bmm6o

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by bmm6o 16y ago
OT, but it's always amusing to see an answer to this question (which comes up at least once a month) hit double-digit points. The rich get richer...
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Didn't Lady Gaga (and many others) do the same thing in the Facebook era?
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Right, my question is why didn't Google know they were opening themselves up to this kind of suit? Could they possibly have known but gone ahead anyway? That would be crazy.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
It seems like there's something missing from the story. I don't see how Google wouldn't have known they were infringing on Sun's patents. How could they release Android without a licensing agreement? It would be insane.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
My point about "wrong" vs. "against the rules" is that the rules of a system go a very long way to determining the behavior of participants. Subjective claims of wrongness carry very little weight when there are stronger incentives working
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> So what? It's wrong You're defining "wrong" to mean something other than "against the rules". If you can't get the rules changed, it doesn't matter what you wish they were. > First you are going to say that the investors who do n
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> What would you suggest as a color blind alternative for this color sequence? Not relying on colors at all. The rule of thumb is that there shouldn't be any information expressed using only colors. You can use color for emphasis.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Point taken, but how about a story where there was a conflict that was settled quickly and fairly? In my case, my account was flagged (the business was legit, but I could understand if they had some cause for concern), but it was such a has
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Are you seriously arguing that you should switch exactly once?
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Hey downvoters, it's an honest question. It makes him sound like "if I don't get mine, I'll keep you from getting yours", but I'd like to hear an alternate (more positive) interpretation.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> I'll draw an analogy to the civil rights [...] Who are you in this analogy? The only thing I can come up with is not flattering.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> Statistically speaking, somewhere between 4% and 8% of the HN population will be very interested in this news If you're using the stats I think you are, you probably mean "directly affected by" the news. As a California resident, I a
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The Tasmania Effect(crookedtimber.org)
1 points by bmm6o 16y ago|0 comments
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How to Steal Corporate Secrets in 20 Minutes: Ask(pcworld.com)
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by bmm6o 16y ago
All private, I think. This one flies right over our office several times a week: http://archives.californiaaviation.org/ganews/msg09194.html .
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by bmm6o 16y ago
I don't think the quote calls anyone lazy. All he's doing is pointing out the contradiction between saying "I would do X but I don't have the time", and engaging in time-filling activities. It's fine if your other responsibilities (family
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Things I Won't Work With [Chemistry](corante.com)
10 points by bmm6o 16y ago|1 comments
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by bmm6o 16y ago
The divide by zero anecdote is really odd. He offers it as an example of something crazy "they" used to do in the olden days (before "they" knew better), but the twist at the end is that he proposed it and his coworkers voted it down.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Regardless of which metaphor is a more accurate translation, "technical debt" is much more accessible. If you have to explain your turn of phrase, it's not going to catch on.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
The first draft had had "had had".
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> I was pointing out that there are very good reasons at times for keeping certain things secret, such as the "red button" [...]. I'm sorry, I still don't understand what you're suggesting. What would it mean for the "red button" to be
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by bmm6o 16y ago
What does this even mean? The existence of the button? If you're talking about "secret codes" for using it, that's just an implementation of an authentication/authorization scheme.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
> What they care about is his success and how it shows they don't have it. I think this isn't quite right. In general, the people criticizing him aren't other bloggers who are jealous that he has more readers than them. I think it's s
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Your version sounds like a great project! Post a link when it's ready!
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by bmm6o 16y ago
I wish I could find the article I read debunking that. It really only works for short, common words. For an n-letter word, there are only (n-2)! permutations that fix the first and last letters. If your words average only 4.3 characters,
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by bmm6o 16y ago
#7: Exactly. There is no 80-20 rule for enterprise software. If you don't meet 100% of the requirements, it isn't a replacement for their current system. You can't compromise on functionality for the sake of usability or elegance; every
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by bmm6o 16y ago
That's how I read it too. I couldn't imagine the exact metaphor he was going for (companies start in the shire before adventuring out into the world?), but it's not off-putting, at least. It's no expertsexchange.
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by bmm6o 16y ago
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/20960/why-is-the-gamma-fun...
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by bmm6o 16y ago
Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen that word. It was a favorite spelling challenge between my office mate and I: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung
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by bmm6o 16y ago
We were just talking about the overtime rules of various sports at lunch today. Tennis has (to me) one of the fairest systems. The sport is aided by the fact that every serve onto the court ends in a point being scored. Basketball is als

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