alex_c

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by alex_c 17y ago
If one is making important technology decisions while being technologically ignorant - yes.
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Africa’s SMS crisis - and how to stop it(venturebeat.com)
3 points by alex_c 17y ago|0 comments
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by alex_c 17y ago
Online service makes minor change, users complain. News at 11.
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1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth(wired.com)
34 points by alex_c 17y ago|7 comments
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by alex_c 17y ago
>probably a factor in increasing the iPhone's appeal to developers and users, not decreasing it. To users, maybe - other than boneheaded moves like making dictionaries R-rated. To developers, I highly doubt it. So many developers flock
906.
by alex_c 17y ago
I tend to agree. Arrington asserts that "This is a good thing for readers", but doesn't back that up with anything. In the comments someone made a point very similar to yours, but Arrington's response isn't particularly coherent: counterp
907.
by alex_c 17y ago
>But is that a fair bucket to build? Well, to some extent, it is. A mouse or keyboard is one thing, a console or tablet is another.
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by alex_c 17y ago
Because it's $170 million! Enough said, really.
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by alex_c 17y ago
I could write that way if I had to [...] It makes the same point [...] But written this way it seems like a defense of present-day union organizers rather than an attack on early ones. [...] If I believe everything I said in the second ve
910.
by alex_c 17y ago
One week of anything is rarely enough to burn out.
911.
by alex_c 17y ago
Class action lawsuit immediately makes me think of sharks smelling blood in the water.
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by alex_c 17y ago
This post seems to make two separate arguments: 1) A driven individual won't be content to idle if they get a big exit, they will likely jump right back in. If you think what you want is an eternal vacation, you're probably wrong. 2) There
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by alex_c 17y ago
The inevitability of growing old scares me like few other things. My biggest consolation is that I should be able to keep creating no matter how old I get - and unlike other passions, this passion of ours only requires a sound mind, not ne
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by alex_c 17y ago
Oh I agree, that didn't stop me from reading the entire thing :)
915.
by alex_c 17y ago
The sloppy layout made me think "blog spam"... quick Google search turned this up. http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/
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by alex_c 17y ago
What about iTunes? Doesn't that show people will pay for content? Well, not really. iTunes is more of a tollbooth than a store. It's a good essay, but I didn't much like this paragraph. It feels too much like playing semantic games.
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by alex_c 17y ago
>But honeslty, if you are judging a person by what they are reading, then you are are bit superficial Judging a person by the... cover of the book they're reading?
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by alex_c 17y ago
But those ads would be unlikely to cover the yearly registration fee. Without the possibility of making hundreds or thousands of dollars from a single domain sale, domain squatting becomes a lot less financially viable.
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by alex_c 17y ago
Did you actually read his entire question, or just the title?
920.
by alex_c 17y ago
Amazing. This is officially my favorite TechCrunch post. The best part is that the feature actually worked. If a prank is worth doing... it's worth doing well :)
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by alex_c 17y ago
You can already buy a green card. The price is $500,000 to $1,000,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa
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by alex_c 17y ago
Yup, TN-1 for Canadians. Doesn't help if you want to start a business in the US, though.
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Early Risers Crash Faster Than People Who Stay Up Late(scientificamerican.com)
53 points by alex_c 17y ago|34 comments
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by alex_c 17y ago
Right now, we have a bias against online learning since we think of it as a low-class experience or for people who didn't go to "real" colleges. But I think this is a lot like online dating. Umm... I want to point out that the actual dati
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by alex_c 17y ago
That's odd - most of the data is fairly linear, but as of right now, there's a very sharp spike for 5 stories at 10:30pm (with a corresponding drop in 5 other stores), which is reverted back to "normal" at 10:45. Strange voting patterns? Or
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by alex_c 17y ago
Wow. I don't live in the US, but I've traveled around... your comment about immigration comes out of left field. If there's any generalization to be made, it's that immigrant families tend to be more motivated to achieve something. Maybe m
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by alex_c 17y ago
My personal experience / opinion: High school was boring as hell. I didn't graduate early, but the last year really started to feel a bit like torture - I was ecstatic to finally be done. University was infinitely more enjoyable, and felt
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by alex_c 17y ago
Argh, no, no, no, no. Bad. An AppsFire user spends $80 on apps. An iPhone user does NOT spend $80 on apps. How much do they spend? I'd love to know, but even with zero background in stats I know it doesn't make sense to assume AppsFire u
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by alex_c 17y ago
That's a very interesting idea. It sometimes feels like the Canadian version of the vi-vs-emacs debate is Bell-vs-Rogers - specifically, which one is more evil. I would welcome any way to even the playing field a bit. If that involves shar
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by alex_c 17y ago
Why is it up to the government to make something like this? Choosing a phone/carrier/plan in Canada is a significant pain point. If a simple, comprehensive, and accurate tool like this existed, it would likely become quite popular (if one

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