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by chavesn 13y ago
I believe this is one of the most, if not the most, under-appreciated "features" of websites and software (all types, including games). It directly affects usability and therefore user engagement. And that means it directly af
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by chavesn 13y ago
I'm sorry, but huh? By "easily" do you mean it happens for some measurable number of small-money participants (of which there are many, of course)? Or do you possibly mean that you invest in 10 different stocks and one double
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by chavesn 13y ago
That's true, and an important point: if you expect your personal earning power to grow at a rate far greater than 8%, then investing your principal now will have little effect one way or the other. But investing later will, so it&#x
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by chavesn 13y ago
> "it's approximately equivalent to accepting 1 or 2 extra short contracting gigs." Except: - You don't have to do the work (you are free to do more work or relax) - That's one or two gigs every year (until
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by chavesn 13y ago
A couple of the statements are inaccurate or a bit hyperbolic: - "In other words, the answer to "do we believe that our stock selection ability is significantly above average?" has to be a resounding, objectively justified &
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by chavesn 13y ago
The $1 transaction fee seems crazy wasteful to me on purchases under $50 or so. I would consider just buying the whole item for a friend (through Amazon, letting Amazon eat the transaction fee) before I'd give anywhere from 5-10% ext
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by chavesn 13y ago
I know this is completely juvenile of me, but I can't help but see "libs ass". It's kind of like "xbone". I'm sure it's not intentional, but people will see it nonetheless.
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by chavesn 13y ago
Compile error: only the full sequence ";\n" ends a statement.
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by chavesn 13y ago
That's a good point, but I don't think the point is that its dividing the whole population into one group or the other. Instead, I think the point is that the volume of doubters and supporters still seems to be about equal; wher
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by chavesn 13y ago
Online communities are sources of passion, emotion, argument, conflict. There's a big difference between that and knowing basically nothing about a person other than that they're in a hospital and having a birthday.
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by chavesn 13y ago
This is a depressing comment. If there are people who would go out of their way to snail-mail an insult to an unwell and unfortunate target, then there is far less hope for the human race than I realized. Alternatively, if you're sugge
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by chavesn 13y ago
Your first headline may be dry, but headlines like "6 Unbelievable Techniques Two College Students Used to Get a $4B Buyout Offer from Facebook!" sound like spam to me. Sensationalism will always work to grab eyes but I don't
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by chavesn 13y ago
It really seems like this author has some kind of bone to pick. Banks aren't going away soon. Banks are not going to make it easy for third-parties to proxy transactions soon. NFC or other non-card POS technologies are not going to b
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by chavesn 13y ago
Bypass paywall with a google.com referrer: http://google.com/url?q=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/... Note that you might have go incognito or clear your cookies if you already tried the direct
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by chavesn 13y ago
This is a dangerous rule; if you put this rule in the hands of a programmer who is not used to Javascript and doesn't really understand the type system, you can just as easily run into problems. This is because you require the programm
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by chavesn 13y ago
As programmers we all know that Javascript has some crazy edge cases. I'm not actually all that impressed by this illustration of Javascript's equality rules. This makes it look crazy when in fact it just gives the many edge case
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by chavesn 13y ago
It doesn't seem like you've actually read the article in its entirety, then (I can't blame you, it was very long but also very well written). The author addresses 1) the counter-argument 2) an explanation for the "angle&
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by chavesn 13y ago
Just trying to understand your argument: So, you are saying that neither Google nor Apple has really changed the world because their achievements were much more inevitable in a short period of years (<5) compared to potentially stoppin
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The Great Career Debate: Google Versus Goldman(inc.com)
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by chavesn 13y ago
Well, not nothing else. As the author said, it makes next to no money. And it sounds like the traffic is almost entirely transient, which reduces its value greatly. The site averaged less than 2 visits per unique visitor. So, while I get
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by chavesn 13y ago
Except, counter to your assertion, several other actual arguments were made: - People care about Twitter, but not Google+ - Twitter has achieved the "network effect" - Twitter could be a hedge against Facebook - Combined with
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by chavesn 13y ago
The OP suggested that it's a bad option for phones. But Amazon offers something else for higher-end items that worked great for me,"Amazon Trade-in" ( http://www.amazon.com/Trade-In/ ). You start by findi
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by chavesn 13y ago
Speaking of which, can we talk about some great ideas I have for a new place to store our bicycles?
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by chavesn 13y ago
One of my most popular answers on Stack Overflow has been about exactly these properties. This trick you are using is new to me and you've helped me improve the answer so it works for any URL. Thank you! Updated answer here: http:&#
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by chavesn 13y ago
Yes, that's how you'd get a box to appear over the triangle, but it doesn't really solve any of the containment issues. Example: http://jsfiddle.net/9pMJS/
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by chavesn 13y ago
Well, then the text isn't really "in" the triangle, is it? Leading you to rely on further hacks to make sure the text stays in the triangle with a nice padding, correct wrapping, and all the other features you get when text
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by chavesn 13y ago
I've never seen that one, but it looks pretty similar to the one I use, Mou -- http://mouapp.com/
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by chavesn 13y ago
Definitely an odd choice. Asking for trouble. If you've put so much work into, is the marketing value from a hint of association worth the potential mess?
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by chavesn 13y ago
Enterprise is going to be a slow-adopting beast, no matter what, but that doesn't mean that iOS (or some future evolution of it) is out of the running. Come on, you're not really saying that office work can't ever fundamenta
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by chavesn 13y ago
I think if we're painting with really broad brushes, in the end companies care about ease of use. The cost of people is far greater than equipment. Of course, they don't evaluate hardware the same way that individuals do, so i

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