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by pinwale 7y ago
well, the "G" originally stood for Google.
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by pinwale 9y ago
> Email will be still around when WeChat is dead and gone. I highly doubt that. WeChat is so deeply embedded in daily life in China that I would almost consider it required to do anything substantial in China. http://www.teleg
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by pinwale 9y ago
In China, you will probably do all of the above in WeChat rather than email. Whenever I need to conduct business with someone in China, it's always over WeChat rather than email. One of the Chinese court systems actually sends notifica
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by pinwale 9y ago
Apple bought C3 Technologies, a Swedish 3D mapping company back in 2011. It was originally spun out of SAAB (the mapping solution was originally used for missile targeting systems, iirc.) more info: https://www.youtube.com/w
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by pinwale 10y ago
add some more context, this NYT editorial was written a couple days before Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office (March 4th, 1861). The states had already voted to secede (or not to) earlier in the year. The Confederates had even provisiona
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by pinwale 10y ago
Here is a live version of a [Palantir product for the Carter Center]( http://www.cartercenter.org/syria-conflict-map/ ). I'd say it looks quite nice for a digital map.
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How to become President of the United States without getting elected(medium.com)
3 points by pinwale 11y ago|0 comments
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by pinwale 12y ago
> The physical Google button is a somewhat terrible idea, I think someone tried something similar a while back The idea is the same as Google's Voice Search (and Siri). http://www.google.com/insidesearch/feature
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by pinwale 12y ago
They all generally obeyed them because those ISPs didn't want to tangle with the FCC and their Open Internet order. (Who does?) Also at various times before the 2005 regulations, certain parts of the internet infrastructure were under
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by pinwale 12y ago
In the wireless data sector, which operates under separate and looser "net neutrality" rules, there are already packages to allow "unlimited" access to preferred applications. T-mobile does this[1] as well as Virgin[2].
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by pinwale 12y ago
>I think the strongest argument against net neutrality is that the US has gone through long periods without it and none of the doomsday scenarios have occurred. Incorrect, the Internet in the United States has been under de-facto net neu
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Reddit is submitting an FCC comment(redditblog.com)
1 points by pinwale 12y ago|0 comments
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Contextly files an FCC comment(contextly.com)
3 points by pinwale 12y ago|0 comments
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by pinwale 13y ago
I just installed them, doesn't seem to impact the speed of Quick Look.
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by pinwale 13y ago
While your points are valid, they are not relevant in a legal sense (at least in the United States). An electronic signature is as good as a paper signature under the ESign Act of 2000 if they follow this definition: `electronic sound, symb
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by pinwale 13y ago
Sigh. If you bothered to read the article, then you'd know that it doesn't say anything about donating to the EFF. There isn't even a link in the article to donate. All last point asks is people to support Stop Watching Us ra
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by pinwale 13y ago
Just throw the terms in the RapGenius search bar: http://rapgenius.com/search?hide_unexplained_songs=false&q=h... Javascript is mentioned in "White & Nerdy" by Weird Al Yankovic. Also, looks like there ar
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The fallacy of technology(pinwale.tumblr.com)
1 points by pinwale 13y ago|0 comments
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Design for Color Vision Deficiency for Better Apps(pinwale.tumblr.com)
1 points by pinwale 13y ago|0 comments
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by pinwale 13y ago
I think it's all the embedded content and the huge banner (that somewhat unrelated to the headline) at the top, etc is not really meshing together. The site design could use a bit of love.
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by pinwale 13y ago
Minnesota DOT probably recommends zipper merging because they are taking into account that it's likely a safer (and easier) method for drivers in denser traffic.
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by pinwale 13y ago
A 25% recidivism rate is pretty good considering that many might have gone to the "battlefield" as payback for their improper imprisonment. Also, it is disingenuous to conflate terrorism with insurgency as both have different motivations an
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by pinwale 13y ago
I'm really sorry about everything, but I do want to say the virtually all of the work and promotion was done by me and my friend in the beginning three years ago. (I'm hesitant to bring my friend's name in this thread even though he is an a
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by pinwale 13y ago
That was some proposed advertising packages on reddit plus a couple other things-I didn't handle the advertising. I'm really tired and sorry. I just wanted want a nice event for everyone. :(
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by pinwale 13y ago
It was just supposed to be monitoring for some scammy companies and she got overzealous and sent a letter to Backupify (they are awesome and definitely not scammy). The lawyer said the best way to stop scammy companies would be to trademark
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by pinwale 13y ago
Thanks! I really appreciate that. It's just difficult to see the reaction here compared to happy reaction on Twitter and facebook. :) Your comment was nice to hear.
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by pinwale 13y ago
It was an idea from a reddit thread. I getting hammered in this thread, and I don't if anyone can see this. but the Backupify thing was a misunderstanding. It's okay to use World Backup Day! I had some trouble with scammy companies and I wa
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by pinwale 13y ago
I just wanted to protect my visitors. Companies wouldn't listen to me when they found out I was student. I hope everyone understands that. I'm just a guy in [redacted] who wanted to do something for the community. The designer&#x2
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by pinwale 13y ago
That was for a proposed advertising package for reddit.com. That definitely isn't coming to me. Why doesn't anyone believe me? I live in my parent's house and I got a broken car. I love HN because it helped inspire me to do s
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by pinwale 13y ago
I can explain. It was just a misunderstanding with Backupify! Backupify is cool. The name was trademarked because some shady companies were creating ransomware/shitty software and using World Backup Day to promote it. The lawyer was just ov

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