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by axod 16y ago
I think there's a pretty compelling argument that iTunes has become a monolithic abomination trying to do a thousand things. Split it up into more programs that each do something simple and well.
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by axod 16y ago
> "Overall, there are many more users of XMPP than there are users of IRC." I'm skeptical. Post some figures if you have them, especially on volume of chat. Idle users mean nothing.
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by axod 16y ago
users != volume of communication though Do all gmail users use gtalk? Do they use it as their primary IM? I'd expect not.
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by axod 16y ago
In what way is IRC for example proprietary? Yes, to a certain extent GTalk and facebook chat have taken a little market share from other IM clients (Not sure how much, maybe 10%?). But XMPP is nowhere when it comes to group chat.
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by axod 16y ago
Agree. To pretend that XMPP is some sort of success is crazy. After 12 years, it's hardly used compared to other protocols. The protocol is amongst the worst imaginable. Over engineered crap.
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by axod 16y ago
> "Hitting the jackpot is much more a matter of things outside your control" It seems like this is even more true in the last few years, when company after company with no users, no business gets acquired, then shut down by the acquirer
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by axod 16y ago
That really is anecdotal. Amongst casual gamers (The massive market) wii games sell like hotcakes. Tons of fantastic titles.
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by axod 16y ago
> and researching on more stuff that I can do in IT And as we all know, there are absolutely no adverts to do with that.
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by axod 16y ago
Why should they have a clue about inner workings. Most people also don't know how a car engine works. My comment isn't that people have an informed opinion about privacy, more that it's a moot point to them. It's like asking them their opin
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by axod 16y ago
It's a tangential question, but why shouldn't insurers be able to know a fair amount about you to assess risk? If you're endlessly searching for cancer cures, perhaps they should be aware of that. Of course the solution is the US is univers
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by axod 16y ago
No mention of revenue or profit or how many millions they're paying Amazon for hosting. Traffic is great but profit is better.
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by axod 16y ago
Highly hypothetical - to the extreme. How would any insurance co. know if it's me, or someone else in the household? Also afaik health insurance is mainly a US phenomenon thank god.
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by axod 16y ago
Reminds me of stallmans endless ranting about freedom and software. The evidence is that the masses don't care. They just want stuff that works and solves problems for them. Is it open source? Why would anyone (apart from a geek) care?
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by axod 16y ago
You should try it. It's actually great fun.
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by axod 16y ago
heh true, true. I think generally though, a very very vocal minority make a ton of noise about privacy. Look at adblock. If you were a newcomer to the net and just read comments here or at reddit, you'd assume everyone uses it. But the fi
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by axod 16y ago
Yeah I'd take that with a giant pinch of salt. "90% of respondents said they pay little or no attention to online ads." eg the respondents are in no way a representative sample. It also sounds like an entirely loaded poll - eg "Would you li
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by axod 16y ago
> "The average person doesn't know it exists" Is there any evidence to suggest the average person really cares about privacy online to such an extent?
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by axod 16y ago
But RSS is like 10-15 years old. How long until it takes off?
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by axod 16y ago
Is TiVo still big in the US? (It doesn't exist in the UK). We have various hard disk based recorders, and sky plus etc
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by axod 16y ago
RSS never really caught on beyond a geek crowd. I've never used it.
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by axod 16y ago
Surely if you just have general 'run of site' advertising which isn't targeted to specific articles, there's little chance of conflict.
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by axod 16y ago
So just make more touchscreen laptops. A tablet is just irritating because it cant stand up on its own.
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by axod 16y ago
It's still a rich persons toy though, or bought as an additional computer rather than to replace something else. I don't see it going mainstream, or replacing laptops.
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by axod 16y ago
That sounds like a really bad position for your neck - staring down at your lap.
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by axod 16y ago
a laptop isn't the way it is just to house a keyboard. It's that way so you can sit it on your lap with the screen positioned to view it. I'm not gonna hold a tablet in my hands while I try and use it. (I spend the vast majority of my time
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by axod 16y ago
80-90% of websites use keyboard as an input mechanism. I'm not seeing why a tablet is so massively better than a netbook/laptop.
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by axod 16y ago
Indeed. I was just being silly :)
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by axod 16y ago
Money is fairly irrelevant to raising kids IMHO The key attributes are energy and time I think.
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by axod 16y ago
<script> var oldAlertFunction = window.alert; window.alert = function(){}; </script> <script src="crockford.com/json.library.js"></script> Arms race, but just sayin'
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by axod 16y ago
I think Branson may not typify the average human ;)

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