, what's really interesting about this post and the comments/ feedback it has gotten in the last few days is how much it resonates with engineers regardless of their discipline - from aerospace
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by phillian 15y ago
This - "Twitter... It reflects the true asymmetry of human relationships." What I loved about Twitter is that it gave me the onus of choice to include or ignore people that may have attended school with me, may have worked with me at one p
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by phillian 16y ago
Is it possible to remove your content from YouTube once it's uploaded? Were I the author, I would certainly not want Google continuing to profit from my labors if they ceased paying me.
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by phillian 16y ago
Regardless of whether or not Del.icio.us is being shut down, Blake Irving's reaction to his screencast being "leaked" was completely uncalled for: http://twitter.com/Blakei/status/15488532072103936 "@bpm140 @joshu Really dude? Can't wait
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by phillian 16y ago
As a web publisher and affiliate marketer, I've had domains DDoSed at least 4 times in FY10. The worst of it being twice in two days on two separate domains both targeting the same campaign by the same botnet based in Turkey. Each one cost
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by phillian 16y ago
"Likely to continue increasing YOY"? Says who? Groupon? At least one compelling academic argument why Groupon's 'deal hawk' business model is not built for sustainable growth: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cpoGFpYf78oJ:w...
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by phillian 16y ago
Groupon could have taken a lesson from my grandma: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." $6BB today invested in AAA bonds for ten years will be more than their corporate valuation after their deal hawk coupon site's novelty wears o
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by phillian 16y ago
Agreed 100%. Seems like Lieberman chose some low-hanging anti-anything-anit-America fruit to bolster his relevancy. It's pretty transparent.
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by phillian 16y ago
As soon as I saw this title I was going to post the Snopes rebuttal, but you beat me to it. A non-tech family member will send this in an email chain at least once every six months along with some variant on this message: "OMG THE SKY IS FA
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How Effective are Groupon Promotions for Businesses?(docs.google.com)
5 points by phillian 16y ago|0 comments
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by phillian 16y ago
Via anecdotal comments from business owners I've spoken with here in Philadelphia, most Groupon participants reported no long term increase in sales. The beauty of Groupon was it's timing, gaining massive ground during the worst recession t
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by phillian 16y ago
That's a great observation. From my own experience I would agree- smart & young sometimes requires thrift; smart & thrifty can be ageless; thrifty and young sometimes requires making smart choices. And, eventually, the product of sm
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by phillian 16y ago
At the time I was living in Philadelphia. A year prior I had been living in San Fran or a touch under 70k and barely making it.
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by phillian 16y ago
That was my experience. Even though I have the means now, the cost is not proportional to the service benefit for me.
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by phillian 16y ago
For what it's worth, I'm a female former English major. (Who also happens to be learning how to code.)
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Ask HN: Are early adopters rich?
19 points by phillian 16y ago|32 comments
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by phillian 18y ago
New Jersey (though 26 miles from the city is close enough I should have just conceded to the NYC crowd) originally. Currently - Philadelphia. Hence the nickname.
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by phillian 18y ago
FYI- when I clicked on the link I received nothing but a blank screen.
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by phillian 18y ago
A futon and a few kettlebells for the office. A power nap and a quick 15 minute workout can do wonderful things for productivity.
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by phillian 18y ago
Wouldn't publicly available information (e.g. the kind you would have found in a phone book 20 years ago) be allowable under the laws of Fair Use? The only reason I can see a directory being disadvantageous is because it undermines all the
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by phillian 18y ago
On the usability side, clarifying how to change the color of the button could be more intuitive.
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by phillian 18y ago
I work as an IP paralegal by day (when not fiendishly working on my own coding projects at night). My one recommendation is that if you are cost conscious, send your IP projects (copyright, patent, trademark) to a boutique or, as we call th
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by phillian 18y ago
Right now I have a 9-5 as well as my own business on the side. Until I launch full-time (end of March) my current working schedule is 4-7:30 a.m. at home, 9-5 @ dayjob, 7:30 - 10ish p.m. at home. Rinse. Repeat. Thank god this doesn't go on
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by phillian 18y ago
I met Perez at the airport mid-month on a layover in Minneapolis. For a z-list actual celebrity, I found him incredibly full of himself. A woman, obviously a fan and just tickled to death, asked if she could have her picture taken with him.