OrwellianChild

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by OrwellianChild 12y ago
Looks like they read their own guest posts... The Economics of Writing a Book, by Carter Phipps http://priceonomics.com/can-authors-make-money-selling-books...
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TaskRabbit is blowing up its business model and becoming the Uber for everything(theverge.com)
3 points by OrwellianChild 12y ago|0 comments
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by OrwellianChild 12y ago
A simple example is the concept of living paycheck to paycheck... If you work on contract or hourly and payment is delayed (either because there weren't enough hours to work or your client is slow to pay), one of two things happens: 1)
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by OrwellianChild 12y ago
I see the value of this type of service in theory - a good anchor point on which to set pricing for AirBNB listings is useful especially when you are first starting up. Unless you are hoping to run your listing hands-off and full-time (the
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by OrwellianChild 12y ago
That would be consistent with previous reports of 3D "sensing" tech on the phone (not sure whether that means gestures, glasses-free 3D screen, or something else). Sources: http://bgr.com/2014/04/22/
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
As someone who prefers high-DPI screens for workflow management across programs (spreadsheets, web layout, graphic design, etc.), this scaling problem in programs is a frequent frustration. Particularly working with media (DSLR images or 10
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I think most economists would argue that it is unrealistic to expect everyone to shy away from a profit opportunity just because of a moral flag... Better to regulate the industry through government or privatize under tax/regulation to
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I think you and pi guy are on the same wavelength, but emphasizing different pieces... He is saying that pure capitalism doesn't work well against common goods (e.g. capitalism in fishing leads to over-fishing). He further says to priv
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Guarantee I'm not trolling. I simply disagree with your appraisal of the situation. This is the quote I have the most problem with: "People buy Apple and Adobe products because they want to. People buy Microsoft Office because the
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
So, by extension, the vast majority of Photoshop sales are due to PSD lock-in? And the vast majority of Apple sales are due to iOS lock-in? I'm seeking a distinction here. If my statements about Adobe and Apple are not true, what makes
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I don't understand your argument... The popular standards in all proprietary formats exert a "tax" on businesses and consumers in the context you describe. Witness Adobe with Photoshop and Flash, Apple with iOS devices, etc.
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Also relevant: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about...
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I posted this mainly to draw attention to http://www.charitynavigator.org , which makes it easy to vet the charities that you may be interested in contributing to... Some of the most high-profile movements to raise awareness abou
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Pink NFL Gear Doesn't Donate Much to Cancer(sourcefed.com)
1 points by OrwellianChild 13y ago|2 comments
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
It's unfortunate that our current media climate requires it, but a straightforward, "accept the inherent risks" approach to the problem would be massacred by news outlets. Were Musk to say something like this, headlines could
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Often, that is the case, though there is a lot of scrutiny on the patent trolls these days. We're also seeing great shifts in transparency on the part of the people held up by these IP bandits. Witness The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk: http:
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I'd like to see a settlement negotiation swing the other way. Someone like Kaspersky Lab with solid footing insists that Lodsys pay them to avoid trial. How much is Lodsys willing to pay to prevent the public exposure and invalidatio
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
This looks like an attempt to mimic the Quora or StackOverflow format of Q&A, but the structure isn't there. There doesn't seem to be much organizational structure beyond the top-level "Government" or "Computer
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
This is consistent with product launches... Blackberry released the Z10 smartphone in May 2013. The Statcounter data tracks usage, which would plausibly go up quite a bit with new users on a phone with more fully-featured internet access.
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Upsides are all great... If you start, though, stick with it. It becomes a marketing deliverable just as important as anything else, since it is public-facing. If you choose to abandon the project, you just wind down the blog. Just remain c
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I can vouch for open plans being terrible even in a non-dev intensive environment... Open plans stifle the ability to have the ad-hoc meetings that actually allow things to get done, since having that conversation at a person's desk di
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Agreed. From the consumer-centric perspective, if Google's solution is "good enough" it will halt their search. However, if there is a better solution needed, they will continue to look to the results below the search. Provid
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Also works with timer <time of day> E.g. timer 7am Original Reddit link that started it all: http://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/1j3pnv/ysk_us...
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Thanks! Glad you like it! I already had the data from the first area chart, so I built a line graph on the same timeline that just had market size as a % of 2012. Imported that as a mask in Photoshop and squished everything down to match. A
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I couldn't stop there... I "fixed" the original ComScore chart by making the width proportional to the total market size per year. This is the legitimately apples-to-apples comparison of the market share over the years. Enj
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
The only remaining viable part of BlackBerry (as RIM is known now) is their BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) service, which is like WhatsApp, but came out a decade ago. The user base is still very large (60m worldwide), so the platform could valu
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by OrwellianChild 13y ago
Ask and you shall receive... I was curious about same, and compiled some data from Gartner and IDC. http://exceltactics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Smartphon... The kicker here is just how much the ma