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by ajennings 15y ago
Here's a Yegge blog post from 2008 where he defends his verbosity (in general): http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/01/blogging-theory-201-... Summary: If your writing is too short, then it doesn't spill over into people's long-term memo
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Fix campaign finance? Let's get Larry Lessig and Nick Dranias to debate(askforit.com)
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by ajennings 15y ago
Summary: If your writing is too short, then it doesn't spill over into people's long-term memory and they will forget it all too soon. Having said that, you should go read the blog post so you can remember it.
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Steve Yegge explains his verbosity (2008)(steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
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AskForIt: A Jig-like startup that launched earlier this year(askforit.com)
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Help me compile: All ideas for fixing the Google+ sharing model(ajennings.net)
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by ajennings 15y ago
Thanks for coming back! If there were any "common themes" in the resumes you reviewed or if you have any general advice for the HN crowd regarding resumes, I would love to hear them.
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by ajennings 15y ago
Google definitely needs to do something about the public/private problem. Earlier today I blogged about why I think Google+ sharing is not revolutionary: http://www.ajennings.net/blog/?p=41 Google+ doesn't support the broadcast/subscribe
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Google+ sharing is not revolutionary. Here’s what would be.(ajennings.net)
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Back up all your Gmail emails with 58-line Python script(github.com)
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by ajennings 15y ago
Yes, "the cloud" is a vision that Microsoft has proclaimed and never been able to implement. It really required re-thinking the operating system. Microsoft's operating system was just too big and unwieldy to be re-engineered in this way.
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by ajennings 15y ago
I agree with most of that Snopes article. Internet petitions (especially email ones) do not have a very good track record. Then again, there have been cases where online, grassroots sentiment has snowballed into something that affected th
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We want software patents abolished(askforit.com)
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by ajennings 15y ago
Your two image URLs should be swapped in your post. The first one points to the non-popup login screenshot and the second one points to the popup login screenshot. Couldn't LastPass just fix this bug by giving you an option somewhere to re
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Ask HN: Anyone using Facebook Connect as the only login option?
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by ajennings 16y ago
The thing that discourages me about financial regulation is that it's going to be a huge, unreadable bill, written mostly by lobbyists, which disproportionately burdens small businesses and outlaws anything innovative, thereby eliminating c
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by ajennings 16y ago
Does anyone know when this went live? I'm assuming it is live already. I see it was proposed in Oct 2009: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/proposal-...
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by ajennings 16y ago
I like to try different sorting algorithms when sorting physical things. I tried patience sorting last time I had to sort a big pile of books (I was sorting by width).
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by ajennings 16y ago
Here's another one: http://shoptivate.com/amazoninstant.php
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Amazon Instant - AJAX search for Amazon Electronics(shoptivate.com)
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