targz

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by targz 16y ago
Really interesting idea. I do like the design, it feels like many other smart apps that you run into in the line of software dev. Great logo too.
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by targz 16y ago
This is a good point. I'm not in the target audience for McDonalds either, but even if I were and I really really liked McDonalds, it wouldn't make it any healthier or more substantial. I would still be better off eating something else.
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by targz 16y ago
The whole "Oh god, Zynga is morally and creatively bankrupt" line is at least 6 months old at this point (and for a company that's only 3 years old, that's a pretty long time). So what is your point here... It doesn't matter how long ago
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by targz 16y ago
Great point. I hope there's another way of getting rid of anonymity than having us all have Facebook accounts, because that is a great value. Having your real name and ties which connect back to your social life can hopefully be achieved so
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by targz 16y ago
The problem is, in order to know that Quora is good enough to force you to use FB Connect even though you don't want to, you have to use FB Connect... I'm certain this slows their growth.
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by targz 16y ago
Much agree. I see how you want to have a unique url for each year. I think that's a cool idea too, though each time you slide I think it's fine if the url doesn't update. Maybe unique year urls are only for inbound links.
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by targz 16y ago
Very cool. Do you think a http://www.khanacademy.org/ channel fits in?
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by targz 16y ago
What's with the buddhist bent YC? What does it have to do with hacking or business? I realize intelligent minds are attracted to buddhism and hinduism, but it's still pretty off topic, in addition to the idea of reincarnation being offensiv
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by targz 16y ago
That sounds really useful... Any chance of sharing this part of your vimrc?
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by targz 16y ago
While I find Rowe perfectly charming and don't agree that he's disingenuous about anything in the talk I do agree in general about people being indulgent with the "right" question appended at the end of every statement. I've noticed this in
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by targz 16y ago
Did you see the "Yummy Raspberries" demo on this site? It's a pretty exact... well, raspberries to raspberries comparison. Unless one or the other was poorly implemented it's the same demo on both sides, again with Flash outperforming.
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by targz 16y ago
I totally agree. I'm also all for discussion, but I think he makes a mistake when he tries to imply they are special at all and other people should "go for" them / are "free to use them". Some of these ideas have been around for ~10 years.