CrankyPants

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by CrankyPants 14y ago
I've moved to paying for content. In fact, at one point I shut off all content I wasn't directly paying for. A few things happened: • The S/N got astonishingly better. • The time spent on it was much lower. • What I got out of it was more n
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Surprise ≠ dismay.
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Who's saying there's a difference? That there isn't is the point. In fact, if there is a difference, it's that operating systems are far more integrated into both my personal and professional lives, both in terms of time and functional in
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah. Please see my other comment. It's not about putting ads on the home screen like we all assumed in the 90s to be the logical conclusion of where we were headed ("one day your car will be free, but it'll be covered with Marlboro inside
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah, that's fair, but shipping with ads isn't the point. The point is to replace desktop apps that aren't capable of serving their ads or contributing to data that will improve their ability to monetize said ads. That, and to prevent someo
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah. I love AdBlock, and I've donated. But it still can't filter out pay-to-play content (which, working in the industry I can tell you is far more prevalent than even the most cynical of people think), or anything of that ilk. And the sam
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Apple's latest iPad-related design patent is literally for the rounded rectangular front outlined in solid black. Unfortunate use of the word "literally." Anyway, this is what a rounded rectangle looks like: http://www.enfoportals.com/in
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah. A few other things come to mind: Chrome OS, Android, most search engines, nearly all news channels and coverage, the vast majority of television shows, magazines, most so-called "'blogs," for that matter, most online content, most new
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Interesting observation, though I think you're missing a few points in your analysis: 1. Engine braking + looking ahead to see when I need to lift = I seldom need to replace brakes. And my driving is quite spirited. (I go through brakes far
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
It's only sexism if it uses sex as a criteria to disadvantage someone who isn't male, in the same way that it's only racism if it uses race as a criteria to disadvantage someone who isn't caucasian.
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For your definition of "decent."
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah, the Gateway Drug factor here is huge.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Again, I say: sources?
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
You can do better.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Related aside: the consistency of lighting across the viewing angle on my iPad 2 was far better than on the 3. (It was scarily uniform on the 2.)
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Nothing makes me think "Mega is going to be the host-proof sharing nirvana," because I don't. Please, try to respond what people actually say.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Sorry I wasn't clear. These were classes set aside for so-called "gifted" children. Not just classes that covered more advanced material. (Though they did.) Nearly everyone in there was really, really smart. I'm sure many kids fell through
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
We have a winner.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Highways – Is what you're looking for. It's not sexy. No one will ever raise money for it. But nine out of ten African aid projects fail because the medicine or the personnel can't get to the people in need. Blanket the continent with highw
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Dropbox has already demonstrated that they play it fast and loose with user privacy issues. While I use Dropbox for many things, and admire what they've built, we'd do well to be more realistic about it around here.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Didn't you know that most CEOs are sociopaths? ...sociopathy appears to be an integral/essential part of human organizations. Sources?
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
What's with the unnecessary injection of US presidential partisan politics? We should be better than that around here.
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Yeah. The scuttlebutt at Google when YouTube was purchased was, "great, but what about when we have to take most of its content down for violating copyright?"
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I always figured it was to match iOS.
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Not my experience. The gifted classes I attended were far better than the regular ones, and allowed me to study some JHS and HS-level material. The major failure in my education happened during that wasted period between elementary and coll
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
I'll be downvoted for saying it, but this may be where the bloom comes off Marco's rose. And, this comment's relevant to the HN crowd: most (if not all) successful entrepreneurs owe something to outside factors, but can develop a sort of "s
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=fog+creek+c...
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What he said. Been doing this for a while.
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The entire thing is planned, practiced, and executed, with the help of a team of specialists (some of whom are also astronauts): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/flyoutcapec...
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by CrankyPants 14y ago
Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can't think of anything better.

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