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by allwein 16y ago
I wish that I could click on the individual smiley faces and find out the facts of the statuses. For some reason it's driving me nuts that I don't know why the frowny faces are unhappy.
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by allwein 16y ago
In this case, then, the parent comment is correct, and you are wrong. If I invent something, and neither sell it or make it known to the public (thus it continues to meet the novelty requirement), then there is nothing preventing someone el
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by allwein 16y ago
When I heard that, and given the political corruption there, I'm anticipating that he's going to be unanimously re-elected by write-in vote or something even though he's not actually "running".
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by allwein 16y ago
Can you explain a little more in what ways you find it inadequate? It's hard to fix or enhance a feature without a little more feedback.
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by allwein 16y ago
>I'm with you on that, I expect the probability of 'drunks tied together' falling down to increase following the square-cube law. I think this is true only up to a point. I imagine that once you get a sufficient number of drunks, that
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by allwein 16y ago
>I also fully agree with Gruber on a rear-facing camera making very little sense on a device that large. A rear-facing camera makes little sense if you imagine the use is for people to walk around taking pictures like they would with a
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by allwein 16y ago
They charge 100 yen for doing a book conversion. That's only about $1.25 US. I would kill for a service like this. I'm preparing to move in about a month, and I've got some 500 books that I need to move. I would love to just digitize th
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by allwein 16y ago
Sadly, there's no news on the relevant question yet. Will it be price competitive with the iPad?
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by allwein 16y ago
Whenever I'm working somewhere with a 401K, I always max it out, especially if there's some sort of match. I'm currently a 1099 contractor, so I'm doing the IRA thing. And yeah, I max that out too. It's advantageous to current and future
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by allwein 16y ago
I don't really see the point of this article. They didn't renew their annual membership and so they're membership ceased after the expiration date. Works the same way at my local gym.
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by allwein 16y ago
If this is a web application that you're doing as a possible startup or side business, then I'd stick with the technology stack that you already know. You'll make quicker progress and all of the challenges you'll be solving will be in the
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by allwein 16y ago
I can't believe how many people are belittling this idea or strawmanning it as a couple of dollars or $5. What the page is getting at is if you can get a few customers to actually commit real money, then you've got an actionable idea on yo
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by allwein 16y ago
It's safer if you terminate them immediately and just give them 30 days severance pay, which is the same thing. I'm not sure I'd trust some people not to have a negative reaction and try to sabotage their project.
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by allwein 16y ago
As somebody with an intense self-interest, I have no problem quitting a job if it's just not working out for me. I'm honest with the company, and lay out exactly why it is that I'm leaving. Sometimes it's just personal fit, and sometimes
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by allwein 16y ago
This is the first I've heard of your site and I'm pretty into sports sites, fantasy leagues, etc. What other marketing have you done? A mention on Techcrunch is nice if you can get it, but if that's your only marketing vector, you're not g
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by allwein 16y ago
I currently make my living in mobile and tablet software development, so I try to keep pretty well abreast of the market. My comment was not based upon my evaluation of competing products, but rather on market acceptance and sales of compe
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by allwein 16y ago
You know, I started investing heavily in the stock market around the time that "Forever Portfolio" came out in late 2008. By not being frightened about the current economic turmoil and actually investing with a long-term outlook, I'm sitti
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by allwein 16y ago
I'm huge into woodworking. I've been slowly replacing all my random Ikea bits with stuff that I've made myself. My favorite thing I've done so far is the full-wall built-in bookshelves that I've built in my office. Absolutely gorgeous.
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by allwein 16y ago
It depends on what your time-to-market looks like. Right now there are no real competitive Android Tablets in the market. So if you're launching soon, definitely aim for the iPad and it's huge current install base. If you think being firs
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by allwein 16y ago
>I just want a very long-life note-taking tablet with a decent keyboard. I think you would like the Alphasmart NEO. http://www.neo-direct.com/NEO/default.aspx It's got a full-sized keyboard with a built-in 6 line LCD screen. It runs
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by allwein 16y ago
My "full time job" is as a 1099 contractor to a large corporate for 40 hours a week, 9-5. I'm doing 20 hours a week as a W2 employee through a consulting firm for an old project that I used to work full time on. I do about 10-15 hours of ra
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by allwein 16y ago
Or you can just answer your own question, which is completely acceptable behavior in SO.
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by allwein 16y ago
Have you gone back and provided the answer to your first question? If not, then you're part of the reason that SO doesn't "really really work" in all cases.
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by allwein 16y ago
GM invested $7 million in a round that was $17 million in general.
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by allwein 16y ago
I'm waiting for netflix to start cutting deals to stream shows the day after they air, a la Apple. I'd happily subscribe for $20/show to subsidize additional costs on netflix's side.
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by allwein 16y ago
"If the artefacts are still safely ensconced in a not yet rediscovered cave then they're relatively safe." His point is that if a colony of insects happened into that cave a month after they were "safely ensconced" 500 years ago, then they
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by allwein 16y ago
From the article: "Its unique feature is that it has been mathematically proven to operate correctly, enabling it to separate trusted from untrusted software, protecting critical services from a failure or a malicious attack, say the scient
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by allwein 16y ago
I haven't seen anyone here address his proposed modificaitons. "for people who live in states with an unemployment rate higher than average, offer a lump sum at the end of 12 weeks to assist the person in moving to a state with a lower-than
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by allwein 16y ago
In case you didn't know, "Locations" are actually sentences, images, etc. I don't know how you can get much more specific than identifying the exact sentence that you'd like to bookmark and remember.
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by allwein 16y ago
When I read this headline, my immediate thought was "Oh, he must have forgotten to shut down the copy of his worm that was running on the HN servers." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

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