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by basseq 14y ago
HHGTTG was my first thought, too. But there are two whales (and no petunias). Did anyone else see the raptor in the grass?
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by basseq 14y ago
Here's a 5% version I stitched together: http://basseq.com/fun/xkcd1110/ It's a big world. What are those whales doing in the sky!? Silly whales...
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by basseq 14y ago
I would be more surprised if they did . Apple keeps running and doesn't look back: they didn't include an external floppy drive when they axed it. Adapters give the community an excuse not to change. If you're dropping a couple hundred o
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by basseq 14y ago
Agreed. And it's not a "grocery store" it's an "online service" (dealing with the food industry). Granted, not Apple's core business, but a heck of a lot closer to their realm than a brick-and-mortar retail outfit. Apple suffers here becaus
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by basseq 14y ago
I got through level 6 on my own. Level 7 requires an understanding of crypto, which to me isn't a web vulnerability per se. I eventually broke it with the hint that the vulnerability was a hash length extension attack, but I never would hav
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by basseq 14y ago
A little more about the East Coast startup scene, with a focus on my Washington, DC backyard.
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John Backus: Entrepreneur First, VC Second(washingtonpost.com)
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by basseq 14y ago
Was looking for something like this last year when I was doing a C-2-5K program. Been on a couch a lot recently, so maybe I'll do it again. Question: why is the free version a separate app, rather than the entire program being an in-app upg
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by basseq 14y ago
This argument is interesting because it both a) makes the law worthless and b) removes the "scary slippery slope" argument. After all, if you can provide a key to anything, then all you have to do (whether it's encrypted financial documents
850.
by basseq 14y ago
First off, this story is pun central! "... has not exactly advanced with the speed of Usain Bolt." Zing! OK, with that off my chest... What struck me first and foremost is that the interlocking ring logo is probably the source of the issue.
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by basseq 14y ago
I just got back from Aruba, and would have loved to have a map (no international data plan). Could definitely see the draw.
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by basseq 14y ago
Generally speaking, if you're in the business of collecting data, but you have a competitive incentive not to share and disseminate that data as broadly as possible, you're in the wrong business. This article seems to address a problem of b
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by basseq 14y ago
It may just be for demo purposes, but using the mouse cursor as a light source seems like the 2012 equivalent of animated GIF backgrounds. Might be cool it could you specify a point light source at a given coordinate and let the page render
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by basseq 14y ago
"You can’t just measure what teachers do and slap a number on it.” I think you can , it's just that the Teacher Data Report doesn't seem to be doing a good job of it. It's a broken model, not a broken idea.
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by basseq 14y ago
Microsoft makes a killing in the enterprise services market (aside: where, arguably, quality and user experience is less important than scaleability, end-to-end services, and feature set). The problem is that the latest round of technology
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by basseq 14y ago
It sounds to me like you're arguing less for programming and more for a) a basic algorithms class, b) an understanding of technology applicability to real-world problems, and c) the need for better tools to automate daily tasks. You have to
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by basseq 14y ago
This author makes the point that general problem solving and programming are, in fact, the same thing, and you can't have one without the other.[1] I call foul on this: I bet programmers think in terms of loops, but because that's how they
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by basseq 14y ago
I think the guarantee is the tough part; you have to own the hardware and have at least some control over the infrastructure. Anyway, I find Georgie's comment fascinating. Sounds like there's a way to guarantee SMS delivery, though. From Wi
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by basseq 14y ago
As a groom myself, I'll echo the problem statement. Definitely a space that needs some innovation, but other than pretty designs, not sure this really rethinks a wedding website much. Still seeing a lot of links, for example. I applaud the
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by basseq 14y ago
Ha, that was my thought experiment, too. Doesn't seem to be a fit with the current demographic of Facebook, but Facebook is trending towards a "social media conglomerate" to the point where it would almost make sense. Interesting play. (Tho
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by basseq 14y ago
It's worth noting that I disagree with this statement, too. Corporations do have a social responsibility. But more tactically, simply because you can't separate actions from revenue. Intangibles like customer service, community impact, desi
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by basseq 14y ago
The point is that needs are poorly-defined and often intangible. When you ask people what they "need", their answer is biased to their problem and the current environment. In other words, it's not innovative—it solves the problem, not the n
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by basseq 14y ago
I think, all things being equal, I'd rather own the NYT than Instagram. Which isn't to say that Facebook didn't make the right decision (i.e., to forego buying the NYT), but that value is relative.
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by basseq 14y ago
I'll second this. Looks like an interesting app and a good use of public data. Not really obsessed with grading, though, so I'm not the target audience. My only quibble is that it doesn't really look "iOS native." Trying to set it apart fro
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by basseq 15y ago
"It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." -- Steve Jobs, BusinessWeek, May 25 1998
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by basseq 15y ago
And "non-technical" doesn't mean "middle management". Or, more to the point of the OP, there doesn't seem to be room for anyone who's not a programmer. That's a lot of roles, IMO. (Case in point, I have a CS degree and extensive business ex
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by basseq 15y ago
Five known cases out of 2,200 sales is a quarter of a percent. As a conservative estimate, let's say it's more like 1%. At $40,000 per replacement, adding $400 to the cost of the car (a 0.4-0.7% increase depending on model) seems nominal to
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by basseq 15y ago
I had to sign out of my Apps account and sign in with my Gmail account. Switching accounts didn't seem to work. I'm assuming (perhaps naively) that Google is synthesizing all my history into that one "primary" account. I hate that Google Ap
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by basseq 15y ago
Agreed. Same sentiment for losing paper: when you re-write your list, you invariably a) think of something important you didn't have before and b) forget something that wasn't important anyway. For me, at least, the act of list-making is mo
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by basseq 15y ago
It's a correlation-causation problem. I'm sure terrorists ARE all about online privacy, so if you're all about online privacy, you MAY be a terrorist. But when you break it down, maybe 80% of terrorists (a small group) favor online privacy,

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