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by bobf 16y ago
I don't follow kernel development extremely closely, but it fascinates me that people are still actively working on the kernel's scheduler and achieving a "huge improvement" like this.
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by bobf 16y ago
I don't know that I agree with your assessment that "designers are the core" of Apple's business, but even so, Apple's current state seems to be rather irrelevant to a discussion about a combination of founders for a startup. Wouldn't looki
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by bobf 16y ago
I don't know of anything that will give you anything even close to Gmail as far as an interface/search/chat. Also, running your own email server is basically saying "sign me up for an endless source of pain". At my current job, when we were
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by bobf 16y ago
Yep! That's why I went there the first time. It was amazing, so I went back again on my next trip to Atlanta. Interestingly, he was in the "kitchen" (at the woodfire grill, actually) cooking both times -- most well-known chefs are more rest
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by bobf 16y ago
Great concept, but are they getting the best price on the best one? Buying the best <X> is good, buying it at the best possible price is better.
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by bobf 16y ago
Buckhead is a really great area. If I had to compare it to somewhere in the SF/SV area, it would probably be most comparable to Palo Alto. I've been in Atlanta twice over the past year, and spent most of each trip in Buckhead. There are to
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by bobf 16y ago
It may be harsh, but here's some honest feedback: I don't see the value of WikiTorrents. (That probably doesn't mean anything, as I wouldn't have considered Twitter to be a huge winner either, but it is a data point for you nonetheless.) Th
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by bobf 16y ago
Do you work for Zappos, or somewhere else that decided to "steal their idea"? ( Creating the best customer service in the world )
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by bobf 16y ago
The amazing part of Chapman's 105mph fastball is hearing hitters describe how different it is trying to hit it versus other pitchers' 95-100mph fastballs. You wouldn't think 5% faster would make a big difference, but it apparently does.
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by bobf 16y ago
I paid $510 for the Asus UL20A-A1 last December, on an Amazon promo priced at $585 with $75 Amazon gift card included. It looks like Newegg has it NIB for $575 or open box at $452 right now. I upgraded the memory to 4GB for ~$40, but haven'
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by bobf 16y ago
I have a 12.1" Asus UL20A that I bought last December. It isn't as thin as the new Air, of course, but it is a great alternative if you want to spend less and aren't set on a Mac.
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by bobf 16y ago
Although it might not fit with your requirement of being inexpensive, if you want something with a real CPU, light weight, small form-factor, and great battery life, I have the Asus UL20A-A1 (~$575) and love it.
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by bobf 16y ago
Have you considered implementing a NoSQL solution to store the files? I've successfully done something similar with HBase.
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by bobf 16y ago
Great idea and name!
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by bobf 16y ago
I would actually argue that Microsoft has actually become a more consumer-oriented company over time. Xbox was only released 9 years ago and the Zune was only released 4 years ago. Prior to that, what was Microsoft's consumer focus? Their p
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by bobf 16y ago
Whether they're all 100% altruistically motivated or not, if they are providing legitimately useful help for free as offered, I don't see a problem with it. As a possibly familiar example, speakers come to users groups/meetups to talk about
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by bobf 16y ago
I saw your reply where you said you were running automatic submissions. What was your point in doing that though? Gathering up lots of interesting stories and avoiding having to submit them manually? Trying to auto-submit the ever-popular A
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by bobf 16y ago
I think a separate /offer area for the Offer HN posts would be great, if they continue appearing on a regular basis in the future. (I voted in support of Offer HN posts, if that matters.)
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by bobf 16y ago
This is a surprisingly creative bit of Halloween flair from Sears , of all companies. If you didn't notice, you can switch the language to "Zombian" in the top right corner of the page. The following link should work to get you there direc
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by bobf 16y ago
"What are you doing?" is not very ominous. What were you doing, out of curiosity?
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by bobf 16y ago
I would have actually paid a small fee for that sort of service from a non-US based provider recently, to avoid MLB blackout restrictions on their online playoff coverage. (Except a free proxy in China was easy enough to find.)
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by bobf 16y ago
You mean guerrilla (thanks, edited the original).
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by bobf 16y ago
That's very true, but "taste of your own medicine" and frozen/cold didn't have a funny punch line. However, it could be considered revenge by proxy -- WePay assisting with consumers' revenge against PayPal for freezing accounts.
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by bobf 16y ago
That seems to be the crux of the issue. Consumer positive is apparently not in Expedia/Travelocity's best interests. Dredging up old Stanford-days quotes of Google's founders seems a bit disingenuous.
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by bobf 16y ago
I too thought "it won't happen to me", only to have my funds frozen when I was doing a few thousand of Bing eBay cashback churning on postal stamps.
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by bobf 16y ago
The funny part, as TC mentions, is that PayPal pulled a similar guerrilla marketing stunt in its early days by paying people to wear PayPal t-shirts at an eBay conference. Could we say... revenge is a dish best served cold ?
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by bobf 16y ago
I've considered doing a VPN startup before; however, it seems that the market is pretty small and margins are low. Your customer base is basically: number of people who are concerned about privacy AND frequently use insecure WiFi AND don't
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by bobf 16y ago
I've found J.D. Roth's personal finance blog to be one of the more well-written and interesting blogs around: http://www.getrichslowly.org
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by bobf 16y ago
Have you had kangaroo meat? How is it? (Hopefully you won't say "tastes like chicken".) There is a great butcher I visit who often has frozen kangaroo meat, and I've considered trying it.
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by bobf 16y ago
Although that's true, I would guess there is possibly far more competition for those jobs from a larger quantity of Rails programmers than Django programmers.

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