andrewfelix

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by andrewfelix 13y ago
"I have extensive experience working with high-end clientele ...For example, I met Calvin Klein on a job I did for him at his penthouse in New York's west side one day." This says it all really.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
Honestly if you use gtalk/hangouts you'd be crazy not to use Trillian. It's far more intuitive and user friendly.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
"Depression, for example, in my experience, and from what I've seen..." Your anecdotal observations shouldn't drive your understanding. Go read up on it. Suffering from mental illness myself I find your post quite offensive.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
"18% of our Zynga brothers and sisters." Who refers to family in statistics? This guy is the anti-christ.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
Great article. I have to take issue with this though: "While Google actively tries to thwart SEO scamsters" Google has monetised SEO and actively encourages bad SEO through SEM. You've got this strange case of Google creating shitty searc
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
I'm feeling some hyperbole coming on, but governments rarely seem interested in serving the interests of their constituents.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
A+ for effort. But (and this sounds harsh I know) I fail to see any innovation here. Codewise it's cute, but functionally wouldn't a canvas element make more sense than a couple of hundred list elements?
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
"short-sighted consumers" You lost me here. If Msofts strategic trajectory needs to be explained to consumers to justify Windows 8's existence, they fucked up. Windows 8 should have been a pleasure to use straight out of the box.
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by andrewfelix 13y ago
Analysis and responses like this is what makes HN great.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
It's also getting widespread coverage everywhere, especially TV News. So this is entirely inappropriate for HN.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Firstly, this is not a political article per se. It has political connotations like most things, including hacking. Secondly, it most certainly "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Dissent is a powerful and useful thing. If you feel this is article is a lie and part of a wider political strategy, then present your case. Making sweeping statements without context or reason will not win you friends on HN. FYI HN doesn't
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Hey barbs, Parramatta river and Syd Harbour isn't too dangerous for Kayaking. Just stay close to the shoreline and you're good. You weren't considering coming in through the heads were you? That would be quite hairy.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
This really spoke to me. Perfectly articulated why I am not on Facebook. "This is the curse of our age. We walk around with the tools to capture extensive data about our surroundings" Less and less people are actually enjoying and engagin
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Accountants have been utilising loopholes for decades. I would be surprised if the dissenting judge himself hasn't done so to reduce his tax bill.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
I'm not sold on MiiPC, but support, future updates and user experience come at a price.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Hacker news should be above this salacious crap. This is a distraction of little consequence.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey also allows this. Been using it for a few years: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgf...
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Hate is a strong word. I can't see anything bad coming out of this for the child in question. She's being inspired and supported. Successful adults tend to have had a shit ton of support as children. There are exceptions, but they're rare.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
It would be nice to be able to come down unequivocally on one side of this. But it's just such a clusterfuck, it is awful for everyone involved. What a mess.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
LayerVault's design's are awfully derivative themselves.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
"in a nutshell: man only started eating a significant amount of carbohydrates about 10,000 years ago." This is a myth and patently wrong. Anatomically modern humans evolved on a diet of cooked food, the bulk of which was tubers and other
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
I agree it would be hard to draw sound conclusions from the study. The changes probably aren't even outside variability. But are these the claims really that outrageous? ie. The biggest piracy site in the world has a slight effect on sales
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
They were looking at data from two major studios. I assume those studios had good penetration/data for those particular countries.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
No. Quite interesting looking at the comments here furiously looking for flaws in the study. If the results had found the opposite, I doubt the study's legitimacy would have been so vigorously questioned.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
If it isn't about DRM and is in fact about the MMO/Social aspects, then why are EA and Maxis at pains to describe it as something else?
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
... "almost every major idea in the history considered unlikely quackery" . Every major idea? Perhaps many hypotheses were considered inconceivable. But certainly not quackery. Scientific ideas tend to me testable. A lot of what this guys
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
You make it sound like some ethereal force that you need to be born with. It takes time, but design ability is learnt. I credit my good education and discipline for my talent. Source: I'm a designer, check my profile.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
Could you be any more condescending? I was referring to things like illegal turns and disorderly behaviour.
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by andrewfelix 14y ago
I can only speak from experience. In the past when I've been caught doing something illegal or improper, I've been let off by being respectful and apologetic. Courtesy, respect and humility goes a long way.

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