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by benofsky 16y ago
Which make a lot less money online...
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by benofsky 16y ago
Why is this different than buying a newspaper — in the case I'm talking about, you're also getting a constant stream of new content, which you obviously don't with a newspaper. (I'm genuinely asking)
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by benofsky 16y ago
In this case I'm talking about apps where there is a constant cost to providing the app (i.e. it's a service) — rising the price doesn't fix the problem, a paid subscription would be the alternative.
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Ads in Paid Apps Are Rude or The Internet's Preposterous Sense of Entitlement(blog.benmcredmond.com)
2 points by benofsky 16y ago|9 comments
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Jason Howell joining TWiT, will produce Tech News Today(tommerritt.com)
1 points by benofsky 16y ago|0 comments
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The Times They Are A-Changin'(folklore.org)
1 points by benofsky 16y ago|0 comments
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by benofsky 16y ago
If you're using a machine where you don't have root access it makes managing ruby installs and gem installs a lot easier.
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by benofsky 16y ago
Looks fantastic but too expensive for anywhere in Europe other than the UK, maybe consider using Royal Mail for elsewhere in Europe too?
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by benofsky 16y ago
I would much rather come to a stage where people aren't going to think ill of someone because of something stupid they did as a child.
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by benofsky 16y ago
I think it's unlikely that you're ever gonna reach a point where it's reasonable for a family but with say 10 executives who are paid thousands of dollars an hour, then it starts to make sense.
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by benofsky 16y ago
Yeah, it seems to be quite a common problem at the moment. Look at Twitter; more specifically Digg, who have suffered from this for years and are only now getting out from it.
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by benofsky 16y ago
He also didn't intend for it to be published!
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by benofsky 16y ago
I don't do any drawing actually, I just don't think there is anything as fluid for taking notes, diagrams, mindmaps, etc.
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by benofsky 16y ago
Am I the only one who wants a pen which writes like a pencil, not vice-versa, maybe I'm crazy... edit for typo.
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by benofsky 16y ago
I have never really understood (or perhaps know where I stand) on the issue of software patents, this article did not help. "What is most alarming is that patent office automatically publishes applications online after the 18 months ... Thi
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by benofsky 16y ago
I am not stating my point clearly, sorry. My point is no business could be built around search if all the implementation was "free" (in the FSF sense) because how would any business have an edge which allowed them to be competitive. Perhaps
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by benofsky 16y ago
The fact of the matter though is that it is not financially viable in any way (or ever will be) for all software to be "free" in the sense of RMS "free". How could a company like Google, built fundamentally on trade secrets, ever be develop
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by benofsky 16y ago
In response to software which requires a lot of development time to create, specifically tax software or games, RMS says: > The reason I don't use nonfree software is that it would take away my freedom. I don't want to let that happen.
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by benofsky 16y ago
This makes complete sense — people who are capable of searching on their mobile device own a smartphone, people who own smartphones are either tech savvy or of a younger demographic (excuse my assumptions) but both of which are more likely
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Hacking Your Week: The 28 Hour Day(limedaring.com)
25 points by benofsky 16y ago|17 comments
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by benofsky 16y ago
On the Macbooks and Macbook Pros you just click in the bottom right corner (the whole thing is a button).
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by benofsky 16y ago
While perhaps just a coincidence, this is very interesting considering the recent news re: Reddit Gold.
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by benofsky 16y ago
How would this work out though? As Facebook is owned by so many different investors now, they can't take away what they paid for?
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by benofsky 16y ago
From what I can see (from the unmodified one posted above); there are just two excel documents in between the video feeds to label them.
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by benofsky 16y ago
This also has the extended benefit of learning more about how Python is implemented, which always helps!
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by benofsky 16y ago
The problem with desktops (for me) is that I need a laptop to be mobile, I would love to have a mac pro or imac at home but keeping them both in sync is too much of an effort!
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by benofsky 16y ago
I was assuming they're going to be including data from the like button. EDIT: > What's stopping someone from putting metadata tags to say it's a page for a hotel somewhere or a movie, when they are really selling Viagra? Facebook isn't
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by benofsky 16y ago
I can imagine this being incredibly effective, Facebook have discovered an effective method for human powered search that covers the whole internet (EDIT: was referring to the like button here). Not only that, search results could be tailor
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by benofsky 16y ago
I completely agree, I think Twitter should focus on monetizing and improving the web experience (because it kinda sucks right now and if more people use it -> easier to monetize).
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by benofsky 16y ago
The problems one solves in basic web development is to be honest, kinda boring. For most websites it's just CRUD (create, read, update, delete); coding in this case is just a form of glue. Coding gets interesting when you're solving and imp

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