ShawnJG

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by ShawnJG 15y ago
this is a perfect example of when checks and balances go wrong. While CEOs and boards may not see eye to eye on every decision they sometimes forget that they are not enemies. They should be working together toward common productive goals.
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Why Facebook is undervalued(huffingtonpost.com)
1 points by ShawnJG 15y ago|0 comments
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
this strategy is good for any place anywhere. I used this same method while i did my undergrad and grad work. I found a really nice place paid several months rent up front, pledged I'd be there until a graduated. ( not hard since this was m
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
this is by no means a new concept. Redistricting has always been a political exercise in circumventing the will of the people. what changes sometimes is whose hand ultimately redraws the districts.
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
the act of collecting information is not inherently bad. What is, though is the fact that no one knows exactly how companies treat your information now or in the future. Data collection has moved into a wild West phase. It is outpacing gove
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I remember when Microsoft tried to acquire Yahoo sometime back and how difficult Yahoo played. The company is still profitable to the tune of about $1 billion a year. even with their different properties that are still popular I don't think
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I don't think anyone thought that Putin was not the de facto president anyway. This just formalizes what we all knew. At least this way can be held accountable for this country does.
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
Link bait and sensationalism aside, there are definitely some good pointers in the article. Treat the article like an apple eat all the good parts and leave the core stems and seeds. The point is to motivate you to get started with your ide
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
It is a metaphorical comparison. I believe he is saying FB has become so ubiquitous and pervasive in our lives, that in the social media it dominates as a fundamental utility. It has become so important to 100's of millions of people and th
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
This is it in a nut shell. While the ramifications are hard to predict at this moment, they are huge. E=mc^2 prob won't effect practical physics that we deal with on a daily basis. but as far theoretical physics the impact is enormous. time
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
both of you make excellent points, and either could be true. But the sad fact is, we've had so many examples of government and big corporations behaving so badly that distrust has become systemic in our society. If Yahoo's actions were inte
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
it goes to show you, if you create something people want it's usually not that hard to make money from it, regardless of the competition in that space. The amount may not always be that high, but you can do well.
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
HIPPA is an immensely huge opportunity. I used to work for home health company in Las Vegas coding forms for intake, hospitals, follow-ups etc. was a pain. but any business that has to routinely create forms like colleges or law firms for e
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I purposely left it vauge because although minor thraffic offenses are civil (covering most speeding tickets) Other more serious traffic charges can be levied (driving with a suspended license, reckless driving, drunk driving)are considered
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
HTML5 will neither be as good or as bad as people expected to be, in my opinion. While it does present a uniform architecture for development and speed enhancements via access to hardware another more serious point is overlooked. The US's I
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I would definitely have to agree with you, it was a very segregated landscape. Web was all about HTML and DHTML and writing software for servers was a small niche. In the early 90s the first thing I ever get my hand on was Visual Basic I wa
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
these regulations are nothing new. After the crash at the beginning of the century regulations very similar to this were instituted. Even after they were lifted, no one but financial institutions could take advantage of the new lax financia
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
this is a perfect example of taking something that would normally be legit and because it is outlawed rules and regulations are flouted at best, a massive fraud and corruption at worse. When I see cases like this, I was wonder how people in
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I am a bit disappointed that Google has seemingly reversed itself on its openness. While I would want someone poking around in code but I felt wasn't my best work, I feel that this excuse for Google is dubious at best. I believe it is done
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I assume that most people who post here are smarter than the average citizen or at least more informed. The real "spaghetti code" problem here is that this obscure statute can easily be violated in advance of being told your rights. And you
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
the main reason why you'd be able to overturn a speeding ticket in the first scenario you mentioned, is because the burden is on law enforcement to prove you are breaking the law. It's one of the last few bastions where the intangible burde
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I think the larger issue here, that legislation is not caught up with the digital world. And I don't suspect it will for some time. There is little incentive for companies and governmental agencies from restrictions on what they can or cann
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
you're right about the duty to rescue, however having been involved with OnStar's systems sometime ago I will tell you what they will say. "While we still collect data on your driving habits, information is not monitored it is collected and
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
since there seem to already be quite a few employees when you started I think most of the problems there was a culture clash. coupled with the fact that they did not properly educate you on how they operated. I'm not judging different cultu
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
while there are definitely bad employees, the major problem is the fact that the US school system no longer trains people to be leaders. That's where friction comes in between hiring someone in the early days of the start up. You have a cul
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
i think you hit the button. there are a large group of people who are only aware of G+ in the periphery. But as people migrate to G+ and android phones become more prevalent, people will go with "integrated ease" it def has enough features
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
Not to mention that a lot of there growth was due to the fact that they had a fiercely loyal cust base that proselytized endlessly for them. I remember getting an email from them years ago that said in essence, "We've upgraded our systems a
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
Def unified queue. They are violating a golden rule. not giving the people what they want. They've lost the Value in Value Added Service. As of today there stock is down 40% from when this whole debacle started.
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
I think as soon as you are starting for real-given the founder are hackers and will be doing most of the coding, a hardware solution amortized over a few years is the best solution.
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by ShawnJG 15y ago
if that is their intention they're going to be an far rude awakening. Netflix's subscription-based model will never support the new releases that are currently offered on pay-per-view sites. They are now also going to be competing with cabl

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