Elepsis

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by Elepsis 16y ago
Which, um, isn't sold? Isn't that the whole crux of the argument?
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by Elepsis 16y ago
I believe Doritos takes entries from a bunch of amateur producers for their Superbowl ads, and then shows the ones that get the most votes. So that ad may not have actually ever aired.
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by Elepsis 16y ago
When you exchange mail with journalists (yeah, yeah, have the argument about whether Gizmodo staff are journalists elsewhere) it's fairly common for them to clarify when they will not plan to directly quote a reply you send to them in a sto
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by Elepsis 16y ago
Let's keep in mind that we're comparing a 2001 car with much more recent ones. Here's a video of the 2008 F-150, where it holds up dramatically better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LkAzt_0qIg&NR=1 Progress is awesome.
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by Elepsis 16y ago
One could make a pretty strong argument that Amazon is at its core a recommendation service (with really good logistics that take care of the rest of the whole "oh, I just bought this thing I didn't know I wanted" process).
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by Elepsis 16y ago
Does taking out your hard drive seriously void your warranty on a Macbook? That sounds, uh... completely insane relative to the practices of every other PC manufacturer.
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by Elepsis 16y ago
That sounds a bit exaggerated, even before the reorgs. There are currently ~5.
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by Elepsis 17y ago
You mean the one that RSA clearly said it owns? Let's be clear: this is a question about one certificate, that seems to ship with a number of different browsers and systems. Internet Explorer, however, isn't one of them.
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Ford’s Sync will turn it into a surprising consumer electronics company(fastcompany.com)
1 points by Elepsis 17y ago|0 comments
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by Elepsis 17y ago
An interesting contrast: One of the Windows Experience Principles introduced for Windows 7 is "Change is bad, unless it's great."
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Erm, Delta sure seems like an odd member of the list, doesn't it? They require you to enter a SkyMiles number and a PIN, along with your last name... all of which is certainly not very secure information. But ultimately, all that gives you
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Erm, isn't what you're proposing pretty successful and called Exchange and Outlook (or Domino/Lotus Notes for the especially unfortunate)? It's not exactly an easy market to enter, but there most certainly is one, and it's quite large. Coin
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by Elepsis 17y ago
I don't understand your retort about plug differences being a "North American problem." Just as an American needs adapters in Europe, a European needs adapters in the U.S. Not to mention that everyone is still potentially screwed across mos
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by Elepsis 17y ago
A category which Bingo Card Creator fits into pretty handily.
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by Elepsis 17y ago
I think the point is that Nokia is splitting developer attention between two incompatible platforms, rather than choosing one and getting it on as many devices as possible.
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by Elepsis 17y ago
I just read Outliers yesterday, conveniently enough, so the chapter is fresh on my mind. While Greenspun certainly refutes a thesis quite effectively, I don't think it's actually the thesis of the chapter he's discussing. First of all,
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by Elepsis 17y ago
It's worth keeping in mind that when Google proudly proclaims, "hey, so and so many people have gone Google," they've chosen their definition very carefully: "The reference to Going Google refers to US state governments using one or more
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Considering the post is on eu.techcrunch.com (And HN, for the love of all that is holy, please start displaying subdomains for the source URL already) that seems to naturally limit the conversation.
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by Elepsis 17y ago
China has blocked access to products by Microsoft, Google and others in the past, though in most cases they eventually got unblocked.
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Microsoft pulls China blog site amid code-theft charges(news.cnet.com)
63 points by Elepsis 17y ago|14 comments
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Just curious, have you guys tried reaching out to Microsoft at all to get this resolved before going public with it?
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by Elepsis 17y ago
"Hey, I know neither of these guys, have never met either of them, and wasn't actually at the event where the infamous 'Ballmer mocks iPhone guy' incident happened, but clearly Ballmer is threatened and Jobs isn't!" Plenty of Microsoft em
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Silverlight runs on the mac, and there's Moonlight for Linux. Not trolling indeed.
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by Elepsis 17y ago
"Finally"? What about the much-maligned contest in Australia that encouraged people to upgrade? What about the "Browser for the Better" program that gave out meals to the poor for every user who upgraded to IE8? What about the prompts to up
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by Elepsis 17y ago
At some point around the third year of my CS degree at Georgia Tech I went through a similar realization (I wonder if it's something about the curriculum): I understood that while I was smart, competent, and able to get through the curricul
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those two the only providers he reviewed that have an affiliate program? Everyone's a critic. :)
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by Elepsis 17y ago
Point 4 of your summary is not entirely unbiased -- it's still not clear whether the emails show that numbers are truly being fudged or that truly critical data has been deleted on purpose. Because the meaning of the emails is unclear, it i
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by Elepsis 17y ago
There is also splintering in the Linux sense, where the actual software is branched into a number of moderately-compatible versions that include different features, different ways to manage the software, and different interfaces. Despite it
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by Elepsis 17y ago
While I agree with the general thought about the interview, the last example question has nothing to do with riddles and falls into a completely different category: designing with constraints. In a job where a significant part of your respo
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by Elepsis 17y ago
I'm sorry, but this is a bunch of SEO guys whining about the fact that their dubiously useful sites they spent lots of time trying to move up Google's ranking are no longer at the top of the page. When most people search for "san francisco

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