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by b1daly 13y ago
Used as a pointing device it will have the same problem as other mouse alternatives (and mice). The only way to get feedback is through rigid starting at the screen to keep track of the cursor. This breaks the relationship between physical
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Somewhat off topic, but does anyone know how Adobe does their cross platform interface? It doesn't feel like native Mac OS UI, though I think it works pretty well.
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Here's an idea. Make a phone with a case that is strong enough to withstand the drops that inevitably happen! Putting so much effort into cool looking things that have to be covered by dorky cases is an illustration of the irrational a
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by b1daly 13y ago
I've been surprised at how well the new tab system has been working. How could you make a filter that would sort on the broad criteria of "promotions" and "social"?
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What do you mean, precisely? Is there some other meta code of conduct where calling obnoxious behavior unprofessional is itself a violation? It beggars disbelief that some posters here can't see that torvald's insults add noise to
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He obviously was a tremendous achiever, but the current Bose products I have heard are terrible sounding. The signal processing they add to create the "spacy"effect destroys the mix, the balances of the instruments, the placement,
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by b1daly 13y ago
Your anecdote illustrates where the anger and frustration around the topic comes from. What you describe is a form of harassment, possibly assault in contexts. I hear women use the term creepy not to describe behavior like that, usually it&
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by b1daly 13y ago
Is the author of the original post as dense as he professes to be in his total inability to understand the angry responses to the discussions of "creeper?" I have a hard time believing that, so I conclude he is writing in a mode o
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by b1daly 13y ago
The problem is that Facebook, like the www, succeeds because it is not a private platform, it is mostly public, and it has arrived near ubiquity. This is a feature, not a bug, as they say. It seems to me that encryption is totally incompati
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But what is the point of your thought experiment? What I infer is that you don't support torture because it is not effective. You agree that it is bad, but that is not relevant to whether it should be used. What I infer is that you are
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Point taken!
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This article made me realize that I am unconsciously filtering out things that look like G+ posts. In part because my expectation of it being high quality content is low, and because the experience of switching to the G+ app on my phone is
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by b1daly 13y ago
Does anyone else find Seth Godins advice to be totally devoid of actionable suggestions? It reads to me as "the key to being successful is to be awesome!" It has some hand-wavey concepts, a few cherry picked anecdotes, and a pithy title. I
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by b1daly 13y ago
Well poor you, having your valuable time wasted by losers with no cash
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I've had this nagging feeling that Google Glass type devices are going to gain traction far faster than anyone expects. Personally I have no inclination towards this type of connectivity. I'm fairly amazed by my regular eyesight, and alread
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I think part of Scoble's enthusiasm must derive from the fact that he is an always connected person who travels, networks,communicates as his job. Nothing he describes sounded that great, but if you are online all the time while moving then
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by b1daly 13y ago
I see what they are getting at, I was recently traveling with an android phone, iPad, and macbook. I generally like to keep my photos organized in aperture but between android, drop box, iPhoto trying to import my pictures, galleries I had
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by b1daly 14y ago
I really like this post. It had a ring of truth, admission of failure and its associated feelings, with a positive narrative arc. It doesn't seem surprising that someone with an entrepreneurial drive but only an embrionic vision would want
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by b1daly 14y ago
Central nervous system? As a guess would you say such an effect might not be that bad beyond the immediate lowering of strength? Not a long term effect?
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From my (non coder) point of view it's hard to understand what drives the continual expansion in programming languages. Is there a general principal for creating a whole new language as opposed to adding features.? Could you have a language
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I wonder how much of this effect (muscles weaker after stretching) is because stretching tires the muscles, as it will certainly require energy to execute a static for a minute or so. If the effect is similar to other forms of muscle use, i
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by b1daly 14y ago
Your argument begs the question many are raising on this thread. What is stopping anyone from creating content and giving it away? Nothing. It turns out that the existing copyright laws are integral to the process of getting the huge resour
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I'm responding to you as an example of a certain line of thought that limits on copying are somehow infringing on your "right" to do as you wish with copyable content. Where does this right come from? People have some intuition about steali
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I'm making a product, and selling mostly online. I was shocked (in the newbies do) to find out about the sort of gross margins retailers want. From where we are now, it seems like the only way we could reach that is through economies of sca
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by b1daly 14y ago
I have two acoustic guitars: my favorite to play is a Takimine I bought off a random dude for $175 over 20 years ago. A few years a decided to "upgrade" with an $1800 Taylor. It's not a bad guitar, somehow the cheaper one is just more fun t
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More or less, yes:-) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy
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As I've gotten older, I'm struggling with my productivity because I get more tired from being in that intense "grind" mode. If I am real focused for several days,I hit a wall and then I'll need more time to recover. Forcing it doesn't seem
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Thank you for saying this. What the us has done with military action is just appalling. To the extent that the US has enemies, spying and information based action is much less destructive. I would also like to ask some of you who seem to ta
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by b1daly 14y ago
A refinement on your point: music does not exist independent of sound. A musician is responsible for creating that sound, whether the expressiveness of the instrument is great or limited. A mistake (IMO) I hear a lot is a musician playing a
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by b1daly 14y ago
OMG, are you taking the piss with this comment? As if "classical" music, whatever that is, is a perfected form, the terminal point of all musical development. Ironically, it is terminal, as in culturally fading, passed by by the unstoppabl

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