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by api 15y ago
... and the poster boy for boiler room business philosophy in the startup world implodes ...
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by api 15y ago
The real problem with XML isn't XML, it's the APIs of XML parsers. JSON took over because the parser APIs are dead simple to code to, while XML's APIs tend to have this bureaucratic committee-designed API feel.
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by api 15y ago
I like high speed trains myself. They can run off the power grid, which means they can run off wind/solar/nuclear/hydro, and they are actually in some ways more convenient than cars. When I lived in a big city, I enjoyed train commuting. I
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by api 15y ago
It's always important to consider the dark side. We didn't do much of that when we built car culture in the first place, so let's do it now. So try: "Let's build an unaffordable future where the super-rich live in hyper-inflated city real e
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by api 15y ago
I do see some silliness, but I don't see the kind of money that flowed in the late 90s. Or am I wrong?
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by api 15y ago
Fuel is at present an insignificant cost of launching a rocket. Of course, you could also say that the rocket itself has far more embodied energy than it carries in fuel.
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by api 15y ago
"Dude, they lost... that totally sucks, man. Hey, is there a pizza joint around here?"
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by api 15y ago
Yeah, that's a whole other issue... Having seen people who smoke a lot of marijuana and people who drink a lot of alcohol, I can say with absolute certainty that alcohol is a far more dangerous drug. Ever known a hard-core alcoholic? That
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by api 15y ago
One Google query and 30 seconds of browsing netted: http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/police_corruption_repor... and http://articles.cnn.com/2006-11-02/justice/sheriff.indictmen... and http://www.november.org/razorwire/rzold/11/1107
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by api 15y ago
Which countries have policies like the U.S. that are quite effective? I only know of Singapore, where drugs carry a death penalty, and that's far less ethical than any kind of drug trafficking. Also: I find it kind of amazing that there are
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by api 15y ago
They don't "run countries," but there is massive corruption. Prohibition is basically a price-fixing scheme, and makes illegal drugs obscenely profitable. Years ago I knew a friend who got into it, and he made over $20,000 in one weekend by
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by api 15y ago
It's dangerous to compete with state-protected real drug cartels. In all seriousness... does anyone think the present-day prohibition racket isn't just as corrupt as what was going on in the 1920s? Drug Enforcement Agency... who do you thin
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by api 15y ago
The secret to PHP's success is simple. I've never seen anyone point it out. It just works. If you have a web server configured to run PHP, then it's ridiculously simple to get a page to execute. Just put a .php file on the site and it runs.
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by api 15y ago
I'd say right now that everything looks great -- very optimistic -- unless you look at two areas: energy and politics. If you look at energy and politics, everything looks apocalyptic.
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by api 15y ago
I remember hearing about how this company ran, and figuring it was nothing but a giant boiler room sales pit and a gimmick. I am not surprised.
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by api 15y ago
... and patent law continues to be nothing more than an employment program for lawyers, and to impede innovation.
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by api 15y ago
I stopped at curiosity when I realized it was just too expensive. The data store is the big problem. Amazon S3 just slaughters it on price. The pricing is also unclear and hard to calculate, and leaves me with this lurking fear that I'm goi
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by api 15y ago
Bitcoin's "demise" is greatly exaggerated. I still think it's a big thing.
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by api 15y ago
It's a real shame how many Americans are against public transit and think "infrastructure is communism."
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by api 15y ago
It could also make viral gene therapy considerably safer, and generally reduce the potential bioterror risk of having genetics technology around. Even if the drug had nasty side effects, it would be great as a last resort similar to ultra
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by api 15y ago
I think there's a larger picture here. It's time to declare war on middlemen, period. There are producers and customers. There is no place for anything else in the 21st century. Here's a startup formula for you all: 1) Identify a place wher
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by api 15y ago
Agreed. Maybe long distance manned space flight will finally kill radiophobia.
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by api 15y ago
Have fun with your jailed platforms.
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by api 15y ago
In my experience: cheap inkjet printers are a nightmare on anything except recent Windows versions. If you want to use a printer for anything other than recent windows versions, don't buy one. Pony up and buy something better.
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by api 15y ago
People need to understand this: it's all about the lobbyists, period. The TSA is nothing but a cash cow for the defense and security industries. Actual security is an irrelevant side effect.
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by api 15y ago
"People who can code in the world of technology companies are a dime a dozen and get no respect. People who can code in biology, medicine, government, sociology, physics, history, and mathematics are respected and can do amazing things to a
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by api 15y ago
Could? As if this is hypothetical?
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by api 15y ago
One word: lobbyists. Nearly everything of this type is a giveaway to some private vendor with lobbyists in Washington. Whether it works or not is secondary to the primary purpose: handing money over.
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by api 15y ago
If you want kids to use it, do not call it Codakido. Call it something that sounds interesting, and do interesting things with it. Kids don't want to be kids. Kids want to be kids getting ready to be adults. This is essentially instinctive.
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by api 15y ago
Yay! I'm an indentured servant to a bunch of overstuffed douchenozzles! Umm... wait... (scratches head)

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