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by bobz 15y ago
"Java" is not an open source project. As a Java programmer, I've not really heard a particular level of criticism of the OpenJDK project. Java the language sure does have its fault. Although I suspect you were just Java bashing. [ed] s/it's
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Advice to a Young Man Hoping to Go Somewhere(ryanholiday.net)
2 points by bobz 15y ago|0 comments
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by bobz 15y ago
I love that Smoots are in Wolfram Alpha. :) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+smoots+from+th...
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by bobz 15y ago
As a longtime Massachusetts / Boston resident, the culture of the city may have something to do with it. Boston is, at its heart, a Puritan settlement. This has been used as a sleight against Boston, but I don't mean it that way. But it is
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by bobz 15y ago
Just last night, I was thinking how great (and successful) a service like this would be.
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by bobz 15y ago
The three day settlement rule applies to the NY equity markets. Other markets, including NY fixed income products, run under different rules, including same day settlement. And this isn't a fraud prevention measure, it's a legacy of the day
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by bobz 15y ago
I believe he IS taking advantage of an auto-retained property, which is why he needs the release... because the property setter has issued its own retain, which will be released when the property is set again...
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by bobz 16y ago
My interpretation is that the OS development has been "spiked" to target certain platforms, as a proof and exploration of the tablet form factor. But, as with most fast, targeted code pushes, some sacrifices have been made in the generaliza
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by bobz 16y ago
Your question is ambiguous, depending on how I read the word any ... so I'll address both. 1. ...to compromise the idea of openness at all ... The point is not to be open. Openness is a tool that Google uses to create the product and ecos
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by bobz 16y ago
This article strikes me as inflammatory, the underlying actions by Google seem reasonable. There's a difference between valuing openness, and promising openness at the expense of all other values. To me, Google has demonstrated the first co
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by bobz 16y ago
I think the "location" implicit social graph is just one of many. It might be the easiest to grok, but it doesn't strike me as the most useful. I like Fred's example of people with similar music taste on last.fm. I like the idea of being co
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by bobz 16y ago
Last I checked, jQuery mobile was in alpha and not really ready for prime time. I'd be very curious to hear anyone's stories or opinions as to how it was maturing, how close we are to a beta / RC, etc.
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by bobz 16y ago
I suppose what I meant is that, unlike Apple, there's no cost for a user to start using a competitor. But I suppose switch isn't even really the right word here; there's no reason they even have to stop using Twitter. Basically, if somethin
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by bobz 16y ago
On the other hand, it might be a good time to launch/fund a product that competes. Without its developer ecosystem, Twitter is practically an unusable product. Sure, they have their network, but so did Myspace, Digg. Twitter can't reasonabl
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by bobz 16y ago
Soon after that I sent Andres the link, and we started throwing around ideas for startup companies. In the spring of 2006 I got a phone call from Andres. He was having trouble finding a low temperature capacitor for his experiment and sugg
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by bobz 16y ago
My favorite thing about Jobs: Seeing a man who actually DESERVES every ounce of his celebrity, clearly enjoying it so much. Nice piece by Gruber capturing the event, and my favorite flavor of Apple worship.
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by bobz 16y ago
We optimize for joy. We believe writing code is a lot of hard work, and the only way it can be worth is by enjoying it. When there is no longer joy in writing code, the best thing to do is stop. To prevent this, we'll avoid taking paths th
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Ask HN: YC for non-consumer technology startups?
6 points by bobz 16y ago|5 comments
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by bobz 16y ago
I'm not sure the comparison is so precise that the outcome is predicted. There's no sure bet that Facebook will go the way of AOL. I like this comparison more as a mitigating factor to closed-web alarmism. This is not the first time the o
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by bobz 16y ago
In brief, and only because vicious attacks on writers I enjoy just rubs me wrong: 1. It is not Sebastian's duty to demonstrate his accomplishments to you. 2. Arrogant? If you hate yourself so much that you can't stand a person with ambit
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by bobz 16y ago
Funny, I came here looking for the exact opposite post to upvote. Seems exceptionally low to me, given the obvious malicious intent and potential damages. But I'm mostly ignorant about the relevant law.
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by bobz 16y ago
If appeal to precedent is a fallacy, we (the western world) really need to rethink our legal system.
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by bobz 16y ago
That might work for you, but that doesn't mean it will work for everyone.
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by bobz 16y ago
Paying people per word is just silly. Can we please not carry over this hackish way of valuing a writer's contribution? If we wanted a metric of the value of the post, I would think up-votes would be a better metric. But personally, I agr
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by bobz 16y ago
Don't need this at the moment, but wanted to say thanks anyway! This is a really awesome thing to do, and as a nice Real Life Karma bonus you will probably meet some really cool people.
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by bobz 16y ago
So, the point is, it's not Twitter that matters, but the connection of the humans behind Twitter? How is this news? Does anyone argue that a telephone is responsible for major social good?