Encosia

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by Encosia 16y ago
Is investing in McDonald's or BP not an investment? Both wreck lives too. Like I said before, acknowledging things for what they are doesn't mean that we also endorse or approve of those things. I certainly don't approve of the US' actio
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by Encosia 16y ago
If defense spending keeps the dollar strong, it is the definition of an investment. What word would you prefer used to describe the US' empire building/maintaining, and why? Even today, during two active wars, if you look through the app
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by Encosia 16y ago
That's trying to pin a bit of an exaggerated worst interpretation on me, isn't it? We don't have to endorse or approve of things to see them for what they are. Moreover, defense spending doesn't necessarily equate to violence. Look at the
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by Encosia 16y ago
If you believe - as many do - that our "defense" agenda is much of what protects the dollar's continued status as a nearly universal reserve currency, our defense budget is an amazing investment (notwithstanding the terrible, non-monetary c
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by Encosia 16y ago
jQTouch has a great looking website/demo and was very exciting a year or so ago, but I'll be happy to see a robust alternative. After having used jQTouch to implement iPhone-specific views for a couple sites, I won't use it again. jQTouch
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by Encosia 16y ago
I was reviewing some of Ellison's pre-acquisition talk about Java and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dtqe1e0tXg#t=7m10s Interesting and relevant.
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by Encosia 16y ago
Probably, yes. It would need to be fully browser-based though. I wouldn't be okay with shipping all of my viewing history to you for it to work. It would be most useful if it could integrate with my Instapaper workflow. If I visit a page
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by Encosia 16y ago
I can confirm that this setup has legs, long-term. I've been using my mice that way for over a decade now, after accidentally stumbling onto it. A good cordless mouse makes this configuration much more convenient (I'm still using an aging
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by Encosia 16y ago
To be fair, Zune has sold many millions of units and is profitable . It hasn't dominated the market, but it's not very accurate to call the Zune a "big time" failure.
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by Encosia 16y ago
I often wonder how many people are actually spending much time reading outdoors in bright/direct sunlight, versus just regurgitating that well-known point in favor of eInk. I find my iPad quite a bit more readable than the Kindle or Sony re
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by Encosia 16y ago
How many startups need hundreds of machines to get to ramen profitability though? Any time the licensing cost issue comes up, it seems that the goalposts move back and forth an awful lot.
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by Encosia 16y ago
You can run a MVC and MSSQL site on DiscountASP for $20/mo ($10/mo if you don't use MSSQL).
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by Encosia 16y ago
With BizSpark or WebsiteSpark, you have three years. Then, a Windows Web Server 2008 R2 license only costs $469. If a business can't manage to scrape $469 together after three years, they probably have larger problems.
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by Encosia 16y ago
A motorcycle's risk is almost entirely concentrated on the occupant(s), not its neighbors. That isn't a good comparison with transients imposing on resident neighbors.
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by Encosia 16y ago
Whether or not that was headed anywhere compelling, he ruined it when he insinuated that market cap is comparable to market share.
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by Encosia 16y ago
Don't "peacock" your business. Most of the business you're going after cares less about this than you think. That's especially true during economic downturns, where big is synonymous with overpriced. In the long run, you aren't fooling any
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by Encosia 16y ago
They do now advertise a US address next to some Air Force base in Nevada. The address listed on their website appears to be an office in a pretty mundane Vegas suburb, surrounded by restaurants and small businesses. Am I missing
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by Encosia 16y ago
Prose and programing aren't as unrelated as they might seem. Ultimately, both are exercises in using a particular set of grammar and syntax to convey intent.
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by Encosia 16y ago
Seems like that's simultaneously missing an opportunity to capitalize on their brand and missing an opportunity to strengthen their brand.
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by Encosia 16y ago
Almost everyone that has noticed my iPhone 4 and wanted to talk about it (strange how much attention it gets, compared to what the 3G and 3GS did) has asked about the antenna. The issue has been talked up enough in non-tech news that it's h
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by Encosia 16y ago
In terms of userbase, GMail is still third behind Hotmail and Yahoo. I would bet that current Farmville users overlap less with GMail than other email services too.
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by Encosia 16y ago
The backspace on newer typewriters works by re-striking the character with a paper-colored correction tape. They do a pretty good job.
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by Encosia 16y ago
I wish there were a balance between privacy and providing site owners with some sort of analytics. Correlating search terms to destinations on my site is something that I find very valuable. For example, I recently noticed that searches fo
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by Encosia 16y ago
The version of SQL Server CE bundled with WebMatrix is the first version of SQL Server CE that will run on a web server. Older versions were good for things like desktop apps, but were restricted from functioning in a server environment. W
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They seem to still be trying to sell what's left. I heard a Kin ad on the radio yesterday and saw the ex-girlfriend ad on Hulu at some point this week. I guess the discontinuation doesn't really matter to most users, as long as MS keeps th
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by Encosia 16y ago
The new web-enabled version of SQL Server CE that shipped with WebMatrix is shaping up to be a good option. Going that route gives you a great upgrade path from embedded, to the free SQL Server Express, to the more powerful versions of SQL
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by Encosia 16y ago
Not sure how conclusive or infallibly accurate this is, but it seems a lot more credible than the rumors people have been floating lately: http://pocketnow.com/rumor/actually-kin-sold-more-than-503-d...
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by Encosia 16y ago
For REPL, check out LINQPad. Its "Statement" and "Program" modes are great for that. http://www.linqpad.net/CodeSnippetIDE.aspx
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by Encosia 16y ago
I ran a crawler on the Alexa top 200,000 a couple months ago, measuring how many sites referenced jQuery and how many used a CDN. I haven't published the results yet, but will be sure to submit that post here when I write it. Keep in mind
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When using this CDN for versioned libraries like jQuery, be sure to avoid using the "latest version" references[1][2]. In order for the "latest version" feature to be reliable, they have to avoid users having stale local copies for very lon

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