theplaz

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by theplaz 8y ago
@Onethumb: I have ~150k photos on Flickr and a 10 year paid account but I stopped using it ~1.5 years ago when I got sick of their video upload timestamp issues. I have not checked recently if fixed. When I upload photos, Flickr looks at th
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by theplaz 8y ago
The biggest learning I had from this and watching Justin work is to be honest - don’t try to bullshit and pretend you know more than you do. Be honest what you don’t know - but then act quickly to learn what you don’t know and answer those
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by theplaz 8y ago
IT Associate @ Atrium. At Atrium, our IT team is a core part of the business - supporting our lawyers and paralegals to more efficiently. We not only manage commodity IT, but select and implement the off the shelf tools that power the la
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Statement by Secretary Johnson on WasPo Story Concerning Digitized Records(dhs.gov)
1 points by theplaz 11y ago|0 comments
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by theplaz 11y ago
The worse problem is it also makes it difficult to change forms - or at least it creates the perception forms can't be reduced/simplified without 9+ months of process. *I work at USDS/SSA
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Yahoo Launches On-Demand Passwords(yahoo.tumblr.com)
3 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Mountain View Development Plans (inc Google) Full Details(mountainview.gov)
2 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Video Game Simulates the Singular Thrill of Assembling IKEA Furniture(consumerist.com)
1 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Lewin Twitter contained sexual comments to fans(tech.mit.edu)
1 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Yahoo Aviate Can Now Search for Apps, Contacts and the Web – Without a Browser(techcrunch.com)
2 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Introducing Search on Aviate(yahooaviate.tumblr.com)
2 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Dark social, and the in-app web view reality(medium.com)
1 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Incredible Images Show UCLA Campus Flooding After Water Main Break Near Campus(theblaze.com)
2 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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Insights from Boston's UberBOAT trial(blog.uber.com)
5 points by theplaz 12y ago|0 comments
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by theplaz 12y ago
This is pretty cool!
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by theplaz 12y ago
I think they are worried about metadata and similar info being embedded and not properly redacting it. This is a fool proof method against that.
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by theplaz 12y ago
The Windows Desktop app is much better as it's all in one place (like the iOS app). However you still have to "add" the music to play it.
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by theplaz 12y ago
The old version of Cloud Drive was pretty much that (except it was hosted on Amazon). Before Cloud Drive, I used Subsonic, which is self hosted. Though it never really worked all that well.
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by theplaz 12y ago
Not sure why I have to "add" to listen to Prime songs. Can't I play the full song before adding it to my library? I want to be careful what I add - it's kinda like a bookmark. I should be able to try it first.
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by theplaz 12y ago
I lived (in a MIT dorm) in that area for 4 years.
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[Full Video] NBC News Interview with Edward Snowden(nbcnews.com)
2 points by theplaz 12y ago|1 comments
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by theplaz 13y ago
MIT took the opportunity to reconsider it's policies and ethics after Aaron Swartz (ie. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/mit-follows-up-on-questio... ) This is the first test of those changes after Swartz.
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by theplaz 13y ago
I had a internship directly with on of the VPs which I met at a recruiting event. It was pretty interesting - I got to learn a ton about Disney. The problem is that Disney is missing the Silicon Valley style work culture and dynamism. Ins
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by theplaz 13y ago
I interned at Disney last summer and met with 1-2 of the people on the list (after cold emailing them). I think many of the upper management of Disney are super-sharp. It's interesting to see such a broad list of execs. I'm gue
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Incredible Presentation On How Sugar Is Destroying The World(youtube.com)
4 points by theplaz 13y ago|0 comments
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by theplaz 13y ago
Plus there is the zoom and whoosh factor, which BART already has: http://www.humantransit.org/2010/01/transits-zoomwhoosh-prob...
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by theplaz 13y ago
If BART became automated they could afford to run more trains, especially later at night, as they do in Vancouver: http://www.humantransit.org/2010/02/driverless-rapid-transit...
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Could San Francisco Automate Strike-Threatening Train Drivers?(techcrunch.com)
44 points by theplaz 13y ago|49 comments