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by axod 16y ago
WTF? I know it's cute to be all anti-advertising here, but really? Shows a distinct lack of a clue about what service advertising offers people, why it's crucial, and why it makes a ton of money for all involved. Advertisers don't waste mon
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by axod 16y ago
The average mail shot wastes more in envelopes stamps, CO2 from delivery van etc etc. Chill out.
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by axod 16y ago
Talent acquisitions seem to be big business this last year. Is this a recent thing buying 'teams' and shutting down the stupid startup thingy they were working on for the last year? Is conventional hiring talent really that broken?
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by axod 16y ago
Thanks for clarifying. VC backed startups seem like a whole different world.
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by axod 16y ago
> "I've said it before but: don't invest in companies raising too little. They will fail." I presume that by 'they will fail', you mean that the company will fail to make your required ROI as an investor, being acquired for millions? At
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by axod 16y ago
Off to work at facebook?
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by axod 16y ago
Notably absent: Anything to do with profit.
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by axod 16y ago
Which is why I'd say if you're writing javascript, use { brackets properly, and ; properly. I agree, it's a common style, but a horrible one IMHO.
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by axod 16y ago
Because it supports the fashionable groupthink here that Google is old and facebook is hip.
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by axod 16y ago
Anyone who would write return\n deserves all they get. It's a fun example, but it would never happen in real life.
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by axod 16y ago
Use semicolons, always. Then you don't need to learn all the rules and caveats and ambiguity.
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by axod 16y ago
Completely agree, friendsreunited was massive, and if they hadn't taken their eye off the ball, they could have been what facebook is today in the UK. Their main mistake was to charge users for membership if you wanted to communicate with o
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by axod 16y ago
The email was sent out to adsense publishers.
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by axod 16y ago
It's on behalf of adsense publishers afaik (I received one). I assume a portion of adsense profit was given.
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by axod 16y ago
I don't really see the language used to script an editor as being really important. But then I've never considered an editor as being that important. As long as it works any will do. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to beat this projec
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by axod 16y ago
node.js is a way to get people to click on an article. If it said "new editor" no one would care. But the buzzword fashionable 'node.js' means people will assume it's earth changingly awesome.
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by axod 16y ago
Yes you do, you have to trust the chip makers, the BIOS maker, the network interface card maker, your ISP, your router etc etc Any one of those could be screwing with you.
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by axod 16y ago
> "But you're going to have to explain to me how I can read or write a file on a ChromeOS without Google knowing what is read or written." Well you can use HTML5 local storage, cookies, db etc, or you can store stuff on 'the cloud'. If
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by axod 16y ago
it'd be simple enough just to use data: urls for those. uparrow = data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKALMJANPT06 enp%2Fb29r%2B%2Fv52dnfn5%2Bbq6usLCwpqamv%2F% 2F%2FwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAkALAAA AAAKAAoAAAQcMMlJq712GIzQDV1QF
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by axod 16y ago
Not sure what you quite mean here. The platform, is the web. Which is completely open - you can install and run any webapp you wish. I think you're still thinking in the 'old' terms, where computers have local filesystems and native applica
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by axod 16y ago
So much in our industry is about iterative improvement rather than radical new invention.
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by axod 16y ago
Those are pretty much the same point - privacy. Which most people aren't too worried about.
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by axod 16y ago
The microsoft bashing here is pretty minimal. Hackers in general do not like microsoft because it makes sub par lousy buggy ill thought out products, operates morally questionable business practices, and is fairly incompetent with new produ
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by axod 16y ago
Files don't make as much sense on the web as on the desktop. I'm not sure we really need the concept of a 'file system' in the coming web era. As long as you have the ability to move your data around, eg 'export photos from flickr to facebo
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by axod 16y ago
FWIW, I think Lego is a far better bet to get girls interested in maths, logic, building, creating, thinking, problem solving, etc Lego is fun and a massive learning tool. A barbie with a pink laptop is just dumb.
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by axod 16y ago
Slavery wasn't abolished. It was just reinvented.
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by axod 16y ago
If there were less people in prison, and less reoffenders, who would make all the military equipment, household appliances, license plates etc etc for free? The US would have no slaves to work with! edit: Since I'm being downmodded for stat
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by axod 16y ago
I can pretty much garuntee, give this to any girl, and she'll throw away the laptop and pretend she's having babies or dating ken or doing a fashion show. Fairly pointless. Up next: Fashion show GI Joe to get boys interested in fashion!
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by axod 16y ago
tl;dr Article believes Yahoo should pander to unprofitable developers. Yahoo think they should concentrate on the non developer types that click on adverts.
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by axod 16y ago
I use godaddy certs without issue. Make sure you included the bundle certs etc etc.

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