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by aggronn 14y ago
I agree with all of that; I should have been more clear in referencing the web stuff. Perhaps I'm being unintentionally disingenuous about Java's role in all of this.
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by aggronn 14y ago
> Windows 8 is changing Windows in pretty fundamental ways (being touch first, leaving the "PC" behind), I just don't see how someone can say this if they've used windows 8 for any amount of time. I'm never in metro. I don't get it. I
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by aggronn 14y ago
Where else is there? Development in India is more ingrained in Microsoft than anywhere else on earth. Looking for blog posts on silverlight will lead to a poorly written guide by a developer in India. ALL LARGE IT CONSULTING FIRMS have majo
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by aggronn 14y ago
http://www.quora.com/Why-hasnt-anyone-built-any-products-on-... In particular, read the comments by Craig himself. Funny how these things change.
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by aggronn 14y ago
Not really.
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by aggronn 14y ago
Its not clear to me how your last comment is related to the rest of your post.
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by aggronn 14y ago
if there were developers who were good enough to have any confidence that they would be acquired for their talent, i suspect they wouldn't need to work for google to make their money.
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by aggronn 14y ago
Are you proposing that the constitution be re-written for grammar every couple of decades?
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by aggronn 14y ago
I agree that in that light, it shouldn't be. I think there are two things to consider though: 1) Steve Jobs took a lot of 'time off' over his last few years where he had to take a big step back. Apple could afford it because he dominated th
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by aggronn 14y ago
Its also his opinion and the result of decisions made by people who represent twitter.
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by aggronn 14y ago
Well then, not when you put it that way.
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by aggronn 14y ago
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on what "troll bait" is in this context. I'm not following.
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by aggronn 14y ago
I don't think the criticism you're refering to is frequently directly at the articles; They're reactions to link-bait. Link-bait depends on sensationalism, which I think is opposite the goals of HN, so people don't respond to it well. Never
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by aggronn 14y ago
"The Most Important Social Network: Real Life"
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by aggronn 14y ago
What's the point of claiming that GitHub is 'The Most Important Social Network'? How can anyone make that claim? I feel silly thinking in the back of my head "But facebook is approaching 1 billion users, how is GitHub even comparable?". Twi
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by aggronn 14y ago
I am extremely uncomfortable going to a .xxx tld anywhere but at home. Don't other people assume that anything .xxx is NSWF?
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by aggronn 14y ago
This is disgusting. I've had to use it extensively for research, and while it 'gets the job done', its such a pain to use. I've asked myself who put this together, and I always assumed it was a team of interns working across a decade for ea
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by aggronn 14y ago
My problem isn't the cost, its that I have a battery so I can be mobile--which means I can't recharge it just because the battery gets low.
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by aggronn 14y ago
I almost never use wi-fi on my phone. It drains the battery too much. edit: I'm not familiar with cellular hardware tech. My observation is true for my phone, necessarily, because my 3G reciever is active 100% of the time, and turning on wi
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by aggronn 14y ago
Your anti-piracy point is one things, but are you willing to contend that the musicians would be better off if grooveshark didn't exist? Assuming grooveshark couldn't exist if they were required to pay licensing fees for every song that was
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by aggronn 14y ago
Could you rephrase the question? I'm having trouble understanding your meaning.
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by aggronn 14y ago
More concisely (or generally, or just nebulously), it represents an opportunity cost.
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by aggronn 14y ago
I would contend that the piece was inherently ideological, and the editors saw where it was problematic. It is the sunday opinions page. I reckon its purpose is to solicit sultry conversation.
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by aggronn 14y ago
It might suffice to say that 'regulatory capture' is used more broadly in economic literature than what the wikipedia article you're referencing leads on. Maybe not. We disagree fundamentally on the 'appearance of impropriety' comment here.
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by aggronn 14y ago
I'm specifically not referring to bribes. That is undoubtedly corruption. >A manufacturer can sell, low quality transformers to electric board. This is goes against public interests. You're going to have to give more details than this i
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by aggronn 14y ago
Your assessment of my question isn't fair. Serving companies interests vs serving public interests isn't a dichotomy, and very rarely is a regulatory decision as clean cut as 'this is obviously bad and a net loss for the society, but we're
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by aggronn 14y ago
Its not confusion. I'm more qualified to talk about 'regulatory capture' than I'm leading on, but its a real question: how is moving from industry to regulation, or the other way around, inherently corrupt? I disagree that having a system w
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by aggronn 14y ago
Lets forget the standard problems with measuring happiness and comparing it between different populations. There are issues there, but lets pretend like thats an accepted, valid practice that distills real truth. We're also going to pretend
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by aggronn 14y ago
I see what you're saying, but in what way is that strictly corruption? I think what I'm really asking is, where do we draw the line on what is corruption and what isn't? To me, regulatory capture, and a fair amount of public economics, is j
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by aggronn 14y ago
In what way is regulatory capture corruption? What is the alternative? I'm reluctant to consider it corruption in the same sentence as bribery, despite that it is an inherent conflict of interest.

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