AlexMuir

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   Lovefilm forced to drop Flash for Silverlight(zdnet.co.uk)

   1 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|0 comments
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   The success page is about as uninspiring as it gets, and I can't see that people who actually solved this problem would stand out from all other applicants - it just funnels into the same application process. http://canyoucrackit.co.uk/soy
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   Apple Must Build a Console(alexmuir.com)

   1 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|0 comments
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   Code sober, get things done drunk(alexmuir.com)

   153 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|86 comments
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   Sorry, I meant shop as short for workshop (ie. factory) It's probably not common now that I think of it.
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   You're right. But the problem is bigger than this. It's that the data centre eliminates a far greater number of jobs than it creates. Somewhere else in the US, there's a CD pressing factory which has just closed its doors with 150 jobs l
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   I absolutely agree. And it's all well and good talking about startups creating jobs, but really, what YC startups have created any meaningful number of jobs (aside from highly paid developers (Dropbox, Heroku) or sales staff (Airbnb)? I'm
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   I've just written an article (waiting for publication) lamenting the same thing from almost the exact opposite angle: Lots of jobs, no money. Here in Scotland, the government has just given £10.6m in 'support' to Amazon to encourage them t
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   by AlexMuir 15y ago

   I recognised his trademark passionate speech (02:43) about using technology to improve education. Laden with superlatives, it's just like every Apple product launch since the iPod. It's a great pity that education hasn't actually changed a
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Not really. If the company is successful enough to be worth suing then brilliant. If the app does any harm to people (pretty unlikely I think) then a lawsuit will be the least of my worries.
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    I am working on an App (web and phone-based) that aims to encourage this sort of change in thinking with a focus on depression. If you, or someone you know, are interested in being a Beta tester drop me an email - me@alexmuir.com - it's a c
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Thanks, I appreciate the opportunity to engage. Apple, Intel and Dell are the misfits on that list, fine. Although by the same logic Microsoft (the equivalent of a webapp developer in its time) should pose no threat to IBM. For sure, they
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    I'm not seriously suggesting that two guys in a garage set out to build an index of web pages like Yahoo's - Yahoo has hundreds of people for god's sake. Seriously though, I do hear what you're saying. But I used the words chip and niche.
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Trend did a pretty decent job with Housecall - I think that was mainly an ActiveX control? I don't know much about the AV industry, but their market (Windows PCs) is being challenged by mobile devices, tablets, *nix, Macs and browser-based
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Downvoters, educate me! What's the issue here?
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    The membership of this group is basically a list of businesses that startups should be chipping away at. Let them spend their time lobbying, while you sneak up behind them and whack them on the head with your niche webapp. -- Adobe Apple A
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    The vital statistics (I'm no expert) : - 61m Monthly Uniques - 22m Reviews - 529k claimed business listings - There are 19k active business accounts contributing revenue. First 9 months of 2011 - Revenue $58.4m - Loss $7.6m - EBITDA lo
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    Government IT projects: [One] trial and [no] error(alexmuir.com)

    1 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|0 comments
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    This article is a bit unquestioningly gushing - although I love the creativity and concept. For starters, I can't see how it has any lateral grip. Nor is it explained how it negates the need for a hub or bearings. I assume disk brakes ar
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    I haven't been able to read this status update (it keeps timing out for some reason), so I'm just going off the title here. * The downside of these hugely public, and permanent, appeals for information on someone is that everyone will want
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    At this size, I don't really feel like it's an issue. Manufacturers for Apple will all employ financial analysts whose job is to price the 90-day payment terms into their prices. If you're going to pay me tomorrow, I'll quote you $1 a wid
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    Groupon IPO happens today: Here's what investors need to know(businessinsider.com)

    1 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|0 comments
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    I worry that PHP's problem is that all these various frameworks are fragmenting developers, while Ruby on Rails is like a single beacon for Ruby devs. I've just spent ten minutes going through the docs and I can't see anything that improves
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Every language should have something like this. Let's you play around and see whether you have like the feel of it.
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    Try out Ruby in your browser now(tryruby.org)

    1 points by AlexMuir 15y ago|2 comments
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Apologies for not answering your question - I misunderstood your meaning. This was after entering the SMS code - so it's certainly not an issue where you can enter a phone number you don't control.
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    For context of readers, I note you are a FB engineer. Thanks for looking at this. 1. I'm not concerned about harm to users from this issue, I don't pretend to be. That should be Facebook's role. 2. This isn't a bug or a vulnerability, it's
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    Jackpot - the name is the trigger, possibly combined with an own-domain email address.
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    I'm glad you've managed to recreate. As mine was a new, friendless account my list was purely people with me in their phonebook.
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    by AlexMuir 15y ago

    http://www.facebook.com/find-friends/browser/ Try that page - it shows me most of the same people at the top, and then tails off into their friends.