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by dangero 15y ago
Exactly. The other day I was hanging out with some relatives from out of town and my uncle dropped that famous line, "I have an idea for an app." I had been functioning under the same notion that I should always listen to people's ideas, so
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by dangero 15y ago
I agree with the sentiment Bonaldi's post in spite of your reply. I read the security page, and while I understand that there are "safeguards" in place to say that the founders can't read my email, I find that kind of like me saying that I
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by dangero 15y ago
What Happens When a Reasonable Developer* Runs Into Aggressive Trademark Lawyers * A Reasonable Developer with essentially unlimited funds. Notch acts reasonable because he can afford lawyers. Most of us would lose our little company if we
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by dangero 15y ago
I agree. Unfortunately, I don't have any faith in the diaspora project. I'd be curious to hear what other solutions are out there that people are working on.
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by dangero 15y ago
"I'd also wonder how often it is that one doesn't use one's real name when trying to network for business reasons." Example at my company would be people who moderate and respond to customers using the various social networking sites on beh
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by dangero 15y ago
So you're saying that the community has no place in attempting to guide and shape the social networking sites that they use? Social networks are becoming a must and you can't just choose to use whichever fits your needs. You have to use the
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by dangero 15y ago
The way I understand Mt. Gox is that they have a giant pool of real btc. They are the "owner" of these btc. So, for instance, if your account says you have 3000 btc, then your 3000 is just an entry in a database, and the only time that actu
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by dangero 15y ago
That's a really good point. Who says that there really was anyone with that many bitcoins in their account? Maybe someone just hacked the database, put 500,000 btc into an account, and then sold them on the market? We know the user database
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by dangero 15y ago
I think the key here is "illegally". He could have marked, "Tourist" on his visa application and he would have been let in, but he didn't.
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by dangero 15y ago
Not sure a poll will get you the information you need on this one.
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by dangero 15y ago
Their testing methods were very imprecise. To really confirm this they would need to monitor the network driver(s) on the phone and record the exact data amounts that are passed and then compare that to what AT&T reported. Another optio
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by dangero 15y ago
Same here. I would have to study up for the interview and that seems pretty silly considering I spend every day writing code and have for years. There's a lot of irony in that too considering that when I need a b-tree, I Google it. It would
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by dangero 15y ago
This article should have been published on April 1.
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by dangero 15y ago
Agreed. Sales data is meaningless without price. I'm assuming that was discussed in a prior blog, but I'm too lazy to search through them all to find it.
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by dangero 16y ago
What's wrong with their current multitasking solution?
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by dangero 16y ago
Me too, but from years of using this site and similar I find that to be untrue because even assuming everyone votes with this in mind, I don't think you can fully separate perceived value of a comment and agreement with the comment. If you
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by dangero 16y ago
Use case for displaying points is that it allows you to get an idea of what percentage of the users on the site agree with the comment. I think that's really valuable. I'm often more interested to know what the masses think because it helps
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by dangero 16y ago
That's a great point. In my experience, this is what makes bootstrapping your own startup the most practical option if you are older and have more commitments, because who wants to give money to someone who can only commit 10 or less hours
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by dangero 16y ago
Excellent point, and I think that's the challenge for hackers starting a business. You have to learn the other skills required and that can take time. It took me 5 years running my own thing on the side to even feel like I know what I'm doi
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by dangero 16y ago
"I think it must be much, much easier to write articles like this about managing Google than it is to actually manage Google." Based on comments like this getting so many votes, I'm starting to wonder how many Google fanboys use this site.
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by dangero 16y ago
Great post. I'd much rather read this type of success story than all the get rich quick examples given in mainstream media. You overcame obstacles and willed yourself to succeed. One theme in your post I find really interesting. You talk ab
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by dangero 16y ago
Yeah I've found the same thing. It must depend on something back end, like the encoding used when the file was uploaded, or whether the servers holding that particular file are busy at the time. It's very frustrating.
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by dangero 16y ago
Yeah, and this is exactly how I know that the problem isn't on my end. The commercials work great!
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by dangero 16y ago
This is an obvious thing for them to do, but the surprising part about it to me is that half the time youtube is too slow to play a video clip I choose. It's very unreliable, so it will be interesting to see how well the streams work.
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by dangero 16y ago
"iPhone customers don't get FREE iPhones. They are willing to pay $200+ for a phone and contract. Their willingness to pay for apps & content is higher than Android users." Exactly. They have shown their willingness to spend their dispo
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by dangero 16y ago
I agree, but I think writing that in a long email where you bold that sentence is pretty condescending. I think that's the main issue people are taking with it. If you want to engage in a discussion about cultures and platforms, I think tha
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by dangero 16y ago
"That's quite narcissistic and self-absorbed. You're really not that important and to take a letter like this and try to paint it as a "blessing in disguise" is arrogant and foolish." He bolded a sentence in his email that read "It may seem
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by dangero 16y ago
No, definitely not. What I meant is, if I put myself in the prospective employee's shoes, he has been given an opportunity to keep the door open. A compliment to the hiring manager would help do that in light of not taking the job. That's a
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by dangero 16y ago
I agree. When my company is hiring, and we lose a candidate like this, I often send emails that are similar, "Sorry to hear you're not accepting our offer. Can I ask why you didn't choose us?" This is actually the potential hire's chance to
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by dangero 16y ago
Still thinking this is a well done attempt to get viral press. You might want to repost tomorrow if it's true. Aside from that, I hate to be a downer, but I'll be surprised if this takes off. I'm actually wondering if the whole concept is a

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