MadManE

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by MadManE 12y ago
How is that T-Mobile's fault, though? Don't give out your phone number. Don't give out your Social Security Number. This seems like common sense to me.
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by MadManE 12y ago
That's not exactly true. . . isn't there a company that was created recently dedicated to mining asteroids and bringing the precious metals back home?
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by MadManE 12y ago
This kind of thing just makes me happy. I hope it takes off, and wish the best to the founders.
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by MadManE 12y ago
From the business' point of view, why would I keep paying the same salary for 25% less work? That's insane.
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by MadManE 12y ago
That seems like a tenuous argument at best. What I got from the article was that it examined both genders, and that women tended to fall into line with this method slightly more. It would be a different story if it were developed as a metho
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by MadManE 12y ago
It strikes me as odd that this is considered a legitimate offer by some (most?) people. The whole existence of FaceBook is dependent on collecting data from people - why would they offer to check privacy unless it was an attempt to collect
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by MadManE 12y ago
I would argue that true design is the essence of engineering. Or alternatively, that engineering is simply directed design.
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by MadManE 12y ago
Like it or not, the US has a very heavy influence in essentially all financial markets. If they do it, it sets the precedent for the rest of the world.
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Ask HN: Part number generation and tracking
1 points by MadManE 13y ago|1 comments
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by MadManE 13y ago
You say that like stability is inherently good to have.
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by MadManE 13y ago
How is it a win/win if I lose my data when I quit paying the subscription? Having proprietary data formats means that if I want to keep using what I've created, I'm kept hostage by my subscription. It's a lot better with
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by MadManE 13y ago
Subscriptions in general leave a bad taste in my mouth. What happened to just buying the software, and when you felt like upgrading (either because of compatibility issues, or needed functionality) then you can upgrade? Subscriptions defini
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by MadManE 13y ago
I got more useful information from this comment than from the article itself.
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by MadManE 13y ago
So sad. The stranglehold continues.
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by MadManE 13y ago
This is a subtle point that is often missed. It's the same reason that butt-in-chair hours has a real effect on how those above you perceive your work. Being visible doing Good Things is often more important than not doing the bad thin
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by MadManE 13y ago
The problem is that for most cases, management IS parasitic. It's only the edge cases with those great managers where they aren't.
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by MadManE 13y ago
So the only functional difference is that the government is worse than criminals?
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by MadManE 13y ago
More to the point, what's the difference between the government and criminals?
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by MadManE 13y ago
What's the difference between paying you to switch, and just being vastly cheaper?
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by MadManE 13y ago
I would argue that having laws against things that are easily deterred simply by money is evil. Anything that is worth outlawing should carry a significant penalty with it. Otherwise, we encourage legislation outlawing things for revenue in
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by MadManE 13y ago
Taking advantage of the existing situation for maximum personal gain doesn't indicate doublethink. It only indicates that they care more about themselves than they care about "the greater good" - which, in my opinion is how i
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by MadManE 13y ago
A bit of a side-note, but calling something an "equivalent" in this kind of circumstance is a bit of a misnomer, I think. "Competitor", sure. But "equivalent" implies some sort of interchangeability to me.
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by MadManE 13y ago
I found Lorem Ipsum on the side of a Chipotle bag not too long ago. I thought it had to have been satire, but now I realize that it's just incompetence.
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by MadManE 13y ago
Why is this a news-worthy headline? Shouldn't we be more concerned with the total number of Computer Scientists rather than how many have which genitals? Unless, of course, having a particular set of genitals determines the quality of
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by MadManE 13y ago
If you were running a business that was solely based off of how well people made money, wouldn't you want to include only those who had proven that they can make lots of money? Sounds like risk mitigation to me.
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by MadManE 13y ago
This seems to me to be an interesting comparison to the political world. In this instance, we have Google and Apple, both doing essentially the same thing in different ways, but one of them is doing it slightly less than the other and dem
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by MadManE 13y ago
As much as I agree with you, what competing search engine?