Zaephyr

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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Cringley doesn't seem to assign any value Apple gains by (I'm assuming) preventing IBM from pushing Android. This seems to me to as much about countering Android as improving sales into large enterprises.
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Could you enhance the character slider to allow a user specified "recipe"? Like a setting for the ratio of of vowels to consonants? That might reduce the occurance of 'yy' like results. Pretty cool project - thanks for p
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
While mapreduce isn't my area of expertise, my guess is it's probably easier for them to use mapreduce/ and Hadoop than invent their own wheel in some cases.
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Sure feels like money has been privatized by EMV & PP. I guess I'm going to have to go figure out Bitcoin and Dogecoin one of these days. (I realise that the issue is actually money transmitting)
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
My family had a manufacturing business employing ~100 people. When orders spiked, we found the performance gain from working overtime was consistently short term. Much beyond 3-4 weeks wasn't worth the effort and expense, and a decisi
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Perhaps the Fire phone is targeted a new segment that neither Android nor iPhone. People that aren't interested in the high end features of smart phones as they are now - people who might even choose a flip phone - but will spend money
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
I work with a client that is using yogas. They are a great alternative to convertible (2-axis hinge) laptops and tablets (iPad & Android) - plus MacBook Airs. I've not worked with Surface, but think I would likely prefer the Yoga&#
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Interesting slide deck, do you know if there is a video of the presentation?
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
I was shocked to read that some of the abductions occurred inside Japan. I had no idea this was happening.
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
No your question is quite relevant, and a good one. There is some research along similar lines regarding exposure to certain parasites and disease. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/helminthic-therapy... http
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
Don't overlook the fact that Macs do have USB ports. Some argue the elimination of the ADB and other ports with the iMac helped popularise USB.
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
A VC who invests in software predicts that hardware will become a commodity. I hope he's wrong. Cheap commodity hardware is such a pain over the long term. Plus, a desire for quality goods bodes better for US manufacturing.
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by Zaephyr 12y ago
> other people can see it and flag if you make inaccurate claims Hah ha ha... When I see resume inflating on LI, you think I'm going to annoy someone I already have a relationship with by flagging it so recruiters can get accurate i
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
An article about having trouble filling jobs; but there is no indication that the hiring manager made any effort to determine why he is having trouble getting people to show for interviews. Makes me wonder if he knows why and just isn'
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
To clarify; his relationship with and view of FaceBook is a business one. I'm implying not greed, but that by virtue of the industry he works in his view is likely to much different from that of those who are not in a position to sell
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Well, it was a diplomatic attempt at saying it's easier to like FaceBook when you get a lot of money from them. There is a little more to all of it, but that's the nutshell.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
There seems to be a disconnect between the the way those in the SV startup community see FaceBook and those outside do. My view of Carmack is positive and I think he does want to understand the FaceBook revulsion, but to quote Sinclair &quo
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
A browser add-in that would check and warn/block loading when the OS and language versions aren't sufficiently patched might be useful security mechanism.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
A writeup like this makes me want to use them more. So many companies are afraid of their mistakes.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Chrome has flash baked in; one less install/update to manage in large deployments.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Having been around academics, they don't seem to understand that students are the paying customer, for whom the university is working.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Most people expect other people to behave as they do, so a person's expectation of others often says a lot about the individual.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
This sorts news makes me shake my head. The scammers are trying to get in, the NSA is in, and now every other state security organisation will feel if they don't try to get in they will be falling behind. All I want is to do is keep cl
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
If Prime Air happens, I predict a boom in the illicit 'package intercept' business. Knock a drone down, "win" a prize is going to appeal to percentage of the population.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Agreed - often I read the comments and never get to the original linked article.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
Wait...what? I am not suppose to upvote from the article page but the main pages? I know I'm new here, but I find that counter-intuitive and disappointing that I've been doing wrong. Wouldn't it make sense to remove the upvo
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
With a bombastic non-sequitur counter to my response you obviously take issue with what I said, however, you managed to do so without contributing anything of value to the discussion. Trolling does nothing to advance an issue you claim to c
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
The position the article is espousing is more nuanced than your characterization. According to the article, some studies suggest that where women have greater opportunities typically they will pursue interests that are not strictly tied to
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
It would be interesting to see plots of per capita oil consumption against population over time to see to the proportions of which the problem is being driven by current lifestyle/modernisation trends and by global population growth.
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by Zaephyr 13y ago
FWIW an update from the linked article says that in the Polish court found, "that translating from hearing and sharing for free is not infringing the copyright".

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