cawel

27 ms·

241.
by cawel 18y ago
As one commenter noted on their site, the lust to learn and the rate of success should be linked to the socio-economical situation, rather than the technological argument. Bluntly put, children from the rich families have a higher probabili
242.
Will reading and writing remain important?(economist.com)
1 points by cawel 18y ago|1 comments
243.
Why are food prices rising? [flash] (media.ft.com)
2 points by cawel 18y ago|0 comments
244.
Rails Kits: Software as a Service Made Easy(readwriteweb.com)
1 points by cawel 18y ago|0 comments
245.
Fear not, the dumb old internet can still cope with its traffic(economist.com)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
246.
To be free, information has to be smart (comments on Chris Anderson's "Free!")(radar.oreilly.com)
2 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
247.
Comparison between (Israel's) Silicon Wadi v Silicon Valley(economist.com)
3 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
248.
by cawel 19y ago
We're (sadly) aware of this problem. Since we're using fcgi, the processes are not in memory all the time, which means a slow loading time if the fcgi is not in memory at that time. We are using HostingRails for hosting, but I'm guessing it
249.
by cawel 19y ago
Thanks for your input. The 4 sites have been launched recently, so our user base is quite small at the moment! We are getting feedback from other channels too, but we think getting comments/advices from geeks is quite valuable (especially r
250.
by cawel 19y ago
That's an idea. We've just put a 'skip link' under the voting panel on www.hugamovie.com, and we'll see how often people will use it.
251.
by cawel 19y ago
Yeah. We pondered about this 'skip button' and decided not to put it in order to keep the voting interface simple and because you can always click on the 'get random movie' link (although admittedly far away from the voting panel).
252.
Ask YC: What do you think about our hug-or-ditch network?
5 points by cawel 19y ago|12 comments
253.
by cawel 19y ago
I know it's old (50 days), but I discovered the "the story of stuff" only recently, and I felt compelled to write a line or two, as I didn't agree with the existing comments thread.
254.
by cawel 19y ago
I would not say it's Reddit stuff. Rather, I would say it conveys a message in a clever manner, based on facts. And it is not an anti-capitalist message. She is not saying that capitalism is the problem. She just sheds light on the fact tha
255.
by cawel 19y ago
It's a pity that Peter is acting like a teenager. It looks like he says things only to get a reaction. It gets better in the third part, where ideas are better articulated, like the prosumer paradigm.
256.
Internet wiretapping | Bugging the cloud(economist.com)
2 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
257.
Is the Net Too Neutral?(technologyreview.com)
2 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
258.
Google buy of DoubleClick cleared by EU(money.cnn.com)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
259.
Mark Zuckerberg on Data Portability: An Interview(readwriteweb.com)
2 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
260.
Interview: Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect @ Microsoft(gigaom.com)
3 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
261.
by cawel 19y ago
Slate.com had an interesting article on this topic of Web 2.0 democracy: http://www.slate.com/id/2184487 And it went in the same direction as this Newsweek article: debunking the myth that most of the users are contributing to Digg or W
262.
UNdata: A World of Information(un.org)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
263.
Revenge Of The Experts: Is User-Generated Content Out?(newsweek.com)
2 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
264.
Google to Start Selling TV Ads(mashable.com)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
265.
February Top Social Networks(blog.compete.com)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
266.
Google mappers banned from U.S. bases(latimes.com)
1 points by cawel 19y ago|0 comments
267.
by cawel 19y ago
The US Internet Industry Association, a trade group representing Internet companies and ISPs USIIA is clearly a lobbyst group. And obviously, ISPs are against net neutrality: they would be too happy to charge premiums for certain categori
268.
by cawel 19y ago
I would say his example with UPS is wrong. UPS added a network parallel to the existing mail post network, whereas in the case of internet, private ventures offering "quality of service" services contend with others for bandwidth on the
269.
by cawel 19y ago
It is the freedom of participants on the Internet to offer and profit from whatever products, services, or content they choose that has made it such a phenomenal source of content and innovation. The author includes what I would call the
270.
by cawel 19y ago
It is still far from http://www.gapminder.org/ (which does an incredible good job at leveraging data using visualization techniques/fancy UI), but at least it's free. Last time I used World Bank data, even for educational purposes, one ne

More ›