AlexBucataru

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And Now the Happy Hour Has Been Patented(businessweek.com)
1 points by AlexBucataru 14y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBucataru 14y ago
One can only hope that some Big Media cos will look at this and say: "Wait a minute... So, if we make our content easily accessible, people won't pirate it much. Maybe we can compete with free, after all!"
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BitTorrent Traffic Booms Due to "Licensing Challenges"(torrentfreak.com)
8 points by AlexBucataru 14y ago|3 comments
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Is There a Drone in Your Backyard?(reason.com)
2 points by AlexBucataru 14y ago|0 comments
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Apple Patent Application Details Ultra-Flat Keyboard(techcrunch.com)
2 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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We’ll Handle Google And Apple, Mr. President; You Worry About SOPA...(techcrunch.com)
5 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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Transluminal Neutrinos? Not So Fast(reason.com)
1 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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The Unexpected Way To Use Your Social Network Strategically(fastcompany.com)
1 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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Focus On Planning Scenarios, Not Fighting Fires(fastcodesign.com)
3 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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Is The Cloud Finally Catching Up With Mighty Oracle?(forbes.com)
4 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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Predict What Consumers Want Before They Know It(fastcodesign.com)
1 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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App helps blind to send text messages(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
Hashbangs for state representation are just a tool, which can be used to make things better or worse for the users. Where content is the main purpose ("websites"), they are overkill at best. They can be useful though in functionality-first
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
You are right. The concept is not new, but it seems to have reached a point where more and more people "get it" and are starting to apply it to many aspects of our lives.
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Beyond Facebook: The Rise Of Interest-Based Social Networks(techcrunch.com)
2 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|2 comments
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Marketing Lessons From RIM’s Failures(mashable.com)
1 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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Introverts, The "New Groupthink," And The Problems With Brainstorming(fastcompany.com)
2 points by AlexBucataru 15y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
What is truly amazing is that his approach makes so much sense, you'd think there were a lot more angels like him out there. On the other hand, it does take a lot of passion and effort, so I guess that explains it.
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
The way I understand down voting, it is meant to help clean up the conversation by marginalizing useless posts. For the most part, it looks like it is used correctly for that purpose. However, I have noticed a few down voted posts that were
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
> If you can't say something nice...just don't comment. That's great advice, both online and face-to-face. Well, probably "useful" rather than "nice", and say it respectfully; e.g. when debating an idea, arguing your position may not be
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
Also, success is not necessarily correlated with happiness. Success is more about getting what you wanted, while happiness is more about wanting what you've got.
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
This would be a more accurate review that the OP :) Another big takeaway for me was that you cannot have a healthy relationship with your money until you stop working for the money. Work for passion, curiosity, experience, whatever satisf
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
In experimental tasks, parallelizing does not provide the same gain in success probability as accelerating the process of prototyping. Building prototypes in parallel does not provide the benefit of a feedback loop, as the iterative process
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
Giving it away for free, even for a limited time, can make future sales an uphill battle, not to mention ticking off the clients who already paid for it in the "sell first" phase. Giving something away for free should work, as long as i
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
Government control and government ownership are two distinct concepts, with the latter not being a necessary condition for the former. That being said, it is more an issue of the same groups controlling most of both the political and econom
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
You are right: the problem was not the problem, but the available tools, namely the inability to "fail fast and cheap". However, I am not sure what alternative to building better tools first would be viable - throwing more resources into br
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by AlexBucataru 15y ago
Good point. Breaking down the code into "isolated enough" units as you write it shouldn't add much complexity or effort. It actually makes testing / debugging and refactoring easier. You cannot anticipate what will need to be added, expan