squarecat

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by squarecat 14y ago
WTF? Fuck "engaging in the conversation". What a crock of shit. You make a demonstrably valid point and fuck it, who cares...
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by squarecat 14y ago
I suspect the catalyst for this acquisition was due to one thing: their blog has an easily identified link to their product site. Startups should take note of this oft overlooked detail.
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by squarecat 14y ago
(Not Constantinople)
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by squarecat 14y ago
Hopefully, the hyperbole communicated the intent of a good-natured ribbing...
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by squarecat 14y ago
You mean the awful marketing that led you to the product? That awful marketing? Is that the awful marketing you're referring to? I just want to clarify that the awful marketing you are speaking of is the one that caused you to look at the p
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by squarecat 14y ago
The only opt-in email marketing I've ever been glad to receive, and not soon unsubscribed from, are those that presented an exceptional offer in the very first mailing . It seems like such an obvious engagement tactic, I'm surprised so m
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by squarecat 14y ago
The author should stay FAR away from car dealers.
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by squarecat 14y ago
Admittedly, my second two statements are largely digressions. But as to the first... My basis was that the button pusher was critical to your business and automation was not feasible, since you would have done that from the beginning. I don
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by squarecat 14y ago
Or, for the sake of discussion, why wouldn't your big red button pusher take home a majority of the profits? Without them, what do you have? As I understand it, your scenario is how unions justify their continued existence. (If you're not a
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by squarecat 14y ago
I will freely admit that most of what I attempted to read beyond the first few pages was over my head (and certainly my attention span), but the gist of my interpretation would be that humans are increasingly mating with sameness in mind, o
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by squarecat 14y ago
Interesting that a highly transient society has managed to apparently reduce genetic diversity to an observable degree in such a short span of time. Having recently rewatched Gattaca and falling in the Asperger range of ASD, I can't help bu
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by squarecat 14y ago
(I can only speak as a user when it comes to native apps, so what I'm getting at may not align with your point of view or context. Please take my tone not as derision, but pragmatism as a paying customer and interested reader.) You say "Of
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by squarecat 14y ago
How about: 1) Solve an actual problem. 2) Resemble/enhance something people already enjoy. Because the article's #1 point is entirely valid and thoroughly unnecessary for popularity. And #2? Well, good luck with all that (no, seriously, tha
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by squarecat 14y ago
While it's not news for a computing device to rely on ignorance in regards to marketing of specs, at what point does it cross the line from casually misleading to intentionally deceptive?
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by squarecat 14y ago
Perhaps topically relevant: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_good
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by squarecat 14y ago
Live code demo: http://codepen.io/squarecat/pen/KuHsl Edit: The article has a demo, but live code is sexy. Edit2: Now with music, courtesy http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4693403 (rudimentary play/pause control at top left via parti
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by squarecat 14y ago
Understood, which is why Google, if it's going to all the effort of setting up open door press days, is missing a huge opportunity by not employing hypervisualized metaphors/exhibits to demonstrate how truly amazing a modern data center is,
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by squarecat 14y ago
So, basically, the Lenoir data center is their sightseeing location for "factory tours". The only data stored there is probably Doodles...
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by squarecat 14y ago
Seems having only a dentist on hand for that "experiment" is akin to having a mechanic as your only expert for analyzing a car wreck? As the author even concedes, an abundance of anecdotes is not evidence. Was it so hard to find a chemist w
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by squarecat 14y ago
Another victim is seduced by a leading "The", causing any attempt to reference this publication to become a tragedy of grammar.
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by squarecat 14y ago
This isn't an entirely unique scenario, as there are other establishments not unlike this one that, once they achieved critical mass in awareness, simply gained intolerably long waits. This could be viewed as either an inability or unwillin
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by squarecat 14y ago
Let me get this straight, people considering the purchase of a vehicle that starts at US$57,400 are balking at a implicit service contract that runs about 50% the cost of their annual Starbucks budget? These must be the same people that c
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by squarecat 14y ago
Hence the emergence of such legislation as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 Of which the efficacy is certainly arguable, since a truly reputable firm might seek to provide such a mechanism in an easy-to-use manner. Wher
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by squarecat 14y ago
http://hothardware.com/News/Appeals-Court-Reverses-Decision-... tl;dr The issue in question was whether or not Dell's Terms and Conditions of Sale could legally force the company's customers to settle disputes through arbitration rather t
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by squarecat 14y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox
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by squarecat 14y ago
Heard that story this morning: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/10/01/162062347/the-... Made me consider stockpiling a supply of CD players to gouge future hipsters with...
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by squarecat 14y ago
Dick sez: Play nice or I'm taking my ball and going home.
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by squarecat 14y ago
Being able to paint copies of a Picasso does not make you a great artist. It makes you a great reproductionist and it's probably a marketable skill. Nor does it deserve respect from the artistic community. "Respect" is a highly subjecti
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by squarecat 14y ago
One-page, seizure-free view: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/1982/02/have-you-e...
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by squarecat 14y ago
rants.ycombinator.com?

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