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by bgentry 15y ago
I want a non-profit, quasi-military like organization operating plants in a transparent manner. A quasi-military / government organization operating transparently? Good luck with that.
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by bgentry 16y ago
I really wish they would have picked another way to deal with the fact that people write crappy software that only launches in "1a" and "1b". They dealt with the resulting capacity imbalances by randomly remapping AZs for new accounts, but
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by bgentry 16y ago
I don't see how that post in any way contradicts what Lustig has argued. It's not just about the amount of fructose, it's also about the way that the fructose is carried into our system. EDIT: care to explain why this was worthy of a downvo
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by bgentry 16y ago
I'm going to reiterate this again on this thread: Yes, this interview is long, as was the Youtube video from Lustig. But it is worth every minute of listening time. Watch the original video (linked in this thread) for a more in-depth techni
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by bgentry 16y ago
I don't think that's a mistake on his part. If you put a single large video or iso file on there that you downloaded, it's practically guaranteed that someone else has already uploaded it. And one 700 MB file will really skew that percentag
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by bgentry 16y ago
This is correct, and it is the main reason why you will be hard-pressed to find a massive company whose root domain doesn't redirect to www.
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by bgentry 16y ago
He's not so much saying that sugar in general is killing us. He's arguing that the way we're consuming it now (both volume and generally isolated from fiber/other nutrients) is what's killing us.
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by bgentry 16y ago
"the evidence isn't conclusive" also doesn't mean "there's no evidence". Watch the video lecture on youtube (already linked in the comments and the article)
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by bgentry 16y ago
For those who haven't watched the video lecture referenced early in the article, I highly recommend checking it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Lustig does a fantastic job explaining the cellular processes at work, which a
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by bgentry 16y ago
Interesting idea.. if one were to build the system as you described, there would still need to be a common link for the PGP encryption of the file-specific key. What do you reckon this is? IIRC, based on the other Dropbox article this week,
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by bgentry 16y ago
I don't follow. How could the client send an encrypted version of a very large file using only 16 KB on the network?
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by bgentry 16y ago
The proof is indeed in the deduplication. If Dropbox can skip the upload process of some large file because another user has already uploaded it, they must also be able to decrypt that file in order to sync it with your other machines. Or i
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by bgentry 16y ago
Is that the legislative version of the CAP theorem? the SFE theorem?
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by bgentry 16y ago
Worth mentioning here that there's a XSS security fix in this release.
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by bgentry 16y ago
I've never seen my coworkers as universally excited as the day one of them posted the old version of the Skype for Mac dmg in our campfire room. I'm exaggerating, sure, but everybody was thrilled to get rid of the Skype 5 horror.
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by bgentry 16y ago
I wish there was more of an emphasis on this being a temporary solution. Usually when you need a patch, you need it now, so pulling the lib from your own git fork is the only immediate solution. But you should make every effort with your fo
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by bgentry 16y ago
RED has been driving some tremendous innovation in this space. Their cameras are an order of magnitude cheaper than anything remotely comparable, and they've built the entire ecosystem around standard video editing software (Final Cut Pro,
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by bgentry 16y ago
Wow, truly awesome implementation. Way to nail it, Github!
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by bgentry 16y ago
I don't believe can be considered open and fair competition until the US outlaws selling cell phones which are carrier locked and all providers are required to offer fair discounts for unsubsidized/no-contract customers. Even then, you'll h
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by bgentry 16y ago
They forgot about the biggest losers: every wireless subscriber in the US.
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by bgentry 16y ago
Hoping this helps to solve some of the stability issues we've all been experiencing with the new 2011 MacBook Pros. According to MacRumors: Apple appears to also be offering a special build for the new Early 2011 MacBook Pro, specifically
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by bgentry 16y ago
This quote summarizes the whole issue for me: Two weeks ago, as it happens, I took my business away from AT&T. The reason? Simple. T-Mobile offered me a better deal. Lower prices. No two-year contract. And monthy savings because I brou
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by bgentry 16y ago
For example, if we know that YCombinator funds double the proportion of the rest of the industry, that would be interesting and new. Based on the other comments here, it seems as though the sample size would surely be too small to give us
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by bgentry 16y ago
This makes me want to cry. AFAIK T-Mobile is the only US carrier that actually allows you to save money by not subsidizing your handset purchase. I saved $20 off of T-Mobile's already reasonable monthly rates by buying my Nexus One upfron
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by bgentry 16y ago
Not sure of your background or skill set, but Heroku is hiring like crazy. We're now owned by Salesforce.com but that relationship is as hands-off as you can imagine. I think we've got the best of both worlds (startup & big company). Ta
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by bgentry 16y ago
I wonder if it's time for AWS to open a development office in a more startup-oriented city (i.e. SF). It might help them attract and retain more talent.
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by bgentry 16y ago
AppleTV rentals have the same restrictions
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by bgentry 16y ago
According to one of the previous articles on this subject, this provision actually requires companies to pay taxes on their employees' options based on the company's valuation, even if those employees aren't even able to sell those shares.
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by bgentry 16y ago
Not sure if he has a study to prove this.. But can you think of any other industries in SF that have generated huge job growth during the past 10 years? I can't. That doesn't mean Arrington is right, but I can't think of a reason to doubt t
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by bgentry 16y ago
Even though this one release may not be representative of the company as a whole, at least it gives us some reason to believe in TechCrunch's journalistic integrity. I didn't mean to imply that this was a total affirmation of TechCrunch's

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