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by allwein 15y ago
Question 2, being on the more humorous side, isn't completely logically consistent. 2a)You open the door and put the elephant in the fridge, and close the door. It appears that you made some assumption about either the smallness of the fri
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by allwein 15y ago
Wow, talk about completed misguided. He's making the mistake of conflating a company as stagnating based solely on the fact that the stock is still trading in the same ranges as it was 6 months ago. First off, I don't see how you can call
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by allwein 15y ago
My MacBook Pro is the best windows laptop I've ever used.
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by allwein 15y ago
The greatest thing my Grandma ever taught me was that it's okay to be sad when bad things happen. It used to be that I'd get sad for some reason, then I'd feel bad for feeling sad, and this would just set up a tight vicious cycle until I l
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by allwein 15y ago
Tell them you're dead. It's the only effective way I've seen of delaying them more than a few months.
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by allwein 15y ago
Yes, you'd still own taxes on this, since it's considered income. The only way you're going to skirt the tax laws is if you get paid under the table, and whoever's paying you is willing to risk not sending you a 1099 form. Your best bet f
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by allwein 15y ago
This just goes to show how Apple and Amazon have their act together so much more than everyone else in the industry. From the article and pictures, this thing looks really neat. I'm especially impressed by the size of it. I want to know m
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by allwein 15y ago
> How will overdrafts work? Will the check just not go through? That's how it used to work, so sure, it's an option. A second option would be automatically taking the money out of your savings account, if available. A third option is,
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by allwein 15y ago
I'd argue that violating the GPL is a form of piracy.
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by allwein 15y ago
It sounds like iPad sale are (puts on sunglasses) booming. YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH.
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by allwein 15y ago
I assume it's because he's running his rental business right. You've got to consider the following things, which greatly reduce the actual "income" you're getting out of them. The obvious ones are mortgage payments, insurance payments, and
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by allwein 15y ago
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm down 50 pounds on the slow carb diet and I'm loving the kettlebell workout.
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by allwein 15y ago
iPad version of what?
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by allwein 15y ago
>only work with Apple devices and to have the same 3 device (or whatever the number is) limitation That number is unlimited. You're restricted to 5 computers, but unlimited iDevices. I currently have something like 30 associated with
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by allwein 15y ago
> I'd love to know what you guys think. Yes. Any of the things you mentioned, there are people willing to pay you for it. Addressing your needs: 1. You be able to make money on any of those areas. 2. This is the hardest thing when firs
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by allwein 15y ago
> but if we don't make much sales for our customers, our revenue will be pretty much stuck If you don't make much sales for your customers, they'll leave anyway. The answer to your problem seems pretty clear to me: pay-per-sale. It min
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by allwein 15y ago
> how is he going to feel about those ongoing commissions when you fire him? As far as I know, salespeople are entitled to ongoing trailing commissions even when fired or they quit, unless otherwise specified in the contract. But really
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by allwein 15y ago
>I've worked on this on and off for the past 3 years but never really put my heart into it. All feedback welcome. Things are cliche because they're often true. Ideas aren't worth anything. Execution makes all the difference. If you'v
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by allwein 15y ago
> except YouTube (also Google's trump card with Apple) Is that true? I have honestly never used the YouTube app on any of my iDevices. This might be because YouTube plays natively in HTML5.
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by allwein 15y ago
> I have no doubt Google can do the same with Amazon. Except, not. The way they strong-armed the Skyhook issue was by saying they would restrict access to the Android App Store if they used Skyhook. Obviously that strategy won't work
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by allwein 15y ago
Dude, I'd be embarrassed admitting something like that was on my desk. shakes head at vb book
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by allwein 15y ago
At Carnegie Mellon, there's no limit on actual number of computers. You are limited to a single ethernet port, but you're free to hook up a hub or switch or use the building's wireless. The only thing they frown on is if you're using exces
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by allwein 15y ago
1) This article has nothing to do with Market Share. What they measured was the share of ad impressions for a single ad network (InMobi). 2) This article doesn't even get the OS name right, still referring to it as "iPhone OS" instead of i
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by allwein 15y ago
I don't do in-app selling, so that doesn't apply to me at all. For some reason, one of my apps makes 90% of its revenue from international sales. I think 50% of that revenue comes from countries which Google's payment engine doesn't suppor
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by allwein 15y ago
Apparently you stopped reading to soon. Section 6 states: " As an exception to the Sections above, you may also compile or link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a work containing portions of the Library, and distri
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by allwein 15y ago
Then you're gonna have to suck it up and actually buy the device at full price.
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by allwein 15y ago
Given that the iPad 2 is still completely out of stock (for the most part), you're unlikely to find any which are discounted. But unless you're writing an app which uses the camera or accelerometer, you can get away with using the simulator
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by allwein 15y ago
What they don't mention is that the competing $200 cheaper desktop also only has a 23-inch screen.
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by allwein 15y ago
Here's a good analogy: NYC Cabs charge $2 per mile while their driving. So a 20 mile trip costs $40. But you're arguing that since the car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas, it should only cost $4.
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by allwein 15y ago
I've noticed that the people who seem to think that comment quality has gone down are the same people who used to skim and only read the high-voted comments. It seems like the people who used to read all of the comments regardless of vote,

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