scriptman

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by scriptman 11y ago
Yes. I think that this makes their achievement all the more amazing.
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by scriptman 11y ago
I think a poet is like a sculptor that is always forced to sculpt using Lego. Words are a coarse medium for expressing art as their look, sound and interaction with surrounding words defines their meaning. Stray too far outside of conventio
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by scriptman 11y ago
I suggest reading "The Old Man and the Sea". It was the first Hemingway book that I ever read. I read it when I was 13 or 14 years old and I remember being both amazed and deeply moved by the story. I was amazed because it seemed
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by scriptman 11y ago
Today, that could be because devs tend to confuse how to measure success and keep a foot in multiple camps. If you are trying to create a viral app, then giving your software away for free increases your chances of hitting the jackpot. But
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by scriptman 11y ago
Sorry, I have to disagree. If you did this, why would you even have the free version? The whole point of the free portion is to act as feeder for the paid version. If the branding is completely separate then how are the users going to know
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by scriptman 11y ago
I'm not an expert like patio11 or others, but I think that it could be that developers aren't always as interested in economics as they should be and this can lead to not understanding the behaviour of markets. Technically, develo
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by scriptman 11y ago
I agree, it's a really complex interaction. You have to consider: 1. The number of users that would never pay for your app, but are happy to download it for free. 2. The number of users that would never pay for your app without trying
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by scriptman 11y ago
This is a really good point. However, there are some apps that do have a model of $xx for unlimited use, even where there are ongoing costs. This is sustainable if the app continues to gain new users, hopefully at an accelerating rate. It w
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by scriptman 11y ago
I think part of the problem with freemium is that it changes your perception of where the value lies. The user discounts the value of the free component to nothing and only measures the value of the additional functionality that is unlocked
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by scriptman 11y ago
Yes, it's still an issue. I prefer tab separated too, but it still doesn't help you.
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by scriptman 11y ago
This is true. But, it seems a waste for the hacker to spend so much time working on a problem that would already be solved if they used a vendor that specialised in what they wanted to achieve.
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by scriptman 11y ago
Yes, it isn't ideal. What you can do is put 2 apostrophes in front of the number in xls/xlsx and save it to csv. The conversion will drop one apostrophe and when you open the csv it will still have one apostrophe in front of it fo
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by scriptman 11y ago
If you put an apostrophe in front of the number it will store it as text but will appear as a number. Just to be clear - you can then save the xls/xlsx to csv and the csv won't contain the leading apostrophe, but will show the who
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by scriptman 11y ago
This was really interesting, but it just seems like they chose the wrong fulfilment partner for their warehousing and logistics. I work for a third party warehousing and logistics company in AU, but we specialise in receiving orders from ex
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by scriptman 12y ago
This sounds a lot like Taleb's Antifragile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile
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by scriptman 12y ago
>The "overly" in that sentence is a value judgement. It may or may not be 'overly' to have a number of concerns over certain advances. I agree, it is a value judgement. I agree it is possible that people today may or
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by scriptman 12y ago
I think you are just proving the author's point. The author is saying that people living today are overly concerned about the environmental effects of experimenting with new technologies when compared with people in the recent past. Yo