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by alex_c 16y ago
>How many failed dating sites are there? That's the problem, we don't know, do we?
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by alex_c 16y ago
Take-out services / services for restaurants.
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by alex_c 16y ago
> You shouldn't judge a people by the actions of their leaders. That becomes a difficult argument beyond a certain point. Especially if the leaders are (in theory, at least) representing the people.
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by alex_c 16y ago
> She adds: “The US position on freedom of information and the press should not be questioned" Heh. I know she (likely) didn't mean it the way I'm reading it, but that's amusing phrasing given the context.
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by alex_c 16y ago
Following this line of reasoning to its extreme (if impractical) conclusion - a world in which missile launch codes cannot be secret would very quickly become a world without missiles. You don't knowingly make or keep a weapon that you can
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by alex_c 16y ago
Windows was a clear dominant 'winner' for a long time. Still is, even though it's becoming less relevant. I agree that identifying with a side or a company is usually counter-productive, but having a strong preference for a specific techno
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by alex_c 16y ago
A minor point: outside the US, Android prices are listed as (some examples from featured apps): ~CA$1.96 ~CA$5.08 ~CA$3.05 ~CA$1.01 It's completely irrational, but I actually find myself less willing to buy for "untidy" prices. I didn't fu
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Stairmonster(ericfeldman.com)
1 points by alex_c 16y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 16y ago
I do. Between my cellphone, and being in front of my computer all the time, it's about 99% ornamental, but I still like wearing it every day - it's effectively a nice-looking bracelet.
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by alex_c 16y ago
>To some observers, the incident has amplified fears about the moral character of the generation that is now coming of age. >The divide between the generations can be seen in Quinn's lecture to students after the cheating was discov
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by alex_c 16y ago
Sadly, it doesn't FEEL like we live in particularly enlightened times... Although, objectively, we are probably simply living in amplified times - more people, more connections, more communication will lead to more progress than at any othe
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by alex_c 16y ago
I've never been at the stage where I don't do _anything_, but I'm often frustrated that I don't do _enough_. I went through a stage of spending way too much time on Reddit - on the order of 4-5 hours a day. This has been discussed often, b
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by alex_c 16y ago
The BBC article that's further down the front page at the moment brings it down closer to my level: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11773791 ---- "Atoms are neutral - they have no net charge - but they have a little magnetic
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by alex_c 16y ago
The article doesn't spell it out, and I know practically nothing about the subject, but... what happens at the end of the 0.2s? Do the antimatter atoms drift out of the magnetic fields used to contain them? Do matter atoms drift in? Or i
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by alex_c 16y ago
Venkat writes some of the most consistently interesting and intelligent blog posts I've found, and this was no exception. Thanks for sharing it.
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by alex_c 16y ago
$77 per passenger is a huge amount, especially compared to the cost of a cheap domestic flight. But what is the hidden cost of the clusterfuck that American airports are becoming? I would gladly pay an extra $38 per flight if it meant goin
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by alex_c 16y ago
Was just about to ask something similar. I personally feel that most of those stories did not belong on the front page, but such stories usually end up [dead], not lower on the list than other (older) stories with fewer votes and comments.
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by alex_c 16y ago
>Why should anyone consider it reasonable to insist that someone else needs to create an API that selectively differentiates between users based on arbitrary and easily spoofed technical criteria? This makes no sense. It is expensive te
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by alex_c 16y ago
The problem, of course, is that you are not solving the underlying problem... you are, at best, potentially treating one isolated symptom, and you are doing so by deflecting the conversation from the real problem as well as potentially comp
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by alex_c 16y ago
Same... and I was only way off on one of them. Not stressful, although I was getting impatient cause I should be working instead :p
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by alex_c 16y ago
I might be particularly dense today, but I don't get the link between controlling the pipeline and building an arbitrage ad network. Why can't you do one without the other? Edit: to spell out my confusion. If you want to arbitrage ads, co
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by alex_c 16y ago
>You're conflating search engines with all human knowledge contained on the Internet, even though there are many search engines and many alternate ways of finding information on the Internet (not to mention how much of the best informat
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by alex_c 16y ago
I ask because I honestly don't know. I have friends who fall under both usage scenarios, but these are just anecdotes and/or extremes. I haven't seen any actual data on the effects of Facebook, either positive or negative.
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by alex_c 16y ago
I don't want to make assumptions about your specific use of Facebook, but how many possible connections have "you" (a typical FB user) missed because of time spent on Facebook instead of doing other stuff? I won't deny that Facebook can mak
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by alex_c 16y ago
In my experience, aggressive moderation often ends up having a worse effect than the symptoms it's trying to treat. Clamping down on a popular (but, in the moderators' opinion, negative) voice usually spawns arguments and discussion that a
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by alex_c 16y ago
Not a comment on FB's specific situation, but that's a bit like saying "I'll sell widgets at a loss and make up for it in volume, I can't possibly lose".
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by alex_c 16y ago
>Its only problem is that the UI is not as polished as on iPhone or Android Agreed. The phone itself is solid, but the UI made me think of early versions of Android, and not in a good way (as in, "this is even worse than early versions
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by alex_c 16y ago
It would be moderately useful. One simple way to find a list of ad networks is to just go through what AdWhirl, for example, supports... The MOST useful information, by far, would be an easy comparison of which ad networks pay the most, bu
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Chinese Steve Jobs clone intros new iPhone app(tuaw.com)
2 points by alex_c 16y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 16y ago
There's a big difference between walking (or jogging) for hours and standing in one spot for hours. I can walk for significantly longer than I can stand in the same spot before I experience discomfort.

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