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by columbo 14y ago
Meh, License, buy, these are really hard terms to nail down in the physical space let alone the digital space. Does "Buy SimCity Today" mean they are selling the entire company, source code, single executable, dvd or a digital download? I d
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by columbo 14y ago
> You want content. You are not owed content. Then put it behind a paywall. It's my browser, my choice to display what I want, how I want. You don't come into the equation, even if you are the content owner. Either charge for it, or sto
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by columbo 14y ago
> Couldn't it be argued that there exists an open understanding by all parties that the content creation is sustained purely through ads -- and all site visitors are softly agreeing to these general terms upon site access? No. Absolutel
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by columbo 14y ago
Agreed. I'd much rather play a MMO that included permanent death but the balance needs to be there. It can be a much more rewarding experience, especially the types of conflict that you can create (actually pkilling someone from a league an
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by columbo 14y ago
I think this is a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7h3H-_8N_o If that really is vic-20 hardware... that's amazing!
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by columbo 14y ago
This is good if you are into roguelikes: http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/07/caves-of-clojure-01/ All parts: http://stevelosh.com/blog/
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by columbo 14y ago
Yeah I agree, it really depends on if you are talking about single instance work (just a logo) or for prolonged support (permanent unpaid). If I was asking someone to do logo and design work for free (and just that) I'd offer something like
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by columbo 14y ago
By giving them 10%. If (to your description) you consider the idea/logo 10% of the work then that's what it is worth.
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by columbo 14y ago
News flash, If you are a CEO you should be asking this question: "How many people in this company can unilaterally destroy our entire business model?" If you are a CTO you should be asking this question: "How quickly can we recover from a p
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by columbo 14y ago
I wish IE would move away from big waterfall-esque versions-numbers and just go to frequent bite sized automatic updates. I understand the corporate need for browser version locking but that should be the exception (Active Directory overrid
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by columbo 14y ago
>The people accepted to work at Valve are allegedly elite and compatible with this flat structure. That or the people that have niched themselves into positions of unwritten-but-assumed authority have decided to hire quiet followers. Ju
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by columbo 14y ago
Bleh. I may as well respond by bringing up the mother of three who works 12 hour shifts at walmart was expelled from highschool and never had even the most basic idea of food preparation or culinary training. I suppose she should simply 'bo
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by columbo 14y ago
Only if they actually charge to the credit card. If you never process the card and simply give them their 'digital content' or (in this case) mail a card to an address then you aren't violating anything. It'd be the equivalent of making a m
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by columbo 14y ago
Of course it wont work when the idea is to simply take a not-so-great physical concept (a course syllabus and weekly test structure) and just digitize it. It doesn't matter what industry, this will always fail. Online shopping, for example,
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by columbo 14y ago
> how it was going to revolutionize everything I think it did. The Java->XML->XSLT->HTML or Java->XML->Webservice framework was pretty big news in 2001. It meant you could transfer data between any number of service
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by columbo 14y ago
> If you do it on company time you can be fired, and quite frankly we believe you should. Bullshit. A company can fire you for any reason. Yes, this is a perfectly valid reason to fire someone. You could also fire someone for showing up
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by columbo 14y ago
I don't have a webcam installed on this machine so I can't test the implementation but what a BRILLIANT idea. This is exactly how cellphones should work; judge distance and then resize the reading pane to accommodate.
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by columbo 14y ago
Those all come with huge health risks. Coating millions of cars, computer monitors and clothes means hundreds of gallons of this solution being applied in warehouses all over the country. Disposal alone is a huge concern. What happens when
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by columbo 14y ago
Another thing to consider, if you can pull it off, would be to take whatever work you have find the bit that isn't directly related to your business and make them separate fully-functional-modules. For example, Part of my application needs
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by columbo 14y ago
> Can you re-assure me that most developers think like you do? I am genuinely nervous about it bringing someone else to work on the product for this reason alone. Is the offer a full-ime living wage that is competitive in your area? If
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by columbo 14y ago
The trend over the last 100 years has been that as we increase our productivity we increase our wants. More stuff, more work. Bigger houses, more food, more cars, more stuff. I imagine this will start to flatline, and increasing demand isn'
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by columbo 14y ago
> Which of our business practices company policies are going to be discriminatory, detrimental, outdated, and headline worthy in 60 years? If the next 60 years are anything like the last 60 years then holy crap the changes will be huge.
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by columbo 14y ago
The problem with any sort of online gamification is you have winners, losers and cheaters. You also have dangerous unexpected consequences. I used to be part of a MUD (yes, go ahead, laugh) back in the 80s and 90s. It just so happened that
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by columbo 14y ago
Yeah you're probably right... but... If these really just acted like little linux boxes wouldn't that be a huge plus for corporate support? Being able to SSH into these phones to install VPN or other default applications instead of forcing
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by columbo 14y ago
I don't think it's possible to answer without getting into a debate about community, morality and ethics. There's no way to distill this down to a "unit test". Will it bother me? Maybe, depends on who it is. XxHackerPants420xX's tweet of 'C
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by columbo 14y ago
> Really. Can we not be critical on the internet any more? I think that's a vast oversimplification. I actually don't think this has ANYTHING TO DO WITH CODE. Anyone can walk into a subway restaurant, ask for a sandwich, take pictures o
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by columbo 14y ago
> "cant replicate it" Holy shit, if you were providing a service and sent me (a customer) an email like that I'd leave you in a heartbeat. Talk about a "fuck you". I get customers can be hard but "can't replicate it" translates directly
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by columbo 14y ago
2009: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137708/Opinion_The_u... 1999: http://blog.calevans.com/nerd-herding/ 1980: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Mp8rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S...
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by columbo 14y ago
> Or do you think you don't need to assess common sense at all? shrug If we're talking developers... The ability to drive to the location on time, answer questions without going blank are good indicators of common sense for me. Extrac
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by columbo 14y ago
> The point of questions like this is "Does this guy have any common sense?" GROOOOOAAAAN Maybe twenty years ago, and maybe if you were the individual to think up the question. Honestly I'm so goddamned bored with these unoriginal b

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