bigthingnext

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by bigthingnext 14y ago
Well, Google "screen scrapes" millions of websites. They bet their business on it and they seem to be doing OK. If you upload something to an http server connected to the public internet on tcp/80, and you don't exclude the path to it in r
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
The "skunkworks" is one of my favorite concepts. Look at what they were able to achieve. Truly amazing.
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
I'm glad you are not offended by my remarks. It may seem like I'm taking a shot at developers or Mozilla. As a user who hates bloated web browsers and Java, maybe I am. But from an objective viewpoint, I'm not. I'm just saying journalis
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
Wow. That is honest. So are we just going to opine on the state of affairs, or should we take action?
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
The idea is good i.e. teach journalists to hack. But there's a conflict of interest. Look who's doing the teaching. Mozilla and Google are in business together. Mozilla != journalists Mozilla == web developers == middleman FAIL. (It's be
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
"Suddenly everyone..." Hyperbole. I'll believe it when I see it. Even in print, there is only one NewYorker. There are some other mags that are almost comparable, but it's not like there are scores of them to choose from. And how exactly
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
"Sinbad the Sailor and Tinbad the Tailor and Jinbad the Jailer and Whinbad the Whaler and Ninbad the Nailer and Finbad the Failer and Binbad the Bailer and Pinbad the Pailer and Minbad the Mailer and Hinbad the Hailerand Rinbad the Railer a
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by bigthingnext 14y ago
3D printing closes an important loop. Development board - check Operating system - check Enclosure - ?