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14y ago
Hi, First, I agree that they should not lump themselves in the same category. Second, I am not sure there is any point in crying yourself hoarse about how "different" you are when the general public who are looking for you using natural lan
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[moved to correct place]
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Agree with everything you say, except ". By complaining about Google, they appear to be in the game of competing as an equal search engine," The nature of his exact complaint is that Google is capitalising on people's confusion with the nam
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I don't think he is making any such claim. Like I mentioned elsewhere, if you follow his full explanation, it is Google that is actually capitalising on this confusion and redirecting users to their own engine .
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14y ago
Daniel meant to convey that he hears that line from other people who get to hear that line within their circles of recommendation -- effectively after the damage has been done. Doesn't sound like a petty whinge according to me though at lea
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14y ago
Greg, I love the work you guys have put on Blekko so far (and keep putting). Thanks. Keep it up!
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Disclaimer: Long time Opera user and probably an Opera browser fan. I have been using Opera since its "ad-supported" days. It was bundled with one of those PC magazines that gave out free software/shareware for the bandwidth challenged in t
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14y ago
All very good points. Nice comment! I wish more people upvoted this to bring it up. Especially right about "Opera is probably the most configurable, hackable and feature-full browser out there" I still find things to configure and customise
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14y ago
I am coming too late into this article (one day old already...), but here's an observation that stood out for me that I wanted to share here. Whenever there is discussion on Apple and "invention", I am reminded of this (somewhat) contrarian
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14y ago
http://www.sugarstacks.com/img/redbull.jpg It's not just the caffeine, it's also the sugar in those energy drinks. How many people add that much sugar to a single cup of coffee?
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14y ago
Dude, If I stepped on your toes, I am sorry. I should have clarified what I meant by cursory details (if I had realised this would be the response, I would have written this earlier, honestly!). Something along these lines as provided b
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14y ago
Usually, before we get a lawyer to agree to represent anyone, and in this case, a foreigner in India (EDIT: Indian national), the lawyer should be briefed on the skeleton of the case at least before he can take an informed decision, whether
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14y ago
+1 "lest we forget" the laws of margin/commodity in all this innovation back slapping :)
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> There is a difference between legal copying and illegal copying +1 Good rebuttal. This is being forgotten in all the melee. > sue competitors over silly things like slide to unlock which had precedents Not to go far. The syntax of
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14y ago
Despite the last para of yours, there is lot of truth in what you've said about convergence and coming together of various trends, that are shaping the overall trend in computing..... and I upvoted you because of that, and NOT the last para
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Nicely done: Virtual, interactive tour of the new Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
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Yes! until the batpod replaced it from collective consciousness. Thanks for the memories!
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14y ago
You had my admiration, with the Ubuntu theme ;-)
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14y ago
>> I've also gone back and forth on having a picture or not. It gave me a first impression of you, one that was more affable/likable (a better picture of you, that your skills or GPA cannot give). So, in my view, leave it there. 
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14y ago
+1 for building something like this to scale (rehashed from another reply below, but circumstances are the same) ;-) Might test it later and let you know.
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Hey! No worries. ;-) Remember, we are speaking interactive+web+CV in this thread. So, basically, the entire website is his CV (Research, Visualizations, Fun, Travel -- Top right corner).... You interact with the site and you learn about al
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+2 (Figuratively, of course!) Fantastic! Now, that's an interactive CV! Lovely! Wishlist: I want to play with the code. Any plans to make it public? ;-) NitPick: the action film image on the top makes the white coloured font unreadable, but
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14y ago
Checked your profile some more. You have a good show to back up the profile. Nice. Since you are also using hResume, why not use http://judy.github.com/ which would do a better job of showcasing your side projects like "twitkural" in a be
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Like a few others, I too found it an average CV (It is something very similar to what I myself have, and I consider myself an average (-; ). To be honest, there are a few others in the comments that I gravitated towards more (It's a matter
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>> is self picture important in the resume? Especially if you're the greatest and the one and only.... Mojo.....Jolo ;-) OK, seriously though, there is no hard and fast rule on this one. But in all, it is not a bad idea to
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>> may be I should add it there too No. That was a good call on leaving it out. For your layout and font size, the progress bars add no value (in fact it has the opposite effect). For your layout, I would recommend a colour scheme
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+1 for taking the effort to build something to scale. :-) Hmmm... I checked it.. Good landing page, but your "Sample Resume Preview" which is supposed to load this: http://www.cvstash.com/profile/john_doe_EUQ8q3gDV instead redirects to th
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I ended liked your presentation aesthetics better than v33ra's resume below, even though both of you seem to be using hResume. Props for the manner of execution. IMO, it looks relevant, pleasing and marketable. Don't worry too much about ho
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Looks nice! I liked it. One (minor?) feedback: Opinion on whether "Ninja" is awesome or uncool is divided even within HN. See recent discussions on "Product is a byproduct" thread. Now, I am trying to imagine how it might be perceived in co
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