chrisBob

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by chrisBob 13y ago
Right. It may not be that it is done maliciously, It could be related to the time it takes to notice strange activity, and then act on it. It also makes good business sense to review before a payment. If there really was fraudulent activit
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Poll: Were you banned by AdSense? When in the cycle were you notified?
316 points by chrisBob 13y ago|161 comments
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by chrisBob 13y ago
First third
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Second third
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Third third (minus last few days)
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Within 4 days of a payout
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by chrisBob 13y ago
And as a site that is funded by donations not ad revenue they probably consider this a service.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Along those same lines: be careful if you buy an Air at a retail store for a little while. It might be different now, but a few years ago when I got my MBP I waited until the day they were released, called to confirm they were in stock, and
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I think it was a joke. Jokes don't always come out well on the internet.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
This is their cheapest option and has an 11" display. If you want pixels then you should pay a little more and not complain when it is a little heavier: http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Why is this news? I am a proud Apple fan, but I don't think a slight bump in their cheapest laptop needs to make the front page of HN. I feel like I am missing something.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Great! Send me an email: chris@tactitionprogramming.com
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Ocean Commotion: an iPad game with unique multi-touch game play. The graphics are great, but I have no clue how to market, and I am not getting the downloads I am looking for. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ocean-
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Conferences are completely different. At a conference there is a 50% chance I will wear a suit, but back at work on a regular day I am in jeans and a T-shirt which makes me very slightly underdressed compared to my peers. A conference is
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Wow. Why do I try to make anything original? It looks like there is good money in the clones.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
The system isn't bad just because you don't like their business decisions. I think the advertising budget is completely unrelated to the issue of patents. If you want to argue against the fact that patent protection is needed for
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Your average is the average score for all of your posts, submissions. I have no idea what it means if it is blank. Your best bet is probably to submit a bug report: https://github.com/HackerNews/HN It looks like kogir
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I don't know, but when I try to look at your account info your average is also blank.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
The cost is much higher than the filing fee. You should usually plan to spend about $20k to hire a patent attorney to help get a patent filed. If you are doing this yourself you can keep the cost much lower, and try to do all of the work yo
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Pharmaceuticals are both one of the best and worst patent examples. It costs a company millions of dollars to develop, test and get approval for a new drug. A patent makes this expensive gamble worth while for the company by guaranteeing th
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by chrisBob 13y ago
The place I have seen with the strongest custom about work hours is Japan. I spent a few days in Tokyo, and everyone always talks about the famous "Tokyo Rush Hour", so we got up early and went for a walk through the city. My wife
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I bet the industry makes a lot of difference too. I worked in an MDF factory in North Carolina for a while, and everyone there agreed on 0700 to 1530 for the standard work day. My impression is that people with desk jobs like to sleep in a
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I like how you can knock out the trailing elements, but as long as the lead number makes it through you keep going.
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by chrisBob 13y ago
It is an interesting idea. My first few thoughts are: 1) Do you have any real-estate experience? It is not obvious from the site. 2) Will everyone have to chip in extra when there is a major expense? Is there a fund tied to this that covers
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by chrisBob 13y ago
LCD monitors all use the same technology...
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by chrisBob 13y ago
Which prices are those? When I go to the doctor I get an insurance statement that says something like: Billed: $800 Paid by insurance: $200 You owe: $0
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by chrisBob 13y ago
But it doesn't reach the space station until some time on Sunday? Can someone explain the long maneuvering time once it is in orbit?
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I can't believe how bad the App store clone problem has gotten! I looked at this app on my computer and thought it looked interesting, but when I searched for it on my iPad I found 9 clones that all popped up in the 2 weeks since this
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by chrisBob 13y ago
The biggest problem I see is that the combination of a threaded discussion and the strong ranking provides an incentive for replying to a another comment even if a new comment would be more appropriate. This, for example, is much more likel
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by chrisBob 13y ago
I have strong recent evidence of this in my own score, and It was an interesting experience for me. Lets just say my average was less than one for a while, but then climbed back quickly over the last 72 hours. Its an interesting system that

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