bushido

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   by bushido 13y ago

   I have mentioned this before in this thread, I'll do it again. I AM really happy for rap genius. I also view this post from RapGenius as a kind of a PSA. They used the reasonable doubt argument, and won, they could have kept quiet abou
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   by bushido 13y ago

   > Google has some incentive to be more active in fixing the problem there That's exactly how I feel too. Though the incentive for google is very unclear, the lack of clarity is explored further below. > You have the causality
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   by bushido 13y ago

   Edit: the reply is to the now reacted comment: > They're a startup, and this was a problem which was either going to kill them or be surmounted quickly. Naturally, they surmounted it quickly. Google laid out a clear plan of
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   by bushido 13y ago

   This is great for Rap Genius. But this truly saddens me as well. I cannot for the life of me understand how they were able to fix ten-of-thousands of backlinks and other shady practices and get back in the good graces of Google so darn quic
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   by bushido 13y ago

   > difficulty or incompetence? Probably neither, it could be shortsightedness, or simply a tool that their tech support (or other help forums) use for people who do not know what OS they are using. There are A LOT of people I have met t
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   by bushido 13y ago

   > a time traveler "will" change the course of history in the long run Going by the current recognized (theoretically possible) understanding of time travel based on Einstein's theory of special relativity[0] it would be
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   by bushido 13y ago

   Travel to the future is actually more probable(theoretically possible), I am basing this on a good explanation by Brian Cox(based on Einstein's theory of special relativity). The basic premise is that to travel to the future an object
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   by bushido 13y ago

   Well if you're really interested in time travel fiction, nothing beats Doctor Who.
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   Scaling Agile @ Spotify with Tribes, Squads, Chapters & Guilds(dl.dropboxusercontent.com)

   1 points by bushido 13y ago|0 comments
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    by bushido 13y ago

    Links[0] to the article without a login; if you aren't subscribing to NY times, and/or don't intend to. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=N.S.A.Phone+surveillance+is+... [1] https://www.google.co
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    by bushido 13y ago

    Alternate url[0], in case WSJ requests you to log-in/subscribe to read the article. [0] https://www.google.com/search?q=We+Pretend+to+Teach%2C+They+... edit: changed link to point to google search, click on the search
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    by bushido 13y ago

    > Using a nonstandard layout for my home desktop meant reconfiguring several laptops as well, then still having trouble any time I use any other computer. This is one of the primary reasons I haven't bothered trying an alternate k
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    by bushido 13y ago

    The story focuses primarily on external factors that could remove choices and control from the founders, but it feels a bit one sided, in that Daniel is externalizing the factors concerning funding. Hence, I'd like to digress a pit fro
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    Ask HN: Does anyone use a Dvorak simplified keyboard or alternatives?

    4 points by bushido 13y ago|9 comments
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    by bushido 13y ago

    No name associated is quite easy to do technically. -> Start a new dummy email for the anon user -> Sign-up for a blog on Wordpress etc. -> Start writing However in practice it is really tough to stay anonymous, depending on how ha
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    by bushido 13y ago

    They could and have done this for a while. Used to see it in the blackhat marketing space, where content farms wishing to rank higher than other farms spammed their competition. Was glad to see the content farms go circa 2011 (Panda update)
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    by bushido 13y ago

    you should probably add a few more fields to this: - Have one, but don't use it - Had one, but deleted it
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    by bushido 13y ago

    I apologize in advance, but since nobody else seems to have taken the initiative I will opt for being the ass_ole in this situation. Before you go to the board (you ethically should) let ascertain a few things. Are you sure he's an ove
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    by bushido 13y ago

    Wordpress is definitely easy to setup and has a ton of plugins. But in my experience when integrating it with other services/frameworks/etc. it doesn't really save on time; it's more like the time spent will gradually cr
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    by bushido 13y ago

    There is a good amount of complexity that gets added when you try integrating rails and wordpress, as you already mentioned. I understand the appeal of the plugins, but its usually quite easy to work around, what plugins in specific are you
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    by bushido 13y ago

    Would have to investigate this further. But you may be correct. I haven't seen this one done in years. It would have been legitimate if the user saw the same content as the crawlers, but displaying different content to SE crawlers woul
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    by bushido 13y ago

    > Is Google's SEO penalty is for Life? No. It's very temporary, they'll may need to rely less on search engines to begin with. > Any hope left for reconsideration Is there hope? Yes, definitely. Should there be reco
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    by bushido 13y ago

    I personally know of a number of legitimate sites that were invariably affected due to content and blog farms harvesting their content when Google's panda algorithm rolled out. Those penalties hurt a lot of good people! Anyways, this o
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    by bushido 13y ago

    > Yeah, but in the case of an economy, you create the value first In any transaction the value can only be determined if the buyer thinks the product or service is valuable enough to pay for. Which is why products and companies fail
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    by bushido 13y ago

    This looks interesting: https://web.archive.org/web/20061202010422/http://www.weidai...
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    by bushido 13y ago

    > Money/labour input does not equal value. I could spend 10 years pulling all the grass from my backyard and sorting it from longest to shortest in length. A lot of effort went into it. Doesn't make it valuable. Doesn't
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    by bushido 13y ago

    I'd probably try something like foodgawker but for recipes that contain bacon, its easy enough to build. (hint: I love bacon!! then again who doesn't.)
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    by bushido 13y ago

    > What backs the value of a Bitcoin Value is always backed by perception of individuals(micro) and groups of individuals(macro). A change in perception of these groups manifests as volatility. > Isn't Bitcoin the only currency
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    by bushido 13y ago

    This is one of the greater reasons why so many are convinced that Nick Szabo is in fact Satoshi Nakamoto. I'm personally undecided/don't have an opinion yet, one things for sure Nick Szabo must be bummed if he is not Satoshi
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    by bushido 13y ago

    Rails + Zurb Foundation.