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by Adaptive 16y ago
simon_ I fully agree. This is also what drives me nuts about, for example, NPR's coverage of the crisis. I love the Planet Money team for instance but they invariable do their "gosh can you believe how nuts this financial stuff is" schtick
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by Adaptive 16y ago
Looks like they heard you... there's note up there now.
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If Zed started off life as a slightly loose cannon coding rock star, I believe we've seen him evolve into something much more important with greater staying power. Here's hoping he stays excited and engaged in the Python community.
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Definitely buggy. But they released an update within, oh, an hour or so? of the initial beta, so it's clear they are iterating fast. Very happy to have it, even w/issues.
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You got it. I worked in marketing for years and was always shocked at how much personal data we could get our hands on. It makes the recent dust ups about online privacy look (almost) tame in comparison, yet these profiling companies get aw
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by Adaptive 16y ago
Forget about Google... Facebook is gunning for Claritas and other profiling companies that have been doing this for years, though behind the scenes and not in real time (see http://epic.org/privacy/profiling/ for more about profiling). Go
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by Adaptive 16y ago
Though I'm only a marginal Python hacker and thus consider it unlikely that I could contribute at this point in my development to the code base, I've continued to be interested in things like outreach, particular improving the Python web si
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by Adaptive 16y ago
Did they even consider the hundreds of people whose blood, sweat, and tears went into building that device? Of course they didn't. Nor does anyone else. Apple anonymizes their engineering team for the most part. No more signatures on the
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by Adaptive 16y ago
While I don't agree that Google Docs sucks (I think it's "adequate" - not a ringing endorsement - for a simple majority of users' needs) I would like to see improvements. Here's why they are coming: Chrome OS. Chrome OS is predicated on sol
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by Adaptive 17y ago
SSHKeychain shouldn't be necessary on Snow Leopard, fwiw, unless you're using it for something other than ssh passphrase caching.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I was a pro shooter for three years and 90% of what set me apart was being a nice guy to work with, being professional and being consistent. * Other pros that I took work from were often jerks. Being a nice, direct and reasonable individual
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I recently migrated over to Google Apps Gmail from my own personally managed, rock solid Postfix server. I am comfortable with Gmail because, although I don't own the code, I still own my data. See also: http://www.dataliberation.org/ -
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I'd be full time Chrome Mac if: 1. 1Password extension was equivalent to the Safari version (it will get there, I hope) 2. ChromeHelper didn't occasionally go insane and eat CPU cycles like donuts. After quitting Chrome, mind you. 3. I co
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Increasingly common among large ISV sales teams. Not my niche, but I know plenty of (almost exclusively) guys that used to hit the office every day but now work almost exclusively from home.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
When I work from home I get up like I'm "going" to work, put on decent clothes (no pj's) and don't screw around before sitting down to work. I keep a regular schedule just like I was working in situ.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Excellent comment. Most non-technical professional firms I've worked in evaluate performance solely on results. We book our own flights, we schedule our own meetings with clients, etc. In other words, the company expects us to be grown-ups
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Willow Bark contains salicin, similar to the primary ingredient in aspirin. Many modern drugs are plant derivatives. I think the key here is to understand the chemistry and medical impact of the substance, regardless of whether it is "herba
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Evidently you are posting from some universe alternate to the rest of us. In our universe the iPhone was spectacularly well received.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Ok, here's my first person experience. Anecdotal, take it with whatever grain of salt you wish. I want to state up front that I love living in the US, I love the outdoors here in particular, and I'm happy to be back. But... --- After over a
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Yep. Race on to the first OpenID+key fob provider. Go!
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I have the distinct impression that H+ magazine is put together by writing the headlines first (giving each a near-future sci fi theme, e.g. DO BOTS FEEL JOY?) and backfilling the article content. It's like the Wired "Future Artifacts" back
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I didn't read the post as a rant at all. If anything I think that the author has articulated an important factor in evaluating any third party provider's security infrastructure: attitude.
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News stories that conflate underlying technologies with the application of those technologies are dead. Time to switch to a better news source.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
I find "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" by David Black to be an excellent intro to Ruby. My only comparison is with the Pickaxe, to which it is superior (clearer, scales to different experience levels, not overloaded as a reference).
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Yep. 503's. I assume they instituted an air gap.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
Agree with ojbyrne that this could all be replicated on a late night schedule as well. How about this: 10 benefits of conforming to your bodies natural rhythm? I've read plenty of research on innate, physical inclination to rise early or la
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by Adaptive 17y ago
It brought back a little of that early-web, fish-cam thrill when I realized that I could actually control pan and tilt on that camera.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
One of the nicest online book companion sites I've seen. O'Reilly's book related sites, as much as I love O'Reilly books, look crufty in comparison.
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by Adaptive 17y ago
None of my blogs are about online marketing. Was happy to leave it as a profession, even if I enjoyed it the years I was in it. First, let me assure you that you do, in fact, have many of the prerequisites for successful marketing, even if
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General comments. As a preface, I established several online marketing teams at a multinational ad agency, back when things were new enough that they didn't have anything in place. I am super skeptical of most claims about online marketin

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