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by canadianwriter 4y ago
I guess my issue is figuring out where the value is? There are legal procedures for anything important (eg. financial accounts). You don't need the password, you just go through the legal frameworks that have been set up for years. Alm
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
As others have said: what about the stuff that never catches on? 3D TVs AR glasses Luggage that follows you around phones with projectors built in Segway etc
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
I was very confused when I was in check mate, but the other player didn't capture my king for some reason.... so in the end I won. Didn't expect that. They probably just didn't see the check mate even if it was obvious to me!
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
...does this make sense. These seem like words that should go together but I can't grok what is being said.
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
Twitter penalizes links. If you post a tweet with a link only a fraction of the people will see it compared to a twitter thread. They much prefer people stay on platform. It's not just Twitter doing this - all social networks prefer yo
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
Like... maybe? Why does it have to be a lie instead of incompetence? They may have totally thought that back then, then changed their mind?
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
I guess this might be hard to believe, but lots of people DO like it. It just depends on what kind of person you are. Eg. lots of people love those forced team building things. Different people like different things. For a large company tho
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
Yup - wont let me edit or delete this one and new one no one is seeing - fun! Also, I submitted the correct link, issue was the canonical was wrong, which is interesting that it actually overwrote my submitted url and replaces it with the c
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I am no longer good at tech support and it's interesting to think about(kolemcrae.com)
2 points by canadianwriter 4y ago|0 comments
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I am no longer good at tech support and it's interesting to think about(kolemcrae.com)
7 points by canadianwriter 4y ago|2 comments
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
"I use Authy for MFA, which comes with a desktop app" Fantastic. A lot of banks (at least here in Canada) ONLY have text or phone call for 2FA (which is awful, but welcome to banking).
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
While this certainly gets into semantics, I don't think you need a "blog" but a website can help a lot. I wrote about why most smaller companies don't need a blog here: https://kolemcrae.com/notebook&#x2F
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
Yup - private companies/app makers can do as they please. You consented to them doing as they wish. The choice is simple, if you don't like it, just stop using the app. There are probably tons of alternatives.
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by canadianwriter 4y ago
Yup! I use Github pages as my "CMS" for my pure HTML static site ( https://kolemcrae.com ) works beautifully!
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
Terrible timing for the announcement. Currently the players and owners are negotiating a new CBA - a week of games has already been cancelled and if negotiations don't get figured out more and more will get cancelled. Fans are kind of
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
In rare good news this actually restored a purchase I thought I had lost! I purchased minecraft back in the alpha days, when the contract said you get it forever including all updates. Over the years I lost that account. Well, when Microsof
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
Gotta love asking in slack "is uh... literally everything down right now?"
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
I thought this was building up to: here is who it's NOT good for and how to help them. But it doesn't. It just says it's great for everyone. Which it obviously isn't... It's good for some, horrible for others.
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
Interesting - was getting buggier and buggier as I used it today before the "blocked" started showing up. Super curious to see what caused the issue.
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This Website Is Not a Blog(kolemcrae.com)
3 points by canadianwriter 5y ago|1 comments
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
I decided to re-frame this a bit. I have a website but don't have a blog. (here if curious: https://kolemcrae.com ) It may SEEM blog like though. There are articles with my opinions and lots of great info. They just aren&#x2
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
I think about this often and it's very scary to me. I wrote a whole article on how I try to achieve longevity. https://kolemcrae.com/notebook/longevity.html I also switched my whole site to pure html and css, but
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Ask HN: What subjects should be covered in a marketing book for startup founders
9 points by canadianwriter 5y ago|6 comments
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
I am actually working on a book for exactly this - I consult with start up founders all the time on their marketing and there is a TON of misinformation for them to deal with on top of the fear talked about here and a host of other issues.
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
That's a... unique pricing. Or maybe I'm just really behind in the times - hours of using the app? And then only a per project without an unlimited plan? It seems cool, just have never encountered pricing like that and it would ce
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How a NYTimes reporter collects royalties from hundreds of musicians [video](youtube.com)
37 points by canadianwriter 5y ago|2 comments
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
Mostly off topic but when I read these stories I'm always irked at the use of "marijuana" instead of cannabis. Maybe because I'm in Toronto where cannabis is fully legal and every store around me that sells it uses canna
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
“As a search engine, Google controls how results appear based on engagement and how useful searchers find the content.” I guess they've never heard of noindex? You can very easily remove your content from Google image search, you just
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
A lot of management consulting is exactly that - the answer is simple when you look at it this way, but they need to back it up. That's why they quantify it and don't just say "fix it". They studies thousands of companie
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by canadianwriter 5y ago
There are plenty of software companies in this space - much of the time the software company also owns the agencies... eg. TravelEdge. It's obviously an industry, meaning one could disrupt it etc, but it's not some untapped market

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