Volscio

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by Volscio 16y ago
Thanks. :) I definitely spent some time checking out their project outlines on the site, and some of the demos...
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by Volscio 16y ago
Just because your friends aren't on it doesn't mean it's "single-player", since you have visibility with other people who live in your city -- I have in fact met people solely because we friended each other or traded mayorships through Four
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by Volscio 16y ago
I use it to keep a record of places I've gone to. I would check in when I get to a place if it were easier for me to do so. But when I go to a place, I'm usually with friends or trying to find them and don't feel like typing a location in
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HN: good interdisciplinary MS/PhD programs for tech/culture?
2 points by Volscio 16y ago|6 comments
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by Volscio 16y ago
I use Foursquare but I rarely check in while I'm at a place. Or even right after I'm there. I MIGHT check in before I get there, if I'm bored or am waiting. But I usually check in at the end of the night or next morning. I know this doe
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by Volscio 16y ago
What are the implications for the web and Tim Berners-Lee's vision for linked data once the cloud switches to SSDs? Won't sites like reddit see a lot fewer problems since the DB access won't bring the hard drives to their knees?
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by Volscio 16y ago
Definitely want to make this. Just quit my full-time job to flesh out a personal project...
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by Volscio 16y ago
I'm not a coder, and I wouldn't be building stuff today if I didn't have PHP. I think a lot of people probably feel that way. Programma hatas gon hate.
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by Volscio 16y ago
I agree. Have always had difficulty just "learning" programming languages. But when I try to make small web apps using scripting languages, I've had far more fun...I'm just going to learn the tricks needed, but none of the really advanced
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by Volscio 16y ago
Just as a counter-point, the posts to Cryptome from Wikileaks "insiders" all are negative towards Assange. It sounds, if those posts are true, that not even the Wikileaks folks approve of him.
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by Volscio 16y ago
Here in DC my fellow alumns are having some difficulty finding jobs, and they are ready to work just about anywhere. They eventually get sucked up into the big consulting firms though. They will do well enough in 10 years' time. I think t
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by Volscio 16y ago
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Edwin Lefevre Absolute classic. Beyond Candlesticks: New Japanese Charting Techniques Revealed, Steve Nison You might not end up using candlesticks, but they help you understand time/strength in stock move
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by Volscio 16y ago
I've had a pretty awesome experience on match.com, but I appreciate the advice.
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by Volscio 16y ago
Always Be Closing
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by Volscio 16y ago
They're going to have to hire more people who can increase their "social" DNA.
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by Volscio 16y ago
Speaking as someone who just recently started using match.com (after the end of a string of long relationships), it seems to me that: 1) dating sites are the perfect example of the benefit of pseudonymity for allowing people to choose how m
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by Volscio 16y ago
I agree. PHP is sort of what BASIC was for me. As for books, are you referring to something like this? http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/ I LOVED this book.
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Why Johnny can't code(salon.com)
15 points by Volscio 16y ago|21 comments
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Steve Jobs Bans iPhone and iPad Porn, Becomes Christian Right Hero(politicsdaily.com)
2 points by Volscio 16y ago|4 comments
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by Volscio 16y ago
To be fair, wasn't the Road of Serfdom more of a political theory book than an economics one?
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by Volscio 16y ago
Functionally, ex-military folks often end up in DC doing government contracting or consulting related to military agencies and intelligence. So that's mainly for signals and intel guys. They earn way more money doing the same old job. For
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by Volscio 16y ago
Not really relevant, but the Army isn't much better than the Marines at preparing soldiers for the real world...
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by Volscio 16y ago
What if it doesn't launch?
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by Volscio 16y ago
I love mayo. But I love the movie Undercover Brother where The Man uses Denise Richards to seduce Undercover Brother into enjoying "white people food" like mayo. I had no idea!
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65,000 New Android Devices Ship Each Day. How Much Are They Worth To Google?(aseidman.com)
5 points by Volscio 16y ago|1 comments
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by Volscio 16y ago
QQ
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by Volscio 16y ago
It's okay, but it costs a fortune yeah?
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by Volscio 16y ago
Calacanis should hang out with Mark Cuban. They're both getting less relevant.
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by Volscio 16y ago
Just wait till an Android tablet comes out.
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by Volscio 16y ago
Just went from iPhone 2G/AT&T to HTC Droid Incredible/Verizon. SO much better in every way.

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