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by ajays 16y ago
I believe what Apple is trying to do is to head off the possibility of being scammed: app writers can give away their apps for free, but unlock the full potential only when you "buy" a (lifetime) subscription. This way the writer can keep 1
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by ajays 16y ago
So here's a question. Suppose a 1000 consumers get together, and petition MSFT to buy a copy of the Windows du jour. Will MSFT give them the same price as a 1000-user company?
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by ajays 16y ago
One of the big reasons Universities compete in sports is to attract alumni donors. If you just look at it at a micro level, the direct expense on sports is probably more than the revenue from sports. But if you factor in alumni donations, t
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by ajays 16y ago
This is why I'm worried about companies like Greplin. For the FBI, it's 1 convenient place to go if they want all your communications.
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by ajays 16y ago
Actually, it is not painful at all. You just need the right style file. Then you place your text in various sections, and LaTeX formats it perfectly for you. I love LaTeX. While I'm on the topic: slides (presentation) done via LaTeX (and i
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by ajays 16y ago
Dammit, schadenfreu.de is already registered....
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Such abuse of the templating system is why I dislike C++.
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Kids these days. This isn't "hacking into MTV.com". If "hacking" were equivalent to "breaking into someone's house, making yourself a breakfast, cleaning up and leaving without taking anything and anyone noticing you were there", then this
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by ajays 16y ago
This reminds me of the quote, "In a five year period we can get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the five year period will begin." Yeah, we'll be totally on alternative energy in 20 years. It's just that we don
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by ajays 16y ago
Oops, I was wrong. The figure is actually $150 million: http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-09-27/bay-area/24099065_1_ho... It is outrageous indeed. Every time I walk by a homeless person sleeping in the cold on the sidewalk, I am reminded of
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by ajays 16y ago
Unfortunately, the way the system is setup, things won't change anytime soon. The reality is: often cities' homelessness departments are prime locations for employing cronies and operatives. For example: the City of San Francisco spends $70
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by ajays 16y ago
Good memory! You're thinking of Larry, the shoe-shine guy: http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-06-04/news/17208451_1_larry-... The local media indeed jumped on it, and raised a stink.
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by ajays 16y ago
While I'm appalled at the incident and upset, I don't think this belongs in HN...
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(OT, but...) What I can't understand is: why can't FedEx/UPS tell me approximately when they'll deliver my package? Or send me an SMS say, 15 minutes before the scheduled stop, so I know when to expect them? Surely the drivers are not foll
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by ajays 16y ago
Of course war is not a solution to terror! Everyone knows that. The "war on terror" is a convenient windmill to keep tilting against. It'll keep this country in a perpetual state of war; making it easier to deny the individuals' rights (whi
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by ajays 16y ago
That is the idea! They know that people only pay attention to the title, so they deliberately give titles which make 'em hard to vote against.
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I just walked into my local bar, asked the bartender to switch to channel 7, and voila! There weren't too many people around, but it was fun (and between breaks I chatted with a couple of drunk chicks who were trying to drown their V-Day so
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by ajays 16y ago
"PBS never plays commercials..." Have you watched KQED (PBS affiliate in the Bay Area) recently? It's filled with commercials! HHMI, Subaru, etc. Not just static images; video commercials, just like you see in other channels. I wonder what
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This is not true, apparently. Watson gave the same answer as another contestant (Ken).
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I'm sorry, but this article is poorly written. The Google Knol article, http://knol.google.com/k/simple-simhashing , is much better. It is clear that the author does not understand what a hashing function is. He says, "Your programming la
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by ajays 16y ago
Can you please name the employer so the rest of us can avoid them? Thanks!
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My guess is (and I haven't read the emails, or any non-public information), Barr was hoping for a massive amount of (positive) publicity, followed by the inevitable rich rewards of a much higher buying price. What better way to get this pub
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A lot of geeks' girlfriends are going to be disappointed on 14th (aka Valentine's Day, in case you're wondering ;) ), as they huddle around a TV like schoolgirls watching a Bieber concert.
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A lot of people seem to be saying that "he broke the law" and "he was a part of the scheme" , so he deserves a prison term. But this is ridiculous. Think about it: all of his activities are a subset of the activities that UBS is accused o
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That's basically what a whistleblower is: he breaks laws (confidentiality, etc.) to report higher laws being broken.
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Not going to happen anytime soon. There's too much money at stake. Not only do the PC makers make money from bloatware; the vendors (BestBuy in particular) also makes money from offering to remove the bloatware when you buy a PC (laptop).
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The figure I've heard is that the data generated doubles every year (here, "data" can mean web pages, logs, transactions, etc.) . Therefore, it follows that every year we create as much data as in all the previous years combined ( sum_i 2
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I guess Bruno's basic point is: V8 is client-side. That's where Google's thrust is; that's what they're concentrating on. But SSJS has some unique issues, which aren't necessarily issues on the client side. So it's a natural question to ask
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I'm a terrible procrastinator too. Unfortunately, sometimes I work best under pressure; so this feeds back into procrastination. But it doesn't always work this way. Sometimes the task is so big that "under pressure" is not possible. I've f
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They'll give you 10% of the original price for a 2-year-old TV? Or 50% after 6 months? Come on, who can pass up that deal!?!?!? // end sarcasm // you could get a lot more via Craigslist // But I bet this is targeted to folks who "rent" from

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