bconway

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by bconway 14y ago
The treatment of Manning and eventual treatment of Assange will be our generation's Vietnam - an active demonstration of our government's willingness to lie to and abuse us, a touchstone for all who are seeking a reason not to cooperate.
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by bconway 14y ago
Logical fallacy: Slippery Slope.
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by bconway 14y ago
Same. I rarely check the recipient addresses in my spam folder, but today there was a LinkedIn-style phishing email to my Dropbox-specific address.
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by bconway 14y ago
Great site, I've signed up. Suggestion: Disambiguate questions where voting on multiple choices is recommended. It makes sense to be able to choose more than one answer on a what-are-your-favorite-... question, but not on a yes/no question.
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by bconway 14y ago
For similar benchmark fallacies (and straight up scams) discussed previously, see "A web video company that is most likely a hoax" - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3211630 http://seekingalpha.com/article/316946-raystream-remains-und
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2012 Tech M&A Activity Report – Private Company Acquisitions(cbinsights.com)
2 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 14y ago
I imagine most people sign up for the announcement and/or security mailing lists of the products that are critical to their infrastructure.
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NetSpend to be acquired for $1.4 billion by payment processor TSYS(statesman.com)
2 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 14y ago
I remember when SSD's first started hitting the market years ago, everyone's utmost concern was about wear leveling. As it turns out, if you ship a drive with buggy firmware and it refuses to be recognized after the 50th cold boot, write le
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Early Employees: Paul McNamara & The Red Hat Experience(linkedin.com)
2 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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Contest at SXSW will move a startup to Austin(cnn.com)
1 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 14y ago
Per the OP ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5237895 ), he did not lose any money in this. It was a cautionary tale.
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by bconway 14y ago
Already some pretty extensive lists here, but no mention yet of LeanKit: http://leankit.com/ I've found it to be excellent.
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by bconway 14y ago
It seems more like a certificate or degree than anything else these days.
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by bconway 14y ago
Alaska is a popular place for cold weather testing among many manufacturers. Subaru, in particular, beats the crap out of their cars for extended time periods in sub-zero temperatures.
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by bconway 14y ago
All states (that have an income tax) do. I own property, which I rent, in multiple states including MA. I need to file tax returns for the income I make in each of them. Nothing unusual there.
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by bconway 14y ago
For his first recharge, he charged the car to 90%. During the second Supercharge, despite almost running out of energy on the prior leg, he deliberately stopped charging at 72%. On the third leg, where he claimed the car ran out of energy,
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by bconway 14y ago
Getting a little off-topic, but my favorite two to mix up: http://www.outback.com/ , http://www.consumerreports.org/
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by bconway 14y ago
It's been that way for 30+ years now: Transformers, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, etc.
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by bconway 14y ago
Today, now more than before, it is illegal to modify a device you have bought with your own money. Except that most people these days are renting/leasing/amortizing a phone from a carrier and for that carrier, not buying it.
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by bconway 14y ago
9to5games.com? ;)
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by bconway 14y ago
I think it's safe to assume the author does not have a partner or own property.
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by bconway 14y ago
You're paranoid, man. Take a deep breath. See a doctor if you can.
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Facebook Connect issue wreaks havoc on the Web(news.cnet.com)
1 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 14y ago
It sounds like you're living in fear. Especially now, the job market in tech is booming.
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Two-year-old phone receives 15-month-old software update(arstechnica.com)
3 points by bconway 14y ago|1 comments
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Apology Bump(smbc-comics.com)
2 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 14y ago
I read once where Bill Gates predicted that eventually people would buy software and that the hardware would be free. I can't remember where I read it ('Business at the Speed of Light', maybe?) but it stuck with me as just, well, ridiculou
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by bconway 14y ago
This is not an issue with prepaid plans, either carrier or MVNOs (Straight Talk, Net10, etc). You pay in advance for the features you want (data or not, etc), and that's what you get. No surprises, no automatically signing you up for anythi
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The Linux Graphics Driver Stack Remains Insecure(phoronix.com)
1 points by bconway 14y ago|0 comments

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