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by ajg1977 16y ago
1) Tagging a photo of someone generally does not imply their membership/support/interest in something (e.g NAMBLA). 2) It's very clear whether someone is truly in a photo, or it's a result of mischief. It's impossible to tell this with memb
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Indeed - if you care about privacy to any degree, and your facebook friends are a combination of family/friends/colleagues, then lists are essential. I can't help but feel Facebook could negate a lot of these issues by giving every user the
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by ajg1977 16y ago
It really bugs me how Facebook's MO seems to be to make every new feature opt-out, and often awkward to do so, in order to gain traction. For example I can't even find a way to prevent people adding me to groups, other than outright de-frie
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by ajg1977 16y ago
An out of pocket maximum of $1k ($2.5k for families) is still a very good deal. Bottom line - If you're generally healthy it won't make that much of a difference. If you or a family member require expensive care, or you're unfortunate enoug
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Ironically, the "Daily Posterous Subscriptions" email I receive every day suffers from exactly the same issue that their co-founder has observed in another service. Because it always seems to be sent around 4:30am and is relatively low valu
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EBooks that cost more than hardcovers(nytimes.com)
3 points by ajg1977 16y ago|1 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Summary: "Companies such as Facebook should worry more about staying relevant than making a profit".
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NPD Survey: What people are doing with their iPad's(npdgroupblog.com)
4 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
The most interesting part of these figures is that despite the growth of iOS devices and Mac market share, Safari is virtually flat and now only the second most popular Webkit based browser.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
The lack of sharing (or even giving) is the biggest barrier to my total plunge into ebooks. As Tim notes, the fact that ebooks are barely cheaper than paperbacks, regardless of zero printing costs and no opportunity for resale, doesn't help
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Man, I'm gutted. I use Xmarks every day to sync from my work & windows machines (Firefox) to my MacBook (Safari) and thus to my iPhone / iPad. I'd have happily paid $5 a month or so to use Xmarks and I imagine I'm not alone. It's really
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by ajg1977 16y ago
You mentioned the evidence that it made things worse, by obama's own numbers, the unemployment rates are much higher than he claimed they would be if we DIDN'T pass the bill. How is that evidence it made things worse? It could be evidence
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by ajg1977 16y ago
But no mention whatsoever how paying down federal debt instead of stimulus would supposedly have strengthened the economy. The argument for paying down our debt is usually to prevent inflation or keep future borrowing cheap, but despite the
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by ajg1977 16y ago
If I was Amazon I'd be slinging Marco SDKs, hardware, whatever, to get a version of Instapaper running on the Kindle. Killer app.
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Ahh, the old "triangles as an absolute measurement of power" fallacy. Shame on you Ars, shame shame. Still, an amusing headline given that among developers the RSX (the PS3 GPU) is widely acknowledged to be a bit lacking. One of the big cha
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Mulve - A new downloading nightmare for the Music Industry?(torrentfreak.com)
1 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Evil stuff, but I do think this whole thing turned out for the best for Arrington. The Crunchpad (or JooJoo) was an absolute flop whose only hope of success was arriving well in advance of the iPad. There's really very little that his conti
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Still appears to be broken. "Red Laser" "Better Christmas List"
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I know people like to jump on the 37signals guys, but I don't feel this article is a criticism of founders or investors who choose to sell or be acquired. It's a footnote reminder that acquisitions, no matter how well intentioned or promisi
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Nice idea but worthless results I'm afraid. "secret of monkey island" - no hit, suggestions have none of these words. "air video" - no hit, though at least suggestions include air. "best camera" - ditto.
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Amazon marketing gets aggressive, manages to make iPad look uncool.(youtube.com)
3 points by ajg1977 16y ago|1 comments
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Apple clamping down on App name squatters(9to5mac.com)
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Youtube Instant creator gets instant job offer(venturebeat.com)
240 points by ajg1977 16y ago|76 comments
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by ajg1977 16y ago
There's a certain irony that readwriteweb (wrongly) call out Apple for being dismissive of "amateur" developers, then suggest a search/filtering mechanism that would inevitably result in new or alternative apps being largely ignored as user
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Although amusing, this is an example of poor management IMO. It comes across as the sort of email you would write while criticizing/mocking a competitors product that you were powerless to change. There's no demand for improvement, or accou
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by ajg1977 16y ago
Indeed. Here's the phone I had in 2006. It even had an onscreen keyboard that I often used for knocking out quick replies to emails or SMS messages. Heck, it even did copy & paste and MMS :) http://www.mobiletechreview.com/cingular-812
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by ajg1977 16y ago
I find it hard to see why anyone would view Hulu as a worthwhile investment, at least other then something to ride up post IPO and then get out quick. Its entire value derives from the content it offers - content that it will never own, an
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by ajg1977 16y ago
"In his five years at H.P., every metric Wall Street uses to judge companies had gone in only one direction: up." And this is the problem. Cutting jobs/salaries/benefits/projects leads to the type of share-bumping profit and cost-cutting fi
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Come to the Facebook party... IF you can solve the puzzle.(facebook.com)
2 points by ajg1977 16y ago|0 comments
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$500k Selling Camera+ pulled from AppStore over 'Easter Egg'(9to5mac.com)
79 points by ajg1977 16y ago|85 comments

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