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by bobsoap 13y ago
It's actually quite conceivable that there was a first-line response memo crafted by a NSA/government official, that was sent out to the companies in question. What the NSA might not have expected is that the receivers decided to
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Yes but you know the guy already. That's branding. Also, searching for dev advice is not the same as searching for a product like in OP's case.
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They grasp it alright, but they haven't figured out how to monetize it properly yet, especially compared to their established physical business model, which already has all the infrastructure in place, and they are trying to exploit to the
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by bobsoap 13y ago
I've had this problem with every browser I've tried on both the tablet and the phone. Opera pre-chrome provides the only halfway decent and useable solution. After reading all the comments on here, I'm pretty sure I won't "upgrade" to their
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by bobsoap 13y ago
A.k.a. "The above-the-fold syndrome"
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2) is on the spot. As soon as you introduce an abstract that is one step removed from money, people are more willing to gamble with that abstract. This is true for everything from credits to casino chips and from stock/shares to options and
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by bobsoap 13y ago
Fixed: >> And unlike other companies our press releases are written by pubescent teenagers.
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by bobsoap 14y ago
I completely agree with you and OP's post is true for me as well. However, I wouldn't describe the reason for cutting corners as laziness, but as a need for efficiency and cost control. Earlier, before I've had the experience I have now, I
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by bobsoap 14y ago
Thanks for the downvotes everyone. For the record, when I wrote the above comment, the headline of this thread was "Zendesk was hacked, 3 customers affected". It has been changed since, without due notice of course. I wonder why... Now, my
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by bobsoap 14y ago
My thoughts exactly, lol. The headline is truly hilarious when you consider the typically quite spectacular number of compromised accounts reported in most other high-caliber incidents. Well done Zendesk.
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by bobsoap 14y ago
After breaking many things myself due to similar, seemingly miniscule edits, I have implemented an ABC routine: Always Be Checking. Even if it was "just" something like moving a piece of code or something equally tiny, I always check after
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by bobsoap 14y ago
In the screenshot, the Close button provides context - it's a clue saying "this is what a normal button looks like". But it's still not straight-forward enough: you have to think in order to understand that. Without that context, how would
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by bobsoap 14y ago
This, precisely. What's in it for you? If you plan on keeping your product free for your users, then you are obviously planning on monetizing your users in a different way. I'm very curious to find out how exactly.
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> All of you a pathetic. Along with the blogosphere. Care to spellcheck and elaborate?
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I have found responsibility to be one of the greatest motivators, both for me personally and for employees. Making a person feel directly responsible for the task they are given engages them more and pushes them to excel at what they are do
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by bobsoap 14y ago
While this is technically correct, what IS misleading is not incorporating significant changes to the market itself. The "market" in that chart starts off before the mobile revolution, and proceeds to include the mobile market as time progr
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by bobsoap 14y ago
Since they are throwing desktop operating systems in the same cluster as tablets and phones, why did they omit all the different OSs for cars, manufacturing and power plants, heavy machinery, TV sets, satellite boxes, and so on? At least th
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by bobsoap 14y ago
Good point. I think the main difference between then and now is that back then, it was easier to identify yellow journalism. Pulitzer started sensationalism by printing caricatures on the front page, if I recall correctly. Polarizing and wi
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by bobsoap 14y ago
There are plenty of monetization models besides trashy linkbait and paywalls that are capable of producing great results. I agree with you that, as a consumer, if you get something for free, it's actually you who is the product. But there a
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by bobsoap 14y ago
> Today's announcement clarifies that the confusion was caused by the fact that nature didn't think much of physicists' expectations. LOL
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And that's exactly what's wrong with such publications these days. Linkbait takes preference over accuracy. That's not journalism anymore, far from it.
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My thoughts exactly. The writer is comparing apples to oranges (PC / iPad, for one). I must have uttered "are you kidding me" a dozen times while reading that crap.
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How are you differentiating against Yahoo! Answers, Quora, StackExchange, and the likes? That's the question you should ask yourself. Then proceed to answer it on your landing page. Right now I don't know why the world needs yet another opi
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by bobsoap 14y ago
Paywall...
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by bobsoap 15y ago
Didn't downvote you... not sure how to do that on here tbh. Thanks for the explanation and the references.
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Teh internets iz serious biznez.
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by bobsoap 15y ago
"The majority of music files that were available via this site were stolen from the artists" How can UK police (or SOCA, or whoever) claim that before trial? When that notice was put on the site, the "individuals behind this website" (anoth
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And Facebook, and Twitter. And I believe Steve Jobs said that about Dropbox, too.
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Consideration != equal treatment :)
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Even if this project isn't backed or supported by the "right" technically qualified people right now, I have no doubt that that will change as soon as the government-controlled internet becomes a noticeable reality. This is only the beginni

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