DanBlake

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by DanBlake 14y ago
Heres the issue (and a opportunity for a startup?) - eBay remains the main place to sell second hand goods. There are other options (craigslist, amazon) but the fact is it takes longer to sell and still flush with scammers. What does the so
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Gazelle is worthless and preys on the poor and uneducated. You get less than 50% what you would from selling on ebay. http://www.gazelle.com/iphone/iphone-4s/at-t/iphone-4s-64gb-... vs http://www.ebay.com/sch/Cell-Phones-Smartphones-/935
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by DanBlake 14y ago
They are up to 10 billion msgs a day now. So incredibly crazy- More than 100k messages a second.
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by DanBlake 14y ago
There is much hype now with going 'back to basics'. You get more cred saying you are building things in C or C++ then you do if you are building them in C# or similar 'new' languages. However, one big fact that is being left alone here is t
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I dont know why my comment was deleted, so here it is again: Here is the issue with cloudflare- They are overselling, plain and simple. If I was a large image host, like imgur- Whats to stop me from going to cloudflare and ditching my $100k
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Sorry, but this is completely inaccurate. Normally I would let it sit here as this post is over and nobody will see it, but those figures are not worldwide data. In some areas Mac certainly has higher penetration but it is absolutely not th
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Because enterprise. Go look at IE8 stats right now. Keep in mind IE10 does not support this, so ask yourself when nobody will even be left on IE10.
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by DanBlake 14y ago
If you have accurate stats for programmers/developers showing their desktop choice, by all means. I would bet on Windows being well over 90% still. Remember Microsoft sells worldwide, not just to silicon valley. How many programmers in Chin
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by DanBlake 14y ago
"In fact, so many people I work with don’t use Windows as their host OS." Then the people you work with are a edge case minority. Windows absolutely and completely dominates the desktop computer landscape in both enterprise and home. Most e
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by DanBlake 14y ago
90% penetration will not be for at least 4-5 years, if that. Thank mostly IE for that, But also Safari and a host of mobile browsers.
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That is what I thought. Samsung must have had a stipulation saying if outside suppliers raised their prices they could pass along the cost. I highly doubt this was just Samsung looking for more profit. It would also explain Apples willingne
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by DanBlake 14y ago
You could not even idle for 6 hours with that generator in the pic. (On gasoline)
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Basically, the article is made up. You would be hard pressed to run a generator for 6 hours on a gallon of gasoline. We are talking about urine here- 95% water.
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I dont feel I am calling anyone out (except perhaps the website/author). I was trying to convey that this article is only getting traction /because/ of that. It is a deceptive invention that uses more power than it creates. This is contrar
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Sorta different situations. This contraption is extracting hydrogen from urine. Gasoline engine just consumes/runs on gas. Whats being said is that there is skepticism that the hydrogen extraction takes more energy than the hydrogen yield y
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Article mentions a charged electrolytic cell. Charged from outside power?
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Unfortunately this looks to be mostly puff-press since we are dealing with a trifecta of minority-in-startupland (black, female, third-world country) This weird contraption obviously uses more power to make hydrogen than it takes to run it.
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I believe a appropriate way to handle this would be to say something like: "In order to use this service, You must have obtained a waiver from Hulu, Netflix or Pandora that allows you to waive paragraph X of their terms of service. If you d
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Yeah. Requiring a call in for cancellation is shady but the guy just seemed like he was looking to whine/complain. This guy must write a lot of blog posts about every company who makes you call vs email. I hope he never has to do anything w
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I think the best use case for 99designs is to browse around, find logos/designs from other contests you like and then contact those designers directly. They will likely work harder because they know they are getting paid and you will get a
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Vibration dampening is this important --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I think it has been well established that disclaimers on legal advice and commentary are less important than 10 years ago. A reasonable person must be under the assumption that the author is acting as their lawyer. Adding the extra "This is
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by DanBlake 14y ago
It seems like this would have all been mute if zappos did the standard industry thing of including a "I agree to the terms and conditions" checkbox on account creation page: https://secure-www.zappos.com/register?checkout=true
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by DanBlake 14y ago
I dont get why you would bother using a blob for forgot password.. Isnt something like reset.php?account=joeblow&auth=md5(accountname/secretkey/first10charsofcurrentpasshash/yymmdd) enough? You cant replay attack the reset link once its
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Article does not mention debt- Does Zynga have any? If so, it explains some of this.
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Craigslist launches Padmapper Functionality(sfbay.craigslist.org)
7 points by DanBlake 14y ago|0 comments
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Another one was alexadex iirc
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by DanBlake 14y ago
Is this article implying that their is the possibility of including a malicious application inside of a .rar format that would run upon uncompression? That is crazy if true. Also makes me think using 7zip might be a safer option than WinRAR
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Should you develop for App.net?(doubledbl.tumblr.com)
3 points by DanBlake 14y ago|0 comments
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by DanBlake 14y ago
1: All leases in SF automatically convert into month-to-month leases upon termination (in rent controlled units). Hence why it doesnt matter if your long term tenant wont sign a new lease, they dont need to. The crux of rent control. 2: Sub

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